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Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
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JOB PROJECTS 1
JOB PROJECTS 2
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Prateek Nahak

BANGALORE

Summary

Dynamic Scrum Master with a proven track record at CGI, adept in Agile methodologies and stakeholder communication. Successfully facilitated team performance improvements and resolved conflicts, fostering a collaborative environment. Skilled in JIRA and relationship building, I drive teams toward high efficiency and engagement, enhancing overall project outcomes.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Scrum Master

CGI
BANGALORE
08.2022 - Current
  • Facilitating Agile ceremonies such as sprint/iteration planning, daily planning, retrospective, and sprint demos.
  • Assisting the Product Owner with regular and disciplined backlog refinement. Working with various stakeholders to remove impediments for the team.

Connecting with individual team members to understand their aspirations and help them to achieve the same by conducting relevant training.

  • Maintaining relevant metrics that help the team measure and improve performance.
  • Liaison between the Development teams and Product Management, fostering communication between the disciplines.
  • Leading dependency management and planning increment efforts. Actively contributing to the company’s Agile culture.
  • Managing multi-disciplinary project teams through influencing and coaching. Serving the organization to embrace the Agile Principle and Values.
  • Helping team to progress from Forming stage to Performing Stage.
  • Recognizing conflicts and disputes within the team and help them to resolve by coming to common consensus.

Recruitment Associate

Microsoft
BANGALORE
07.2019 - 07.2021
  • Overseeing the complete IT recruitment lifecycle, from sourcing to Onboarding and build recruiting strategies to onboard at least 8 candidates in a month for the various Niche and Generic roles
  • Leveraged sourcing portals (60%) employee referral (40%) to attract qualified candidates, resulting in a 20% increase in qualified candidate pool through direct sourcing.
  • Conducted regular market research to stay informed about industry trends, salary benchmarks and competitive recruiting strategies.
  • Preparing pipeline of qualified candidates through multiple sourcing channels and vendors.
  • Evaluate, interview and present qualified candidates to hiring managers and solicit feedback on candidates to refine recruiting strategy as applicable.
  • Designed and launch the Branding and Engagement Program like CAP (Campus Ambassador Program) and leadership talk.
  • Conducted HR discussions and processed offers for successful candidates, ensuring a seamless transition and maintaining a high conversion ratio of 90%.
  • Researched and analyze human resources trends and best practices to optimize business performance.

Recruiter

Alp consulting Ltd.
BANGALORE
06.2018 - 06.2019
  • Acquire requirements from client
  • Meeting with client to understand the JD in detail.
  • Handling multiple demand & sharing report on weekly basis.
  • Sourcing of potential candidates as per the JD.
  • Coordination with Stakeholder & candidates for interview process.
  • Sourced and coordinated 500+ interviews and onboarded 50+ candidates within a span of 1 year
  • Utilization of various legacy & innovative Sourcing channels like Naukri.com, Indeed, Monster, LinkedIn.com.

Education

MBA - Project Management

Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of management
Delhi
04-2023

Skills

  • Agile methodology
  • JIRA
  • Problem resolution
  • Team building
  • Relationship building
  • Multitasking
  • Conflict resolution
  • Dependency management
  • Team facilitation
  • Performance metrics
  • Task prioritization
  • Analytical
  • Stakeholder communication
  • Agile methodologies
  • Backlog management
  • Sprint planning

Certification

  • Certified Scrum Master CSM
  • Kanban Practioner
  • Agile Ways of Working

Languages

Hindi
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2

JOB PROJECTS 1

Scrum Master, AIFA Internal

  • Oversaw project and sprint backlogs, utilizing burn-down charts to track progress.
  • Collaborated with Product Owners to prioritize features aligned with business objectives.
  • Documenting vision and scope, including monitoring changes throughout project lifecycle.
  • Estimated project effort and managed Sprint events, including planning, stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives.
  • Led agile methodology implementation for AI based screening tool streamlining interactions between candidate and HM, eliminating intermediaries.
  • Facilitated efficient online order placement by enabling product comparison based on cost, quality, and quantity, reducing shopping time.
  • Gathered requirements through client interviews, shadowing, and document review, maintaining scope documentation and managing changes

JOB PROJECTS 2

VKlick

  • Provided Agile Scrum education and training as needed.
  • Coached the team and Product Owner on project vision and goals.
  • Improved team skills to enhance Sprint velocity using sprint Retrospectives insights.
  • Collaborated with the team to break down feature stories into deliverable user stories for sprints.
  • Led Sprint events: planning, stand-ups, refinement, reviews/demos, and retrospectives.
  • Delivered timely status reports to stakeholders, including scope, issues, risks, and mitigation plans.
  • Getting ready for each sprint and release, planning meetings by working with the team to breakdown features stories into small deliverable user stories that are appropriately sized for each sprint.
  • Provided effective collaboration, facilitation, leadership, and coaching to support agile development.
  • Facilitated Proctored aptitude test tool for initial screening.
  • Led various scrum ceremonies: sprint planning, daily scrum, sprint review, backlog refinement, and retrospective meetings.

Timeline

Scrum Master

CGI
08.2022 - Current

Recruitment Associate

Microsoft
07.2019 - 07.2021

Recruiter

Alp consulting Ltd.
06.2018 - 06.2019

MBA - Project Management

Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of management
Prateek Nahak