
Shaun Naicker
Senior Agile Project Manager | Scrum & SAFe
Salary / Daily rate
Dubai - United Arab Emirates
Mobility: United Arab Emirates
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Remote only
Skills
About me
Intro
Senior Agile Delivery Leader with 15+ years managing enterprise programs across banking, IT, and digital transformation. Proven expertise in SAFe implementation, leading multiple Scrum teams, and facilitating PI Planning for business-critical initiatives. Specialized in stakeholder alignment, risk management, and driving Agile maturity to deliver high-value outcomes on time.
Work experience
Senior Scrum Master
iOCO Digital Application Development & Integration
Dec 2023 - Feb 2026
2 years 3 months
Johannesburg, South Africa
– Senior Scrum Master leading multiple Scrum teams delivering business-critical objectives and enhancement work. Facilitate all Scrum ceremonies and coach teams on Agile maturity – Partner with Product Owners to prioritize work based on severity, value, and ROI – Improve delivery flow using WIP limits and cycle-time optimization
Senior Project Manager
PSG Wealth
Dec 2022 - Dec 2023
1 year 1 month
– Activity and resource planning. Organizing and motivating project teams with a financial institution – Adopting any delegation and use of project assurance roles within agreed reporting structures. Preparing and maintaining project, stage and exception plans as required. – Working closely with Business Owners and Project Owners to clarify the schedule, status, and objectives. Analyzing and managing project risk and monitoring progress.
Project Manager/ Scrum Master
Dimension Data
Oct 2020 - Dec 2022
2 years 3 months
Beitbridge, South Africa
– Scrum Master and Project Manager supporting multiple SAFe Program Increment team across an Information Technology company – Facilitated PI Planning, dependency management, and cross-team alignment – Drove Agile adoption during remote-working transition
Scrum Master
IDS Consultants
Aug 2018 - Oct 2020
2 years 3 months
Johannesburg, South Africa
– Scrum Master managing agile teams delivering banking and data migration projects for ABSA Bank (Financial Institution) – Managed cross-functional Agile teams across regions and divisions
Senior Project Manager
InfoEd Global
May 2008 - Jun 2017
9 years 2 months
Albany, NY, USA
– Senior Regional Project Manager - Africa – Managing client implementations within South Africa and abroad. Managing the implementation of specialized online research applications. – Business analysis and documentation of client current internal processes. Responsible for planning and executing of user and administrative training seminars. – Managing multiple concurrent business transformation projects in line with PRINCE2 and Agile practices within the South African Research Information Management System (RIMS) software application system with a consortium of 23 higher education institutions.
Senior Systems Engineer
University of the Witwatersrand
Nov 1998 - Apr 2008
9 years 6 months
Johannesburg, South Africa
– Main duty to co-ordinate and assist support staff. Implement support procedures. – Manage and maintain mail and application servers for staff and students systems across institution. – Working with Novell Suite - Groupwise, Zenworks, Netmail, Active Directory Windows 2000/2003 servers. Microsoft Office, Windows XP/2000, Exchange 2003; Microsoft MOM; Microsoft LCS (Live Communicator); Linux
Licenses & certifications
PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)
Issued: –
Certified SAFe 5 Release Train Engineer
Issued: Jul 2021
Certified SAFe 5 Agilist
Issued: Jan 2021
Agile PM
Issued: Jan 2021
Scrum Master Accredited Certification
Issued: Jan 2020
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