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Wayne Arendse

@waynearendse

Senior Project Manager, Product Manager, and Business Analyst with 20+ years delivering digital platforms, SaaS products, and enterprise technology.

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a role where I can own end-to-end digital platform delivery—turning requirements into developer-ready specs, leading agile execution and QA, and driving measurable process/quality improvements, ideally with remote flexibility and strong cross-functional collaboration.

I’m a Senior Project Manager, Product Manager, and Business Analyst with 20+ years delivering digital platforms, SaaS products, and enterprise technology programmes across financial services, retail, biopharma, and professional services. I’m equally effective facilitating stakeholder workshops and writing developer-ready requirements as I am managing sprint execution, QA oversight, and production releases.

In complex, cross-functional programmes, I’ve owned delivery at enterprise scale—managed a $30M enterprise AI/ML platform with a 60-person team across consulting partners, and authored BRDs, Systems Requirements Documents, and architectural specifications in GxP-regulated environments. I also build and ship end-to-end SaaS platforms, including a full-stack Django/React/PostgreSQL solution through 17 agile sprints.

I lead with structured process improvement and delivery discipline, using Lean Six Sigma to reduce Cost of Poor Quality by 80% and eliminate 30% logistics waste through gap analysis and workflow redesign. From Jira/Confluence governance frameworks to LLM-based automation (OpenAI, LangChain), my goal is always the same: clarity, alignment, and quality you can prove at go-live.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Senior Project Manager & BA

Current

Authentic-Excellence and SovereignOne Consulting

Sep 2025 - Present (10 months)

Managed end-to-end delivery for multiple concurrent client engagements, running sprint planning, maintaining Jira backlogs, and coordinating distributed workstreams. Facilitated discovery and requirements workshops, performed QA reviews before releases, and authored structured business and PMO documentation for implementation-ready outcomes.

Jira Sprint Planning Backlog Management Acceptance Criteria QA Defect logging Release Coordination PMO Business Requirements Documentation

Current

Lead Technical PM, Product Manager & BA

Current

Wayne Arendse Consulting

Apr 2024 - Present (2 years 3 months)

Owned the full product lifecycle of a SaaS platform across 17 agile sprints, covering requirements gathering, sprint execution, release coordination, and production deployment. Led business analysis and QA checkpoints, and architected an LLM-based automation pipeline using OpenAI and LangChain to improve delivery quality.

Agile Scrum Requirements Gathering Functional Specifications Technical Specifications Acceptance Criteria QA Testing Django React PostgreSQL Jira ERPNext OpenAI Lang Chain LLM Process Redesign Definition Of Done

Senior Technical Program Manager & RTE

Amgen Biopharma (CTG)

May 2020 - Jun 2024 (4 years 1 month)

Owned a $30M enterprise AI/ML data platform program, running PI planning cycles and coordinating a 60-person cross-functional backlog across multiple consulting partners and internal squads. Authored GxP / 21 CFR Part 11-regulated BRDs and architectural specifications, providing technical oversight at sprint gates and building unified Jira/Confluence reporting dashboards.

AI ML Platform PI Planning Jira Confluence BRD SRD Writing GxP Architectural Specifications Technical Oversight Sprint QA Gates ML Analytics Gap Analysis Regulatory Compliance

Agile Coach & Senior Scrum Master

Amgen, Applicature, Finneos & Nxlog

Sep 2017 - Apr 2020 (2 years 7 months)

Established PMO practices and owned delivery across 17 concurrent technical projects, managing sprint plans, capacity allocation, and team execution across AR, Blockchain, DevOps, and network platforms. Coordinated a 120-person Solution Train with PI planning and cross-team dependency resolution while leading a Waterfall-to-Agile transformation.

PMO Agile Coaching Scrum Ceremonies PI Planning Solution Train Coordination Cross Team Dependencies Capacity Planning Jira Confluence DevOps Blockchain Networking

Senior Technical PM & Product Owner

Nedbank Investments, FIS Global & Woolworths

Feb 2010 - Apr 2017 (7 years 2 months)

Delivered a CMS-driven customer platform with AEM CMS, Angular, and React within a fixed one-year deadline, managing Jira backlogs, sprint ceremonies, UX-spec reviews, and QA sign-off before releases. Supported e-commerce payment and digital transaction delivery, produced NPV/IRR business cases for C-suite funding, and applied Lean Six Sigma to eliminate 30% logistics waste through process gap ana

AEM Commerce Angular React Jira Sprint Ceremonies E commerce Payments Business Requirements Capital Budgeting (NPV IRR)Lean Six Sigma Gap Analysis Workflow Redesign

Project Manager & Business Analyst

Deparment of Home Land Affairs

Sep 2008 - Feb 2010 (1 year 5 months)

Delivered a web-based application system for the Department of Home Land Affairs focused on processing identity documents. Performed business analysis and requirements work for digital product delivery across multiple smaller products.

Business Analysis Digital Product Delivery

General Manager, Professional Services

Global Vision Information Technology

Feb 2001 - Aug 2008 (7 years 6 months)

Scaled professional services from 7 to 85 employees, overseeing global delivery planning, task management, and QA standards across analysis, design, development, testing, and support for digital platforms deployed into 35 countries. Led a transition from waterfall to iterative agile by introducing sprint ceremonies, developer review processes, requirements documentation standards, and client repor

Team Management QA Testing Agile Transformation Sprint Ceremonies Developer Review Processes