Sasikumar Varyath
AI-Enabled Enterprise Program Manager | RTE | Scrum Master| Product Owner |Agile Delivery Leader
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Enterprise Program and Agile Delivery Leader with 16+ years of experience leading complex technology programs, Agile delivery, Release Train Engineering, modernization, and portfolio governance across Accenture, FedEx, and Eviden. Currently serving as an RTE and Onsite Manager for a FedEx enterprise portfolio supporting 38+ applications and 40+ global resources across multiple Agile teams. Experienced in PI Planning, Agile ceremonies, release and production governance, dependency and risk management, milestone tracking, impediment escalation, stakeholder management, and executive reporting.
Proven ability to lead distributed teams, coordinate cross-functional technology organizations, and drive delivery from planning through production. Strong background in Scrum, SAFe, Product Ownership, DevOps, CI/CD, cloud modernization, and AI-enabled delivery automation, with a focus on improving delivery predictability, operational efficiency, and stakeholder visibility.
Certified Scrum
Master (CSM), Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), and SAFe practitioner with an MBA.
Experience
Program & Project Management Specialist - Accenture
(2024-08)
- Lead enterprise delivery for the FedEx Legacy DOTCOM portfolio supporting 38+ applications and 40+ global resources across four Agile teams.
- Serve as Release Train Engineer (RTE) and Onsite Manager, coordinating Agile execution, PI Planning, release planning, dependencies, risks, impediments, production readiness and stakeholder communications.
- Facilitate and govern PI Planning, sprint/release ceremonies, dependency management, milestone tracking, risk mitigation, blocker escalation and executive reporting across distributed teams.
- Partner with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, architects, engineering leaders and business stakeholders to maintain alignment between business priorities and technology delivery.
- Manage production/release governance, supporting 58 production loads with approximately 100% schedule adherence.
- Lead modernization and enterprise integration initiatives including Project Fairway, CI/CD adoption and legacy infrastructure retirement.
- Directed retirement of 148 legacy servers, reducing infrastructure risk and operational complexity.
- Completed IPAS retirement readiness, including reconciliation and cleanup of 1.5M inactive records.
- Drive AI-enabled delivery improvements using Sidekick, Copilot, Agentic AI and Python automation, reducing manual effort and improving delivery efficiency.
- Developed Power BI dashboards covering Agile metrics, defect analytics, organizational structure and release/production tracking, improving reporting visibility and efficiency.
- Lead service transitions, knowledge transfer, staffing coordination and cross-functional dependency management across global teams.
- Mentor and coach Product Owners, team members and emerging delivery leaders on Agile practices, delivery execution and continuous improvement.
Product Owner/Scrum Master - Eviden
(2023-10 - 2024-07)
Led China Data Localization initiative for FedEx as Product Owner/Scrum Master, managing backlog, Agile ceremonies, stakeholder communication and successful delivery.
- Served as Product Owner and Scrum Master for a cross-functional Agile team delivering China data localization for FedEx.
- Managed product backlog, prioritization, user stories, acceptance criteria, sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives and other Agile ceremonies.
- Translated business and regulatory requirements into prioritized product backlog items and actionable delivery objectives.
- Coordinated onshore/offshore development, QA, architecture and business teams to deliver secure cloud-based solutions.
- Removed delivery impediments, facilitated stakeholder alignment and maintained transparency through regular status reporting.
- Coached team members on Agile practices and supported continuous improvement and team performance.
Senior Technical Quality Specialist - FedEx Services
(2015-04 - 2023-09)
Led QA modernization, automation, Scrum support, performance testing and cloud migration initiatives while improving quality, productivity and release stability.
- Served as Scrum Master backup, facilitating sprint activities, Agile ceremonies, stakeholder communication and team coordination.
- Collaborated with Product Owners and stakeholders to refine user stories, acceptance criteria and testing requirements.
- Led QA modernization, automation and cloud migration initiatives across enterprise applications.
- Reduced production defects by 40% through testing and quality process improvements.
- Automated 103 API test cases, reducing execution time from approximately one week to under five minutes per cycle.
- Achieved Quality Driven Management (QDM) Certification and applied QDM principles to optimize project execution and reduce non-value-added effort.
Quality Assurance Analyst - Generic Solutions Inc. (Client: Meijer)
(2014-08 - 2014-12)
Senior Import Analyst/Coordinator - FedEx Trade Networks
(2011-04 - 2014-08)
Associate Business Analyst - P&P Management
(2009-01 - 2011-03)
QA Test Lead - Protech Systems Group (Client: FedEx Freight)
(2007-10 - 2008-09)
Education
MBA - California Coast University
BS - Calicut University
