Ade Ajiboye
Summary
A seasoned Project Manager and SDLC Scrum Master, with broad-based experience in delivering high technology Enterprise, Web, Native and Embedded system solutions. A talented and inspirational leader, with proven expertise in delivering Digital Projects from discovery through to post-implementation support, using best practice PRINCE methodology and Agile frameworks, including Scrum and Kanban, driving feature teams for market leading clients, including Santander Bank, Royal Mail Group (RMG), Transport for London (TfL), TUI Travel Kurt Geiger and many other big brands. Combining collaborative problem-solving abilities with creativity and strong leadership, with clear and effective communication styles, delivering within challenging environments, with demonstrated capability to manage and influence a wide range of business stakeholders, building long term relationships with colleagues and clients from all backgrounds and across all levels.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work history
Cybersecurity Project Manager
Mitie Group Plc
08.2023 - 05.2024
- Developed a comprehensive project plan that outlines the project scope, objectives, timelines, budget, and resources required to complete the project successfully
- Managed the project team and ensure that all project activities are completed on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards
- Identified potential risks and develop strategies to mitigate them, ensuring that the project stays on track and within budget
- Built and maintained relationships with stakeholders, core team members, extended project team to ensure that project goals are met
- Communicate project progress, risks, and issues to stakeholders, including senior management, project sponsors, and team members
- Managed project resources, including personnel, equipment, and materials, to ensure that they are used effectively and efficiently
- Worked with IT and Security as required to deliver all relevant IT components and any IT relevant processes are adhered to
- Ensure the Project team are integrated and fully understand the Delivery Process within the Cyber Programme
- Worked with the Programme Management Team to develop and agree the overall direction and integrity of the project
- Ensure all stakeholders including client, business management, users, staff, operational and engineers, IT, Security (as required) fully understand the objectives and scope of the project and are clear in their expectations of the project
- Effectively estimate and monitor project tasks, costs, time scales, resource requirements and finances for the successful completion of the project
- Appropriate intervention and management where these deviate from agreed tolerances complying with governance, business sanctioning authorities and finance procedures as required
- Management of effective change control procedures ensuring formal approval for any changes to the approved scope and documented
- Manage the production of the required deliverables of the project and ensuring appropriate review process is in place and approvals are obtained
- Manage any handover/transition as required to Business as Usual (BAU) as per the scope/objectives of the project
Agile Delivery Lead/Senior Scrum Master
Transport for London (TfL)
01.2020 - 07.2023
- Worked collaboratively with the product, engineering, and design teams to guide the development of the product's features from concept to launch
- Helped stakeholders in understanding and formalising the business value of the business requirements and facilitate in the prioritisation
- Identify and eliminate waste within processes or practises
- Working with the Product Manager to define the roadmap for any given product and translate this into user stories
- Leading the collaborative, dynamic planning process - prioritizing the work that needs to be done against the capacity and capability of the team
- Leading end to end delivery across multiple teams by prioritizing around business values and validating benefits with the end user
- Responsible for building an engagement plan and ensuring that the platform passes various Cyber Security control functions
- Manage the third-party penetration testing and ensure that all security activities are managed for the modern core platform
- Ensure all required security control documentation is produced and validated before submission to the relevant approval boards
- Track any deviations and ensure they are agreed with Cyber Security and the risk accepted by the relevant systems owners
Agile Project Manager/Scrum Master
Shared Services Connected working with CITB
01.2019 - 11.2019
- Delivering projects and products using the appropriate agile project management methodology, learning & iterating frequently
- Working with the Product Manager to define the roadmap for any given product and translate this into user stories
- Leading the collaborative, dynamic planning process - prioritising the work that needs to be done against the capacity and capability of the team
- Leading end to end delivery across multiple teams by prioritising around business values and validating benefits with the end user
- Ensures all products are built to an appropriate level of quality for the stage
- Ensuring the team consider cost and benefit drivers and identify opportunities to drive value through creation of a minimal viable product; manage the project to cost maximising business value
- Ensuring that the project remains within governance in terms of scope, cost, time and quality, exercising project controls and reporting progress to key stakeholders
- Rigorously managing project budget including forecasting the complete project costs, minimising weekly variances and ensuring that costs reflect the true profile of the product
- Working with the content team to manage configuration and set up of the Digital asset manager (DAM)
Agile Delivery Manager/Scrum Master – DevOps
Santander Bank Technology
09.2017 - 12.2018
- Delivered projects and products using the appropriate agile project management methodology, learning & iterating frequently
- Work with the Product Manager to define the roadmap for any given product and translate this into user stories
- Lead the collaborative, dynamic planning process - prioritising the work that needs to be done against the capacity and capability of the team
- Defining Agile processes to be adopted by the development team, in agreement with the Technical lead and in alignment with Agile best practice guidelines
Agile Digital Project Manager/Scrum Master
Virgin Media
02.2017 - 09.2017
- Worked collaboratively with the product, engineering, and design teams to guide the development of the product's features from concept to launch
- Helped stakeholders in understanding and formalising the business value of the business requirements and facilitate in the prioritisation
- Identify and eliminate waste within processes or practises
- Working with the Product Manager to define the roadmap for any given product and translate this into user stories
- Leading the collaborative, dynamic planning process - prioritizing the work that needs to be done against the capacity and capability of the team
- Leading end to end delivery across multiple teams by prioritizing around business values and validating benefits with the end user
- Responsible for building an engagement plan and ensuring that the platform passes various Cyber Security control functions
Agile Project Manager/Scrum Master
Royal Mail Group
07.2016 - 02.2017
- Currently leading delivery of Royal Mail digital transformation programme intended to drive significant cost efficiencies within RMG contact centres
- The programme is designed around three main outcomes – Enable customers to self –serve, simplify and automate processes & customer journey and build a performance-based culture and multi-skilling
- Championing Agile project management and software development techniques including DAD, SAFE, Scrum, DevOps, Continuous Integration, User Centric development, BDD and TDD within a governance heavy and waterfall environment
- Defining project requirements, cost estimates, and timelines, resulting in proposals/SOWs that meet clients’ needs and upon which we can successfully deliver
Education
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Skills
- Full system development and implementation lifecycle, from inception, design, build & test to a live and fully supported system, accepted by the business stakeholders
- 10 years management of projects and programme using various methodologies (Prince2, MSP, Agile, SDLC)
- Managed strategic digital transformation programme, for global companies ensuring business readiness and design is integral to its delivery into multiple business functions
- Calm, consistent and tenacious, able to grasp challenges and work them through to successful outcomes
- End to end project delivery experience within FinTech, Government, Retail and Travel enterprises
- Extensive experience across release, configuration and environment management
- Experience leading DevOps team and technical breadth across cloud infrastructure and developments environment
- Experience of leading teams of over 10 people covering cloud, DevOps and release processes
- Proven ability to implement standards, procedures and processes, with constant review and improvement, addressing key quality control requirements
- Delivery of succinct project reporting, using industry standard tools and processes
- Strong stakeholder management with the ability to guide, mentor and influence across all disciplines
- Knowledge and experience of the Government Digital Service Agile service standard delivery requirement
- Using Agile techniques to start team from the start with the clear approach for building backlogs and establishing delivery approach
- Relationship Management
- Contract negotiation
- Contract compliance
- Problem-solving
- Communication skills
- Strategic Planning
- Resourcefulness
- [Type] Management
Certification
- Certified Scrum Master
- SAFe Agilist
- PRINCE2 Project Manager
Custom
10+ years directing and Mentoring Agile teams, Native and Web app development - Mobile and desktop., Agile and Kanban backlog management and bug-tracking., Business Process Mapping/ Story Mapping, MS Project and Azure DevOps, DAM, SIEM, SEO, PPC, E-marketing, Online campaign, Social media integration, Digital Asset Management.
Timeline
Cybersecurity Project Manager
Mitie Group Plc
08.2023 - 05.2024
Agile Delivery Lead/Senior Scrum Master
Transport for London (TfL)
01.2020 - 07.2023
Agile Project Manager/Scrum Master
Shared Services Connected working with CITB
01.2019 - 11.2019
Agile Delivery Manager/Scrum Master – DevOps
Santander Bank Technology
09.2017 - 12.2018
Agile Digital Project Manager/Scrum Master
Virgin Media
02.2017 - 09.2017
Agile Project Manager/Scrum Master
Royal Mail Group
07.2016 - 02.2017
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