Results-oriented IT professional with ~18 years of proven experience, including 2 years of entrepreneurship, across various technologies, processes, and domains.
Certified CSM agile leader with expertise in Project Delivery, Quality Assurance, Program & Project Management.
Recognized for excellence in customers, people, and stakeholder management.
Diligent delivery manager with background in managing complex projects across various industries.
Known for successfully leading cross-functional teams to deliver projects on time and within scope.
Demonstrated ability to manage project lifecycles and implement process improvements.
Skilled in managing geographically dispersed, remote, multi-cultural teams and transitioning legacy projects from Waterfall to Agile methodologies.
Proficient in Agile tools like Jira, Azure DevOps, Trello, with a focus on project revenue analysis and quality assurance.
Proven experience in Transformation from Waterfall to Agile in legacy projects.
Expertise in agile metrics, KPIs creation, including burn down, velocity and release forecasting and management dashboards.
Expertise on project revenue analysis, quality assurance, governance & communication management; and known for high-quality deliverables within timelines & budgetary targets.
Passionate about creating a safe and ethical work environment for teams to achieve project objectives effectively and efficiently.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Project Manager
Cognizant
11.2024 - Current
Leading and managing IT projects from planning till closure
Managing delivery portfolio of 40+ FTEs including development and QA teams.
Managing stakeholders and building strong relationship with clients, internal business units and third-party vendors
Driving cost-saving & operational efficiency optimizations through automation & various technological advancements by working with relevant teams
Managing resourcing for complete portfolio catering to Germany region of client IT applications
Driving continuous improvements in the team while advocating for best engineering practices and tools; Fostering a collaborative culture within the team
Managing changes, issues, and risks via risk register & doing governance calls
Managing the project plan and team activities, facilitating communication upward to the management level and across all streams (e.g., Development, Quality Assurance, DevOps)
Doing checkpoint calls regularly with Stakeholders to ensure seamless running & maintenance of BAU projects and successful new projects kickoff
Associate Project Manager
Hays Business Solution
06.2021 - 10.2024
Managing delivery teams for applications catering to Germany Speaking Countries (GSC)
Project Planning, monitoring, and managing deliveries of various IT projects catering to GSC regions
As a servant leader, assisting the agile teams in the moderation of scrum ceremonies as per the business requirements
Building & maintaining productive relationship with stakeholders globally
Implementing agile process across development projects and ensuring all scrum ceremonies are conducted timely
Liaising with the project teams and ensuring quality & timely deliveries
Managing Automation COE team catering to automation and load testing requirements of various projects
Coaching scrum teams and automation COE teams to foster culture of self-managed teams
Involved in various org-level initiatives towards CSR activities and Diversity Equality & Inclusion (DE&I) focus area.
Developed and maintained strong relationships with clients, team members, and other stakeholders to foster a collaborative working environment.
Director β Web Development & Digital Marketing
Netilly
02.2019 - 02.2021
Managing delivery teams for both web development and digital marketing functions
Doing business development, sending proposals, and on boarded many clients
Planning, monitoring, and managing multiple projects
Building & maintaining productive relationship with clients
Liaising with the project teams and other stakeholders
Managing issues and risks
Determining budget and timeline for business service delivery
Preparing the content strategy for various brands
Extensive experience in conceptualizing result-driven online promotion strategies
Conducted webinars on digital marketing & content marketing practices
Automated marketing KPI reporting using Google sheets which saved roughly 10 hours of manual work each week
Monitoring and controlling expenses.
Project Scrum Master
Royal Bank of Scotland, RBS
12.2009 - 12.2017
Scrum Master:
Transformation from Waterfall to Agile in legacy project using waterfall approach.
Facilitating scrum ceremonies (sprint planning, retrospectives, and daily stand-up, etc.).
Led sprint reviews, daily scrums, and planning meetings to realize full team engagement.
Empowered teams to self-organize and grow cross-functionality.
Track and communicate team velocity and sprint/release progress.
Collaborated with product owners, team members, technologists and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress.
QA & Release Manager:
Worked in various projects and regulatory programs handling software testing and release management responsibilities.
Responsible for an end-to-end release implementation as a global release owner.
Front-to-back test planning and preparation of testing schedules based on project timelines.
Preparing the test strategy and other test artefacts
Worked closely with development and business team to understand requirements and Business flows
Giving demos to the business users on the workflows
Maintaining & executing QTP test scripts and sharing reports
Managing QA teams of varied sizes depending upon the projects.
Sr. Software Engineer
Birlasoft Technologies
01.2006 - 12.2009
Worked in various projects and managing the testing activities required for the project
Extensive onshore/ onsite experience for functional testing & UAT activities
Responsible for Test Planning and Test Estimation for the assigned project
Manual testing of functional changes/new functionality on each release of the application
Writing test scripts in Silk Test and QTP in various projects
Execute the test plans rigorously & analyze the failures to find out the bugs as part of regression testing
Responsible for Sanity Testing, Functional Testing, Integration Testing, Database Testing, System Testing
Bug reporting & tracking through Quality Centre/Rational Tools
Education
MCA -
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
BCOM (Hons.) - undefined
Delhi University
Senior Secondary -
CBSE
Secondary - undefined
CBSE
Skills
Project Management: Agile, Scrum, Waterfall
Leadership Skills: Strategic Planning, Stakeholder Engagement, Effective Communication, Risk Management, Resource Planning, People management, Good Interpersonal Skills, Result Oriented
Tools: JIRA, Azure DevOps, Trello
Certification
Certified Scrum Master (Scrum Alliance)
Generative AI Overview (PMI)
Certification in Process Champion workshop (PCW)
Accomplishments
π Shining Manager Award β Hays Business Solutions (2022)
π Best Team Award β Hays Business Solutions (2021)
π Ovation Award β Royal Bank of Scotland (2012)
π Certificate of Recognition β Royal Bank of Scotland (2010)
π Employee of the Month β Birlasoft (June 2007)
π Best Team Award β Birlasoft (Q4 2008)
π MCA Topper β Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
Additional Professional Achievements:
Led Agile transition of 2+ legacy projects, cutting delivery cycles by 35%.
Improved team velocity and predictability by 25% across Agile teams.
Delivered 100% client satisfaction on Germany-region project portfolio.
Set up Automation CoE, reducing manual testing effort by 40%.