Nagalakshmi KS

- Strategic Leadership: Develop and execute a clear vision and strategy for team and for group.

- Team Management: Build and lead a high-performing team of technology professionals, providing guidance, mentorship, and fostering a culture of collaboration and innovation.

-Project Delivery: Successful delivery of technology projects, ensuring adherence to timelines, quality standards and budget.

- Stakeholder Management:- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to understand technology needs, provide strategic guidance and ensure alignment with business and company objectives.

- Process Improvements: Identify opportunities for process improvement, automation using Agile methodologies. Excellent proficiency in enhancing the process and implementing effectively; thereby achieving the organizational objectivities

- Leadership: Act as primary advocate for leveraging Indian based resources to deliver critical applications, work closely with counter parts across Boeing geographies.

- Performance and Talent Management: Plans, prioritizes and monitors performance on regular intervals and work on Individual Development Plans and support team in progression path

- As curious and decisive thinker has ability to analyse and understand data and information quickly. Able to use info, data, insights & knowledge in a structured way using judgment wisely to identify options and make robust decisions.

- Experience into Enterprise/Leadership/Solution/Agile Release Train/Team level Coaching

- Role based Agile Training for Scrum Masters, Agile Team Product Owner/Product Manager, RTE (Release Train Engineer), STE (Solution Train Engineer), Architects, DevOps, mentoring and Coaching

- Instrumental in setting up of with LACE – (Lean Agile Center of Excellence) for transformation

- Support organizations in transformations using Agile and SAFe frameworks

- Drive end to end SAFe Transformation for Team/ART/Solution

_ As a change agent be a keen observer and active listener to identify the process gaps and plan for improvements

- Deliver hands-on coaching of individual teams in all aspects of scrum and kanban - all events,

- Facilitate and Coach PI Planning, Solution Planning, Inspect & Adapt, Collaboration, Lean Portfolio Management

- Anchor Agile and Lean way of working

- Build Enterprise wide initiatives : AgileChampion, Coaching Clinics

- Clearly define enterprise-wide guidelines (e.g, DoD, SM, and PO qualifications and responsibilities

- Adopt servant leadership and display the behaviors that come with the key shifts associated with Agile methods

- Coach teams and management towards improving Agile process and metrics, evaluate and mentor existing Scrum teams, and deliver training classes for product owners, developers, and testers

- Create, build, and deliver customized Agile training

Senior Agile Leadership skills with an ability to lead by example and challenge command and control behaviors

- Communicated project plans and progress to key stakeholders and project contributors.

- Maintained schedules to meet key milestones at every project phase.

- Oversaw large portfolio of projects to support teams, report progress, and influence positive outcomes for key stakeholders.

- Coordinated cross-functional teams to determine timely delivery and compliance of project requirements.

- Updated customers and senior leaders on progress and roadblocks.

- Developed and maintained project budgets to control costs and meet organizational and project goals.

- Developed and maintained relationships with key stakeholders to meet objectives and boost rapport.

- Established and managed change management processes to fulfill successful project transitions.

- Monitored project progress, identified risks and implemented corrective measures to acquire success.

- Regular Communication of Project progress and good communication and conflict resolution skills

- Identified plans and resources required to meet project goals and objectives.

- Proficiently handled multiple projects and involved in various activities of projects right from Project Conception, Initiation, Execution, Monitor and Closure phases. Effectively managed integration of all project activities.

- Planned, Executed, monitored project deliverables against project plan, while keeping the stakeholders up to date.

- Adept in effective project communications and coordination with project team and management

- Excellent relationship management & interpersonal skills with strong problem solving & organizational abilities. Demonstrated patience and persistence in resolving issues to successful conclusion and keeping projects on-track. Ability to stay motivated and handle multiple competing tasks effectively under high-stress situations.

- Excellent proficiency in enhancing the process and implementing effectively; thereby achieving the organizational objectivities

- Well versed in handling projects in Agile-Scrum way and usage of JIRA tool for project planning, execution and tracking.

- As Project Manager handling end to end recruitment management to on-boarding of candidates, Travel & Training Management, Performance, Hike and Appraisal Management, Attrition Management

- Played vital role in Process standardization and implementation

- Supported C Level Leadership in managing organizational level initiatives as part of Management Office

- Successfully handled 20 + Major and Minor Product releases

- Leveraged project management processes and tools to define and execute projects.

- Collaborated with business leadership to set priorities based on business needs, resource capacity and risk exposure.

- Identified program obstacles and communicated possible impacts to team.

- Managed and supervised administrative and daily program operations, complying with policies and regulations.

- Managed multiple strategic projects with numerous sub-projects or workstreams.

- Built teams to address project goals and objectives for multiple projects.

- Handled end to end Product deliveries right from ideation to market

- Actively involved in Product Vision, Roadmap building, Development and Testing, understanding of Go-To-Market (GTM) strategy, Sales and Support Strategy and Post Release support

- Played key role in implementation of Statutory Requirements VAT/Service Tax/Excise Duty for India and International

- Developed and maintained quality assurance procedure documentation.

- Led process improvement projects to help operations meet and exceed quality standards and reduce costs.

- Building of Quality Dashboard and Metrics, Bug Triage and handle change management

- Handle Test case creation and management