Rajashekhar Safare
Scrum Master/Project Manager
Hyderabad,Telangana
Summary
Experienced Scrum Master with proven track record of successfully leading teams in developing high-quality software solutions on time and within budget. Skilled in multiple Agile methodologies, stakeholder management and sprint planning.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
9
9
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Certifications
3
3
Languages
Work History
Scrum Master/Project Manager, PMO
Zensar Technologies Limited
1 2024 - Current
- Managed product backlog effectively, prioritizing high-value items for faster completion.
- Organized meetings between stakeholders from different departments to discuss potential solutions or strategies.
- Managing the team size of 60 members
- Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives.
- Tracked metrics related to sprint performance and identified areas of improvement for future sprints.
- Created dashboards using various tools such as JIRA, Confluence to track project progress and milestones.
- Identified risks associated with sprint goals and worked with team to mitigate them.
- Manage Agile project execution and implement Agile best practices
- Define project scope, goals and deliverables in collaboration with stakeholders
Senior Engineer L3-Lead
HTC Global Services India Pvt Ltd
05.2022 - 03.2023
- Developed retrospectives after each sprint or milestone to identify areas of improvement for future projects.
- Coordinated with stakeholders to prioritize backlog items and ensure alignment with business objectives.
- Be part of Agile Methodology, Scrum Master and working within Service Level Management environment
- Acted as primary contact between development teams, product owners, stakeholders and other external parties throughout entire lifecycle of project.
- Be part of cross functional teams in resolving issues
- Experience on Incident Management, Problem Management and Change Management
- Schedule Variance and Cost Variance analysis
- Identified potential risks and issues early on in process so that mitigation strategies can be developed quickly.
- Daily Scrum meetings with team to identify and resolving issues
- Team Management and excellent Leadership skills
- Regularly updating project repository with up-to-date project information
Technical Specialist Rep L5-Project Lead
HP(Hewlett Packard) Inc
05.2021 - 04.2022
- Experience on Risk management and Resource Management
- Implemented Agile framework
- Collaborated with product owners to define product backlogs and prioritize stories for upcoming sprints.
- Facilitated communication among cross-functional teams such as development, QA, operations.
- Applying lessons learned for continuous service improvements in near future
- Organized demos at end of each sprint cycle so stakeholders can review progress made.
- Creating transitional plans and documents to outline project expectations, scope, schedule, and cost requirements
- Facilitated daily scrum meetings, sprint planning sessions, sprint retrospectives and release planning sessions.
- Handling team activities on team size of 100 members and organizes performance reviews
- Communicated with clients and stakeholders to keep them up to date on project status
- Maintained backlog of user stories for each project based on customer needs and requirements.
Senior IT Service Desk Specialist
Parexel International
12.2019 - 03.2021
- Acted as servant leader to development team by removing impediments and resolving conflicts.
- Coached stakeholders on their roles in Scrum process and how to best support team's success.
- Work with stakeholders to determine dependencies
- Implemented Sprints in project management
- Developed training materials to educate stakeholders about agile methodologies.
- Identified risks associated with sprint goals and worked with team to mitigate them.
- Delegating tasks to team members and empowering them to take on new challenges
- Provided guidance to Product Owners regarding Agile principles and best practices for managing product backlogs.
Sr.Technical Support Engineer
Peocit Software Solutions Pvt Ltd
06.2018 - 09.2019
- Communicated sprint objectives clearly to ensure everyone was aligned with goal.
- Creation of dashboard, reports and presenting it to management
- Assisted teams in identifying blockers or impediments that were preventing them from achieving their goals.
- Successfully trains and leads team of Service Desk Associates with variety of skillsets
- Ensured adherence to company policies while working within agile framework.
- Ability to logically prioritize tasks and schedule work accordingly
- Encouraged collaboration between developers and other stakeholders by facilitating open communication channels.
- Develops asset and configuration management standards, plans and procedures
IT Support Engineer
Advik Technologies Pvt Ltd
12.2013 - 05.2018
- Facilitated user stories, sprint planning sessions, daily stand-ups, retrospectives, and demos.
- Worked closely with Project Managers and Scrum Masters to ensure agile principles were followed throughout process.
- Managed multiple tasks simultaneously by prioritizing activities based on deadlines and importance.
- Interact with client, make recommendations, and ensure issues are resolved in timely manner
- Installation and troubleshooting of SQL server database.
Education
MBA -
Osmani University
Hyderabad 06.2016 - 06.2018
B.TECH -
JNTUH
Hyderabad 05.2006 - 05.2010
Board Of Intermediate - MPC
Narayana Jr. College
Nellore 03.2004 - 03.2006
SSC -
India Mission Secondary School
Karimnagar 03.2003 - 03.2004
Skills
Sprint Planning
Scrum Framework Expertise
Project Management
Stakeholder Management
Agile Best Practices
Agile Coaching
Agile Metrics Tracking
Retrospective Analysis
User Story Creation
Adaptive Leadership
Risk Identification
Resource Allocation
Backlog Grooming
Team Collaboration
Scrum Methodology
Coaching and Mentoring
Continuous Improvement
Project Planning
Project Team Coordination
Change Management
Risk Management
Conflict Resolution
Team building
Stakeholder Relations
Scope development
Interpersonal Skills
Technology Implementation
Problem Solving
Certification
ITIL4 Certified from Axelos
Accomplishments
- Rewarded as State level 2nd & District level 1st in science project competition.
- Awarded as a best Chess player at the District level.
- Certified as excellence in the field of education at school level.
Additional Information
Qualities
.Self Confidence
.Strong Determination
.Self Discipline
.Time Management
Timeline
Senior Engineer L3-Lead
HTC Global Services India Pvt Ltd
05.2022 - 03.2023
Technical Specialist Rep L5-Project Lead
HP(Hewlett Packard) Inc
05.2021 - 04.2022
Senior IT Service Desk Specialist
Parexel International
12.2019 - 03.2021
Sr.Technical Support Engineer
Peocit Software Solutions Pvt Ltd
06.2018 - 09.2019
MBA -
Osmani University
06.2016 - 06.2018
IT Support Engineer
Advik Technologies Pvt Ltd
12.2013 - 05.2018
B.TECH -
JNTUH
05.2006 - 05.2010
Board Of Intermediate - MPC
Narayana Jr. College
03.2004 - 03.2006
SSC -
India Mission Secondary School
03.2003 - 03.2004
Scrum Master/Project Manager, PMO
Zensar Technologies Limited
1 2024 - Current