Mrunal S Sawale

Certified Scrum Master with 6+ years of IT experience, including 5+ years leading Agile delivery using Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, and Lean Agile frameworks. Experienced in facilitating Scrum ceremonies, PI Planning, backlog management, release planning, dependency management, and impediment resolution across cross-functional and distributed teams. Proven ability to coach teams, Product Owners, and stakeholders on Agile principles, servant leadership, and continuous improvement.

Skilled in Agile metrics including Velocity, Sprint Predictability, Burndown/Burnup Charts, Lead Time, Cycle Time, Flow Efficiency, and DORA Metrics. Proficient in Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, and CI/CD environments with strong stakeholder management, risk management, governance, and reporting expertise. Passionate about driving Agile transformation, improving team performance, enhancing delivery predictability, and enabling business value through high-performing Agile teams.

Well-versed in SDLC, DevOps, CI/CD, Agile Governance, and distributed team leadership.

Scrum Master - SAT N Paper

(2024-10)

• Facilitated Scrum ceremonies for 2 Agile teams comprising 15+ cross-functional members, improving sprint commitment reliability from 75% to 92% through structured backlog refinement, capacity planning, and velocity-based forecasting

Assistant Manager – Scrum - Relevel by Unacademy

(2021-04 - 2022-02)

• Facilitated Scrum ceremonies for multiple Agile teams including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives, and Backlog Refinement sessions, resulting in improved sprint execution and delivery predictability
• Collaborated with Product Owners to refine and prioritize user stories, ensuring a well-groomed backlog and alignment with business priorities
• Tracked and analysed Agile metrics such as Velocity, Burndown Charts, Sprint Predictability, and Team Capacity, enabling data-driven decision-making and continuous improvement
• Coordinated with stakeholders, development teams, QA teams, and business leaders to manage dependencies, risks, and delivery commitments across multiple workstreams
• Supported SAFe practices by participating in PI Planning, dependency management discussions, and cross-team alignment activities

Assistant Manager – Scrum /Operations - Vodafone

(2015-03 - 2018-07)

Supported Agile delivery for telecom initiatives by facilitating Scrum ceremonies, backlog management, and stakeholder communication across cross-functional teams.

MBA - D.Y. Patil Institute of Management Studies (2013 - 2015)