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Brighton Ndlovu

Project Manager/Scrum Master
Johannesburg

Summary

Dynamic Scrum Master with proven expertise in project management and stakeholder engagement, honed at Liberty Life. Excelled in facilitating high-value increments and fostering team self-management. Skilled in sprint planning and promoting an empirical approach to complex work, achieving significant advancements in Scrum framework adoption and project delivery efficiency.

Experienced Scrum Master with proven track record of successfully leading teams in developing high-quality software solutions on time and within budget. Skilled in multiple Agile methodologies, stakeholder management and sprint planning. Highly organized in managing complex projects with multiple deadlines.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience
4
4
Certifications

Work History

Business Analyst

Liberty Life
Johannesburg
02.2015 - 07.2025
  • I am a Management Consultant with experience in Business Analysis / Business Process Engineering,
  • Project Management. My passion lies in full cycle Project implementation. I love working with people and
  • Have a drive for success, willing to use my skills, knowledge and experience to the best of my ability to
  • Serve the interest of my client, employer as well as fellow employees. Facilitating and erecting structures
  • To help increase productivity and effectiveness of the organization. Promoting a sound and professional
  • Working environment.
  • Personal Skills
  • I am an assertive, self-confident and self-motivated individual with the ability to work independently and
  • Actively participated in team meetings to share knowledge, exchange ideas, address challenges, and collaborate on potential solutions.

Project Manager

Liberty Life
Johannesburg
02.2015 - 04.2025
  • · External vendor engagement either on-site, conference calls or via Web-ex for Business with national and international stakeholders and third-party vendors
  • · Identify change requests (scope changes), risks, issues and agree on deadline changes with all stakeholders and impact on other projects through the change control process
  • · Communication with stakeholders and external vendors
  • · Ensure all documentation are uploaded in a centralized document storage site – SharePoint with the required security access
  • · Work with a team Developers, DBA’s, QA Testers, and UAT End-user testing and infrastructure team to ensure requirements are met (SDLC)
  • · FICA exposure
  • · Call Centre Projects (Customer Experience)
  • · IT Financial and Actuarial and Group Comms application implementations
  • · SaaS software application projects
  • · Report on progress to the Programme Manager for Executive feedback
  • · Worked in the PMO Department and within the IT space reporting the Div Director
  • · Utilized the PMBOK, Prince II and customized company methodologies
  • · Live Simulation of Disaster Recovery Testing Project
  • · Project budgets and third-party or in-house timesheet management for project costing integrated
  • · Coaching the team on the Scrum rules, self-management and cross-functionality.
  • · Facilitating the Daily Scrum meetings.
  • · Removing any impediments to the team’s efficiency and progress.
  • · Helping the team to focus on creating high-value Increments that meet the Definition of Done.
  • · Supporting Scrum events and ensuring they are positive, productive and kept within the assigned timebox.
  • · Supporting the team with defining clear and concise Product Backlog items.
  • · Helping techniques for effective Product Goal definition and Product Backlog management.
  • · Facilitating stakeholder collaboration and removing barriers between stakeholders and Scrum teams.
  • · Planning and advising the implementation of Scrum within the organisation.
  • · Coaching, training and leading the adoption of Scrum and ongoing practices.
  • Supporting both the team and stakeholders in understanding an empirical approac

Business Analyst

Standard Chartered Bank
Johannesburg
11.2013 - 02.2015
  • Did interviews with Business Units Heads and Users to, understand the
  • Processes and workflow.
  • • Analyse and gather intelligence on the AS-IS processes in order to provide
  • • Worked on devising, documenting, formalizing and validating the AS-IS
  • • From February 2014 till Feb 2015 - Business Release 7 Project, (BR7)
  • • Conducted workshop with Business for gathering the AS-IS process for
  • Credit and Maintenance Stream
  • • Documented processes and ran review sessions.
  • • Validated the processes with SME and planned the TO-BE engagement
  • • Conducted workshop for the TO-BE process
  • • Documented the BRS document.
  • • Signed off the TO-Be Processes and BRD
  • Actively participated in team meetings to share knowledge, exchange ideas, address challenges, and collaborate on potential solutions.

Business Analyst

Momentum Insurance
Pretoria, Gauteng
03.2013 - 11.2013

I was involved in a project called Single Client View and below are my main
responsibilities.
• Review AS-IS Processes for four business units within Momentum Employee
Benefits, analyze the process maps in alignment with day to day functions,
point out integration points and finally determine quick-wins and possible
long term solutions or suggestions
• Have interviews with Business Units Heads and Users to, understand the
processes and workflow.
• Analyse and gather intelligence on the AS-IS processes with the aim to
provide recommendations that give the utmost clear position of how to
achieve client centricity.
• Worked on devising, documenting, formalizing and validating the AS-IS
business processes for other Business units which did not have documented
process maps.
• Worked with the Programme Manager in preparing a proposal document that
specified the solutions or assumptions that will enable MMI to have a single
client engagement view.
• Review of all onboarding, maintenance and exit forms to determine a single
client engagement form that summarizes the requirements from four
business units.
• Review of all employer portals within the four business units, to support the
development of a single employer interface portal that interacts with all four
business units.

Business Analyst

National Prosecuting Authority
Pretoria, Gauteng
06.2006 - 03.2013
  • Actively participated in team meetings to share knowledge, exchange ideas, address challenges, and collaborate on potential solutions.
  • Developed high-quality documentation to support training efforts, helping employees fully understand new systems and procedures.
  • Streamlined project management with effective communication and collaboration across cross-functional teams.
  • Performed gap analysis between existing systems or processes and desired state, identifying areas for improvement or enhancement.
  • Support client’s process design team with:
    • Process mapping and design (Process Re-engineering) BPR.
    • Partner in devising, documenting, formalising and validating the As-Is
    business process.
    • Documenting and validating the To-Be concept proposal.
    • Refine and re-engineer the As-Is business into best workable To-Be
    business process
    • Seek continuous improvement of the business process, methodologies,
    industrial/ systems engineering principles in process and opportunity
    identifications.
    • RACI for each process.
    • Define and re-engineer resourcing of processes.
    • Define and re-engineer specific purpose of each process.
    • Define and mitigate critical success factors.
    • Research and collate applicable templates per process.
    • Create synergy before/during/after process re-engineering and
    implementation with stakeholders of the project, i.e. the Project Managers,
    Thought Leaders, Knowledge Experts and Change Agents.
    • Clarify responsibility ownership for a process or work performed during the
    process
    • Research, validate and communicate Stakeholder needs.
    • Create Business Requirements Specifications (BRS) for the business needs
    identified.
    • Process Improvement Process Project (Lean Thinking).
    • Project administration and workshop facilitation

Education

High School Diploma -

FTI College
Sandton, South Africa
04.2001 -

High School Diploma -

APMG-International
Bryanston, South Africa
04.2001 -

Skills

Sprint planning

Certification

Scrum.org Professional Scrum Master I/II (PSM I/II) – Scrum.org.

Timeline

Business Analyst

Liberty Life
02.2015 - 07.2025

Project Manager

Liberty Life
02.2015 - 04.2025

Business Analyst

Standard Chartered Bank
11.2013 - 02.2015

Business Analyst

Momentum Insurance
03.2013 - 11.2013

Business Analyst

National Prosecuting Authority
06.2006 - 03.2013

High School Diploma -

FTI College
04.2001 -

High School Diploma -

APMG-International
04.2001 -
Brighton NdlovuProject Manager/Scrum Master