Sanjay Kumar Samala

Work History

Carelon

05.2023 - Current

Managed product backlog and supported Scrum framework for monthly sprint releases.
Planned Agile best practices and encouraged team cohesion, overcoming impediments, and hurdles to productivity.
Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives.
Led sprint reviews and planning meetings to promote full team engagement.
Applied agile methodology to shorten cycle time and achieve target margins.
Coached teams in Agile practices and provided necessary training to create positive mindset to Agile methodologies.
Collaborated with product owners, team members, technologists, and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress.
Managed work and project responsibilities by assigning tasks to internal individuals and external teams.
Streamlined and optimized workflow and communication by implementing Agile frameworks.
Worked across teams outside of engineering to find solutions and answers to issues encountered by engineering personnel.
Worked closely and listened to team members' feedback to identify issues and resolve conflicts.
Negotiated and managed project budgets to meet goals.

Infosys

02.2022 - 03.2023

Managed product backlog and supported Scrum framework for monthly sprint releases.
Planned Agile best practices and encouraged team cohesion, overcoming impediments, and hurdles to productivity.
Developed and introduced IT strategies to improve operational efficiency.
Communicated project updates to stakeholders at all levels.
Conducted quality assurance to verify accuracy of data used in IT projects.
Updated customers and senior leaders on progress and roadblocks.
Monitored and tracked project progress to support timely completion.
Resolved staff conflicts and identified potential areas of improvement.
Assessed and analyzed customer requirements to develop effective IT project plans.
Negotiated and managed project budgets to meet goals.

Concentrix Daksh Private Limited

07.2018 - 08.2021

Evaluated and implemented enhancement design solutions to improve cost, quality and performance of software applications.
Developed and executed complex system test plans to support quality.
Troubleshot business logic and performance issues in existing mainframe applications.
Partnered with technical leaders to align solutions with strategy and standards.
Identified opportunities to modify software to avoid future problems and promote continuous improvement.
Collaborated with business lines to understand business requirements and participate in development for SDLC documentation.
Analyzed work to generate logic for new systems, procedures and tests.