I have 24+ years working in the financial services industry, with the last 8+ years spent working as a Scrum Master in multiple cross-functional teams. I moved to the Scrum Master role early in Aviva’s Agile journey, and was the Scrum Master that ran the pilot for moving from more traditional waterfall methodologies to Agile for the multi-million pound Guidewire project whose delivery scaled in excess of twelve teams running over 7 years. Following on from this project I have also successfully delivered other large scale complex mandatory projects such as the Retirement Outcome Review project (circa £5 million) which involved multiple internal and external companies making deliveries within FCA regulated timescales and specifications.During my time as Scum Master I have helped the company progress their Agile maturity from its infancy to creating more self-organising pro-active teams that are able to deliver working solutions in the most efficient way possible. I have worked closely with Product Owners to understand key business benefit cases, and have experience communicating with stakeholders at all levels and I help teams to imbed a culture of continuous improvement in their everyday activities.Key Skills:Continuous Improvement✔Embed a culture of continuous improvement within teams by ensuring improvements plans are in place and have measurable metrics to assist with this✔Utilise value stream mapping and waste logs to identify key areas of waste and help stakeholders look at tactical and strategic interventions for removing any waste or impedimentsStakeholder Management✔Work closely with Product Owners to understand key benefit cases and define MVP✔Utilise metrics to provide transparency and benefit realisation to key business stakeholders.✔Stakeholder engagement at all levels including senior managementCommunication✔Comfortable communicating at all levels both within the team and outside to stakeholders.✔Worked with distributed teams across multiple locations and time zones maximising use of collaboration tools✔Familiar with tools such as Jira/Confluence to aid communication and MS Teams for collaborationAdaptability/change✔Having worked with dozens of teams across multiple platforms since becoming a Scrum Master I have a proven track record adapting to new people/situations while consistently delivering change to the business on time and to budget
