Anna Gajda
St-Prex
Summary
Experienced Agile professional with a demonstrated track record of successfully transitioning teams from Waterfall methodologies to Agile frameworks. With over a decade of experience spanning roles from Project Manager to Scrum Master, Product Owner Proxy, and Solution Manager, I have developed a deep understanding of agile principles and methodologies. Currently growing into an SAFe Team Coach, I excel in fostering a culture of continuous improvement and empowering teams to deliver value effectively.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Scrum Master / Team Coach for IAM Team Richemont
Sword Technologies
07.2023 - 01.2024
- Improved team efficiency by implementing Agile and Scrum methodologies for project management.
- Coached cross-functional teams on Agile principles, leading to an increase in successful project deliveries.
- Developed custom Scrum boards for better task tracking and transparency within the team.
- Conducted daily stand-up meetings, sprint planning sessions, and sprint reviews, ensuring effective communication among team members.
- Resolved conflicts and facilitated open communication among team members, promoting a healthy work environment.
- Implemented continuous improvement initiatives through regular retrospective meetings with the team.
- Collaborated with Product Owners to refine requirements and ensure alignment with business goals.
- Implemented key performance metrics to track team progress and identify areas of improvement consistently throughout projects'' lifecycles.
- Coached teams in Agile practices and provided necessary training to create positive mindset to Agile methodologies.
- Aligned on Planning and Reporting structure on a Program level (Roadmap)
- Proposed a solution for New Requirements Scope handling
- Improved predictability from 45 to 85 %
Project Manager / Scrum Master / Solution Manager
Philip Morris International, PMI
07.2019 - 01.2023
- Successfully led the transition of a project team from traditional Waterfall methodologies to Agile frameworks.
- Established effective communication among team members for enhanced collaboration and successful project completion.
- Organized Scrum Ceremonies, participated in Product Delivery Roadmaps updates through changing requirements, removed impediments from cross-functional Development Teams.
- Ensured Epics, User Stories were correctly structured with DoR, tests and DoD allowing to pick up and deliver the required solution; limited the backlog of 400 tickets by 80%.
- After 2 years of serving the team as a Scrum Master, promoted to the role of PO Proxy/Solution Manager for Sprinklr Unified-CXM Platform and Corezoid Process Engine.
- Managed third-party IT platform suppliers (relationship, KPIs monitoring, time allocation, costs) by building closely knit teams taking full ownership of the delivered results.
- Acted as a point of escalation for issues impacting successful delivery
- Analysed risks and issues, and developed mitigation plans.
- Managed and delivered program communications.
- Reported progress to Senior Management.
- Ensured program documentation be complete, up-to-date and stored.
- Conducted post-delivery reviews and applied lessons learned to subsequent initiatives
Project Manager
ATCA
12.2018 - 07.2019
- Planned company's future activities and new business opportunities.
- Planned team development via individually tailored training paths.
- Designed social media solutions for a financial services company
Project Manager
CHUV
05.2018 - 08.2018
- Organized and overseen performance of the Medical Informatics Platform team.
- Drove high-quality completion of software/database development and implementation for major European hospitals.
- Mitigated risk factors through meticulous analysis of financial and statistical data.
- Defined processes and tools best suited to each project: moved between agile and waterfall approaches depending on project specifics and client goals, creating and updating detailed project roadmaps.
- Overseen the performance of user acceptance tests and platform demo scripts.
- Coordinated production of technical reports and planned improvement of user support solutions.
- Planned the migration of project tasks from Trello to JIRA
Project Manager
ATCA
04.2017 - 05.2018
- Streamlined project processes by implementing Agile methodologies, resulting in increased efficiency and reduced costs.
- Promoted ATCA and Beyond brands via digital marketing.
- Designed and managed digital marketing content.
- Designed and prepared successful value proposition presentations.
- Overseen the migration of team tasks from Excel to Wrike.
- Coordinated the migration of documentation from Crésus to bexio.
Project Manager / Head of Technology Transfer
National Centre For Research And Development
03.2013 - 04.2017
- Designed a project supporting university TT Offices; EUR 7.5 M.
- Collected best TT practices in Japan, Korea, Norway and USA.
- Collected requirements during brainstorming meetings and networking events.
- Designed a project supporting 300 science infrastructure managers from 37 higher education institutions.
- Designed course, meeting and conferences outline in cooperation with IBM, Fraunhofer and TUD.
- Pioneered in organizing science-business networking events.
- Overseen publication of Science & Business: Infrastructure Cooperation Models guide in Poland
Education
Postgraduate Studies - Accounting
Warsaw School of Economics
Warsaw, Poland06.2011
Master of Arts - Linguistics
University of Warsaw
Warsaw, Poland06.2000
Skills
- Resource Allocation
- Workflow Analysis
- Sprint Planning
- Stakeholder Management
- Lean principles
- Requirements Gathering
- Presentation Skills
- Agile Best Practices
- Vendor Selection
- Project Team Coordination
- Team building
- Team Collaboration
- Organizational Skills
- Scrum Methodology
- Idea Development and Brainstorming
- Coaching and Mentoring
- Project management software
- MS Office
Certification
2018: PMP
2019: Scrum Master / Product Owner
2024: Python basic course - ongoing
2024: SAFe Scrum Master - ongoing
Timeline
Scrum Master / Team Coach for IAM Team Richemont
Sword Technologies
07.2023 - 01.2024
Project Manager / Scrum Master / Solution Manager
Philip Morris International, PMI
07.2019 - 01.2023
Project Manager
ATCA
12.2018 - 07.2019
Project Manager
CHUV
05.2018 - 08.2018
Project Manager
ATCA
04.2017 - 05.2018
Project Manager / Head of Technology Transfer
National Centre For Research And Development
03.2013 - 04.2017
Postgraduate Studies - Accounting
Warsaw School of Economics
Master of Arts - Linguistics
University of Warsaw
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