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Certified Scrum Master/Agile Coach
Aleem Shariff
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Cheadle, United Kingdom
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I am a successful delivery focused certified Scaled Agile Advanced Scrum Master/Digital Project Manager, having worked in many key business sectors. I have delivered digital transformation projects for various clients with budgets ranging from £100K to >£1M. I adopt a highly professional and pragmatic approach to providing 'fit for purpose' working solutions that are delivered using theoretical and practical application of iterative and incremental deliveries, with the prime focus being to address business strategy and vision whilst adding business value. I'm able to combine my management, analytical and problem-solving skills with technical, commercial and contractual knowledge to manage demanding projects and stakeholders. I have vast experience of utilising approved processes, techniques, and frameworks such as Agile (Scrum, Kanban), Prince2 and Waterfall to manage full SDLC deliveries using onshore/offshore cross functional teams.
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2019 - 2019
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Scrum Master & Agile Coach - Enterprise and Cyber Security Programme
Fujitsu.
Brought into the business to setup Agile ways of working, and then coach the Cyber Security team in best practices, whilst using the Scrum and Kanban frameworks for developing Security Orchestration, Automation and Response capability within the business. Key aspect is to be able to provide Threat Intelligence, Analytics and Response for internal and external Fujitsu customers.
• Setting up Agile 'ways of working' within he Cyber Security team and coaching team members
• Working with PO/stakeholders to manage the Product Backlog and develop Release Plans
• Setting up the scrum team for functional development of automation playbooks within the COTS product being used for orchestration and automation
• Acting as Scrum Master and facilitating sprint planning, daily scrums, sprint review and retrospectives.
• Setting up Agile 'ways of working' within he Cyber Security team and coaching team members
• Working with PO/stakeholders to manage the Product Backlog and develop Release Plans
• Setting up the scrum team for functional development of automation playbooks within the COTS product being used for orchestration and automation
• Acting as Scrum Master and facilitating sprint planning, daily scrums, sprint review and retrospectives.
Scrum, Coaching, Scrum master, Agile, Automation, Agile coach, Kanban, Analytics, Security, Development, Coach, Enterprise, UP
2019 - 2019
freelance
Sapient Consultant
Lloyds Banking Group.
Scrum Master - Machine Learning / Artificial Intelligence Programme
Scrum Master within Lloyds Banking Group's Machine Intelligence Programme, managing cross functional team to deliver a front-end Portal and Audit service that's integrated with Domino (Data Science COTS product). Providing Data Scientists/Engineers with the ability to develop, test, train and publish models. Portal provides SSO capability and Authentication of users and integration with AD is via APIs to undertake business logic and interface with the underlying data stores. Enterprise platform being delivered using, Kubernetes, Docker, Kafka messaging and Azure stack technologies, whilst using Jenkins, SonarQube, Nexus and GitHub Enterprise to manage CI/CD pipeline.
• Scrum Master for the cross functional Portal team, delivering the front end to the Machine Learning enterprise platform within the Bank
• Working closely with the Product Owner and other key stakeholders to prioritise functional drops to align with the overall Go Live for the enterprise wide platform capability
• Leading the team through all Agile ceremonies such as; backlog grooming, estimating, sprint planning, daily stand ups as well as sprint reviews, and retrospectives
• Providing Agile Coaching and best practices to team members within the Programme
• Using sprint metrics to prepare reports for both Sapient and LBG leadership teams
• Taking part in Scrum of Scrums with LBG senior leadership team and other key stakeholders
• Extensive use of tools such as Confluence and JIRA to manage functional deliverables during the development lifecycle and detailing route to live (RTL) tasks for DevOps team
• Responsible for Service Introduction in the Bank by using Service Now, BMC Remedy tools to raise changes and manage through the process lifecycle
Scrum Master within Lloyds Banking Group's Machine Intelligence Programme, managing cross functional team to deliver a front-end Portal and Audit service that's integrated with Domino (Data Science COTS product). Providing Data Scientists/Engineers with the ability to develop, test, train and publish models. Portal provides SSO capability and Authentication of users and integration with AD is via APIs to undertake business logic and interface with the underlying data stores. Enterprise platform being delivered using, Kubernetes, Docker, Kafka messaging and Azure stack technologies, whilst using Jenkins, SonarQube, Nexus and GitHub Enterprise to manage CI/CD pipeline.
• Scrum Master for the cross functional Portal team, delivering the front end to the Machine Learning enterprise platform within the Bank
• Working closely with the Product Owner and other key stakeholders to prioritise functional drops to align with the overall Go Live for the enterprise wide platform capability
• Leading the team through all Agile ceremonies such as; backlog grooming, estimating, sprint planning, daily stand ups as well as sprint reviews, and retrospectives
• Providing Agile Coaching and best practices to team members within the Programme
• Using sprint metrics to prepare reports for both Sapient and LBG leadership teams
• Taking part in Scrum of Scrums with LBG senior leadership team and other key stakeholders
• Extensive use of tools such as Confluence and JIRA to manage functional deliverables during the development lifecycle and detailing route to live (RTL) tasks for DevOps team
• Responsible for Service Introduction in the Bank by using Service Now, BMC Remedy tools to raise changes and manage through the process lifecycle
Leadership, Go, Portal, Logic, Enterprise, Audit, Science, Remedy, Development, Confluence, Banking, Kafka, Service, Test, Github, Integration, Scrum, Kubernetes, Product owner, Audit, Agile, Artificial Intelligence, Jenkins, DevOps, Jira, Scrum master, Azure, Docker, Data Science, Machine learning, Coaching
2018 - 2018
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Scrum Master / Technical Delivery Manager - Barclays Mobile Banking(BMB)
Barclays.
Acting as a Scrum Master/TDM within Barclays Mobile Banking channel to deliver new and improved Android and iOS features for consumer lending and business banking customers. Responsible for managing all Agile delivery ceremonies with onsite and offshore resources. Responsible for ensuring the feature development and delivery compliance with the technical and deployment standards. Responsible for managing key business stakeholders via comms and appropriate level of reporting.
• BMB Scrum Master and Technical Delivery Manager within the Consumer Lending & Mortgages and Business Banking verticals
• Managing multiple concurrent delivery teams made up of onshore and offshore resources
• Working closely with the Product Owner and other key stakeholders to prioritise initiatives and then responsible for developing release roadmaps for various features
• Leading the teams to estimate user stories and sprint planning for features, as well as managing daily scrums, sprint reviews and retrospectives with distributed delivery teams.
• Organising and managing the feature demos to key stakeholders within the business
• Extensive use of tools such as Confluence and JIRA to manage feature deliverables and defects management during the development lifecycle
• Managing feature testing phases with dedicated testing teams and business users before implementing feature change in Live
• Liaising with Release teams on daily basis to ensure feature delivery alignment within the BMB channel and protecting feature releases against competing prioritise
• BMB Scrum Master and Technical Delivery Manager within the Consumer Lending & Mortgages and Business Banking verticals
• Managing multiple concurrent delivery teams made up of onshore and offshore resources
• Working closely with the Product Owner and other key stakeholders to prioritise initiatives and then responsible for developing release roadmaps for various features
• Leading the teams to estimate user stories and sprint planning for features, as well as managing daily scrums, sprint reviews and retrospectives with distributed delivery teams.
• Organising and managing the feature demos to key stakeholders within the business
• Extensive use of tools such as Confluence and JIRA to manage feature deliverables and defects management during the development lifecycle
• Managing feature testing phases with dedicated testing teams and business users before implementing feature change in Live
• Liaising with Release teams on daily basis to ensure feature delivery alignment within the BMB channel and protecting feature releases against competing prioritise
Management, UP, Manager, Feature, Development, Testing, Confluence, Offshore, Banking, Compliance, Scrum, User stories, Deployment, Product owner, Agile, Jira, Scrum master, Android, IOS
2017 - 2017
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Scrum Master/Digital Project Manager
Cox Automotive.
Full stack development and implementation of Content Management System that provides stock inventory / management, marketing, sales and professional imagery for leading brands in the Automotive industry with a fully responsive website. The backend enables manufacturers to manage aspects such as; inventory, marketing campaigns, creating dealership groups and POS material. Whilst the responsive web frontend enables users to search & view cars, setup email alerts, reserve & make an offer through integration with PayPal and obtain finance illustrations. The system also provided MI reporting driven by Google Analytics.
• Responsible for acting as the Scrum Master and managing all Agile ceremonies
• Managing backlog with the Product Owner by planning and prioritising
• Management of off-shore development teams in Germany and Belarus (Godel)
• Facilitating Backlog Grooming, Sprint Planning, Daily Scrums and Reviews & Retrospectives
• Managing business readiness by engaging with client account managers, training, client support and data services team
• Preparing and presenting weekly project reporting internally to senior managers and external clients
• Managing RAID logs, project plans and comms
• Managing stakeholders' expectations and ensuring comms out to these
• Manage incremental build 'show and tell' sessions and client's feedback
• Liaising and managing Client Support, Client Account Management, Data Services and Training team members and transition to BAU post Go Live with OEMs.
• Responsible for acting as the Scrum Master and managing all Agile ceremonies
• Managing backlog with the Product Owner by planning and prioritising
• Management of off-shore development teams in Germany and Belarus (Godel)
• Facilitating Backlog Grooming, Sprint Planning, Daily Scrums and Reviews & Retrospectives
• Managing business readiness by engaging with client account managers, training, client support and data services team
• Preparing and presenting weekly project reporting internally to senior managers and external clients
• Managing RAID logs, project plans and comms
• Managing stakeholders' expectations and ensuring comms out to these
• Manage incremental build 'show and tell' sessions and client's feedback
• Liaising and managing Client Support, Client Account Management, Data Services and Training team members and transition to BAU post Go Live with OEMs.
Finance, Manager, Go, Backend, Responsive, Off-shore, Search, Web, Google, Development, Presenting, Pos, Implementation, Support, Website, Sales, Marketing, Analytics, Content, Management, Integration, Product owner, Content Management, Agile, Training, Account management, Scrum master, Project Manager, Scrum, Frontend, Backend, Google analytics
2016 - 2017
job
Scrum Master/Digital Project Manager
Lookers Plc.
Master Data Management (MDM) Project
Brought into the business to deliver an in-flight MDM project for the Customer and Vehicle Data domains, which was one of the critical projects within the Torque360 Digital Transformation Programme. Responsible for managing and delivering the project using Agile/Scrum methodology (via Jira and Confluence). MDM solution is based on Profisee's COTS product that is integrated with Dynamics CRM system, using BizTalk as the integration layer.
• Responsible for acting as the Scrum Master whilst managing the delivery of this transformational project
• Management of off-shore System Integrator resources (Belarus) as well as MDM vendor (USA)
• Managing Backlog Grooming, Sprint Planning, Daily Standups and Retrospectives
• Agreeing and managing Definition of Done, MVP and Release planning activities with PO & the team
• Responsible for attending Program Defects Management review meetings and discussing project defects/issues
• Management of all project dependencies, risks and issues and reporting / escalation within the Program
• Preparing and presenting weekly project reporting for the Senior Management Team
• Responsible for liaising with the business stakeholders
• Responsible for developing the Data Governance Framework and Best Practices for the Data team
• Developing and implementing data management framework with marketing preferences within MDM and compliance with GDPR
Scrum Master/Digital Project Manager: OEM Leads Hub and CRM Dynamics Integration Project
Responsible for project managing the integration of Audi's Sales leads Hub with CRM Dynamics that replaced the legacy CRM system in Business Development Centres. This was a critical project as the sales leads and follow on activities captured via emails, phone calls, website leads, walk-ins, test drives and deliveries had to be integrated with the Hub that Audi use to generate their management reporting purposes of their dealer network.
• Responsible for acting as the Scrum Master and Project Manager
• Management of off-shore and in-house development and architecture resources
• Managing Sprint Planning, Backlog Grooming, Standups and Retrospectives
• Agreeing and managing Definition of Done, MVP and Release planning activities with PO & the team
• Preparing and presenting weekly project reporting for the Senior Management Team
• Responsible for liaising with the internal and external stakeholders
Brought into the business to deliver an in-flight MDM project for the Customer and Vehicle Data domains, which was one of the critical projects within the Torque360 Digital Transformation Programme. Responsible for managing and delivering the project using Agile/Scrum methodology (via Jira and Confluence). MDM solution is based on Profisee's COTS product that is integrated with Dynamics CRM system, using BizTalk as the integration layer.
• Responsible for acting as the Scrum Master whilst managing the delivery of this transformational project
• Management of off-shore System Integrator resources (Belarus) as well as MDM vendor (USA)
• Managing Backlog Grooming, Sprint Planning, Daily Standups and Retrospectives
• Agreeing and managing Definition of Done, MVP and Release planning activities with PO & the team
• Responsible for attending Program Defects Management review meetings and discussing project defects/issues
• Management of all project dependencies, risks and issues and reporting / escalation within the Program
• Preparing and presenting weekly project reporting for the Senior Management Team
• Responsible for liaising with the business stakeholders
• Responsible for developing the Data Governance Framework and Best Practices for the Data team
• Developing and implementing data management framework with marketing preferences within MDM and compliance with GDPR
Scrum Master/Digital Project Manager: OEM Leads Hub and CRM Dynamics Integration Project
Responsible for project managing the integration of Audi's Sales leads Hub with CRM Dynamics that replaced the legacy CRM system in Business Development Centres. This was a critical project as the sales leads and follow on activities captured via emails, phone calls, website leads, walk-ins, test drives and deliveries had to be integrated with the Hub that Audi use to generate their management reporting purposes of their dealer network.
• Responsible for acting as the Scrum Master and Project Manager
• Management of off-shore and in-house development and architecture resources
• Managing Sprint Planning, Backlog Grooming, Standups and Retrospectives
• Agreeing and managing Definition of Done, MVP and Release planning activities with PO & the team
• Preparing and presenting weekly project reporting for the Senior Management Team
• Responsible for liaising with the internal and external stakeholders
Website, Manager, Framework, USA, Dynamics CRM, Off-shore, BizTalk, Development, Presenting, Management Reporting, Confluence, Transformation, Master Data Management, Architecture, Compliance, Network, Marketing, Sales, Test, Management, Integration, GDpr, Data management, Agile, Digital transformation, Jira, Scrum master, CRM, Project Manager, Scrum, Business development
2016 - 2016
job
Scrum Master/Digital Project Manager
Provident Financial Group.
Enterprise Service Bus Implementation Project
Brought into the business on a short term contract as Business Change Project Manager to develop requirements, end to end costs and a full business case to seek funding for implementing an ESB solution within the organisation. Various options were considered e.g. Mulesoft, RabbitMQ, and IBM's IIB product.
Brought into the business on a short term contract as Business Change Project Manager to develop requirements, end to end costs and a full business case to seek funding for implementing an ESB solution within the organisation. Various options were considered e.g. Mulesoft, RabbitMQ, and IBM's IIB product.
Scrum, Project Manager, Scrum master, Service, Business Case, Implementation, RabbitMQ, Organization, Enterprise, Manager
2013 - 2013
job
(CIO level) within TfL and the Programme Board
Transport for London.
(London) - March 2013 to October 2013
Responsible for managing the delivery of several workstreams within a Merger & Acquisition programme, with emphasis on Business Change, IT systems and data migration. The £3.8M programme's phase 1 had to ensure that the acquired company's systems/applications and data were migrated and be operational by a fixed contractual end date. Scope included migration of 103 applications, 4 new office locations requiring TfL network connectivity and ensuring the business would have the necessary IT and business systems operational and BAU from day one.
• Validating baseline data for applications and processes with the BAs
• Engage with internal departments and obtain necessary Resources for the workstreams
• Develop high level and detailed workstream project plans for internal and external distribution as well as at PMO
• Managing external and internal stakeholders and reporting to senior managers (CIO level) within TfL and the Programme Board
• Co-ordinate and chair technical and business change workshops and regular workstreams meetings
• Manage delivery of 3rd party service providers, in particular network connectivity to new locations
• Manage the UAT team comprising of internal, external and SMEs
• Engage with external suppliers such as CGI to develop and obtain approval for data extraction activities from datacentres
Responsible for managing the delivery of several workstreams within a Merger & Acquisition programme, with emphasis on Business Change, IT systems and data migration. The £3.8M programme's phase 1 had to ensure that the acquired company's systems/applications and data were migrated and be operational by a fixed contractual end date. Scope included migration of 103 applications, 4 new office locations requiring TfL network connectivity and ensuring the business would have the necessary IT and business systems operational and BAU from day one.
• Validating baseline data for applications and processes with the BAs
• Engage with internal departments and obtain necessary Resources for the workstreams
• Develop high level and detailed workstream project plans for internal and external distribution as well as at PMO
• Managing external and internal stakeholders and reporting to senior managers (CIO level) within TfL and the Programme Board
• Co-ordinate and chair technical and business change workshops and regular workstreams meetings
• Manage delivery of 3rd party service providers, in particular network connectivity to new locations
• Manage the UAT team comprising of internal, external and SMEs
• Engage with external suppliers such as CGI to develop and obtain approval for data extraction activities from datacentres
PMO, Service, Network, Workshops, It, Office, CIO, Cgi, Processes
2011 - 2011
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Project Manager
Talk Talk Technology.
I was responsible for delivering concurrent projects involving; B2B IP Stream products, BSS/OSS customer base data reconciliation and OSS layer database rationalisation, and data centre migration. Project values ranged from £65k to £1.4M using internal resources and third party suppliers.
Project Manager, B2B, Database, Manager
2010 - 2011
job
IT Project Manager I
Yorkshire Water.
was responsible for managing capex project (£300K) and programme workstreams (£900k of £1.7M total cost) tasked with delivering a SharePoint solution to telemetry alarm management and providing operational team portals. Technologies involved included OSI-PI integration with SharePoint with Silverlight / Web Parts components.
Project Manager, IT Project Manager, SharePoint, Integration, Management, It, Web, Silverlight, Manager
2008 - 2010
job
Real-Time work scheduler
Northern Ireland Water.
(Belfast) - September 2008 to June 2010
Project Managed full life cycle delivery of concurrent projects, leveraging COTS solutions delivered through internal resources and third party vendors. I was responsible for managing and delivering:
• Implementation of Leakage Management System and decommissioning of legacy solution
• AMT's Ellipse (ERP/Mobile Work Management solution) Enhancements & Integration with other systems
• Implementation & integration of Click (Real-Time work scheduler for mobile workforce) software
Project Managed full life cycle delivery of concurrent projects, leveraging COTS solutions delivered through internal resources and third party vendors. I was responsible for managing and delivering:
• Implementation of Leakage Management System and decommissioning of legacy solution
• AMT's Ellipse (ERP/Mobile Work Management solution) Enhancements & Integration with other systems
• Implementation & integration of Click (Real-Time work scheduler for mobile workforce) software
ERP, Integration, Management, Implementation, Software
2006 - 2008
freelance
Business and IT Consultant
PFI Management Limited.
formulating tactical and strategic solutions for SMEs that provided financial services products to its clients.
IT Consultant, It
2004 - 2006
job
Project Manager
National Grid Transco.
worked within the PMO and reporting directly to the Delivery Manager for the project that replaced legacy systems and provided web based business applications to improve productivity and management reporting within the business (iGMS project).
Project Manager, PMO, Management, Management Reporting, Web, Manager
1997 - 1998
job
Project Manager
Railtrack plc.
within the Northwest region with responsibilities to manage and deliver infrastructure development schemes, which comprised elements of telecommunication, CCTV and Information Systems development as well as network provisions.
Project Manager, Network, Infrastructure, Development, Manager
1989 - 1997
job
Project Engineer
Hyder plc.
to a Project Manager status. I was involved in the development of automated control systems for treatment plants for various clients in the chemical and utilities sector, with projects ranging from £500k to £10M; including infrastructure development and SCADA implementation.
Project Manager, Implementation, SCADA, Infrastructure, Development, Utilities, Manager
My education
End State Architecture
N/a, Architecture within the organisation
N/a, Architecture within the organisation
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