Scott
McConnell
Agile Delivery Leader · Scrum Master · Agile Coach · PMP
10+ years helping engineering teams in regulated fintech and federal environments ship better, faster, and with more confidence — through strong delivery systems, hands-on coaching, and data-driven decision making.
Background
About Me
Family trip to the Statue of Liberty
I've spent the last decade helping engineering teams in high-stakes, regulated environments build better ways of working. My approach isn't about rigidly following a framework — it's about understanding what's actually slowing a team down and fixing it systemically.
Whether I'm coaching Scrum Masters and Product Owners, designing release governance workflows, building portfolio reporting systems, or forecasting delivery timelines from real flow data — I focus on creating lasting improvement, not just short-term wins.
Before fintech, I served as Acting Product Director at the Executive Office of the President, owning delivery for 18+ enterprise applications supporting White House operations — including leading product and delivery continuity through a full presidential administration transition.
Career History
Experience
Senior Project Manager
Live Oak Bank
Wilmington, NC
- ▸Led enterprise portfolio management standardization using Smartsheet Control Center, with real-time Jira integration enabling leadership visibility into delivery health, risks, and dependencies.
- ▸Built automated portfolio reporting workflows that improved transparency for regulatory and business-critical initiatives across the organization.
- ▸Forecasted delivery timelines using historical Jira throughput data, improving predictability for compliance-driven releases.
- ▸Coordinated cross-team dependencies and synchronized releases across core banking platforms.
Agile Coach
Live Oak Bank
Wilmington, NC
- ▸Established flow-based delivery metrics (Lead Time, Cycle Time, Throughput) across engineering teams to enable data-driven forecasting and delivery confidence.
- ▸Designed release workflow automation using Microsoft Power Automate, integrating Freshservice, Jira, and Confluence — automatically triggering release manifests, change requests, and approval routing.
- ▸Onboarded and scaled Productboard as the organization's product roadmapping platform, building training resources and a bi-directional Jira integration to align strategy with execution.
- ▸Mentored Scrum Masters and Product Owners, driving delivery improvements through metrics, coaching, and systemic bottleneck analysis.
Scrum Master
Live Oak Bank
Wilmington, NC
- ▸Served as Scrum Master and Jira Administrator for cross-functional engineering teams, standardizing workflows to align with SDLC, audit, and release controls.
- ▸Contributed to the successful launch of the bank's first self-service loan servicing platform, improving customer experience and reducing manual processing.
- ▸Established Jira–Aha.io integration to enable lightweight PI planning and improved delivery forecasting.
Acting Product Director / Product Owner
Executive Office of the President
Washington, D.C.
- ▸Owned product backlog and delivery priorities for 18+ enterprise applications supporting the White House and federal agencies, serving 7,000+ users and processing millions of annual sensitive-data transactions.
- ▸Led product and delivery continuity across the 44th–45th presidential administration transition — redefining priorities and delivering new applications to support the incoming administration's operational model.
- ▸Managed vendor and implementation partners including Deloitte Digital, Acumen Solutions, and Salesforce across secure, high-availability systems.
What I Bring
Skills & Certifications
Certifications
Project Management Professional (PMP)®
PMI · 2025
ICAgile Certified Professional in Agile Coaching
ICAgile · 2020
Professional Scrum Master (PSM I)
Scrum.org · 2019
Product Management
General Assembly · 2016
Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
Scrum Alliance · 2015
Methodologies & Practices
Tools & Platforms
Let's Connect
Open to New Opportunities
I'm currently exploring roles in Agile delivery leadership, Scrum Mastery, Agile coaching, and program management. If you have a team that could use someone who takes delivery seriously — I'd love to talk.
© 2025 Scott McConnell · Wilmington, NC