Kameshwari Manda

Certified Scrum Master and Agile Delivery professional with 9+ years of experience driving end-to-end delivery and quality across enterprise Agile programs. Expert in facilitating Scrum ceremonies, coaching cross-functional teams, removing delivery impediments, and enabling predictable sprint and release outcomes. Strong background in governance-aligned delivery, stakeholder management, and data-driven execution using Agile metrics to improve team performance and forecasting.

Post– Scrum Master - IBM Private Limited

(2023-09)

• Facilitated Scrum ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives.
• Acted as a servant leader to ensure Agile principles and Scrum practices were followed.
• Removed impediments and proactively resolved team dependencies.
• Partnered with Product Owners to refine backlog, define acceptance criteria, and prioritize user stories.
• Tracked and reported Agile metrics to stakeholders and leadership.
• Coached team members on Agile mindset and continuous improvement.
• Maintained Agile delivery transparency through Jira and Confluence, ensuring backlog hygiene, traceability, and accurate reporting for stakeholders and audits.
• Promoted quality-first engineering practices, reinforcing Definition of Done (DoD), test strategy alignment, automation awareness, and early QA involvement within sprints.
• Supported governance and compliance expectations by ensuring adherence to delivery controls, operational checkpoints, and quality standards throughout the SDLC.
• Coordinated UAT activities and release sign-offs, ensuring production readiness and smooth deployment cycles.
• Maintained tooling hygiene (e.g., Jira backlogs, boards, and Confluence) ensuring transparency, traceability, and auditability.
• Increased sprint predictability and delivery efficiency through Agile improvements.
• Successfully delivered multiple releases on time in a fast-paced Agile environment.
• Coached teams and stakeholders on Scrum principles, enabling transition toward self-organizing and accountable Agile teams.

Post– QA Engineer || Scrum Master - Carelon Global Solutions

(2019-12 - 2023-08)

• Facilitated end-to-end Agile ceremonies including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and Scrum of Scrums to ensure smooth sprint execution.
• Coached development, QA, and product teams on Scrum and Agile best practices, enabling self-organized teams and improving Agile maturity.
• Acted as liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams to clarify requirements and reduce delivery risks.
• Partnered with Product Owners to maintain prioritized and well-refined backlogs aligned with business objectives.
• Maintained Agile delivery transparency through Jira board management, backlog hygiene, and Confluence documentation.
• Owned overall QA strategy and execution for Agile projects from requirement analysis to release sign-off.
• Reviewed business and functional requirements to identify gaps, risks, and testability concerns.
• Created and maintained test plans, test scenarios, test cases, and RTM to ensure full coverage.
• Led multiple test cycles including smoke, sanity, system, integration, regression, and UAT testing.
• Managed end-to-end defect lifecycle, including prioritization, triage, tracking, and verification.
• Worked closely with development and product teams to ensure timely defect resolution.
• Prepared and presented test status reports, defect metrics, and quality dashboards to stakeholders.
• Provided release readiness recommendations based on quality risk assessment.
• Mentored junior QA members and enforced QA standards and best practices.
• Reduced production defects by 50% through improved test coverage and early risk identification.
• Improved regression efficiency and sprint quality consistency.
• Successfully supported multiple on-time releases with minimal post-production issues.
• Enhanced Agile maturity by coaching teams on Scrum principles and continuous improvement practices.
• Improved delivery transparency through structured Jira workflows and reporting dashboards.
• Contributed to higher release stability by promoting quality-first Agile practices.

Post– Programmer Analyst - Cognizant Technology Solutions

(2016-12 - 2019-11)

Dedicated Regression testing team, who will take care of incoming requirements and Projects for Voya Financial.

• Performed detailed requirement analysis and created comprehensive test cases.
• Executed functional, integration, and regression testing across multiple releases.
• Logged and tracked defects using JIRA/ALM and collaborated with developers for fixes.
• Supported UAT activities and production deployments.
• Contributed to test reporting and documentation.

MSc. - Biotechnology - GITAM University (2018)

BSc. - Life sciences - Gayatri Vidya Parishad College for Degree and PG Courses (2016)

XII - CBSE - Bharthi Krishna Vidya Vihar (2013)

X - CBSE - Bharthi Krishna Vidya Vihar (2011)