Nevedha Kannan
Project Manager | Certified Scrum Master | Agile Delivery Specialist
Chennai
Summary
Project Manager & Certified Scrum Master(CSM) with 8+ years of experience across IT and publishing domains, managing global clients such as WHO, RKI, Pearson, and Elsevier. Proven track record in agile delivery, cross-functional team leadership, and stakeholder communication. Handling multiple projects simultaneously. Strong in team scaling, financial coordination, and project turnaround strategies. Currently seeking roles in Project Management, Scrum Mastery, or Agile Delivery.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications
Work History
Project Manager / Scrum Master
Adappt, Pondicherry
12.2020 - 12.2024
- Led Agile delivery for clients, including WHO and the Robert Koch Institute (RKI).
- Facilitated Scrum practices, increasing transparency and agility across teams.
- Led Agile ceremonies such as Sprint planning, Daily scrum, Sprint review, and Sprint retrospective, and backlog refinement.
- Coached the team on Scrum adoption and improved their Agile maturity.
- Developed strategy for a complex project with 25 analysts, improving efficiency by 25% and saving 40% in time.
- Prioritized product backlogs by collaborating with the product owner.
- Coordinated with cross-functional teams to streamline CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps.
- Comprehensive understanding of end-to-end product development, from ideation to deployment, incorporating agile practices such as Test-Driven Development (TDD), Behavior-Driven Development (BDD), Acceptance Test-Driven Development (ATDD), etc.
- An expert in the JIRA tool, I used it for tracking, covering timelines, and publishing growth projections.
- Client-facing role serving as a key liaison between clients and internal teams, ensuring smooth communication, and effective collaboration.
- Active participation during pre-sales and audit sessions.
- Worked directly with CEO on project growth and next-phase planning.
- Participated in client billing discussions with CFO.
- Authored proposals that resulted in new project acquisitions.
Content project manager
Integra, Pondicherry
11.2018 - 01.2020
- Led e-publishing projects for clients such as Pearson, Alston, and Elsevier.
- Managed cross-functional teams, including authors, editors, and testers, leading the project through to successful delivery.
- Handled end-to-end project management, including planning, communication, and delivery.
- Demonstrated initiative by taking on expanded responsibilities, leading to a 20% increase in overall team efficiency.
- Skilled in delivering compelling client demos that highlight product value, and build trust.
- Consistently received client appreciation for timeliness and outcome quality.
- Handled the outsourcing of resources from E2E during a time crunch as a part of risk management.
- Proposed and implemented Agile ceremonies, leading to improved team efficiency, increased transparency, and measurable project success.
- Experience in the Confluence tool and MS Project platform.
- Oversaw billing operations and streamlined internal invoicing workflows for improved financial accuracy and efficiency.
Executive
Wipro, Bangalore
01.2015 - 04.2017
- Facilitated cross-functional collaboration across all SAP competencies, ensuring smooth resource allocation, accurate evaluations, and conflict-free timelines.
- Oversaw staffing and allocation of SAP ABAP resources, aligning skills with project requirements to enhance delivery outcomes.
- Improved resource validation process, increasing the success rate by 15%.
- Managed and resolved client support tickets, ensuring prompt issue resolution and high customer satisfaction using the ServiceNow tool.
- Generated detailed MIS reports to monitor team competency development, and optimize delivery performance.
- Experience with MS Project management.
Education
MBA -
Pondicherry University
B.Tech - Information Technology
Sri Manakula Vinayagar Engineering College
Skills
- Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM)
- Agile Coaching & Mentoring
- Scrum Ceremonies Facilitation (Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Reviews, Retrospectives)
- Sprint & Release Planning
- Backlog Refinement Support
- Story Point Estimation
- Jira / Azure DevOps / Trello
- Servant Leadership
- Agile Metrics & Reporting (Burndown, Velocity, Cumulative Flow)Agile Methodologies
- Risk Management
- Conflict Resolution & Team Building
- Cross-functional Team Coordination
- Client-facing Communication
- Cross-Functional Leadership
- Stakeholder Management
- Remote & Distributed Team Management
Certification
Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
Timeline
Project Manager / Scrum Master
Adappt, Pondicherry
12.2020 - 12.2024
Content project manager
Integra, Pondicherry
11.2018 - 01.2020
Executive
Wipro, Bangalore
01.2015 - 04.2017
MBA -
Pondicherry University
B.Tech - Information Technology
Sri Manakula Vinayagar Engineering College
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