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Hardesh Singh

Hardesh Singh

Noida,Uttar Pradesh

Summary

Certified Scrum Master (SAFe 6.0) and PMP Certified Agile Leader with a strong background in leading cross-functional teams within Agile environments. Skilled in optimizing delivery pipelines, driving continuous improvement, and mitigating risks to ensure consistent, high-quality outcomes. Proven ability to foster collaboration, manage complex project timelines, and align technical execution with strategic business goals. Adept at scaling Agile practices across enterprise initiatives to enhance operational efficiency and deliver transformative, high-impact results.

Deep expertise in Scrum Mastery and Agile Transformation, with over 13 years of experience in driving high-impact Agile projects, coaching cross-functional teams, and ensuring seamless integration of Agile practices into complex business environments to optimize delivery and value. Resourceful in spearheading end-to-end Agile execution, adept at leading Scrum ceremonies, aligning team efforts with strategic business objectives (OKRs), and consistently delivering high-quality solutions on time, thereby maximizing stakeholder satisfaction and project ROI. Proven leadership in combining QA engineering with Agile delivery—designing robust test strategies, optimizing test automation frameworks using JMeter for performance testing, Selenium for functional automation, and TestNG for regression, ensuring seamless integration with CI/CD pipelines for accelerated release cycles. Strategic driver of continuous improvement initiatives, highly skilled in mentoring and coaching Agile teams, implementing the SAFe framework, and leveraging metrics (velocity, burn-down, throughput) to drive iterative progress and refine processes for enhanced productivity and delivery. Highly effective in managing stakeholder relationships, backlog refinement, and driving change management, ensuring business alignment, minimizing risks, and fostering transparent communication between Agile teams, product owners, and senior management to achieve consistent sprint goals and product excellence. Insightful in leading Agile QA transformations, creating and enforcing standardized QA processes, establishing automated testing frameworks, and utilizing JMeter for performance, load, and stress testing to guarantee optimized system performance, scalability, and high-quality software releases.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
4
4
Certifications
2
2
Languages

Work History

Sr. Chief Engineer - Scrum Master

Samsung India Electronics Pvt. Ltd.
Noida
04.2020 - Current
  • Scrum Ceremonies & Sprint Execution: Successfully facilitated Agile ceremonies including Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives, ensuring adherence to timelines and consistent delivery of sprint objectives.
  • Agile Coaching & Team Enablement: Coached Agile teams on Scrum values and principles, increasing team maturity and velocity by 20% over three consecutive sprints through consistent mentoring and process alignment.
  • Impediment Resolution & Delivery Efficiency: Actively identified and removed blockers, reducing delivery delays by 30% and maintaining uninterrupted progress across multiple concurrent sprints.
  • Stakeholder Engagement & Backlog Management: Collaborated closely with Product Owners to refine and prioritize product backlogs, ensuring transparent communication of requirements and maximizing business value delivery.
  • Continuous Improvement & Retrospective Implementation: Led structured retrospectives to identify pain points and implemented actionable process improvements, enhancing team collaboration and sprint effectiveness.
  • Progress Monitoring & Agile Reporting: Tracked and analyzed sprint metrics using tools like Jira and Confluence, providing real-time dashboards, burn-down charts, and reports to key stakeholders for performance visibility and decision-making.
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Lead Engineer- Scrum Master

Samsung India Electronics Pvt. Ltd.
Noida
04.2016 - Current
  • Scrum Event Facilitation & Agile Governance: Led all Scrum ceremonies—including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Reviews, and Retrospectives—ensuring continuous improvement and Agile best practices across sprints.
  • Team Empowerment & Delivery Excellence: Cultivated a high-performing, self-organizing team culture that achieved a 95% sprint success rate and increased sprint velocity by 20% over two quarters.
  • Agile Transformation & Coaching: Championed Agile mindset adoption across departments, mentoring team members and stakeholders on Scrum principles and driving enterprise-wide Agile maturity.
  • Stakeholder Alignment & Communication: Acted as a bridge between cross-functional teams, product owners, and leadership to align priorities, manage expectations, and ensure transparent progress tracking.
  • Issue Resolution & Training Enablement: Removed impediments, mediated team conflicts, and implemented targeted training programs that reduced delivery bottlenecks and enhanced team agility.
  • Growth Path:

Software Engineer

Samsung India Electronics Pvt. Ltd.
Noida
02.2013 - 03.2016
  • Test Planning & Execution: Created and executed detailed test plans and test cases based on functional and technical specifications, ensuring complete test coverage across modules.
  • Defect Tracking & Resolution: Logged, tracked, and prioritized defects using JIRA, collaborating with developers to resolve issues—resulting in a 30% reduction in critical defects across releases.
  • Regression Testing & Quality Assurance: Performed comprehensive regression testing to validate that new code changes did not impact existing functionality, contributing to 99% deployment stability.
  • Stakeholder Collaboration & Reporting: Worked closely with cross-functional teams to align on requirements and test validation, delivering clear test reports to facilitate informed decision-making.
  • Growth Path:

Education

Master of Science - Specialized in Problem Solving & Software Development (AI/ML)

Scaler
Online
12.2026

Bachelor of Science - Electronics & Communication Engineering

Green Hills Engineering College
Solan
06.2012

Skills

Certification

PMP Certified

Notable Accomplishments

  • Best Innovation Project, Awarded for outstanding development on the Android Tizen project, 2023-01-01
  • Quarterly Award, Recognized for consistently delivering top-tier performance and surpassing organizational goals throughout the year, 2022-01-01
  • International Experience, Successfully completed a 6-month overseas assignment in Suwon, South Korea, enhancing global collaboration and adaptability skills, 2022-01-01

Accomplishments

  • Resolved product issue through consumer testing.
  • Collaborated with team of 20 in the development of Samsung eStore App.
  • Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets.

Timeline

Sr. Chief Engineer - Scrum Master

Samsung India Electronics Pvt. Ltd.
04.2020 - Current

Lead Engineer- Scrum Master

Samsung India Electronics Pvt. Ltd.
04.2016 - Current

Software Engineer

Samsung India Electronics Pvt. Ltd.
02.2013 - 03.2016

Master of Science - Specialized in Problem Solving & Software Development (AI/ML)

Scaler

Bachelor of Science - Electronics & Communication Engineering

Green Hills Engineering College
Hardesh Singh