Scrum Master Resume New York, NY - Hire IT People

SUMMARY

Certified Scrum Master with experience across three continents in providing servant leadership, coaching, mentoring and support to the project team and leadership.
A highly motivated, adaptable, versatile self - starter with a reputation for integrity and accustomed to supporting and managing multi-functional teams with project budget.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential - New York, NY

Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

Responsible for managing and monitoring the scrum processes with the coordination of scrum team(s) in Agile Methodology.
Guided the team and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values.
Proactively defined and implemented communications mechanisms that meet the needs of individual team members and project stakeholders at all levels.
Oversee communications on the part of the team to ensure high degree of effectiveness.
Independently tracked key project milestones and adjusts project plans and/or resources to meet the needs of the project.
Facilitated and scheduled all daily stand-up meetings, demos and other decision-making steps in order to ensure quick inspection and proper use of adaptation processes.
Led the team and/or delegated the appropriate personnel in removing all impediments.

Confidential - Columbia, MD

Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

Worked with product Owner on Artifacts such as Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog and Product increment
Worked with teams to identify and remove impediments
Communicated committed stories to the backlog owner and stakeholders. Ensure delivery of prioritized stories
Coached the struggling team to high performance; represent team’s activities and progress in technology services delivery forums.
Worked with the team to improve quality of product and reduced defects by over 90%
Facilitated release retrospective and cross-team retrospective
Coordinate dashboards, score cards, and utilization reports
Developed and document processes that assist and provide direction to team members
Use retrospectives feedback with actionable items for team improvement and process improvement.
Tracked and effectively communicated team velocity and sprint/release progress to all affected teams and management
Worked with the Scrum Team and the Product Owner to negotiate the minimum viable product for delivery.

Confidential

Project Manager/Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

Communicated with product owners, supported specialists in product issues and provided regular project updates and presentations to top executives about the product roadmap to deliver each sprint on time with zero defects, ensuring it aligned to the business goals and visions.
Supported the teams by resolving issues and roadblocks during each sprint development to help the team to complete the deliverables as per the schedule.
Negotiated with functionalmanagersfor the availability of resources to complete the task on time and within budget.
Reduced regression testing efforts by 1 week saving 40 hours per sprint prior to a production releases by coaching the team in process improvements.
Managed risks and impediments with proper escalation strategies before impacting the objectives of the project.
Provided regular project updates to the executive management and steering committee about theproject health in terms of scope of work, budget, timeline, quality, risks, strategy and resources to ensure requirements were accurate and met.