Priya Marigowdar
Bengaluru
Summary
A Scrum Master (CSM certified) with about 11 years of experience. In the IT industry, I have over 8 years of strong background in manual testing and 3 years of experience in agile leadership roles, such as lead Scrum Master, with a strong testing background. An experienced leader serves to devise and implement strategic teamwork solutions that foster communication and collaboration across geographically distributed, cross-functional teams. Accomplished at introducing and facilitating the adoption of Scrum principles, removing impediments, and promoting self-organization. Experience in various domains, like healthcare, aerospace, retail, and telecom. Worked for various clients like the New York (DOB) government project, XHAWII (Oman), Orange (Belgium), Bank of Ireland (Ireland), and Autopiolt VnV (USA). Experience in Agile frameworks like Scrum, Kanban
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Software Tester/Scrum Master
Value Inovation Labs
Bangalore
08.2025 - Current
- Coordinated sprint planning sessions to define project goals and deliverables.
- Managed backlog refinement to prioritize tasks and ensure clarity.
- Supported team members in resolving impediments and enhancing productivity.
- Maintained product backlogs, ensuring that items are well defined and prioritized based on business value.
- Created dashboards using various tools, such as JIRA and Confluence, to track project progress and milestones.
- Removed impediments and protected team members from interruptions and distractions to maximize productivity.
- Facilitated daily stand-up meetings for agile team collaboration.
- Be the point of contact for the product, allowing scrum teams to focus on execution.
- Conducted demos of completed work at the end of each sprint cycle.
Senior Software Test Engineer
Tech Mahindra
Bangalore
08.2017 - 08.2025
- Facilitated Scrum ceremonies, including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives, for cross-functional teams.
- Worked closely with Product Owners to ensure well-groomed backlogs, with clear acceptance criteria.
- Identified and removed impediments, enabling teams to meet sprint goals consistently.
- Tracked and reported Agile metrics, such as velocity, sprint progress, and team capacity.
- Supported continuous improvement initiatives, and fostered a culture of transparency and accountability.
- Leveraged prior QA experience to ensure quality was embedded throughout the development lifecycle.
- Managed a team of over 10 members, and monitored projects to ensure progress.
- Generated weekly and daily reports, SIT, and UAT reports during the build release.
- Completed in-depth usability testing on Windows, Android, and iOS mobile devices.
- Incorporated delivery requirements into the planning of testing schedules.
- I wrote and optimized test cases to maximize the success of manual software testing with consistent, thorough approaches.
- Good knowledge in reporting and tracking bugs by using test management tools like JIRA, Bug DB, and HPQC.
- Extensive experience with the Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC), the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), the Agile method, and the bug lifecycle
- Experience in functional testing, manual testing, web application testing, regression testing, and web service API testing using the POSTMAN tool.
- I wrote around 250 test cases in a single sprint.
- Mentored junior test engineers, providing guidance and support to foster professional growth within the team.
- Identified, documented, and reported bugs, working closely with developers to facilitate swift resolutions.
Software Test Engineer
Humming Bird Technologies
Bangalore
06.2016 - 06.2017
- Used testing tools like DO-178B, DOORS, and RTRT.
- Led training sessions for junior software testers, sharing expertise and guiding them in effective testing strategies and tool usage.
- Trained junior team members of quality standards and testing procedures.
- Assessed software bugs and compiled findings, along with suggested resolutions, for development team members.
- Wrote and updated manual test cases, maintaining optimal organisation for team productivity.
Software Tester
Hical Technologies
Bangalore
06.2014 - 06.2016
- Experienced database testing while maintaining all test case documents
- Developed manual testing of software and infrastructure.
- Developed and maintained defect databases for known issues.
- Wrote and updated manual test cases, maintaining optimal organization for team productivity.
- Helped coordinate quality assurance processes throughout the development life cycle.
- Created database queries in SQL language.
Software Tester
Enterprise Software Solution Lab
Bangalore
10.2013 - 05.2014
- Defined, created, and controlled testing environments for successful software deliverables.
- Planned and devised cohesive test plans for projects, using advanced testing technologies.
- Worked with a team of 10 members.
- Handled all testing responsibilities alone.
Education
MCA - Computer Science
Surana College PG Centre
Bangalore,India09-2012
Skills
- Scrum framework and agile methodologies
- Sprint planning and execution
- Facilitating daily standups, retrospectives, and sprint reviews
- Conflict resolution and problem solving
- Servant leadership
- Continuous improvement and process optimization, stakeholder communication
- Jira and Agile project management tools
- Team building and performance optimization
- Team collaboration
- Stakeholder communication
- Backlog grooming and user story refinement
- Agile metrics (velocity, burndown, burnup)
- User acceptance testing
- Defect tracking and reporting
- Black box testing
- Test case design
- Regression testing
- Cross-browser functional testing
- Mobile application testing
- Manual testing
- Postman (API testing basics)
- Zephyr
- Worked on VTEX, Shipsy, and Smartpay apps
Certification
Certified Scrum Master.
Accomplishments
I got the Bravo Award.
Timeline
Senior Software Tester/Scrum Master
Value Inovation Labs
08.2025 - Current
Senior Software Test Engineer
Tech Mahindra
08.2017 - 08.2025
Software Test Engineer
Humming Bird Technologies
06.2016 - 06.2017
Software Tester
Hical Technologies
06.2014 - 06.2016
Software Tester
Enterprise Software Solution Lab
10.2013 - 05.2014
MCA - Computer Science
Surana College PG Centre