Harshvardhan

Client 1: Silicon Valley Bank | Domain – Banking

Client 2: Synchrony Financial | Domain - Consumer Financial Services

• Led cross-functional teams of analysts, data scientists, and developers in the development and implementation of marketing analytics solutions – Currently managing combined portfolios of USD 1.5M

• Led the management and optimization of the Product Backlog in alignment with the product vision, effectively managing stakeholder expectations and ensuring alignment.

• Facilitated Agile ceremonies including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives, ensuring adherence to Agile principles and practices.

• Collaborated with stakeholders to define project scope, prioritize backlog items, and ensure alignment with business objectives.

• Managed project timelines, resources, and budgets to deliver high-quality solutions on time and within budget.

• Proactively identified and mitigated risks, resolved issues, and ensured effective communication within the team and with stakeholders.

• Fostered a culture of continuous improvement, coaching team members on Agile methodologies and promoting a collaborative and supportive work environment.

• Participated in monthly showcases to present development progress, including wireframes, live demos, and specific program highlights within the scrum train.

Client: Aviva Financial Services (UK) | Domain - General Insurance

• Orchestrated the creation, prioritization, and clear articulation of product features and user stories, ensuring understanding and alignment within development teams.

• Collaborated with the scrum team to establish acceptance criteria for user stories and refined them iteratively to meet quality standards.

• Facilitated backlog refinement, sprint planning, review, and retrospectives, providing guidance and support as needed.

• Took ownership of task creation and user story management in JIRA, ensuring accurate tracking and visibility of project progress.

• Communicated project status updates to senior management and business stakeholders, ensuring transparency and alignment with project goals.

• Worked closely with a high-performing product development team comprising a Technical Team Lead, developers, and QA engineers, fostering collaboration and efficiency.

Client: Royal Bank of Canada | Domain - General Insurance

• Active experience in Agile (Scrum) delivery process (experience in estimating using story points)

• Primary point of contact for UAT and direct interaction with the client leads to resolve queries

• Created designed an performed comprehensive test procedures to ensure product passed high standards of quality prior to release

• Collaborated with Product Managers and development teams to create and update test cases.

• Involved in functional, sanity and regression testing on client product

• Prepared comprehensive and documented test results, and presented the findings to development team to immediately establish corrective measures

• Identified, recorded and monitored quality issues in HP ALM, TestRail & JIRA which helped in determining the root cause of defects.

• Created comprehensive documents on bugs and errors discovered after regression testing.