Managed dual responsibilities as both Project Manager and Scrum Master within a SAFe Agile environment after taking over additional PM responsibilities at ABSA Bank, S.Africa
Led end-to-end delivery of GoAML regulatory reporting implementations across multiple African countries using Azure DevOps.
Facilitated PI Planning, Daily Scrums, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives, and backlog refinement sessions.
Managed project governance including RAID logs, milestones, stakeholder reporting, dependencies, and delivery tracking.
Coordinated cross-functional teams across Business, Compliance, Operations, and Technology.
Supported Agile teams during Jira to Azure DevOps migration including backlog transition, sprint setup, workflows, and reporting.
Oversaw SIT/UAT execution, defect management, release readiness, and production deployment activities.
Worked closely with Product Owners and stakeholders to prioritize backlogs and ensure successful sprint delivery.
Conducted PI Planning sessions as a Senior Scrum Master, aligning cross-functional teams on project goals and priorities.
Improved stakeholder communication by 40% using effective Agile reporting techniques and regular updates.
Facilitated daily stand-up meetings, sprint planning, retrospectives, and backlog grooming sessions to ensure project alignment and team collaboration.
Monitored and ensured adherence to Agile processes, ensuring projects met deadlines with high-quality deliverables.
Provided coaching and guidance to teams to improve Scrum maturity and optimize performance.
Ensured timely delivery of project updates and status reports to stakeholders, keeping all parties informed and aligned.
Identified and removed impediments and blockers, fostering a productive environment for the development team.
Worked closely with Product Owners to manage backlogs and prioritize features for each sprint based on business value.
Working on SAFe framework with other scrum teams, Attended Scrum of Scrums to coordinate dependencies across various other scrum teams in Agile Release train, worked with Release Train Engineer.
Facilitate PI Planning meetings, Daily scrum, sprint review, product backlog refinement meetings and sprint retrospective meetings.
Used ADO Azure to maintain product backlog, sprint backlog, and to create and track user stories, Sprint planning, tracking and managing sprints, created Scrum and Kanban boards, status reports and burn down charts.
Tracked team progress by creating sprint burndown charts and Release burndown charts Led a cross-functional team of developers and designers in delivering a complex software project, exceeding project goals and delivering the product 2 months ahead of schedule.
Utilized Scrum methodology and consistently facilitated effective sprint planning and retrospective meetings to drive progress.
Successfully coached and mentored team members, resulting in a 50% increase in employee engagement and satisfaction.
Expertise in integrating payment vendors via digital platforms like Web, Mobile, and WhatsApp.
Managed vendor integrations across ROA (Rest of Africa) to accept DStv payments seamlessly across multiple digital touchpoints.
Facilitated Sprint Planning meetings, Daily scrum, sprint review, product backlog refinement meetings and sprint retrospective meetings.
Attended PI planning workshops and facilitated system demo, inspect and adapt workshops for future PIs and Release Management meetings.
Helped the Product Owner/product Management in maintaining, refining and prioritizing the product backlog.
Mitigated impediments during the sprint in terms of issues and risks
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