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OLADOTUN OLAJIDE

OLADOTUN OLAJIDE

Addison,TX

Summary

Agile Project Manager with 10+ years’ experience strategically guiding organizations to reach goals and building innovative solutions to solve customer needs. Adept in overseeing the progress of projects and monitoring cross-company projects in the following industries: Banking, Telecommunications, Health and Retail. Led various multimillion-dollar, high visibility projects from planning to deployment, partnering with core stakeholders such as engineering, product & design, marketing, sales, customer support, security, safety, legal and external vendors. Experience working in SDLC, CICD, UI/UX, ITSM and migration project. Professional Project Management Specialist with experience working with teams to accomplish short- and long-term project goals. Managed budgets and monitored project costs.

Work History

Agile Project Manager

Navy Federal Credit Union
04.2023 - Current
  • Coached teams in Agile practices and provided necessary training to create positive mindset to Agile methodologies
  • Collaborated with product owners, team members, technologists, and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress
  • Applied agile methodology to shorten cycle time and achieve target margins
  • Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives
  • Led sprint reviews and planning meetings to promote full team engagement
  • Worked closely and listened to team members' feedback to identify issues and resolve conflicts
  • Worked to provide continuous improvement for product development lifecycle
  • Managed work and project responsibilities by assigning tasks to internal individuals and external teams

Scrum Master/Project Manager

EBAY
11.2019 - 04.2023
  • Proactively identified trends in project implementation and recommended process improvement
  • Frequently provided concise project status reports to multiple stakeholders weekly
  • Coordinated resolving issues, addressing risks; escalate concerns, and facilitates decision-making
  • Led projects utilizing standard scrum/project management tools and techniques (Azure DevOps)
  • Served as servant leader for multiple projects and coached 2 teams
  • Provided concise project status report in a different form with appropriate details considering the audience (project team, stakeholders, and executives) on a regular or as requested basis
  • Proactively identifies trends in project implementation and recommend process improvement
  • Assesses the Agile maturity and coaches’ team to go to the higher levels of maturity, at a sustainable pace
  • Developed and implemented key metrics to measure/report the progress and value of the project.

Scrum Master 21st Century Fox
03.2017 - 10.2019
  • Coached and mentored development team on adopting Agile Principles, quality deliverables and self-organization
  • Provided guidance to the development team to ensure alignment with Scrum guidelines
  • Tracked metrics such as Velocity, Burndown and Burnup charts, release progress and addressed issues as they arose using Azure DevOps
  • Led multiple Scrum teams to ensure that the Scrum framework is used as intended by educating the team on Agile practices and facilitating Scrum event
  • Focused on developing trusted and collaborative team environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame or being judged without a complete focus on problem resolution
  • Educated management and development team on the importance of automation and continuous integration in delivery of quality software
  • Facilitated planning meeting for effort estimation and prioritization of user stories using Planning Poker, Fibonacci series as measurement technique and MoSCoW as prioritization technique
  • Collaborated with project management team to identify potential risks and assist with development of preventive plans.

Scrum Master/Project Manager

Capital One Bank
02.2015 - 03.2017
  • Managed project’s scope and timeline
  • Led communication across the core project team, with key stakeholders and governing bodies
  • Coordination with the Change, Communication and Learning leads on change impacts, delivery approach and training of the change
  • Managed large enterprise technology projects adhering to agile Scrum/SAFE methodologies
  • Led the Core Team, developed and delivered detailed project plans, including milestone tracking, forecasts, risks, issues, and overall project status
  • Managed a portfolio of high-net-worth clients providing comprehensive wealth management services and detailed investment solutions
  • Implemented investment strategies including asset allocation, diversification, and rebalancing to optimize clients’ portfolios and achieve desired investments returns
  • Conducted thorough financial analysis and risk assessments to develop personalized financial plans that aligned with client’s goals and objectives
  • Managed large enterprise technology projects adhering to agile Scrum/SAFE methodologies.

Scrum Master/Project Manager

Kaiser Permanente Health
02.2013 - 02.2015
  • Organized Sprint Planning meetings, which includes reviewing the Product Backlog and collaborating with the Product Owner and the Core Team to identify user stories to be included in the next Sprint
  • Conducted Sprint Review Meetings to review the scope and functionality delivered successfully in the previous Sprint
  • Organized Sprint Retrospectives with the Scrum Team to improve process & techniques continuously
  • Ensured the team abides by the SCRUM rules and guidelines
  • Held Daily SCRUM meetings to allow the Scrum Team to synchronize their work and communicate issues and roadblocks to the Product Owner
  • Use of Rally in tracking our projects from feature and story level
  • Empowered the Scrum Team and shield the Scrum Team from outside influences and distractions
  • Assisted the Product Owner in maintaining the Product Backlog
  • Worked effectively as part of the Scrum Team to accomplish tasks and meet deadlines
  • Established a sense of urgency to complete tasks in a timely, cost-effective manner with top quality.

Facilities Project Manager

OOPL
02.2011 - 02.2013
  • Budgeting, resource planning, capacity planning of multi-million dollars project for the construction of the Presidential Library
  • Hiring the right people and putting them on the right sites, as well as reprimanding and firing workers when needed
  • Coordinating tasks by different people on different sites to ensure uniformity upon project completion
  • Ensuring timely completion of the project to build client trust while avoiding unnecessary penalties
  • Working within the budget by adequately estimating the costs and cutting unnecessary expenses
  • Procuring and allocating resources to ensure there is no shortage while avoiding any unnecessary delays caused by management decisions
  • Managing both internal and external risks within the project’s lifetime, such as poor planning designs, and government policies, which directly or indirectly affect the project

Education

Bachelor of Science - Chemical Engineering

Covenant University
Nigeria
06.2014

Skills

  • Web development technologies
  • Development team trainings
  • Customer interaction
  • Project Management
  • Problem-Solving
  • MS Office
  • Teamwork and Collaboration
  • Planning and Coordination

Certification

CSM

PSM

SAFe 6.0 SSM

PMP

SAFe 6.0 RTE

Timeline

Agile Project Manager

Navy Federal Credit Union
04.2023 - Current

Scrum Master/Project Manager

EBAY
11.2019 - 04.2023

Scrum Master 21st Century Fox
03.2017 - 10.2019

Scrum Master/Project Manager

Capital One Bank
02.2015 - 03.2017

Scrum Master/Project Manager

Kaiser Permanente Health
02.2013 - 02.2015

Facilities Project Manager

OOPL
02.2011 - 02.2013

Bachelor of Science - Chemical Engineering

Covenant University

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