Jermaine Powell

About Jermaine Powell

Senior Scrum Master. Agile Project Manager, and Product Delivery Leader with 10+ years of experience supporting enterprise environments, financial services, DoD and federal programs within large prime-contractor environments. Proven expertise in product strategy, SAFe execution, Scrum and Kanban, driving delivery across multi-vendor, cross-functional teams while adhering to security, compliance, and contract performance requirements. Proven ability to guide SDLC, CI/CD, SaaS, AI, and mission-critical defense systems to improve cycle time, velocity, predictability, readiness, and stakeholder confidence. CORE COMPETENCIESAgile Frameworks: Scrum, Kanban Principles, SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework)Project Management Tools: JIRA, ADO, Microsoft 365 Suite, MS Project, MS PlannerAutomation: CI/CD, Jenkins, Azure DevOpsCloud/Automation: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)Collaboration Tools: Miro, MS Teams, Zoom, Confluence, SharePoint, Slack, Trello, Planning Poker,Programming & Databases: SQL, GitHub, C++, MySQLMetrics & Reporting: OKRs, KPI Tracking, Story Mapping, Customer Journey Mapping, Dashboards

Experience

1. Senior Scrum Master Deputy Program Manager

   Booz Allen Hamilton

   May 2023 — Present · US

   Led Agile delivery across 6 cross-functional Scrum teams (~55 engineers, QA, and analysts) supporting a U.S. Navy enterprise equipment tracking platform, using JIRA, Confluence, Azure DevOps dashboards, and Power BI, improving feature delivery cycle time by 6% through workflow optimization and WIP management.• Analyzed delivery performance using JIRA dashboards, cumulative flow diagrams, velocity tracking, and throughput metrics, enabling data-driven sprint improvements and predictability forecasting for a 6 team SAFe Agile Release Train (ART).• Facilitated SAFe PI Planning and Pre-PI readiness sessions using Miro, Confluence, and JIRA Advanced Roadmaps, coordinating delivery across 3 vendor teams and government stakeholders, ensuring alignment with DoD mission objectives and program increment business value for Navy enterprise equipment tracking platform.• Proactively identified delivery risks and system dependencies using Jira dependency boards, risk registers, and program boards, enabling mitigation planning that reduced cross-team delivery blockers by 20%. • Improved executive decision transparency and program oversight by reporting release readiness, delivery health, and program risks to senior Booz Allen leadership and Navy program sponsors across six Agile teams supporting a mission-critical Navy equipment tracking system, using Power BI dashboards, Jira delivery metrics, and Confluence reporting to communicate sprint performance, dependency risks, and release status.• Drove Agile maturity across teams by implementing continuous improvement frameworks, retrospectives, and Lean flow practices, increasing team predictability and throughput across the Agile Release Train by using Jira flow metrics dashboards (cycle time, lead time, throughput, and sprint predictability) and Confluence improvement tracking.

Education

• Norfolk State University

  Bacherlors, electrical engineering technology