Skip to main content
Edwin CallenderEC
Looking for a job

Edwin Callender

@edwincallender

Project Manager at Airtel and RDA Index delivering a $2.65B IPO transformation across 14 markets with 97% compliance.

United Arab Emirates
Message

At Airtel and RDA Index, I owned delivery of a $2.65B IPO transformation across 14 markets, translating audit, regulatory, and customer requirements into milestone plans and achieving 97% compliance. I also coordinated Agile planning and demos, accelerating decision-making by 20%.

I owned delivery of a cloud modernization platform and digital financial services products from discovery through launch and post-launch optimization, sustaining 100% uptime for 44.6M users. I also oversaw UAT and defect resolution, achieving a 98% on-time defect closure rate.

At M-PESAAfrica, I coordinated the digital transformation of a fintech platform serving more than 65M users. I scaled an Agile Release Train from 9 to 63 members across 11 EMEA offices and supported delivery of 60+ user journeys.

At Vodacom, I delivered mobile financial services product work and introduced SAFe Agile practices, improving delivery timelines by 15%. Earlier, at Vodafone, I established governance and continuous improvement frameworks for programs exceeding $10M and implemented a risk workflow that reduced unresolved issues by 22%.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Cardiff University logoCU

Cardiff University

Executive MBA, Business Administration

Pursued an Executive MBA at Cardiff University.

Project Management Institute logoPI

Project Management Institute

PMP, Project Management

Earned the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

Scaled Agile logoSA

Scaled Agile

SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE) and Product Manager, Agile

Earned the SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE) and Product Manager certification.

Scrum.org logoSC

Scrum.org

Professional ScrumMaster I (PSM I), Scrum

Earned the Professional ScrumMaster I (PSM I) certification.

ISACA logoIS

ISACA

CISM, Information Security

Earned the CISM (Certified Information Security Manager) certification.

ISACA logoIS

ISACA

CISA, Information Systems Auditing

Earned the CISA (Certified Information Systems Auditor) certification.

People Cert logoPC

People Cert

ITIL Foundation V3, IT Service Management

Earned the ITIL Foundation V3 certification.

Tech stack

Software and tools used professionally

Get matched with your dream remote job

Sign up now and join over 250,000+ remote workers who receive personalized job alerts, curated job matches, and more for free!

Sign up
Himalayas profile for an example user named Frankie Sullivan