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Omolola Davies, PMP

New York,N.Y.

Summary

Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and SAFe 5 Advanced Scrum Master with 8+ years of experience in project leadership, Agile methodologies, and team coaching. Proven ability to lead teams to deliver projects with a 95% on-time rate, increasing operational efficiency by 20% and reducing project costs by 15%. Awarded Excellence in Agile Transformation at M&T Bank for successfully scaling Agile practices across multiple departments. Recognized for leading teams to achieve strategic objectives, resolving impediments swiftly, and delivering projects valued at over $5M. Adept at fostering collaboration, improving team performance, and ensuring alignment with organizational goals.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Certified Scrum Manager/ Project Manager

ConEdison
09.2022 - Current
  • Successfully managed projects with budgets over $5M, delivering all projects on time and within budget.
  • Improved team productivity by 20% through the introduction of Agile metrics and continuous delivery practices.
  • Led the transition of 4 cross-functional teams to Agile using SAFe, Scrum, and Kanban, increasing project efficiency by 30%.
  • Reduced project delivery times by 15% by coaching teams on Agile best practices and managing backlog refinement, daily scrums, sprint planning, and retrospectives.
  • Achieved 95% on-time delivery rate for projects by identifying risks early, mitigating issues, and implementing process improvements.
  • Facilitated collaboration across departments, resulting in 25% faster resolution of project roadblocks.
  • Utilized Azure DevOps to manage project workflows, track progress, and align teams with business objectives.
  • Resolving opposition, maintaining a cross-functional and independent team
  • Applying Agile management tools as in Azure DevOps
  • Facilitating and participating in scaled events, including cross-team planning, delivery synchronization, and systems-level inspect & adapt
  • Performing daily and weekly Scrum ceremonies, while fostering team collaboration


Certified Scrum Manager/ Project Manager

M & T Bank
11.2019 - 07.2022
  • Guided 3 Agile teams in scaling Scrum (SAFe) across enterprise-level initiatives, increasing delivery speed by 18%.
  • Implemented automated testing and build pipelines that reduced development cycle times by 25%.
  • Conducted Scrum ceremonies, backlog refinements, and sprint reviews, ensuring consistent project alignment with stakeholders.
  • Increased team velocity by 22% by removing impediments, streamlining processes, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. Furthered Agile Scrum ceremonies for example, stand-ups, sprint planning, release planning, backlog refinement, and retrospective in a enterprise level scale (SAFe)
  • Project Manager, Scrum/scaling scrum and the ability to work in both methodologies, and determine creative solutions for improved collaboration and continuous improvement
  • Aided and assisted the team that utilized automated build and unit testing for developments and deployment platforms in relation to compilers and runtimes in the execution of strategic initiatives within an Agile framework
  • Initiated milestones and tracked progress of projects, raise potential risks and issues, suggest, and implement solutions as needed
  • Run interface for communications among team and resolve opposition, maintaining a cross-functional and independent team
  • Removed any outside distractions, impediments, or team conflicts, and establishes focuses on product backlog project timeline
  • Applied Agile management tools as in Jira/confluence, visual studios, Rally, RTC
  • Informed of scrum methodology and agile framework to team members and stakeholders

Agile Project Manager

Barclays
08.2017 - 11.2019
  • Managed cross-functional teams in the execution of SAFe implementations, improving time-to-market by 20%.
  • Facilitated Scrum ceremonies and cross-team collaboration to meet sprint goals, increasing overall team performance by 25%.
  • Worked closely with product owners to ensure all stories met the Definition of Done, achieving a 98% acceptance rate during sprints.
  • Successfully scaled Agile across 5 departments, leading to a 15% increase in project delivery speed and a 10% reduction in operational costs.
  • Liaison between technical and non-technical departments
  • Connected with other management, developers, product managers and technical support specialists on product issues
  • Coordinated and established project planning, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning, demos and other Scrum-related meetings
  • Pinpointed and remove impediments, prevents distractions
  • Coordinated conversations and conflict resolution
  • Motivated the team to be self-organize
  • Continuously inspected team’s needs, adapting to changing priorities, and unblocking the team to move the development cycle along
  • Promoted teamwork to enable Lean flow of value and achieving sprint goals
  • Lead the teams towards increasing levels of growth in the Agile context
  • Participated in scaling Agile adoption throughout adjacent areas of the organization
  • Engage the organization to remove impediments to the team's ability to perform by working closely with the team and stakeholders, including product owners/managers, leadership, and other teams


Project Manager

Lenox Hill Hospital
07.2015 - 08.2017
  • Led the Scrum team in delivering healthcare innovation projects, improving operational efficiency by 12%.
  • Coordinated release planning and sprint cycles, delivering all projects on time and under budget.
  • Fostered a culture of accountability and collaboration, resulting in a 30% improvement in team morale.
  • Coordinated time and workflow to maximum production
  • Removed distractions and monitored the team’s optimum performance
  • Aligned sprint retrospective meetings to gather team’s reflection on the process, identify actions and upcoming steps to improve the future sprints
  • Established an environment that empowers and energizes team members, with a mindset on accountability, adaptability, and collaboration
  • Required frequent follow ups and reminders to team on updating rally tasks on daily basis for more accurate reporting
  • Coordinated and mapped out the sprint release cycles with release managers
  • Collaborated with the Product Owner to define, plan, and maintain the product backlog

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Bachelor of Administration-International Business

Berkeley College
New York, NY

Associate of Arts - Associate of Business Administration

Long Island Business Institute - Flushing
Flushing, NY

Project Management Professional (PMP)

Skills

  • Project Management Professional (PMP)
  • Managed IT services, utilizing ServiceNow Platform Products
  • Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
  • SAFe 5 Advanced Scrum Master (SASM)
  • Agile & Scrum Evangelist
  • Process Improvements & Lean Management
  • Servant Leadership & Team Coaching
  • Forecasting & Strategic Planning
  • Risk Mitigation & Impediment Removal
  • SDLC, Continuous Delivery & Agile Estimating
  • Tools: Azure DevOps, Jira, Rally, Confluence, Visual Studios
  • SAFe, Kanban, Agile Framework Expertise

Timeline

Certified Scrum Manager/ Project Manager

ConEdison
09.2022 - Current

Certified Scrum Manager/ Project Manager

M & T Bank
11.2019 - 07.2022

Agile Project Manager

Barclays
08.2017 - 11.2019

Project Manager

Lenox Hill Hospital
07.2015 - 08.2017

Bachelor of Arts - Bachelor of Administration-International Business

Berkeley College

Associate of Arts - Associate of Business Administration

Long Island Business Institute - Flushing

Project Management Professional (PMP)

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