Sajjad K.
Chef de Projet IT | PMO Senior
Salary / Daily rate
Paris, France
Mobility: Paris
Freelance
Can come onsite
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
R&D Senior Scrum Master | IT Project Manager | PMO with 10+ years leading agile transformations in telecom and tech. Successfully scaled SAFe/Agile practices across multiple teams at Qorvo and Thales, with deep technical expertise in 5G development from Nokia. I deliver high-performing teams and streamlined product delivery through strategic backlog management and continuous improvement methodologies.
Work experience
IT Project Manager / PMO — Governance & portfolio steering
Framatome
Feb 2026 - Present
9 months
92400 Courbevoie, France
IT governance: running instances (monthly steering committee, portfolio reviews, Go / No-Go boards) and action tracking (RAID log, RACI) across ~12 projects in a regulated nuclear environment; M0–M10 gating and standardized steering cadence Portfolio (PPM) & capacity planning: workload / capacity consolidation (internal teams and vendors), capacity / priority arbitration, dependency management and milestone protection — 19 projects, > €3M Opex, Build / Run split Portfolio data quality & reliability: single repository, consistency controls (statuses, budgets, SAP actuals); automated monthly reporting and dashboards in Power BI (DAX, Power Query) — progress, capacity, budget, adoption Continuous improvement (ITBM) & adoption: governance standardization, blocker identification and optimizations; supporting business / IT teams in tool and process adoption (ServiceNow, Intune, iObeya), change management (~2,000 applications) AI / GenAI use cases for governance: automated reporting and meeting minutes, synthesis and decision support (Ollama, n8n, MCP agents, Power Automate)
Senior Scrum Master
Qorvo
Jan 2023 - Aug 2026
3 years 8 months
Paris, France
Senior Scrum Master for embedded software R&D teams, with direct responsibility over multiple technical teams operating in a critical environment (C, Linux, Firmware). Key Responsibilities: - Team leadership and facilitation - Scrum Master for MAC/L1 teams (9 Developers + 1 QA) and BSP teams (8 Developers) - Facilitation of agile ceremonies: Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Reviews, Retrospectives, Backlog Refinement - Agile coaching of teams: adoption of best practices, continuous improvement, and team autonomy Operational Management: - Progress tracking: burndown charts, KPIs, velocity, capacity - Management of cross-team dependencies and technical risks - Cross-functional coordination with Firmware, Android, QA, and System Architects Quality & Delivery: - Ensuring adherence to the Definition of Done - Contributing to improvements in development and QA processes - Optimizing stabilization and release cycles ✅ Key Challenge: Agile structuring of a multi-team R&D scope within a complex hardware/software environment.
Scrum Master
Thales
Jun 2022 - Jan 2023
8 months
Paris, France
Scrum master of 2 Squads: - Classified squad of network and system (Win/Linux) administrator - Unclassified squad of system (Win/Linux) administrator - Help everyone understand Scrum theory and practice: o Coach team members in self-management and multidisciplinarity o Plan and advise on Scrum implementations within the organization o Help find techniques for effective Goal setting and effective Product Backlog management and ultimately help the Scrum Team improve their practices - Solve problems and ensure continuous improvement - Be responsible for the effectiveness of the Scrum team - Provide advice on the agile approach and the scrum or kanban and/or lean framework - Facilitate workshops / daily stand-ups by empowering the team - Maintain relevant retrospectives with the whole team - Share lessons with other Scrum Masters through SM community - Provide an objective perspective and a path to conflict resolution - Integrate and coach broader stakeholders (i.e. AG, line managers, extended team) - Provide feedback on the quality of deliverables in order to improve it - Attend ceremonies to monitor behavior and ensure alignment with the agile approach - Provide thought-provoking partnership to the PO and other team members - Quickly escalate issues to the appropriate organization (PO, AG, Accelerator Managers, Chapter Leaders, Tribe Leaders)
Nokia
Sep 2017 - Jul 2022
4 years 11 months
Dallas, TX, USA
Scrum Master 5G
Jun 2019 - Jul 2022
3 years 2 months
Dallas, TX, USA
As a Scrum Master I facilitate and make sure the team has the right competencies and capacity in place and that it can deliver without impediments or roadblocks. I'm also responsible for reporting Team status and performances to higher management and to drive initiative to improve team performances and the working environment. Leadership and Execution : · Facilitates Daily Stand-Ups with the Scrum Team. · Collaborates with the Product Owner to prioritize the Product Backlog in order of business value. · Develops and maintains a Kanban board, with the assistance of the team, to track work in process. · Identifies, manages and resolves Risks, Issues and Blockers. · Collaborate with Product Owner(s), Technology Lead(s) and Team(s) on planning, execution, and closing of sprint goals · Collaborates with the Product Owner and Scrum Team to develop and maintain the project Story Map, and initial Release Plan by Minimum Viable Product (MVP). · Consistently monitors and reports on Scrum Team metrics, using a Cumulative Flow diagram and metrics such as Velocity and Cycle Time. · Ensures there is common awareness of the process, work in progress and shared agreements. · Compiles and distributes the weekly project status report according to accepted practices and timelines. Coaching and Mentoring : · Coaches individuals and teams in understanding how to continuously improve and adopt agile practices. · Challenges individuals and teams to improve. · Facilitates all standard Scrum ceremonies for the team. · Accountable for ensuring that all ceremonies deliver value to the team and to the organization. · Responsible for creating an energetic, collaborative and motivated team culture where the team can focus on their goals. · Breaks down organizational silos and promotes collaboration. · Creates an environment of high-trust. · Engage with the agile center of excellence in order to drive organization-wide standardization and implementation of agile best practices
Telecom - Software Engineer
Sep 2017 - Aug 2021
4 years
44170 Nozay, France
R&D: Development of 5G NR (New Radio) in real-time and embedded systems Creation of new functionalities and support of GNB components: Layer-2 & Scheduler (User-place) / Layer-3 (Control-plane) Software : • C++ programming in a real-time Linux environment • Development following the TDD process (Test Driven development) • Specification and implementation of unit tests (Google Test) and functional tests (C++, TTCN-3, Python) • Participate in architecture (UML), design, code reviews • Realization of internal training (C++ and 5G functionalities) • Bitbake implementation for the whole uplane component (cMake) Methodology : • Agile methodology (scrum) • Participation in the development of Stories with Product Owners and Development teams • Behaviour-based development • Coordinator for system testing • Management of Jira Workflows Telecom: • Participate in field trials with customers (Finland, Poland, China, and USA) on 5G PHY/MAC/PDCP/RLC/EU layers (QC/Viavi/Prisma) • Work on functionalities: MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) / FDM: Frequency division multiplexing / PRB (Physical Resource Blocks) according to 3GPP Tools: Jenkins / Zuul-CI / Gerrit / Jira / Git / Wireshark / VsCode / Eclipse
Software Engineer Internship
Safran
Mar 2017 - Oct 2017
8 months
Bayonne, France
Pilot in cooperation with maintenance managers in the development of an annual preventive maintenance plan (DMAIC approach: Project management) - Process a CMMS and geode database: (SQL / VBA / XML / ACCESS) - Automate maintenance indicators - (Web / SQL Server / VBA) - Participate in Lean, TPM, quality / DT requirements and risk analysis - Define and set up maintenance procedures with Methodists - Animation & pilot milestone meetings & report
Aerodynamic trainee
ENAC
May 2016 - Aug 2016
4 months
Toulouse, France
Development of new computer modules for educational purposes within Aerodynamics laboratory - Participate in the activities of the aerodynamic laboratory - Use of openVsp/Matlab to obtain the XML tree and the mechanical architecture - Development of a software by using Matlab
Licenses & certifications
EFSET English Certification (C2 Proficient)
Issued: Jun 2022
Bright English Language
Issued: May 2022
Certified ScrumMaster
Issued: Sep 2021
Langages de programmation "C++/ COO /TDD"
Issued: Jan 2018