SABARIMALA T
Scrum Master
Bangalore
Summary
15 +years of experience in IT Industry in Tata Consultancy Services, Managing and Delivering multiple enterprise projects across insurance and Banking domains. Proven track record of delivering high-impact solutions, improving team efficiency, and driving cost savings of 20-25% for customers by optimizing processes and eliminating waste. Boosted team productivity by 25% through targeted coaching on agile practices, enhancing sprint planning and task management. Adept at stakeholder management, backlog prioritization, and continuous improvement, ensuring timely delivery of business-critical projects while maximizing customer value. Strong background in Scrum, Kanban and SAFe frameworks with hands on experience in Jira, Confluence and testing methodologies.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
3
3
Certifications
Work History
SCRUM MASTER
Tata Consultancy Services
06.2022 - Current
- Facilitated all scrum ceremonies (Daily -Standups, Sprint Planning, Reviews, Retrospectives) to improve team efficiency and sprint delivery.
- Partnered with Product Owner for backlog grooming, Prioritization and sprint goal definition.
- Coached teams on Agile principles, Estimation techniques (Planning Poker, T-shirt Sizing) and continuous delivery practices.
- Implemented metrics dashboards (Velocity, burndown, quality) improving transparency and predictability.
- Removed impediments proactively and ensured collaboration between onshore and Offshore teams.
- Managed Project risks, compliance audits and documentation for COE and global audit teams.
- Proposed process improvements to the Agile Center of Excellence, Enhancing adoption across multiple programs.
- Client: AXA –XL
- Projects: Strategic Scoring Applications, XLAPS Pricing Applications
- Key Achievements:
- Enhanced sprint Velocity by – 25% and reduced spillover by 15%
- Improved communication flow with stakeholders across 3 countries
- Agile Champion Award
Test Lead and Scrum Master
Tata Consultancy Services
04.2020 - 05.2022
- Managing and providing leadership across multiple teams.
- Served as Scrum Master for multiple Agile teams during digital transformation initiatives.
- Championed Agile adoption, guiding teams through sprint planning, execution and release
- Requirement gathering, client interaction, weekly client calls, preparing MOM.
- Led stakeholder meetings, defined scope and managed risks and prepared release dashboards.
- Managing Stakeholders, Product Owners with delivery
- Driving and managing project life cycle using SCRUM and extreme programming, agile methodologies.
- Managing functional specs, estimation, release management, system and UAT
- Prepare and present monthly program dashboard
- Triaging defects and assuring Quality of product to the Customers.
- Responsible for recommendation for rewards and recognitions, objective settings, career development, fair and timely appraisals, training onsite travelling, identifying potentials for performance rating.
- Prepared Test Completion Report and Participated in Release Sign Off Meetings.
- Conducted RCA of Postproduction Defects and improved regression coverage by 30%.
- Client: AXA –XL
- Projects: Marine Hull and CARGO, International GA
- Key Achievements:
- Delivered 100% on-time release with improved quality metrics.
- Recognized with Delivery Excellence Award for Project governance and cross-team collaboration
Test Lead
Tata Consultancy Services
11.2016 - 03.2020
- Maintaining test documentation, including test cases, test scripts, and testing results, to ensure compliance with quality standards.
- Generating and distributing the weekly testing reports
- Define and implement the overall testing strategy, ensuring alignment with project goals and quality standards.
- Lead and manage the testing team, including recruiting, training, mentoring, and conducting performance evaluations.
- Allocate resources effectively across projects, ensuring optimal utilization of team members and tools.
- Collaborate with project managers to integrate testing into project schedules, establishing timelines and milestones.
- Act as the primary liaison between stakeholders, including development teams, project managers, and clients, to communicate testing progress and results.
- Identify and assess risks related to product quality and testing processes, implementing mitigation strategies as necessary.
- Oversee the defect lifecycle, ensuring proper tracking, prioritization, and resolution of issues identified during testing.
- Continuously evaluate and enhance testing processes and methodologies, promoting best practices to increase efficiency and effectiveness.
- Client: JP Morgan Chase
Tester
Tata Consultancy Services
10.2010 - 09.2016
- Analyzing the requirements and preparing Test Design
- Performing Functional, Integration, Regression and End-to-End testing and documented the application behavior at different phases of the project.
- Running automation scripts as part of Regression and reporting the defects in case of any issues.
- Working in SQL to compare the data between UI and DB.
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams including developers, product managers, and stakeholders to clarify requirements and expectations.
- Reviewing System, Integration and User Acceptance Test Results.
- Responsible for Defect Tracking using HP ALM
- Participate and contribute in project Meetings.
- Worked in waterfall Model
- Client: JP Morgan Chase
Education
Bachelor - Mathematics
GANDHIGRAM University
01.2006
Master - Computer Complications
ANNA University
01.2009
Skills
SCRUM,KANBAN,SAFE
Certification
Professional Scrum Master II (PSM II)
ACHIVEMENTS &AWARDS
Center of Excellence AWARD, Delivery Excellence Award for the Entire Team, Innovative Process Improvement Award
DECLARATION
I hereby declare that all above information are true to the best of my knowledge. Place: Bangalore SABARIMALA.T
Timeline
SCRUM MASTER
Tata Consultancy Services
06.2022 - Current
Test Lead and Scrum Master
Tata Consultancy Services
04.2020 - 05.2022
Test Lead
Tata Consultancy Services
11.2016 - 03.2020
Tester
Tata Consultancy Services
10.2010 - 09.2016
Bachelor - Mathematics
GANDHIGRAM University
Master - Computer Complications
ANNA University