Emmanuel Obioma Joseph
Lagos,LBH
Summary
Passionate, enthusiastic, results-driven and certified Scrum master with over 6+ years’ experience of working and leading cross-functional Agile teams (scrum & Kanban) in delivery of customer-centric features that meet the needs of customers through constant collaboration and short feedback loops. Adept at facilitating and optimizing the agile development process, driven successful project delivery, and maximizing team productivity. With strong leadership skills, I foster a collaborative and empowered work environment, promoting open communication and continuous improvement. Proficient in Agile collaborative tools such as Jira, Confluence, Miro, Mural, Ideaflip, Ms Team, Slack, Ideaboardz, Scrum Poker, Ms- Project. I leverage these platforms to support collaboration, track project milestones, manage backlogs, and facilitate transparency among team members. The team-oriented individual promoting exemplary presentation, project management, and risk oversight skills. Demonstrative Scrum Master with a background in communicating effectively with and leading high-performance teams. Considered an expert in prioritizing tasks and optimizing workflows.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Scrum Master
Tritek Consulting Ltd
12.2020 - Current
- Lead, support and coach two cross-functional teams in delivering a software web application project
- Assist Product Owners in grooming and refining product backlogs leading to an increase in sprint readiness from 20% to 80%
- Facilitate sprint planning, daily scrums, sprint reviews, retrospectives
- Coach team members on Agile methodology and ensure the team followed Agile principles
- Work with the development team to ensure that they had everything they needed to complete their tasks
- Identify and remove impediments that are blocking the team from achieving their goals
- Monitor project progress and report on project status to stakeholders
- Work with Product Owner to prioritize the product backlog and ensure that the team has everything to deliver high-quality products
- Protect the team from external distractions and interruptions
- Promote continuous improvement by facilitating retrospectives and helping the team identify areas for improvement
- Facilitate first coaching session with two Product Owners on how to write better user stories using INVEST techniques, importance of collaborating efficiently with stakeholders to optimize value in the backlog
- Facilitating the DOD, DOR and user stories workshops
- Encouraging team bonding using engaging and fun activities
- Guided the team through continuous improvement process and best practices
- Worked with the Scrum team to remove impediments and track them on Jira
- Worked closely with the Product Owner in defining the product goals and roadmap.
Scrum Master
Highgate Mental Health Centre
11.2017 - 10.2020
- ScrumAcceptance Testing (UAT)
- Collaborated with Quality Assurance(QA) team to review test cases and support end-users during User Ensured INVEST criteria is met for all user stories in backlog
- Helped Product Owner with effective management of features, epics, stories, and prioritization
- Organized and facilitated team agile maturity
- Communicated team velocity and Sprint release progress to the team and management
- Planned and tracked Sprint closely and helped the team focus on commitment and delivery
- Stories for the team in Jira
- Assist the Product Owner in translating functional and non-functional requirements into epics, user Empowered scrum team with regular inspection and adapt opportunities
- Ensured a conducive environment that fostered self-organizing and self-managing teams
- Retrospective, Product backlog refinement, workshop with stakeholders
- Facilitated all scrum ceremonies including Sprint planning, Daily scrum, Sprint Review, Sprint
Project Management Office(PMO)
Amazon Services
07.2015 - 10.2017
- Supported project managers by providing them with necessary information to make informed decisions
- Developed detailed project plans that outlined the scope, objectives, timelines, and deliverables of the projects
- Monitored project progress against the project plan to ensure that the project is on track and that any issues are identified and addressed in a timely manner
- Identified potential risks to the project and developed contingency plan to manage and mitigate them effectively
- Ensured that all regulatory requirements are met by the project team
- Ensured that all product delivered by the team meet quality standards
- Collaborated with project teams to establish and maintain effective governance frameworks
- Assisted in the development and implementation of project management methodologies and standards
- Supported project managers in creating and updating project plans, schedules, and risk registers
- Facilitated regular project status meetings, capturing and distributing meeting minutes and action items
- Prepared and presented project reports and dashboards to stakeholders, providing accurate and timely project insights
- Managed the project change control process, ensuring adherence to established change management procedures
- Conducted project post-mortem reviews, capturing lessons learned and identifying areas for improvement
- Assisted in the development and implementation of project tools and templates
- Managed the RAIDs log and completed risk and issue impact analysis.
Education
Hackney Learning Trust
08.2015
University of Cambridge
07.2015
Trinity College London
06.2015
Lagos State Government(Skills Acquisition Training Institute W.A.P.A)
10.2012
Skills
- Effective facilitation
- Conflict management & resolution
- True & servant leadership
- Project planning
- Client facing
- Attention to detail
- People management
- Communication (Written & verbal)
- Project governance
- Stakeholder management
- Continuous improvement both at team level and individual
- Facilitation and coaching
- Agile scrum
- Business process improvement
- Change Management
- Risk Management and issue management
- Sprint Planning
- Workflow Analysis
- Resource Allocation
- Stakeholder Management
Certification
- Scrum Fundamental certified (2021)
- Scrum foundation professional certificate (2021 & 2022)
- Agile Fundamental certificate (2021)
- Professional scrum master (PSM1) 2022
Languages
Proficient in British English
Nigerian local dialects (Igbo and Yoruba)
Tel
(+234) 9136797141
Timeline
Scrum Master
Tritek Consulting Ltd
12.2020 - Current
Scrum Master
Highgate Mental Health Centre
11.2017 - 10.2020
Project Management Office(PMO)
Amazon Services
07.2015 - 10.2017
Hackney Learning Trust
University of Cambridge
Trinity College London
Lagos State Government(Skills Acquisition Training Institute W.A.P.A)
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