PALLAVI KUMARI
SCRUM MASTER , AGILE PROJECT LEAD , AGILE DELIVERY , AGILE COACH , LIFE SCIENCES
Bengaluru,Karnataka
Summary
Scrum Master facilitating Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives for cross-functional scientific and technical teams. Improves delivery predictability by removing impediments, managing dependencies, and coaching teams on Agile ways of working. Partners with Product Owners and stakeholders to align backlog priorities, sprint goals, and release planning.
Overview
2
2
Certifications
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Project Delivery & Portfolio Leadership
Cellworks
01.2023 - Current
- Successfully led and delivered 30+ cross-functional strategic projects, ensuring stakeholder alignment, delivery governance and achievement of business objectives.
- Directed end-to-end planning, execution, monitoring, and delivery of complex oncology research initiatives using Agile principles, ensuring alignment with strategic goals.
- Evaluated and prioritized 3,000+ global oncology assets through structured frameworks assessing business value, risk, and clinical differentiation to inform strategic decisions.
- Enabled leadership decision-making through project evaluation, risk assessment, and dependency analysis, providing actionable executive-level recommendations.
Competitive Intelligence & Strategic Planning
Cellworks
01.2023 - Current
- Led competitive intelligence and pipeline strategy initiatives across 40+ pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, delivering actionable insights that informed strategic decisions.
- Developed structured prioritization and competitive positioning approaches for oncology assets, enhancing understanding of mechanisms, biomarkers, clinical differentiation, and emerging trends.
- Presented executive dashboards and strategic reports to senior leadership, facilitating informed portfolio and investment decisions.
Scrum Master
Cellworks
01.2016 - Current
- Performed Scrum Master responsibilities for 8+ years while leading cross-functional scientific and technical teams.
- Facilitated sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives to enhance delivery cadence and ensure team alignment.
- Partnered with Product Owners and stakeholders to prioritize backlog items, define sprint goals and align deliverables with business priorities.
- Removed delivery impediments, managed risks and dependencies, and supported teams in maintaining sprint commitments.
- Tracked sprint metrics, delivery milestones, and team velocity to increase visibility and enhance sprint predictability.
- Coached team members on agile and scrum best practices, fostering self-organizing and accountable teams.
- Coordinated stakeholder communication across multiple functions and supported release planning and continuous process improvement.
Agile Leadership & Team Development
Cellworks
01.2016 - Current
- Mentored and coached 50+ team members in Agile practices, enhancing project execution, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Fostered accountability, transparency, and continuous learning through feedback and knowledge-sharing initiatives.
- Standardized workflows and project execution practices to improve collaboration and delivery consistency across distributed teams.
- Standardized workflows and project execution practices, enhancing collaboration and delivery consistency across distributed teams.
Stakeholder Management & Cross-functional Leadership
Cellworks
01.2012 - Current
- Coordinated collaboration across scientific, clinical, commercial, and leadership teams to align scope, priorities, timelines, and deliverables, enhancing project coherence.
- Facilitated project planning sessions and progress reviews, driving transparent decision-making through effective risk discussions and status reporting.
- Collaborated with business stakeholders to prioritize deliverables and manage scope changes, resolving delivery challenges to ensure successful project outcomes.
- Proactively identified project risks, dependencies and bottlenecks and implemented mitigation strategies to protect delivery timelines.
Education
Master of Biotechnology -
D.Y. Patil University
Pune, IndiaSkills
Jira
Power BI
Microsoft Project
SharePoint
Excel
Scrum framework
Sprint planning
Backlog refinement
Agile project management
Release planning
Portfolio management
Program management
Roadmap planning
Resource planning
Delivery governance
Accomplishments
- Successfully led and delivered 30+ cross-functional strategic projects by facilitating Agile ceremonies, managing risks and dependencies, removing impediments and enabling stakeholder decisions.
- Coached and mentored 50+ team members on Agile methodologies, Scrum practices and collaborative ways of working, fostering high-performing and self-organizing teams.
- Built structured prioritization and decision-support frameworks across 3,000+ oncology assets, enabling leadership to evaluate business value, risk, strategic fit and clinical differentiation.
- Led cross-functional stakeholder engagement across scientific, clinical, commercial and leadership functions while maintaining transparent delivery governance.
Certification
Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) – Scrum Alliance certification.
Timeline
Project Delivery & Portfolio Leadership
Cellworks
01.2023 - Current
Competitive Intelligence & Strategic Planning
Cellworks
01.2023 - Current
Scrum Master
Cellworks
01.2016 - Current
Agile Leadership & Team Development
Cellworks
01.2016 - Current
Stakeholder Management & Cross-functional Leadership
Cellworks
01.2012 - Current
Master of Biotechnology -
D.Y. Patil University
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Publications include work in Journal of Thoracic Oncology, Annals of Oncology, Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer and Neuro-Oncology.