Nneka Azubike
Ottawa,ON
Summary
Scrum Master with a background in successful technical recruitment utilizing Agile principles and frameworks. Adept at driving cross-functional collaboration, stakeholder engagement, and top talent identification through effective recruitment techniques and solid grasp of Agile methodologies. Proven track record of delivering innovative solutions and continuously improving processes. Committed to facilitating Agile transformations, team development, and maximizing team performance.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
Work History
Scrum Master
Fiverr
12.2022 - Current
- Acted as go-to resource for the scrum team by providing clarity on tasks, protecting them from external distractions, team conflicts and impediments. This resulted in meeting our sprint goals and deliverables.
- Worked across teams outside of the development team to find solutions and answers to issues encountered by the team.
- Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives.
- Collaborated with other Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches on developing, aligning, and maintaining team standards, performance metrics, tools, and best practices, including working agreements, the definition of ready, and the definition of done.
- Proficiently leveraged Jira and Confluence to streamline project management, tracking project tasks with ease and ensuring optimal resource allocation.
IT Recruiter & Junior Scrum Master
TEKsystems
08.2022 - Current
- Utilized the Agile approach with a deep understanding of the Scrum framework and introduced it to a team of recruiters. This transformation resulted in increased efficiency, improved candidate experience, and a 47% reduction in time-to-hire
- Utilized agile project management software such as Jira Kanban and Trello boards to manage each recruiting project, track sourcing efforts as well as candidates to ensure successful delivery
- Sourced IT top talent within the software development space for innovative federal government projects such as Workload and Cloud Migration Initiative, utilizing the recruitment database with a combination of strategic and diversified Boolean search strings
- Collaborated with account managers, end clients, stakeholders and other HR staff during the offer process, identifying and recommending salary ranges, incentives, start dates and other pertinent details
- Maintained familiarity with technical knowledge such as understanding various stages of the Software Development Life Cycle and other technical roles such as QA analyst and application developers to ensure success finding the best consultant and build an effective team
Corporate Recruiter & Junior Scrum Master
Paladin Security
03.2022 - 08.2022
- Led 3 distributed recruitment teams in developing an Agile mindset, resulting in increased efficiency, better communication, and improved candidate experience
- Acted as delivery manager by utilizing Kanban boards to administer tasks such as updating job requisitions, creating new job requisitions, and allocating recruiters to work on job requirements, therefore, increasing efficiency and productivity
- Performed high-volume recruitment by searching for qualified candidates, sending out offers to 20-30 candidates, and swiftly managing them through training, onboarding, and deployment
- Facilitated daily and bi-weekly meetings with recruitment and operational teams to ensure the agile process is followed thoroughly, answer questions, and receive feedback to understand the weakness and strengths of the team.
Technical Recruiter
Upwork
04.2021 - 08.2022
- Analyzed current state of teams within the technical industry in partnership with hiring managers to understand where the team is lacking and how I can empower the team by adding an exceptional candidate
- Evaluated resumes and interviewed candidates for technical positions such as full-stack developers, Test Automation Specialists and UX/UI designers
- Developed and maintained strong working relationships with people and culture, stakeholders, HR team, and hiring managers to foster partnerships that produced consistent results
- Screened job applicants referred them to managers and tracked each candidate's status utilizing Jira Kanban boards allowing for a swift delivery process and improved candidate experience
- Achieved 100% job success on Upwork through building effective teams and great client experience.
Education
Professional Scrum Master (PSM1) - In Progress
Scrum.org
Bachelor of Arts (B.A - Psychology
Carleton University
Skills
- Relationship building and teamwork
- Software Development Life Cycle
- Conflict resolution and communication
- ALM tools such as JIRA and Confluence
- Servant Leadership
- Scrum & Kanban framework
- Technical Recruiting
- People Management
Timeline
Scrum Master
Fiverr
12.2022 - Current
IT Recruiter & Junior Scrum Master
TEKsystems
08.2022 - Current
Corporate Recruiter & Junior Scrum Master
Paladin Security
03.2022 - 08.2022
Technical Recruiter
Upwork
04.2021 - 08.2022
Professional Scrum Master (PSM1) - In Progress
Scrum.org
Bachelor of Arts (B.A - Psychology
Carleton University
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