LOLA Akinwumi
Richmond,VA
Summary
Strategic Project Manager & Change Leader with 10+ years directing global cross-functional initiatives across healthcare, finance, and government sectors. Proven success in overseeing large-scale and medium-sized projects from strategy to timely delivery, optimizing scope, cost control, budgeting, and governance compliance. Expertise in creating change management strategies, mitigating resistance, and driving operational readiness for enterprise transformations. Adept at exhibiting leadership across regulatory agencies (FDA, HIPAA, SOX, FDIC) and fostering partnerships with state government entities. Certified PMP, PMI-ACP, and SAFe Scrum Master.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Agile Project Manager
Interwell Health
05.2023 - Current
- Led large-scale change initiatives for telehealth platform releases, collaborating with teams to ensure operational readiness, launching multiple features aligned with company goals, and improving patient onboarding efficiency by 25%.
- Managed project governance by utilizing data visualization tools such as Power BI to track progress and performance, delivering real-time reports and dashboards to leadership and regulatory bodies.
- Collaborated with stakeholders, to define project scope, objectives, and deliverables, ensuring timely and successful delivery of critical Telehealth initiatives.
- Tracked and presented project data, leveraging key project management tools such as Jira and Confluence to track key metrics, report progress, and ensure cost control, resulting in a 20% reduction in overall project costs.
- Implemented timely delivery strategies by creating detailed budgets and performance tracking systems, ensuring projects were delivered within scope and budget while meeting compliance deadlines across multiple teams.
- Coached and mentored teams on Agile principles and change process methodologies, improving sprint velocity and enhancing cross-functional collaboration across remote teams in a dynamic healthcare environment.
Global IT Manager
Whirlpool Corporation
Benton Harbor, MI
01.2021 - 04.2023
- Spearheaded SAFe 5.0 implementation for 6 global teams developing smart appliance firmware, releasing 15+ connected products 25% faster via CI/CD pipelines and automated regression testing.
- Coached 8 cross-functional teams on DoD standards for Azure IoT Edge modules, reducing production rollbacks by 60%.
- Pioneered predictive maintenance AI using burn-down analytics in Power BI, forecasting equipment failures with 90%.
- Drove Agile transformation across US/Mexico/India sites through remote team coaching, boosting velocity by 35% and reducing critical bugs by 50% in energy management firmware.
- Assessed vendor capabilities prior to selection based on cost analysis data points such as price quotes and service level agreements.
- Developed project plans that included timelines and deliverables, identified resources needed, and estimated costs for each project.
Scrum Master
Gordon Food Services
MI
08.2020 - 01.2021
- Orchestrated Scrum adoption for 3 supply chain teams using JIRA automation, reducing sprint cycle time by 30% and accelerating feature delivery for inventory management
- Boosted team velocity 35% in 2 quarters through real-time JIRA dashboard monitoring and customized Agile coaching for 12 developers in the distribution center systems.
- Designed change management strategy for SAP ERP migration, achieving 98% user adoption via targeted training and resistance mitigation for warehouse management teams.
- Developed retrospectives after each sprint or milestone to identify areas of improvement for future projects.
- Conducted application review meetings with end-users to document and gather business needs and translate into functional requirement documents.
- Led daily Scrum stand-ups, scrum of scrums and Agile development sprint planning meetings for multiple, concurrent projects.
Scrum Master
Commerce Bank
Houston, TX
01.2019 - 08.2020
- Accelerated DevOps integration for FDIC-regulated mobile banking apps, reducing deployment cycles from 2 weeks to 2 days through automated security scanning pipelines, ensuring zero critical vulnerabilities in payment processing modules.
- Implemented JIRA-based velocity tracking for a $1.5M online banking project, increasing release predictability by 40% and maintaining 100% SOX compliance through embedded audit trails in sprint artifacts.
- Facilitated daily stand-ups across dev/QA/compliance teams, resolving 20+ cross-functional dependencies related to transaction security protocols and reducing ACH integration blockers by 60%.
- Managed stakeholder expectations through real-time burn-up charts for fraud detection modules, securing executive sign-offs 30% faster during quarterly OCC review cycles.
- Pioneered Agile coaching program focused on GLBA compliance standards, boosting team satisfaction by 35% while reducing security-related sprint failures by 90%.
- Supported the development team in understanding user stories, acceptance criteria and definition of done.
Project Manager/Scrum Master
Cricket Wireless
Atlanta, GA
01.2018 - 12.2018
- Directed Agile migration for IoT billing platform using Scaled Scrum (LeSS), reducing integration defects by 45% through automated regression testing in Jenkins and accelerating 5G feature releases.
- Synchronized 4 cross-functional teams (network eng/dev/QA/regulatory) via Scrum of Scrums, releasing FCC-compliant 5G features 3 weeks ahead of schedule despite spectrum allocation dependencies.
- Eliminated $200K+ in revenue leakage risks by implementing JIRA-based risk tracking for prepaid recharge systems, resolving 15+ sprint impediments related to payment gateway APIs.
- Facilitated cross-team dependency mapping with network operations using Confluence roadmaps, resolving tower deployment bottlenecks, and improving sprint predictability by 30%.
- Managed stakeholder expectations for $2M CRM migration using real-time burn-up charts, securing executive sign-offs 40%.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Account
Adekunle Ajasin University
Postgraduate Diploma - Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
University of Texas at Austin
Management Essentials -
Harvard Business School Online
Skills
- Team Coaching & Velocity Optimization
- Agile Metrics Tracking
- Project Planning & Execution
- Project Scope Management
- Budget Allocation & Cost Control
- Risk Management
- Global Leadership
- Change Initiatives Design & Strategies Implement
- Stakeholder Alignments
- Microsoft Office Suites
- Slack
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Google Workspace
- Azure DevOps
- Smartsheet
- Atlassian Suites
- CI/CD Pipelines
- Power BI
- SAP
- MS Project
- Agile/ Waterfall methodology
- Servant Leadership
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Facilitation & Negotiation
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Certification
- Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) 5.0 Scrum Master
- Professional Scrum Master (PSM)
- PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)
- Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO)
- PMI- Risk Management Professional
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
- SAP Activate Project Manager
- Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP)
- Financial Accounting with SAP ERP 6.0 EhP7
Timeline
Agile Project Manager
Interwell Health
05.2023 - Current
Global IT Manager
Whirlpool Corporation
01.2021 - 04.2023
Scrum Master
Gordon Food Services
08.2020 - 01.2021
Scrum Master
Commerce Bank
01.2019 - 08.2020
Project Manager/Scrum Master
Cricket Wireless
01.2018 - 12.2018
Bachelor of Science - Account
Adekunle Ajasin University
Postgraduate Diploma - Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
University of Texas at Austin
Management Essentials -
Harvard Business School Online