Ashish Ojha

Seeking to leverage expertise in Program / Delivery / Product / Operations management to drive efficiency, innovation, success and sustainable growth within a forward-thinking organization.

Profile Snapshot

• About 16 years of experience in IT Industry across various departments as Program Management / Sr. Project
  Manager / Delivery Manager / PMO / Agile Coach / Senior Scrum Master with PMI-Disciplined Agile SSM, PMI-
  ACP, PSM II & I, SAFe® 5 – SSM, PSPO II & I and ISTQB certifications
  • 12+ years of experience in Agile Consulting / Training / Transformation, Agile Product Development & Delivery
  • Strong advocate of Agile / Lean Mindset, Disciplined Agile, System & Design Thinking & SCRUM
  • Experienced and versatile Program/ Product/ Project Manager with a strong foundation in agile methodologies
  including certifications like PMI- Disciplined Agile SSM, PMI-ACP, SAFe® 5 – SSM, Scrum, Kanban, NEXUS and Lean
  Product Development.
  • Adept at implementing best practices, streamlining processes, strategic plans to improve operational efficiencies,
  enhance overall business performance and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
  • Proven track record of driving cost savings, revenue growth, and customer satisfaction through effective leadership,
  problem-solving skills, and cross-functional collaboration
  • Skilled in leading cross-functional teams, defining project scope, and delivering high-quality products on time and
  within budget. Possessing an ISTQB CTFL certification, I bring a deep understanding of software development processes
  and quality assurance. Proven track record of successfully managing complex projects from inception to completion
  while ensuring stakeholder satisfaction and meeting business objectives.
  • Organizing programs and activities in accordance with the mission and goals of the organization by developing new
  programs to support the strategic direction of the organization and evaluating methods to assess program
  strengths and identify areas for improvement, Manage P&L of the business operations, including the development and
  execution of the overall business strategy.
  • Help clients to bridge the gap between technology and business through designing strategies (for products, teams &
  businesses) in order to level up their team's productivity & skills to leverage the long-term opportunities and be able
  to respond to change smoothly delivering high-quality products faster.
  • Help teams in different departments design products and business models through structured design thinking processes
  in order to carve an environment for them to innovate, think, communicate, collaborate, have fun and design a
  solution for the most pressing problems the customers (Internal or external) might have
  • An experienced problem solver recognized for building consensus, improving process, influencing and motivate
  to generate results by building self-organized hyper -productive teams.
  • Participating on Program Increment planning, facilitating Scrum of Scrum across various scrum teams, coordinating
  with different SCRUM teams in Program, formalizing dependency matrix & Program board, helping Release Train
  Engineer (RTE) to achieve Program goals.
  • Experience with tools for project management & DevOps like Jira, Asana, Trello, Bugzilla, Workspace, Mantis,
  Quality Center, GitHub, Circle CI, Azure DevOps, Azure Board, Slack, Azure Board, Confluence, JIRA.
  • Domain expertise in Card, Insurance, E-commerce, E-Learning Experience, Banking / Loan, Human Capital
  Management using Workday HCM & SaaS.

Agile Delivery Certifications:

• Certified PMP- Project Management Institute
• Certified PMI-DASSM (Disciplined Agile Senior Scrum Master)- Project Management Institute
• Certified PMI-ACP (Agile Certified Practitioner - Project Management Institute
• Certified Professional Scrum Master I - Scrum.org
• Certified Professional Scrum Master II (Advance) - Scrum.org
• Certified Professional Scrum Product Owner I - Scrum.org
• Certified Professional Scrum Product Owner II (Advance) - Scrum.org
• Certified SAFe 5 Scrum Master - Scaled Agile
• Certified ISTQB CTFL - Indian Testing Board (ITB)

• Achieved 90% Agile adoption by planned tranformation throughout the organization with continuous training & monitoring.
• Achieved effective measurable productivity of team by introducing JIRA, Confluence, Slack & other Agile toolswithin multiple teams and departments.

Agile Affiliation

• Project Management Institute
• Scrum.org
• Scrum Alliance