Olamide Osho

Certified ScrumMaster, SAFe Scrum Master, ICP-ACC, and PMP-certified Agile delivery professional with 5+ years of experience supporting Scrum teams, scaled delivery, and cross-functional execution in enterprise banking and technology environments. Currently serving at TD in a dual-capacity role as Scrum Master for 2 pods and Release Train Engineer for the Data, Analytics and Reporting Product Group comprising 5 pods within Global Technology and Solutions. Experienced in facilitating Agile ceremonies, improving delivery predictability, managing impediments and dependencies, supporting PI Planning, maintaining delivery visibility through metrics and dashboards, and helping teams adopt fit-for-purpose ways of working across Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe environments.

Scrum Master II / Release Train Engineer at Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD) (2024-09 – Present)

Serve in a dual-capacity role as Scrum Master for 2 pods and Release Train Engineer (RTE) for the Data, Analytics and Reporting Product Group comprising 5 pods.

• Facilitate Agile ceremonies and support end-to-end Agile processes for 2 pods, helping teams maintain alignment, transparency, and delivery focus.
• Partner with Product Owners, Technology Leads, and team members to support sprint planning, backlog visibility, impediment removal, and execution of committed work.
• Promote predictable flow by supporting realistic sprint planning, reducing overcommitment, and encouraging collaboration around high-priority work.
• Maintain delivery visibility through Jira reporting, team metrics, and stakeholder updates.
• Coach teams and stakeholders on Agile practices, continuous improvement, and effective team ways of working.
• Help ensure work in progress remains visible and aligned to team priorities.
• Support program-level execution across the Data, Analytics and Reporting Product Group by coordinating dependencies, timelines, and alignment across 5 pods.
• Lead and support PI readiness and quarterly PI Planning activities, helping teams prepare, align priorities, and manage cross-team dependencies.
• Facilitate Scrum of Scrums, feature syncs, system demos, release synchronization forums, and pre- and post-PI planning sessions.
• Maintain visibility of program health through Jira dashboards, dependency tracking, PI objective monitoring, and risk registers.
• Coordinate release readiness and integrated testing activities with DevOps, Security, Architecture, Product, and business partners.
• Helped assess Agile maturity, workflow, processes, and delivery metrics across the product group, contributing to the transition of 5 pods from Scrum to Kanban where work was not well suited to 2-week sprint timeboxing.
• Contributed to improvements in cycle time and work in progress through workflow optimization and delivery support.
• Support leaders, teams, and stakeholders in maintaining alignment between delivery execution and business priorities.
• Helped improve sprint predictability for the Appraisal Pod from about 75% to more than 90% through coaching and workflow optimization.
• Helped improve the Policy Pod's delivery predictability by stabilizing velocity from a highly variable range of approximately 11 to 22 ideal days to a more consistent average of 15 ideal days, reducing overcommitment and supporting more realistic sprint planning.
• Supported delivery of the FCT Portal, enabling sales colleagues to obtain automated property valuation decisions and market rent assessments before application submission in under 4 hours, contributing to a 16% increase in automated valuations within just over one month of launch.
• Contributed to the successful delivery of the Discharge Statement Portal, helping modernize solicitor and notary workflows.

Scrum Master at Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD) (2022-03 – 2024-09)

Supported 3 Agile teams by facilitating Scrum ceremonies, managing impediments, and driving continuous improvement initiatives.

• Partnered with Product Owners to support backlog management, prioritization, and execution of business and technology objectives.
• Promoted Agile practices aligned with enterprise delivery standards and team goals.
• Used Jira and Confluence to track progress, monitor team metrics, and provide delivery transparency to stakeholders.
• Coached team members on Agile practices to support collaboration, team development, and delivery effectiveness.
• Stepped in to provide Scrum Master and short-term Release Train Engineer support for the Servicing and Loyalty Product Group during a temporary coverage period.
• Supported a collaborative team culture and helped maintain focus on delivery commitments, issue resolution, and stakeholder alignment.
• Supported delivery of Stop Sell Property Taxes, an initiative associated with approximately $1.2M in estimated annual savings.
• Supported launch of Click to Renew Term Portion on Mobile, contributing to parity across Mortgage and Flexiline servicing tools and associated with more than $70M in retained customer volume within the first week.
• Supported launch of the Digital Portal for Statement Requests, improving how solicitors, notaries, and other financial institutions request and receive discharge-related statements.

Senior Manager, Workforce and Performance Management at Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) (2021-12 – 2022-02)

• Supported the Verint project team in implementing workforce management practices.
• Provided analytics and performance insights to support root-cause analysis and operational decision-making.

Professional Development at Career Break / Professional Development (2018-07 – 2021-11)

• Completed further education and professional development in analytics, Agile, and project management.
• Volunteered with the Project Management Institute Lakeshore Chapter, supporting projects and performance management initiatives.

Business Economist / Project Lead, Commercial Department at Shell, Nigeria (2013-01 – 2018-06)

• Led project economics work and developed investment decision proposals for integrated oil and gas projects.
• Contributed to commercial decisions associated with approximately $2B in additional revenue.
• Negotiated agreements and contracts that supported improved project value and commercial outcomes.
• Worked with cross-functional stakeholders to progress initiatives through formal business and governance decision stages.

Senior Commercial Advisor, Petroleum Contracts at Shell, Nigeria (2008-02 – 2013-05)

• Negotiated exploration and production agreements contributing to significant commercial value, including approximately $500M in annual revenue.
• Managed complex stakeholder relationships across commercial, legal, and partner groups.

Commercial Advisor, Projects at Shell, Nigeria (2006-02 – 2008-02)

• Worked with project teams and joint venture partners to support project progression through governance and decision gates.
• Supported structured project execution processes similar to waterfall project management disciplines.

Graduate Certificate in Data Analytics for Decision Making – Durham College

MBA – Pan-Atlantic University (Lagos Business School)

BSc (Hons) in Sociology – Lagos State University