Dare Oduale

Senior Agile Leader | Digital Transformation Specialist

London, GB.

About

Highly accomplished Agile practitioner with over 12 years of experience, specializing in leading and facilitating complex digital transformation programs across diverse technical and non-technical teams. Expert in implementing Scaled Agile Frameworks (SAFe) and optimizing delivery pipelines, I have successfully transformed portfolio performance for global institutions and enabled over 15 agile teams to achieve high-performing continuous delivery, consistently tracked through key business metrics and OKRs. My hands-on approach spans from discovery to implementation, leveraging tools like Jira and Azure DevOps to drive significant value and efficiency.

Work

KPMG

Lead Scrum Master - Cloud & Digital Transformation

London, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Jan 2023→ Apr 2025

Summary

Led global digital transformation programs, coached multiple teams, and optimized delivery and portfolio alignment for major clients, contributing to two award-winning programs.

Highlights

Spearheaded 100+ website migrations from AWS to Vercel, enhancing agile adoption and analytics setup with Google Cloud - BigQuery and Looker Studio.

Coached a healthcare client on implementing a new operating model for product teams, optimizing delivery of SaaS and PaaS solutions across SAP HMS, Salesforce CRM, Dynamics, Oracle HCM, and IDAM.

Transformed portfolio performance for a global institution by implementing an analytics platform to track and escalate delivery risks across 100+ product teams, linked to the enterprise risk management framework.

Planned and facilitated 3 successful PI Planning events for a private healthcare client, integrating CRM and ERP systems.

Trained and certified over 135 colleagues in Scrum Master, Product Owner, and Leading SAFe courses, fostering agile adoption across government, banking, and healthcare sectors.

Bip UK (Client - Haleon)

Agile Coach - Digital Transformation (Veeva)

London, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Oct 2022→ Jan 2023

Summary

Enabled a consumer healthcare company to successfully implement CTMS, eTMF, and RIMS on Veeva through strategic coaching and improved planning.

Highlights

Improved team planning significantly, enabling commitment to quarterly releases and sprint plans focused on specific use cases, ensuring platform enhancements aligned with user needs.

Provided strategic guidance to the portfolio manager and clinical systems lead on prioritizing based on business value, optimizing requirement analysis, and effectively sizing epics and features.

North Highland (Client - JLR)

Lead Scrum Master / Agile Coach - Enterprise Transformation

London, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Oct 2021→ Oct 2022

Summary

Managed operating model design and process re-engineering, significantly improving efficiency and reducing impediment resolution for enterprise transformation initiatives.

Highlights

Managed 2-3 scrum teams concurrently, leading the design and execution of transformation roadmaps that reduced impediment resolution cycle time from over 20 days to 6 days on an SAP ERP project.

Designed and implemented a training curriculum that successfully trained over 100 scrum masters and product owners.

Redefined the sprint review process to be more metric-focused, advising Directors and Executive Leaders on setting quarterly OKRs for Big Room Planning.

Created a Jira report on commit:complete ratios across 20+ scrum teams to track Agile Coach performance and drive continuous improvement.

Roche Pharmaceutical

Scrum Master - CX Transformation (Salesforce, SAP, AEM, GCP)

Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland

Nov 2020→ Oct 2021

Summary

Led process design and enabled global rollout of a fully integrated CX platform across over 150 countries for healthcare professionals.

Highlights

Led two scrum teams in a fully integrated CX platform for healthcare professionals (HCPs), collaborating with 20+ globally distributed teams to integrate SAP CDC, Salesforce Sales Cloud and Marketing Cloud, and AEM.

Improved program rollout implementation timeline by 35% across LATAM, APAC, and EMEA regions.

Led service design and trained 90+ product operations teams as part of the transition to a DevOps model.

Shell

Scrum Master

London, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Jan 2019→ Dec 2020

Summary

Organized agile training, coached teams on adoption, and enabled delivery of key features for the Identity & Access Management platform.

Highlights

Organized agile introduction training for the new Identity & Access Management team and coached other teams within the program on agile adoption.

Redesigned the transition support process to work better with iterative delivery, enhancing overall efficiency.

Managed the team's Azure DevOps backlog, creating custom reports for improved visibility and performance tracking.

Enabled the team to deliver a new feature in time for a campaign in Asia, which drove an additional 3 million users on the IAM platform.

BNP Paribas

Agile Project Manager

London, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Jan 2017→ Dec 2018

Summary

Managed agile projects, coordinating teams and stakeholders to ensure successful project delivery within a financial services environment.

Highlights

Successfully managed end-to-end agile project lifecycles, ensuring timely delivery and adherence to project goals.

Facilitated cross-functional team collaboration, resolving impediments and streamlining workflows to optimize project outcomes.

Ventures Platform

Product Owner

London, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Jan 2015→ Dec 2017

Summary

Defined product vision and managed backlogs for a ventures platform, ensuring alignment with business objectives and user needs.

Highlights

Collaborated with stakeholders to define product requirements and priorities, translating business needs into actionable user stories.

Managed the product backlog, ensuring features were developed and delivered to maximize value for users and the business.

Techformance

Digital Business Analyst

London, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Jan 2014→ Dec 2015

Summary

Analyzed business processes and digital requirements to support technology solutions and drive digital transformation initiatives.

Highlights

Conducted detailed business analysis, gathering requirements and translating them into functional specifications for digital projects.

Collaborated with development teams to ensure solutions met business needs and contributed to digital strategy.

Nextier Advisory

Analyst

London, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Jan 2013→ Dec 2014

Summary

Conducted research and analysis to support advisory projects, providing data-driven insights and recommendations to clients.

Highlights

Performed comprehensive data analysis and market research to inform strategic recommendations for clients.

Prepared detailed reports and presentations, effectively communicating findings and insights to stakeholders.

Education

Brunel University London

London, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

MSc Psychology Grade:

University of Derby

Derby, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

MSc Big Data Analytics Grade:

Languages

English

Certificates

Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

Scrum Alliance

Professional Scrum Master (PSM)

Scrum.org

ICAgile Certified Agile Coach

ICAgile

SAFe Lean Portfolio Management Certified

Scaled Agile, Inc.

SAFe Agile Practice Consultant (SPC 6.0)

Scaled Agile, Inc.

SAFe Scrum Master (SSM)

Scaled Agile, Inc.

Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO)

Scrum.org

SAFe Scrum Product Owner

Scaled Agile, Inc.

PRINCE2 Certified

AXELOS Global Best Practice

IBM DevOps Certificate

IBM

Google Change Management Certificate

Google

AWS Cloud Practitioner Training

Amazon Web Services

Enterprise Design Thinking

IBM

Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt

Designing AI Products

Stanford University

Skills

Agile Methodologies

Scrum, Kanban, SAFe Frameworks, Scaled Agile Delivery, Agile Release Train (ARTs), Agile Maturity Assessment, Agile Delivery Playbook.

Agile Practices & Facilitation

Agile Delivery, Agile Coaching, Facilitating, Advising, Coaching, PI Planning, System Demo, Team KPIs, Workshop Facilitation, Dependency Management, Impediment Resolution.

Project & Program Management

Project Management, Risk Management, MS Project, Product Strategy, Product Roadmap, Service Management, Change Management.

Tools & Platforms

Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence, Wiki, Kendis, Rally, Aha, Monday, SQL, Excel, PowerBI, Tableau.

Strategic & Organizational

Organization Design, CI/CD, Enterprise Design Thinking, Lean Six Sigma, Agile Tooling & Reporting.