Elijah Fetter

Senior Delivery Manager - xDesign - Edinburgh

January 2023 - May 2024

Worked end-to-end on a variety of projects in different industries as Delivery Manager, Scrum Master, and Agile Coach, leading and enabling cross-functional teams of 2-10 engineers, QAs, designers, and copywriters, to deliver excellent results using a combination of agile and waterfall strategies for iOS, Android, and Web apps - enabling, removing blockers, and supporting team members’ professional development.

Responsibilities

• Worked directly with clients to identify needs, coaching product owners to build effective value-driven backlogs with User Stories and Epics
• Led workshops and training days to support continuous improvement and psychological safety
• Maintained roadmaps, RAID logs, budgets, and led all Scrum ceremonies
• Drove internal initiatives to enhance department ways of working

Key Achievements

• Recognised as the company’s premier agile practitioner
• Executed agile process transformation for Yorkshire Building Society
• Created, and ran, a PSM1 training course (95% exam pass rate)
• Built the company’s agile maturity assessment framework

Scrum Master - Alliants Ltd - Southampton

August 2021 - December 2022

Revitalised a struggling, under-performing SaaS project, providing structural and procedural support for two cross-functional, geographically dispersed teams, enabling both to achieve delivery excellence using Scrum and Kanban as servant leader, engineering manager, and process coach - enabling, removing blockers, and supporting my team members’ professional development.

Responsibilities

• Managed agile transformations for internal projects for the establishment of a new company department
• Maintained roadmaps, RAID logs, budgets, and led all Scrum ceremonies
• Educated the company in Scrum and Kanban best practices, and coached other departments in adopting agile ways of working
• Led workshops and training days to support continuous improvement and psychological safety
• As proxy Product Owner, wrote User Stories and Epics, and assisted in the development of value-driven product backlog and product goals
• Managed software delivery schedules and oversaw releases
• Line managed engineers and participated in staffing decisions

Key Achievements

• Improved delivery metrics by 40% within the first 3 months
• Established ways of working to support teams spread across 3 time zones

Scrum Master - EnglishScore Ltd - London

November 2020 - July 2021

Managed, coached, and provided structure to an under-performing, geographically dispersed teams of Python, iOS and Android engineers at a fast-paced start-up developing an English-language proficiency app using Scrum and Kanban strategies - enabling, reducing distractions, removing blockers, and shielding the teams from uncertainties.

Responsibilities

• Wrote scoping documents, User Stories and Epics, and assisted in the development of value-driven backlogs
• Drove the adoption of Scrum and Kanban best practices
• Maintained roadmaps, RAID logs, and led all Scrum ceremonies
• Superuser for the Atlassian suite
• Led workshops and training days to support continuous improvement and psychological safety

Key Achievements

• Reviewed, edited, and delivered new questions for assessments
• Managed the deployment of the speaking proficiency processing model

Project Manager / Scrum Master - Waracle Ltd - Dundee

January 2020 - July 2020

Worked end-to-end on a variety of projects in different industries on the Emerging Accounts team with geographically dispersed squads of DevOps, Android, iOS, and web engineers using blended waterfall and agile strategies.

Responsibilities

• Led all Scrum ceremonies, and facilitated educational workshops
• Assumed many accountabilities as required, including Product Owner, Business Analyst, Scrum Master,
• Worked directly with the customer, writing User Stories and Epics, and assisted in the creation of value-driven backlogs
• Maintained roadmaps, RAID logs, led all Scrum ceremonies
• Provided forecasting estimates for project deadlines, project plans, progress reports, and tracked all project budgeting
• Led on-site client training sessions on Scrum and agile ways of working

Key Achievements

• Led the discovery for People’s Postcode Lottery’s new website
• Delivered a mobile banking training app for the Fife Society for the Blind

Project Manager - FanDuel Group - Edinburgh

July 2019 - December 2019

Managed two geographically dispersed teams of React/React Native engineers, QAs, designers, and business analysts as process coach and servant leader using a combination of Scrum and Kanban strategies - enabling, reducing distractions, removing blockers, and improving morale.

Responsibilities

• Maintained roadmaps, RAID logs, led all Scrum ceremonies
• Coached and assisted the business analyst in the mapping and writing of User Stories and Epics, and helped to develop the product backlog
• Negotiated with key stakeholders and subject specialists to clarify product and company vision
• Facilitated educational workshops and team events
• Provided forecasting estimates for project deadlines

Key Achievements

• Successfully advocated for, and transitioned one team’s development framework from Scrum to pure Kanban

Software Developer - Invodane Engineering - Toronto, Canada - 2014 - 2019

Software Developer - GBGSoft - Newmarket, Canada - 2006-2013