DOUGLAS MURRAY
Summerville
Summary
Dynamic Agile Project Manager with a proven track record at Stratejia Group Inc. enhancing sprint predictability by 25% through effective coaching and backlog refinement. Expert in Agile methodologies and stakeholder engagement, driving successful digital product delivery and fostering cross-functional collaboration to achieve strategic objectives.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Scrum Master / Agile Project Manager
Stratejia Group Inc
02.2021 - Current
- Serve as Scrum Master for two cross-functional Agile teams delivering enterprise and digital application enhancements.
- Facilitated Agile events including sprint planning, daily scrum, backlog refinement, story estimation, and retrospectives to drive team alignment and progress.
- Partner with Product Owners to refine product backlogs, define acceptance criteria, and ensure clear prioritization aligned with business objectives.
- Improved sprint predictability by 25% and stakeholder satisfaction by 20% through coaching, backlog hygiene, and metric transparency.
- Removed cross-team impediments and managed interdependencies to protect sprint commitments and release timelines.
- Delivered executive dashboards in Azure DevOps and Jira, enhancing visibility into velocity, risks, and roadmap progress for stakeholders.
- Coached teams transitioning from waterfall to Agile, fostering Agile maturity and collaboration among technical and business stakeholders.
- Supported modernization and migration initiatives, coordinating iterative releases while minimizing operational disruption.
Agile Project Manager
Stratejia Group Inc
06.2020 - 02.2021
- Guided IT product teams in compliance-driven environments, ensuring alignment of sprint execution with regulatory requirements to mitigate risks.
- Facilitated backlog grooming and roadmap planning sessions with leadership and business stakeholders to prioritize initiatives and optimize delivery.
- Reduced schedule variance by 20% through improved sprint planning, dependency tracking, and proactive risk mitigation.
- Implemented Agile reporting frameworks to enhance transparency and improve on-time delivery by 15%.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to align short-term sprint deliverables with long-term strategic roadmaps, enhancing overall project coherence.
Operations Manager
ASRC Federal
Schriever AFB
03.2018 - 06.2020
- Led IT operations supporting mission-critical systems with 99.6% reliability.
- Coordinated risk escalation, allocated resources, and tracked performance across distributed technical teams to ensure project alignment.
- Developed executive reporting dashboards that effectively communicated system health, identified risks, and tracked delivery performance.
Project Lead / Platoon Sergeant (E-6)
United States Army
11.2015 - 03.2018
- Led operational planning and execution for teams of 35+ personnel, ensuring mission success.
- Managed $18M in assets with zero loss, safeguarding organizational resources.
- Delivered comprehensive training programs for 3,500+ personnel, achieving 100% readiness and compliance with standards.
Education
B.S. - Business Administration
Walden University
02.2026
Professional Development - Leadership
Pikes Peak Community College
01.2022
Skills
- Agile Facilitation & Coaching
- Scrum processes
- Sprint Planning
- Daily Scrum
- Retrospectives
- Backlog Refinement
- Backlog refinement
- User Stories & Epics
- Acceptance Criteria
- Story Estimation
- Dependency Mapping
- Incremental Releases
- Agile Transformation
- Agile adoption
- Kanban
- SAFe
- Digital Product Delivery
- Agile metrics
- Velocity
- Burndown
- Predictability
- Cycle Time
- Dashboard Reporting
- Azure DevOps (ADO)
- Jira
- Confluence
- Project management
- MS Project
- ServiceNow
- SharePoint
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Stakeholder engagement
- Executive Communication
- Change Management
- Risk Mitigation
- Risk mitigation
- Team collaboration
- Agile maturity
- Kanban knowledge
- Scrum expertise
Certification
- Certified SAFe 6 Scrum Master (SSM), Scaled Agile
- Professional Scrum Master (PSM I), Scrum.org
- PMP, In Progress
Accomplishments
- Awarded 'Scrum Master of the Year' for leading Agile transformation across multiple teams.
- Delivered a $2M SAP integration project on time and within budget while managing cross-team dependencies.
- Improved team productivity and stakeholder satisfaction by 20–25% through backlog refinement and Agile coaching.
- Facilitated executive-level Agile workshops to accelerate adoption and reduce organizational resistance.
Timeline
Scrum Master / Agile Project Manager
Stratejia Group Inc
02.2021 - Current
Agile Project Manager
Stratejia Group Inc
06.2020 - 02.2021
Operations Manager
ASRC Federal
03.2018 - 06.2020
Project Lead / Platoon Sergeant (E-6)
United States Army
11.2015 - 03.2018
B.S. - Business Administration
Walden University
Professional Development - Leadership
Pikes Peak Community College