Sanghamitra Sahoo
Pune
Summary
Agile Coach and Scrum Master dedicated to building high-performing, collaborative teams and driving continuous improvement. Experienced in mentoring Scrum Masters, coaching product Owners, facilitating Agile ceremonies and strengthened delivery culture by introducing iterative feedback loops and measurable KPIs. Passionate about servant leadership and sustainable value driven agility.
Overview
1
1
Certification
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Scrum Master
Tata Consultancy Services
Pune
01.2017 - Current
- Facilitated daily stand-ups, sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives, backlog refinement, and PI planning.
- Served as SAFe Scrum Master for multiple Agile/Kanban teams, ensuring Scrum practices, boosting performance, and delivering high-quality increments.
- Facilitated Agile delivery for a multidisciplinary team of architects, developers, QA engineers, and vendors, boosting collaboration and team performance.
- Identified delivery risks and removed impediments, achieving 100% on-time sprint completion for three consecutive programs.
- Increased team velocity by 15% over two sprints through refined backlog grooming.
- Established a clear Definition of Done, reducing rework by 20%.
- Contributed to ART Syncs by flagging cross-functional risks, managing dependencies, and escalating impediments to keep delivery on track.
- Enhanced visibility with Agile metrics, Kanban boards, and dashboards, enabling data-driven decisions and stakeholder alignment.
- Coached Teams on effective Agile and Scaled Agile (SAFe) practices to improve collaboration, delivery predictability and team maturity.
- Partnered with Product Owners and stakeholders to align priorities, refine scope, and set clear delivery expectations.
- Collaborated with product and business owners to re-prioritize the backlog, shortening delivery timelines by 15% and meeting all program objectives.
- Coached teams on Agile and DevOps principles with strengthening cross-functional collaboration to enable high-performing delivery teams.
- Managed Stakeholder expectations through regular demos and transparent reporting.
- Developed and maintained metrics dashboards to track team performance, guiding strategic decisions for project adjustments.
- Facilitated seamless integration of new team members into existing projects without compromising productivity levels.
- Boosted customer satisfaction scores by providing regular updates on product enhancements resulting from feedback provided during sprint review meetings.
- Implemented key performance metrics to track team progress and identify areas of improvement consistently throughout projects'' lifecycles.
- Encouraged cross-functional collaboration by organizing workshops and training sessions for different departments within the organization.
Test Lead / Testing (Manual / Automation)
Tata Consultancy Services
Mumbai
01.2010 - 01.2017
- Define and implement test strategies, test plans and test approaches for functional, non-functional, regression and integration testing.
- Implemented automated testing frameworks, reducing manual efforts and increasing test coverage.
- Analyzed test results to identify defects, driving resolution efforts with development teams for timely fixes.
Education
Bachelor of Technology -
Silicon Institute of Technology
Odisha01-2009
Skills
- Scaling Frameworks (SAFe, LeSS, Nexus, Scrum@Scale)
- JIRA Reporting and Dashboards
- Confluence
- Azure DevOps (ADO)
- Scrum
- Kanban
- Agile metrics tracking
- Agile coaching
- Software development lifecycle
- Team leadership
Certification
- Professional Scrum Master (PSM)
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
- SAFe 6.0 Certification
Languages
English
Hindi
Timeline
Scrum Master
Tata Consultancy Services
01.2017 - Current
Test Lead / Testing (Manual / Automation)
Tata Consultancy Services
01.2010 - 01.2017
Bachelor of Technology -
Silicon Institute of Technology
Onsite Experience
Brussels, 01/01/22, 12/31/25
Key Achievements
• Reduced rework by 20% through a clear Definition of Done
• Delivered 3 consecutive releases with 99.5% defect-free rate
• Mentored 4 junior Scrum Masters, all achieving certification