Mita Sinha
Project Manager, Agile Master
Bengaluru
Summary
Experienced Project Manager and Scrum Master with proven track record of successfully leading teams in developing high-quality software solutions on time and within budget. Skilled in multiple Agile methodologies, stakeholder management and sprint planning. Well-versed in building positive relationships with customers and stakeholders.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Project Manager, Agile Master
Bosch Digital
Bangalore
10.2022 - Current
- Collaborated with product owners, team members, technologists, and other Agile masters to define solutions and drive progress.
- Evangelized agile as strategic asset of culture and business value, inspiring teams in implementation of new tools and techniques.
- Facilitated Kanban framework – milestone based planning, backlog grooming, daily stand up, milestone reviews, and retrospectives.
- Drove team progress to overcome obstacles and realize success throughout life of each sprint.
- Led milestone reviews and planning meetings to promote full team engagement.
- Assessed each scrum team member's responsibilities and delegated tasks to balance each employee's workload.
- Worked effectively with multiple teams both internally and off-shore.
- Planned Agile best practices and encouraged team cohesion, overcoming impediments, and hurdles to productivity.
- Anticipated impediments to team delivery involving cultural barriers and logistical challenges.
- Assisted with internal and external communication resulting in improved transparency.
- Removed obstacles by finding right personnel to advance tasks and projects.
- Supported team using servant leadership style and leading by example.
- Worked closely and listened to team members' feedback to identify issues and resolve conflicts.
- Responsible for onboarding new team members into the project.
Project Manager
Wipro Technologies (British Petroleum & British Telecom)
Bangalore
08.2021 - 10.2023
- Worked on a Time and Material project contract.
- Met project deadlines without sacrificing build quality or workplace safety.
- Developed and initiated projects, managed costs, and monitored performance.
- Managed projects from procurement to delivery.
- Achieved project deadlines by coordinating with team leaders to manage performance.
- Identified plans and resources required to meet project goals and objectives.
- Provided detailed project status updates to stakeholders and executive management.
- Drafted project reports to identify successful outcomes, insights and future recommendations, action items.
- Coordinated material procurement and required services for projects within budget requirements.
- Monitored project performance to identify areas of improvement and make adjustments.
- Prepared and submitted project invoices for review and approval.
- Negotiated and managed third-party contracts related to project deliverables.
- Coordinated with cross-functional teams to resolve project issues and mitigate risks.
- Tracked project and team member performance closely to quickly intervene in mistakes or delays.
- Analyzed project performance data to identify areas of improvement.
- Monitored project progress, identified risks and took corrective action as needed.
- Reported regularly to higher management on project budget, progress and technical problems.
- Verified quality of deliverables and conformance to specifications before submitting to clients.
- Scheduled and facilitated meetings between project stakeholders to discuss deliverables, schedules and conflicts.
- Recruited and oversaw personnel to achieve performance and quality targets.
- Maintained open communication by presenting regular updates on project status to customers.
- Developed and implemented project plans and budgets to ensure successful execution.
- Worked on order booking quarterly to determine the monthly budget and also the budget split for Human resources and Hardware/tools.
- Experience in managing 50+ resources (multiple scrum teams) spread across geographies.
Project Scrum Master
Wipro Technologies (Roche Diagnostics)
Bangalore
01.2019 - 08.2021
- Facilitating scrum ceremonies.
- Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives.
- Ensure on time milestone delivery.
- Work with the team to define clear goals, WBS, Sprint planning to prioritize user stories and estimation and managing product backlog.
- Keeping track of the team’s velocity, burn down and other Sprint metrics using TFS.
- Accountable for accurate forecasting and reporting of key project information.
- Actively involved in customer program steering board meeting to understand customer priorities.
- Responsible for providing timely and constructive feedback and appreciation to the team members.
- Collaborated with product owners, team members, technologists, and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress.
- Worked closely and listened to team members' feedback to identify issues and resolve conflicts.
- Worked to provide continuous improvement for product development lifecycle.
- Resolved conflicts within the team and identified potential areas of improvement.
Onsite Test Lead
Wipro Technologies (Roche Diagnostics)
Zurich
03.2018 - 02.2019
- As instrument test lead, responsible for Test plan, test case development, execution and device certification.
- Along with customer test manager streamlined the testing process using JIRA and HPALM.
- Mentored the testers for using different diagnostic tools, configuring instruments and in-depth understanding of business flows.
- Developed bi-directional traceability matrix to map the requirements and dependent functionalities in order to maximize the test coverage and to avoid possible.
- Improved the testing efficiency and accuracy by way of using diagnostic tools like Wireshark, JSON editor
Automation Test Lead
Wipro Technologies (Ford Motors)
Bangalore
01.2014 - 08.2016
- Participated in different workshops with developers and project managers to assess scope, requirements and sequence of project.
- Discussed requirements and processes with project managers and developers.
- Defined Automation plan and requirement traceability for implementation.
- Created accurate, efficient and reusable python scripts in Squish to manage automated testing of the product and features for In-vehicle infotainment unit.
- Trained new team members on Python and Automotive features and company guidelines to promote productive and high quality work.
- Reviewed all test cases and test scripts and identified additional areas to review.
Test Engineer
Wipro Technologies (Motorola, Telstra, Australia & Nokia)
Bangalore, Sydney
08.2007 - 12.2013
- Worked along with customer to develop the test strategy, testing road map and test platform builds.
- Complete functional and regression tests of new software builds to assess performance and success of bug fixes.
- Developed and executed comprehensive test plans, test cases, test scripts and use cases.
- Custodian of quality assurance metrics -test cases/suites, results and metrics.
- Reviewed, evaluated and identified requirements for testability. Periodic test plan reviews.
- Mentored junior team members.
Education
Bachelor's of Technology - Computer Science And Engineering
07.2004 - 07.2007
Diploma in Engineering - Computer Science And Technology
07.2001 - 06.2004
Skills
Project planning and development
Functional & Business Requirements
Software Development Lifecycle
Strategic planning
Agile Project Management
Team Management
Stakeholder Management
Scope Management
Quality Assurance
Requirements Gathering
HPALM, TFS, JIRA, MIRO
Agile Frameworks
Risk Identification and Mitigation
Customer Interaction
Vendor Management
Scrum, Kanban
Timeline
Project Manager, Agile Master - Bosch Digital
10.2022 - Current
Project Manager - Wipro Technologies (British Petroleum & British Telecom)
08.2021 - 10.2023
Project Scrum Master - Wipro Technologies (Roche Diagnostics)
01.2019 - 08.2021
Onsite Test Lead - Wipro Technologies (Roche Diagnostics)
03.2018 - 02.2019
Automation Test Lead - Wipro Technologies (Ford Motors)
01.2014 - 08.2016
Test Engineer - Wipro Technologies (Motorola, Telstra, Australia & Nokia)
08.2007 - 12.2013
West Bengal University of Technology - Bachelor's of Technology, Computer Science And Engineering
07.2004 - 07.2007
West Bengal State Council of Technical Education - Diploma in Engineering, Computer Science And Technology
07.2001 - 06.2004