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Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
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Mohammad Omer Karim

Mohammad Omer Karim

Head Of Agile Delivery
Islamabad

Summary

Experienced leader with 15+ years of experience, strong background in guiding teams, managing complex projects, and achieving strategic objectives. Expert in coaching cross-functional teams, shaping Agile maturity, developing efficient processes and accelerating Time to Market. Skilled in Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, and Lean practices with strong ability to align leadership, culture, and delivery execution.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
2015
2015
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications

Work History

Head of Agile Delivery

Easypaisa Digital Bank
02.2022 - Current

Business-as-Usual (BAU) – Agile Delivery Leadership

• Lead and manage a team of Agile Coaches and Scrum Masters delivering product increments for Easypaisa app.

• Lead the SDLC lifecycle from scoping to deployment ensuring seamless delivery of projects aligned with organizational goals.

• Strengthen cross-functional alignment across Product, Engineering, QA, DevOps, Architecture, and Compliance.

• Improved Time to Market by 8% in 2024 and 20% in 2025.

• Standardized Agile ways of working to enhance flow efficiency and delivery cadence.

• Partner closely with Product Owners to refine roadmaps and ensure clarity of requirements.

• Support Agile Coach & Scrum Masters in removing impediments and maturing Agile discipline.

Agile Center of Excellence (CoE) – Continuous Improvement Leadership

• Lead the Agile CoE defining delivery standards, frameworks, and best practices.

• Identify systemic issues across People, Processes, Collaboration, and Culture through customized dashboard and insightful ceremonies.

• Conduct Agility Assessments and Health Checks to uncover maturity gaps.

• Improved Agility Score from 54% in 2023 to 67% in 2025.

• Drive continuous improvement across SDLC from Solutioning to QA and release planning.

• Develop Agile metrics to support evidence-based decisions.

• Promote transparency, psychological safety, and experimentation.

• Align Agile transformation strategy with broader business goals.

Sr. Agile Delivery Manager

CIKLUM
01.2019 - 01.2022
  • Work closely and collaboratively with the Product Owners, BA, QA & Tech Leads.
  • Assess and inculcate suitable 'Agile Approach' for the projects that support frequent deliveries in a sustainable manner.
  • Lead and coach multi-disciplined teams across a variety of developments ensuring they are motivated, collaborating and working well.
  • Facilitate ceremonies such as planning, stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives.
  • Conduct necessary coaching towards team members towards agile Principles to help the team achieve early value for the customers.
  • Maintain a healthy relationship with clients by having a transparent view of development progress and manage the expected outcome under the allocated budget.

Corporate Strategy Analyst - Customer Experience Management

CHINA MOBILE
11.2014 - 12.2018
  • Conduct research and analysis on industry trends, competitive landscape, and market dynamics to generate insights and recommendations for strategic decision-making.
  • Use quantitative and qualitative analysis to assess the performance of various business units, address areas of improvements to support strategic decision-making and resource allocation.
  • Built relationships with stakeholders across all levels of the organization to ensure alignment with corporate goals.
  • Evaluated effectiveness of current strategies by tracking KPIs over time.
  • Analyze and map the end-to-end customer journey across various touchpoints and channels to assess opportunities for improvement to enhance the overall customer experience.
  • Conducted market research (NPS, CSAT, CES) and competitor benchmarking to identify opportunities for growth.

CRM Business Analyst

PAKISTAN MOBILE COMMUNICATION LTD
08.2013 - 11.2014
  • Identified potential areas of improvement in terms of efficiency and effectiveness when it comes to managing customer relationships.
  • Generated regular reports detailing usage metrics, sales figures, customer feedback.
  • Analyzed customer data to identify trends in purchase behavior, customer service issues, and other areas of interest.
  • Created reports and dashboards to track key performance indicators related to customer retention, satisfaction, and loyalty.
  • Generated standard or custom reports summarizing business, financial data.

Education

Master of Science (M.S.) - Management -

University of Engineering & Technology
Taxila Pakistan

Bachelor of Science (B.S.) - Computer Sciences -

Hamdard University
Islamabad Pakistan

Skills

Agile Transformation & Change Leadership

Certification

SAFe Advanced Scrum Master, 2022, Scaled Agile Framework - 85247517-7286

Voluntary Agile Contributions

  • Conducted Agile workshop at NUST Business School in December 2023
  • Participated in Agile Pakistan conference held at FAST University in October 2023
  • Conducted Agile workshop at CRPL in March 2021.

Publication & Blogs

  • New World Order, Globalization and its Impact on Pakistan: SAICON International Conference Dec 2012.
  • Assessing the Influential Behavioral factors of Performance Management System: Journal of Strategy & Performance Management Jan 2015.
  • Estimations in Agile Projects: Blogspot Jan 2022.
  • Pre-Mortem: A Proactive approach to secure your AGILE Projects: Blogspot Jan 2022

Timeline

Head of Agile Delivery

Easypaisa Digital Bank
02.2022 - Current

Sr. Agile Delivery Manager

CIKLUM
01.2019 - 01.2022

Corporate Strategy Analyst - Customer Experience Management

CHINA MOBILE
11.2014 - 12.2018

CRM Business Analyst

PAKISTAN MOBILE COMMUNICATION LTD
08.2013 - 11.2014

Bachelor of Science (B.S.) - Computer Sciences -

Hamdard University

Master of Science (M.S.) - Management -

University of Engineering & Technology
Mohammad Omer KarimHead Of Agile Delivery