Amitabh Das
Senior Scrum Master | Agile Program Manager | Delivery Leader | Agile Transformation Coach
Delhi NCR
Summary
Agile Project Manager / Senior Scrum Master leading enterprise Agile transformation, sprint governance, and release coordination across distributed teams. Drives delivery predictability through Jira administration, Agile metrics, risk management, and cross-functional alignment with Product, Engineering, Architecture, and business leaders. Improves team throughput and transparency by coaching Scrum practices, managing dependencies, and supporting portfolio-level planning.
Overview
10
10
Certifications
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Agile Project Manager / Senior Scrum Master
IRIS Software Pvt. Ltd.
12.2020 - 11.2025
- Led multiple Agile Scrum teams for enterprise banking transformation initiatives for Citi Bank.
- Managed end-to-end Agile delivery lifecycle, ensuring alignment of planning, execution, sprint governance, release management, and stakeholder communication.
- Facilitated all Scrum ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, Backlog Refinement, and Retrospectives.
- Collaborated with Product Owners, Engineering Managers, Architects, and Business stakeholders to align delivery roadmap with strategic business priorities.
- Spearheaded Agile transformation initiatives across delivery pillars, leveraging Agile Health Radar analytics to elevate Agile maturity and enhance delivery predictability.
- Coached Scrum teams, senior leadership, and stakeholders on Agile best practices, servant leadership, and continuous improvement.
- Drove dependency management, impediment resolution, risk mitigation, and governance activities for cross-functional teams.
- Managed Jira administration activities including creation of dashboards, workflows, boards, metrics, and reporting structures.
- Enhanced sprint predictability, delivery transparency, and team collaboration through implementation of data-driven Agile metrics including cycle time, commitment reliability, effort estimation variance, capacity utilization, defect leakage, and density.
- Creating AI-powered Atlassian Rovo agents to automate Sprint Summaries, Velocity Tracking, and Delivery Governance Reporting.
- Leading enterprise-wide Agile transformation across 10+ teams and 2 business units, improving delivery efficiency by 25% and enhancing business agility.
- Ensured adherence to INVEST principles, Definition of Ready (DoR), Definition of Done (DoD), and acceptance criteria standards.
- Supported capacity planning, release planning, resource allocation, and Agile portfolio alignment.
- Facilitated stakeholder collaboration across onsite-offshore teams in a globally distributed environment.
- Client: Citi Bank | Dec 2020 – Nov 2025
- Environment
- Agile Scrum, SAFe, Jira, Confluence, Banking Domain, Agile Transformation, Release Management, Stakeholder Management, GenAI, Agile Metrics
Agile Program Manager
Publicis Sapient
02.2020 - 05.2020
- Managed Agile delivery programs for FMCG clients across multiple cross-functional teams.
- Planned, tracked, measured, and reported project progress throughout the software development lifecycle.
- Led Scrum teams comprising Development, QA, and Business teams to ensure on-time and high-quality delivery.
- Facilitated Agile ceremonies and promoted servant leadership practices across teams.
- Managed resource allocation, RACI mapping, utilization tracking, and delivery governance.
- Maintained financial governance and project costing using Oracle DEAL Tool.
- Coordinated with platform, cutover, business, and development teams to resolve interdepartmental dependencies.
- Supported Agile adoption and coached teams on Scrum and Lean Agile practices.
- Monitored project KPIs, velocity, sprint burndown, and release progress using Jira and reporting dashboards.
- Environment
- Agile Program Management, Jira, Oracle DEV Tool, Scrum, Stakeholder Management, Financial Governance, FMCG Domain
Scrum Master
ClickMinds Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
09.2018 - 10.2019
- Served as Scrum Master for Agile development and QA teams delivering enterprise solutions.
- Facilitated Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives, and Backlog Grooming sessions.
- Tracked sprint velocity, release progress, and delivery metrics.
- Enabled continuous improvement culture through coaching, mentoring, and Agile best practices.
- Worked closely with Product Owners to prioritize backlog items and optimize delivery value.
- Supported teams in removing blockers and maintaining sprint commitments.
- Drove Agile adoption and improved collaboration across teams.
- Environment
- Scrum, Agile Delivery, Jira, Sprint Governance, Agile Coaching
Tech Lead
Landis+Gyr (A Toshiba Company)
05.2010 - 08.2018
- Led testing and delivery support activities for Smart Grid and utility domain projects.
- Managed integration testing and system testing activities using SQL, PL/SQL, and UNIX.
- Coordinated with client stakeholders and senior management for delivery tracking and reporting.
- Prepared test plans, test cases, defect reports, and execution status reports.
- Worked on TFS-based defect management and reporting.
- Supported delivery lifecycle management and offshore-onsite coordination.
- Contributed to process improvement initiatives and quality assurance practices.
- Environment
- Smart Grid, TFS, SQL, PL/SQL, UNIX, Quality Assurance, Delivery Coordination
Senior Software Engineer
United Health Group Information Systems
04.2007 - 04.2010
- Conducted integration testing and system testing for healthcare applications.
- Developed detailed test plans, test cases, and execution reports.
- Managed defect tracking and reporting using Test Director.
- Collaborated with client and offshore teams for delivery coordination.
- Worked extensively on SQL, PL/SQL, and UNIX-based validation.
- Environment
- Healthcare Domain, Test Director, SQL, PL/SQL, UNIX, QA Processes
Software Engineer
Infogain India Pvt. Ltd.
09.2006 - 03.2007
- Prepared test plans, estimates, RTM documents, UAT reports, and test cases.
- Supported QA lifecycle management and client delivery coordination.
- Participated in requirement analysis and testing activities.
- Environment
- Software Testing, QA Documentation, UAT Coordination
Education
Master of Computer Applications - Computer Applications Development
Sinhgad Institute Of Management(Pune University)
Pune,India01-2003
Skills
Agile program management
Scrum mastery & agile coaching
Program governance & PMO
Release & delivery management
Stakeholder management
Backlog refinement
Atlassian Rovo automation
Jira workflow design
Agile dashboard reporting
Confluence documentation
MS Project scheduling
Agile metrics tracking
Agile transformation leadership
Sprint ceremony facilitation
Dependency coordination
Change management
Executive communication
Resource allocation
Vendor coordination
Accomplishments
- Successfully led Agile transformation initiatives for enterprise banking programs.
- Managed globally distributed onsite-offshore teams across USA, Australia, and India.
- Delivered complex enterprise programs within timelines and quality expectations.
- Improved Agile maturity and delivery efficiency using data-driven Agile metrics.
- Enabled adoption of Scrum, SAFe, and Kanban practices across organizations.
- Led Agile transformation across 10+ Scrum teams.
- Coached 90+ engineers, Product Owners, and leaders.
- Reduced release defects by 30%
- Delivered programs exceeding $10M cumulative portfolio value.
- Improved sprint predictability from 62% to 90%
Certification
Disciplined Agile Senior Scrum Master (DASSM) – PMI
Timeline
Agile Project Manager / Senior Scrum Master
IRIS Software Pvt. Ltd.
12.2020 - 11.2025
Agile Program Manager
Publicis Sapient
02.2020 - 05.2020
Scrum Master
ClickMinds Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
09.2018 - 10.2019
Tech Lead
Landis+Gyr (A Toshiba Company)
05.2010 - 08.2018
Senior Software Engineer
United Health Group Information Systems
04.2007 - 04.2010
Software Engineer
Infogain India Pvt. Ltd.
09.2006 - 03.2007
Master of Computer Applications - Computer Applications Development
Sinhgad Institute Of Management(Pune University)