Ambika Gupta

Technical Program Manager (April'20-Present)

• Drove 5 successful product launches by coordinating with stakeholders, managing schedules, and mitigating risks.

(Projects worked on :C2B DealerApp,B2C India Consumer App, UAE Consumer App,Multi-geography refurbishment App/panel,Ops Sales/Admin panel)

• Developed and followed agile project management plan,Facilitated agile ceremonies like sprint grooming,sprint planning, daily Scrum meetings, reviews, retrospectives, release planning, demos, prod deployment and testing.
• Increased team efficiency by 45-50% with effective resource allocation, task prioritization, and workload balancing strategies.
• Championed process improvements by introducing streamlined 3-4 workflows that increased productivity across teams.
• Delivered 2 high-impact presentations (QOP/AOP/LRS) to stakeholders demonstrating sprint dashboards,program value, progress updates,program metric and strategic recommendations.
• Ensured compliance with industry standards through rigorous ITGC audit, risk assessments, and corrective actions.

QA Lead (Jan'19- April'20)

• Implemented automation tools like (Appium/selenium webdriver) to reduce manual testing efforts, increasing efficiency and accuracy.
• Reduced product defects by 50% with thorough test planning, execution, reporting and developed an efficient defect management process. (Tool: JIRA)
• Evaluated new tools and technologies in the industry, recommending upgrades when necessary for increased productivity.(Tools: Testrail/Zephyr/Browserstack)

• Reduced product and prod defect rates by creating robust test cases and meticulously executing them.
• Contributed to successful product launches through meticulous end-to-end testing of applications.
• Assisted project managers in estimating resource requirements and timelines for QA efforts, ensuring alignment with project deadlines.

• Conducted thorough testing to identify and resolve bugs, ensuring optimal software performance.
• Streamlined development workflows, increasing team efficiency and reducing time spent on repetitive tasks.

 Ability to write test cases and test scenario, review, run and
generate test reports.
 Learned SDLC models, Quality Assurance, defect lifecycle and various types of testing during two months Training in Cognizant.