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Work History
Education
Skills
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Personal Information
Certification
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Bharathraj Kaithoju

Hyderabad

Summary

Certified Scrum Master with 8.7 years of experience, with expertise in Scrum and Agile methodologies. I am passionate about leading cross-functional teams and stakeholders to achieve project objectives, while maintaining a focus on continuous improvement and delivery excellence.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Scrum Master

Genpact India Pvt Ltd.,
Hyderabad
07.2019 - 12.2024
  • Supported software engineering teams through Scrum, Agile methodologies, to deliver software products effectively and efficiently.
  • Maintained an in-depth understanding of operational risks, and coached teams on compliance to minimize those risks.
  • Utilized team feedback and metrics appropriately to identify areas of opportunity and improvement.
  • Coached teams to improve collaboration and organization, ensuring effective communication, conflict resolution, and accountability.
  • Identified impediments and worked with teams to implement effective solutions that eliminated roadblocks, and ensured smooth delivery of software products.
  • Communicated effectively with leaders across the organization, providing timely updates on delivery, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
  • Conduct requirements analysis, including gathering, documenting, and analyzing business and user requirements.
  • Work with the Product Owner to prioritize and manage the product backlog.
  • Facilitate Agile ceremonies, including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-up, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective meetings.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders across the organization to ensure that requirements are understood, prioritized, and delivered in a timely manner.
  • Manage project timelines, ensuring that the team is delivering value to stakeholders on a regular cadence.
  • Remove obstacles that are blocking the team from delivering value, including working with stakeholders to resolve issues.

Manual Tester + Scrum Master

Sutherland Global Services Pvt Ltd.
Hyderabad
09.2016 - 03.2021
  • Hands-on experience in manual testing, various testing techniques like functional testing, integration testing, system testing, regression testing, user acceptance testing (UAT), black box testing, white box testing, and basic SQL.
  • Well-acquainted with the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and the Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC).
  • Working experience in the Agile Testing process.
  • Working on finding and writing test cases in the business document.
  • Supported software engineering teams through Scrum Agile methodologies to deliver software products effectively and efficiently.
  • Maintained an in-depth understanding of operational risks and coached teams on compliance to minimize those risks.
  • Utilized team feedback and metrics appropriately to identify areas of opportunity and improvement.
  • Coached teams to improve collaboration and organization, ensuring effective communication, conflict resolution, and accountability.
  • Identified impediments and worked with teams to implement effective solutions that eliminated roadblocks, and ensured smooth delivery of software products.

Customer Service Associate as QC Analyst

Serco Pvt Ltd.,
Hyderabad
01.2014 - 07.2015
  • Involved in understanding customer queries and resolving issues over the calls in their loans and banking transactions application.

Education

MBA -

Osmania University
Hyderabad
01-2017

Skills

  • Jira
  • Manual Testing
  • Scaled Agile Framework
  • Release Train Management
  • Product Backlog Grooming
  • Waterfall-to-Agile Migration
  • Risk management
  • Management Skills
  • Coaching
  • Stakeholder communication
  • Leadership Skills
  • Presentation Giving
  • Motivational Speaking
  • Software testing
  • Agile methodologies
  • Requirements analysis

Accomplishments

  • Recipient of R&R’s in Genpact.
  • Recipient of the UDAAN Award for the QTR FY 16 in Sutherland.

Languages

  • English
  • Hindi
  • Telugu (Mother tongue)

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 16/08/1992
  • Marital Status: Married

Certification

  • CSM – Certified Scrum Master (2024)

Timeline

Scrum Master

Genpact India Pvt Ltd.,
07.2019 - 12.2024

Manual Tester + Scrum Master

Sutherland Global Services Pvt Ltd.
09.2016 - 03.2021

Customer Service Associate as QC Analyst

Serco Pvt Ltd.,
01.2014 - 07.2015

MBA -

Osmania University
Bharathraj Kaithoju