Jerister Ziamah

About Jerister Ziamah

I leverage agile methodologies to drive business initiatives. Lead fast paced projects and monitored the execution of product vision, and roadmaps. I promote collaboration, coach, motivate cross-functional teams to maintain positive energy and deliver value to customers. I organize and facilitates backlog prioritization, backlog refinement, and OKR(s) establishment. I foster transparency, open conversations, adaptations, and continuous improvement of deliverables. Create strong cross-functional relationships to develop high-caliber software. Champion impediments resolution and dependency management.

Experience

1. Senior Agility Lead

   Hikma Pharmaceuticals

   May 2024 — Present · Columbus, OH, US

   Orchestrated essential scrum events to maintained transparency through work status updates, team demos, and program demos. Created a collaborative team environment, established clear expectations through team working agreement, and conducted knowledge transfer workshops for new members.I support my teams to adopt agile methodologies that align with the regulatory and compliance frameworks of the pharmaceutical industry, such as Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and FDA guidelines.I help balance compliance and agility in a highly regulated environment, ensure changes changes meet documentation requirement and validation. I facilitates the balance between agile processes (which embrace change) and strict regulatory demands, ensuring the team remains compliant while iterating effectively.I lead my teams to prioritize tasks that mitigate risks associated with product safety, compliance, and timelines.Drug manufacturing processes often face delays due to compliance bottlenecks, equipment failures, or resource shortages. As a Scrum Master, i work to identify and remove impediments by coordinating with relevant departments (QA, engineering, or procurement) to identify and timely eliminate blockers.I collaborate with my teams to make sure all work items are visible on a task board, providing transparency on the progress of drug formulation, clinical trials, or production tasks. This helps management and regulatory teams track project status and compliance.i ensure that feedback from regulatory bodies or compliance audits is promptly incorporated into product development and manufacturing processes to avoid costly delays.

Education

• University of Yaounde II Cameroon

  Bachelor's degree

  2009 — 2012