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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
DOUGLAS MURRAY