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Maneedeep Giddam

Hyderabad

Summary

Certified Scrum Master with 9+ years of experience leading cross-functional teams in delivering high-quality software products through Agile methodologies. Proven track record of driving Agile transformation, coaching teams on Scrum best practices, and ensuring continuous improvement to maximize productivity and team performance. Adept at facilitating Scrum ceremonies, removing impediments, and collaborating with stakeholders to align business goals with technical deliverables. Skilled in using tools like Jira and DevOps for backlog management, sprint planning, and progress tracking. Strong servant leader with excellent communication, problem-solving, and conflict resolution abilities, committed to fostering a culture of transparency, accountability, and self-organization

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Software Engineer

Impelsys
Bangalore
12.2023 - 05.2024

Facilitating Scrum Ceremonies: Lead daily stand-ups, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives to ensure smooth progress and collaboration.
Removing Impediments: Actively identify and eliminate blockers that may hinder the development team's progress.
Coaching the Team: Provide guidance on Agile Principles and Scrum practices to enhance team productivity and foster self-organization.

Collaboration with Stakeholders: Act as a bridge between the development team and stakeholders to ensure clear communication and manage expectations.

Lead Engineer

Persistent
Hyderabad
03.2022 - 08.2023

Ensuring Continuous Improvement: Implement feedback loops through retrospectives and drive continuous process improvements.
Maintaining the Product Backlog: Collaborate with the Product Owner to prioritize and refine the product backlog for upcoming sprints.
Promoting Agile Best Practices: Encourage Agile methodologies and foster a culture of adaptability and accountability within the team.
Tracking Progress and Metrics: Use tools like Jira to track sprint progress, monitor velocity, and ensure transparency in deliverables.

Senior Analyst

Societe Generale
Bangalore
09.2017 - 12.2021

Facilitate Agile Practices

  • Coach Teams on Agile: Train team members on Scrum principles and Agile methodologies to ensure smooth implementation.
  • Run Scrum Events: Organize and facilitate Scrum ceremonies, including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.

Enable Collaboration

  • Cross-Team Coordination: Work closely with multiple teams, including development, testing, and business units, to align efforts and goals.
  • Stakeholder Communication: Act as a bridge between the team and stakeholders, including product owners, compliance officers, and regulators.

Ensure Compliance and Risk Management

  • Regulatory Awareness: Understand banking regulations and ensure the team adheres to industry standards such as GDPR, PCI DSS, or Basel III.
  • Risk Mitigation: Support the team in identifying potential risks related to financial data, fraud, or cybersecurity, and implement mitigation plans.

Focus on Value Delivery

  • Support Product Owners: Assist the Product Owner in prioritizing the product backlog, ensuring features align with business and customer needs.
  • Monitor Metrics: Track progress using key performance indicators (KPIs) such as velocity, burn-down charts, or lead time.

Foster Domain-Specific Expertise

  • Understanding Banking Processes: Gain deep knowledge of banking operations, including payments, loans, credit, and risk analysis.
  • Data Security and Confidentiality: Ensure practices comply with data privacy laws and secure handling of sensitive financial data.

Senior Associate

Wipro
Chennai
01.2017 - 09.2017
  • Performing KYC review and Screening for business customers
  • By identifying our customer and Verifying his address and business
  • Create the KYC Record in the KYC system sourcing information from internal and external sources by the agreed deadline

KYC Associate

HSBC
Hyderabad
10.2014 - 09.2016
  • Review information from internal and external sources for company news
  • Proactively interact with relationship management teams and compliance to update system with information until final approval of KYC Record
  • Using World check, Lexis Nexis for screening and company house for identifying ownership structure of the company

Education

B.Com - Commerce

Shivaji University
Kolhapur
04-2014

Skills

Technical Skills: Project Management Tools: experience with Jira, DevOps Agile project management tools & Knowledge of backlog grooming and sprint tracking using these tools

Data Analysis & Reporting: Sprint Metrics & Reporting: Expertise in using velocity, burndown charts, and other Agile metrics

Continuous Improvement Tracking: Monitoring and improving team performance over time

Technical Awareness: Understanding of software development practices and technology to better facilitate discussions and problem solving within technical teams

Certification

  • Certified Scrum Master from SAFe agile.

Timeline

Senior Software Engineer

Impelsys
12.2023 - 05.2024

Lead Engineer

Persistent
03.2022 - 08.2023

Senior Analyst

Societe Generale
09.2017 - 12.2021

Senior Associate

Wipro
01.2017 - 09.2017

KYC Associate

HSBC
10.2014 - 09.2016

B.Com - Commerce

Shivaji University
Maneedeep Giddam