Sayan Mitra
Scrum Master
Bengaluru
Summary
Dynamic Technical Program Manager and Scrum Master with over 13 years of experience in successfully delivering large-scale projects from inception to completion. Proven track record of collaborating with senior leadership to drive strategic initiatives and implement innovative product and technology solutions that align with business objectives. Expertise in leveraging data and metrics for informed decision-making, complemented by strong proficiency in Agile methodologies. Highly organized and adept at uniting diverse teams across various departments, ensuring seamless operations while effectively balancing the often conflicting needs of internal stakeholders, business partners, and customers.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications
Work History
Technical Program Manager
Wipro Technologies
06.2021 - Current
- Owned and delivered complete OS migration program
- Partnered with Business, Product Tech owners, and Operation Leaders to understand long-term capabilities initiatives aligned with organizational/functional goals.
- Created and updated program plans based on project requirements.
- Owned and executed end-to-end top-level key initiatives by collaborating with Project Sponsors, and multiple development teams.
- Identified, assessed, and mitigated risks, provided escalation management, and balanced business needs with constraints.
- Effectively communicated project status to the Leadership Team and key stakeholders.
- Led Strategy Setting & Review exercises, including OKR Finalization and Quarterly/Monthly OKR Reviews.
- Kept track of all the cross-squad risks and dependencies, and constantly communicated with the teams to mitigate it
- Maximized ROI for technology investments through careful analysis of requirements, cost-benefit assessments, and stakeholder input.
- Developed and implemented curriculum and training materials appropriate for use at all skill levels.
- Created training program that enabled employees to maintain and improve skills in various types of software packages.
- Fostered a culture of continuous learning by providing ongoing mentorship opportunities for team members seeking professional growth.
Scrum Master
Bartleby Technologies
01.2021 - 05.2021
- Engaging with business users to clarify and understand business requirements
- Facilitate sprint planning, daily scrums, retrospectives, stakeholder meetings, and software demonstrations.
- Coached team members on Agile principles and providing general guidance on the methodology
- Work closely with product owner in backlog management and continuous delivery of features.
- Hands-on coaching to individual teams in all aspects of Scrum - daily meetings, planning, self-organization, collaboration, managing flow, limiting WIP, etc.
- Engaged with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of the application of Scrum in the organization
- Participation in Scrum of Scrum meetings. Working knowledge of Agile tools (Jira, Confluence)
- Facilitated team and cross-team Retrospectives to build good working relationships among the multiple agile teams across states
- Managed product backlog effectively, prioritizing high-value items for faster completion.
- Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives.
- Collaborated with Product Owners to refine requirements and ensure alignment with business goals.
- Coached cross-functional teams on Agile principles, leading to an increase in successful project deliveries.
Senior Engineer
CSS Corp/Movate
03.2019 - 10.2020
- Developing UI components.
- Writing codes to develop UI modules
- Writing Unit Test Cases
- Code maintenance and enhancements.
- Code review and code optimization for better performance of the application
- Facilitate daily scrum meetings, sprint planning, sprint review and sprint retrospective
- Guiding the team on self-organizing to fill in the intentional gaps left in the Agile/Scrum frameworks
- Work with Product owners to groom backlog, create and elaborate user stories and plan sprints
- Provide Daily, weekly, and monthly Status reports to the Management.
- Determined equipment failure root cause and implemented solutions.
Software Engineer
Gainsight Software
01.2017 - 01.2019
- Developing UI components.
- Writing codes to develop UI modules
- Writing Unit Test Cases
- Code maintenance and enhancements.
- Code review and code optimization for better performance of the application
- Developed scalable and maintainable code, ensuring long-term stability of the software.
- Integrated new technologies into existing systems, increasing capabilities and improving overall performance.
- Developed reusable components that significantly reduced development effort on multiple projects.
Senior Software Engineer
HCL Technologies Ltd
01.2014 - 11.2016
- Developing UI components.
- Writing codes to develop UI modules
- Writing Unit Test Cases
- Code maintenance and enhancements.
- Code review and code optimization for better performance of the application
- Enhanced software functionality by identifying and resolving complex technical issues.
- Developed scalable applications using agile methodologies for timely project delivery.
- Managed multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining strict deadlines and high-quality standards.
Software Engineer
Easybi Solutions PVT LTD
05.2012 - 01.2014
- Developing UI components.
- Writing codes to develop UI modules
- Writing Unit Test Cases
- Code maintenance and enhancements.
- Code review and code optimization for better performance of the application
- Client: Sutherland healthcare solutions
- Implemented effective debugging strategies, resulting in fewer software defects and increased reliability.
- Consistently met project deadlines by effectively managing time and prioritizing tasks according to importance.
Education
B.Tech - Computer Science
WBUT
West BengalSkills
Achievements: Most Spirited Team Award 2016 in HCL technologies, Best Employee of the year in Gainsight 2018, Top performer of the quarter twice in CSS Corp
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
- Over 4 years of experience as a Scrum Master- implementing Agile principles, values and Lean practices with Scrum, Kanban and SAFe.
- Successfully conducted PI planning (Kick-off, Breakout sessions, Inspect and Adapt).
- Utilized Agile Scrum practices to help the team increase their velocity by 40% within the first year of Agile adoption.
- Effectively track the team’s progress, including burn down, velocity, CFD and Control Chart.
- Effectively implemented and conducted Scrum of Scrums meetings in teams.
- Help team in estimating projects based on different estimation techniques of Agile estimations like t-shirt sizing and Planning poker.
- Help and coach Product Owner in estimating projects based on different estimation techniques of Agile estimations like INVEST, DEEP and DIVE.
- Proficient with different prioritization techniques like MoSCow, Story Mapping, WSJF, Kano.
- Good experience working in BDD/TDD
- Coached teams as Scrum master and empowered them to self-organize and grow cross functionally.
- Good experience in BFSI, CRM/CSM and HealthCare domain.
Certification
Certified SAFe 5.0 Agilist
Timeline
Technical Program Manager
Wipro Technologies
06.2021 - Current
Scrum Master
Bartleby Technologies
01.2021 - 05.2021
Senior Engineer
CSS Corp/Movate
03.2019 - 10.2020
Software Engineer
Gainsight Software
01.2017 - 01.2019
Senior Software Engineer
HCL Technologies Ltd
01.2014 - 11.2016
Software Engineer
Easybi Solutions PVT LTD
05.2012 - 01.2014
B.Tech - Computer Science
WBUT