Zubynatou Adamu
Dallas,TX
Summary
Team-oriented Scrum master with 6+ years of experience guiding teams through project lifecycles using Agile methodologies. Adept at navigating changing requirements, ensuring timely delivery, and maintaining high standards. Known for fostering collaboration, driving continuous improvement, and delivering results.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Scrum Master
I4dm
08.2022 - Current
- Lead Scrum ceremonies for up to 3 functional teams (5 - 10 members), improving sprint predictability and achieving more consistent delivery across release
- Facilitated bi-weekly stakeholder demos, improving transparency and alignment with business objectives
- Partnered with Business Analysts and Product Owners to refine backlogs, reducing refinement gaps and improving prioritization quality
- Removed impediments within 1–2 days on average, contributing to improved sprint stability and velocity predictability
- Produced SAFe deliverables including PI Plans, Risk Reports, and program level roadmaps.
- Enabled team transition from waterfall to Agile, increasing delivery frequency and team engagement
- Worked with tech writer to submit project deliverables (sprint plan, sprint retrospective, etc.)
- Improved Agile maturity by transitioning team from waterfall to agile (coaching on Scrum values, data driven retrospectives using reports in Jira/ADOS, and iterative planning)
Scrum Master
Optum
03.2021 - 04.2022
- Collaborate with the product owner to remove impediments and ensure each sprint is successful in delivering what was committed to and value to the customers
- Facilitating the scrum ceremonies of up to 2 scrum teams while tracking work on Azure DevOps boards
- Facilitate the agile methodology by coaching and mentoring development teams and promoting the use of standards and best practices
- Coach the team in improving collaboration and self-management, promoting healthy interaction within both the team and stakeholders
- Communicate with other Scrum Masters, program leadership, customer, and development teams to report on status, blockers, and more
- Actively participate in learning opportunities such as communities of practice or conferences to improve skills and better support the team
- Building a trusting environment where problems can be raised with an emphasis of problem solving.
Project Manager/Scrum Lead
Horizon Bank
04.2020 - 02.2021
- Stood up Kanban team in charge of Maintenance, system enhancement and deployments
- Facilitated sprint planning, daily Scrums, retrospectives, stakeholder meetings, and software demonstrations
- Created a well-defined work intake process and pulled out Kanban team’s metrics based on lead time of task
- Worked with team to enhance the workflow, establishing and maintaining WIP limit
- Assist with internal and external communication, improving transparency and radiating information
- Protected development team from outside distractions, impediments or team conflicts, and maintain focus on sprint backlog and project timeline
- Worked closely with Product Owner in product backlog management and continuous delivery of features
- Generate periodic peer review reports/Metrics for project managers
- Direct and lead development team from project initiation through delivery of final product
- Participate in the Complete Transformation of teams from Waterfall to Agile Methodology of Project Development
- Provide leadership, direction, and coaching to the team to encourage adoption of good Agile practices
- Conduct training sessions regarding Agile development methods
Education
Credits For Associates -
University of Texas At Austin
Austin, Texas, TXSkills
- Jira, Azure Devops, Confluence, SharePoint, Microsoft suite
- Software development lifecycle
- Stakeholder management
- Backlog grooming
- SAFe practices
- Risk Mangagement
Certification
- PSM I - Scrum.org
- Public Trust II Clearance
- SAFe Scrum Master
Timeline
Senior Scrum Master
I4dm
08.2022 - Current
Scrum Master
Optum
03.2021 - 04.2022
Project Manager/Scrum Lead
Horizon Bank
04.2020 - 02.2021
Credits For Associates -
University of Texas At Austin