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DEEPA HARIHARAN

Pune

Summary

Agile Delivery Lead with a proven track record at Barclays, enhancing on-time delivery to 90% through effective governance and stakeholder management. Expert in JIRA and data analysis, I spearheaded strategic transformations that improved operational efficiency by 30%, driving impactful results in high-stakes environments.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Agile Delivery Lead

BARCLAYS
Pune
01.2021 - Current
  • Own end-to-end Agile governance for 3 squads (21 FTE) supporting Treasury ALM platforms.
  • Facilitated all Scrum & SAFe ceremonies (stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog refinement, retros, PI Planning); introduced Definition-of-Ready checklist that improved story acceptance first-time-right from 78 % → 92 %.
  • Devised velocity, cycle-time, and escaped-defect dashboards in JIRA; enabled data-driven forecasting for quarterly release trains, increasing on-time delivery from 72% → 85%.
  • Governed RAID logs, weekly working group packs, prevented scope creep, and kept stakeholders at the Director level fully aligned on burn rate and value delivery.very.
  • KEY PROJECT #1 – Treasury ALM Strategic Transformation “REALM” (2024- ongoing)
  • Extracted & harmonised attributes across 13 business views to create 11 model-ready datasets for a new ALM modelling tool; met T+1 SLA while increasing operational efficiency 30 %.
  • Led decommission of legacy QRM extracts, closing critical regulatory gaps and delivering a disruption-free go-live for Barclays Europe.
  • Drove defect triage during SIT/UAT (Strand 1 R1/R2), achieving zero critical issues at launch; lauded for ownership and late-hour dedication.
  • KEY PROJECT #2 – Strategic Data Onboarding (2022-24)
  • Onboarded authoritative data, implemented pre-model variance controls, and business sign-offs; boosted data accuracy by 30% and reduced manual effort by 40% via an automated adjustment template.
  • Achieved the first production run (July 2024) without defect leakage, and reduced ALM risk reporting time by 40%.

Senior Business Intelligence Consultant

BARCLAYS
01.2014 - 01.2021
  • Enabled self-service reporting for business users, reducing their IT support dependency by approximately 40%.
  • Automated QlikView and QlikSense reports release deployments, improving delivery efficiency by about 30%.
  • Funding in Resolution (2021): The work involved a strong collaboration with multiple stakeholders to deliver regulatory requirements on a tight schedule.
  • Collaborated with the product owner to prioritize Qlik deliverables for reporting milestones.
  • Performed requirements elicitation for MVP deliverables.
  • Reported on periodic progress, blockers, dependencies, and risks to the leadership.
  • Established a strong collaboration between multiple stakeholders to ensure timely decision-making.
  • STRAW – Strategic Transparency Reporting and Analytics Workflow (H2 2019–2020)
  • As a Lead Qlik Architect, I delivered embedded reporting for Liquidity Risk Management teams (U.S. & U.K.).
  • Initiated performance optimization and acceleration of regulatory reporting workflows.
  • Published periodical leadership progress reports.
  • Liquidity Reporting (2018–2019)
  • Led the reporting team on adopting DevOps.
  • Performed feasibility analysis on various requirements via tools such as QlikSense, QlikView, and Business Objects.
  • As a SQL developer, I delivered structural reforms (ring fencing) by segregating the reports delivered to BUK/BI by updating complex SQL queries.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Information Technology - Information Technology

Mumbai University
11-2006

Skills

  • Agile delivery (Scrum and SAFe)
  • Scrum ceremonies
  • Stakeholder management
  • Requirements elicitation
  • Release planning
  • Data analysis and Data Quality
  • JIRA and Confluence
  • SQL proficiency
  • Business Intelligence – QlikSense/QlikView

Certification

  • Certified Scrum Master, Scrum.org
  • SAFe Agilist, Scaled Agile
  • AWS Solution Architect, in progress

Personal Information

Title: Agile Delivery Manager / Principal Delivery Lead

Selected Achievements

  • Improved team velocity from 36 → 45 story-points in 3 sprints by enforcing WIP limits & visual flow metrics.
  • Reduced backlog lead-time 23 → 15 days via automated SQL validation and integrated Confluence definition-of-ready.
  • Consistently achieved ≥ 80% sprint goal completion across three cross-functional teams (Dev, Data, Reporting).

Timeline

Agile Delivery Lead

BARCLAYS
01.2021 - Current

Senior Business Intelligence Consultant

BARCLAYS
01.2014 - 01.2021

Bachelor of Engineering - Information Technology - Information Technology

Mumbai University

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