Olawale Oludare

I’m an Agile Project Manager/Scrum Master and Product Owner with over eight years of experience leading project scope, goals, and stakeholder collaboration to successful implementation. I’m highly proficient in Agile, Scrum, Lean, Kanban, and SAFe, and I’ve supported both remote and co-located teams through end-to-end delivery.

In my current role at First Bank of Nigeria, I lead delivery of digital banking and core system projects, ensuring alignment with IT strategy, compliance, and business objectives. I facilitate agile ceremonies (daily stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives), manage cross-functional teams, and drive process improvements and automation that enhanced project efficiency and reduced delivery cycle time by up to 30%.

Earlier, at FidelityBank Plc/IT Scope Solution and IPhowerTech Group, I strengthened delivery by defining requirements, coordinating testing and acceptance criteria on Jira, and improving flow of value through RAID management (risk, assumptions, issues, dependencies). I also delivered measurable outcomes—10 projects on time and within budget, improving customer satisfaction by 25% and reducing project planning time by 20%—while coaching teams in agile values and accelerating continuous learning.