Certified Agilist with performance driven Lead and Manager Background in SW Engineering, PMO and Agile space, having 17 years of solid experience in Agile & Waterfall environment. Proficient in all phases of SDLC including scoping, discovery & design, requirement analysis, planning, testing, implementation, operation & support on Infra, Web, Mobile, Kiosk & Client-Server platforms.
- Worked closely with Stakeholders-Business-IT Partners, Executive management, Marketing, Vendor/Service/Solution Provider for Project Initiatives, Product-Feature plans/roadmaps/prioritization, Cost estimation, Release plans, Reporting.
- Governed and Delivered various scaled projects/program from inception to production/support (Landscape > Cloud migration-Infra-Digital-AppDev-Web-Mobile, Enterprise APIs-Integration, Loyalty/Personalization, Marketing-Promotions-Gaming-Campaign, Legacy-Data-Content Migration, Adobe AEM/Sitecore/CMS, INF Redundancy-Disaster-Compliance).
- Established a shared vision by developing the consensus on priorities for cross functional efforts across the global groups.
- Led multiple SW product development teams using scrum methodology. Improved and refined the process and product quality with continuous inspection & adaption.
- Developed product roadmaps, market research & evaluation for decision review, usability study using analytic tools; to shape the product vision, innovation, and feature prioritization.
- Accelerated the time-to-market delivery with appropriate process automation, better IT & operation engagement, branding process model, early documentation and training standards, support change and release management efforts.
- Able to quickly comprehend product designs, architectural diagrams and technical specifications.
- Managed various business requirements, system specifications, feature & functionality and backlogs.
- Implemented Scrum methodology across product teams and led towards self-managed & cross-functional scrum team model, to facilitate increasing maturity at sustainable pace.
- Agile Strategist involved in Coaching & Advising the organization to successfully navigate Agile journey; building High performance teams using Agile principles; and formulating effective long-term & short-term goals and recommendations.
- Actively led/participated PI planning, Scrum of Scrum, Guild chapters, IT Service Management sessions, Scrum ceremonies.
- Successfully managed and led schedule, deliverables and various sized globally distributed delivery/solution teams.
- Implemented various SDLC standards, guidelines & regulations for small to large project environments.
- In depth knowledge of all QA activities including development of test strategies & plans, defect management, creation of various test and execution matrix, risk analysis and reporting.
- Proven ability to work in an extremely competitive fast-paced environment and handling multiple projects concurrently.
