Shilpa Ainapur
Project Manager | Delivery Manager | Agile Project Management | SDLC | Stakeholder Management | Resource Planning | Release Management
Bengaluru,KA
Summary
Results-oriented Program Manager with 15 years of experience in software delivery across Banking, Loyalty Management, Gaming, and Enterprise applications. Expertise in Project Planning, Agile (Scrum), Stakeholder Management, and Risk Management. Managed teams of up to 40 resources to drive digital transformation and deliver Web, Mobile, API, and Enterprise solutions, ensuring effective collaboration with global clients and stakeholders.
Overview
2
2
Certifications
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Program Manager
Rayvector Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
01.2026 - 06.2026
- Managed end-to-end program and project delivery, ensuring successful execution within scope, schedule, quality, and business objectives.
- Developed project plans, execution roadmaps, release schedules, project charters, and implementation strategies aligned with organizational goals.
- Led cross-functional teams of up to 40 resources, driving project coordination, resource planning, capacity planning, and delivery excellence.
- Established program governance, monitored project health, managed RAID logs, and ensured timely resolution of issues to maintain project alignment with objectives.
- Collaborated with clients, business stakeholders, Product Owners, Engineering, QA, and leadership teams to define priorities, manage expectations, and ensure successful project outcomes.
- Facilitated Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives, and change management activities following Agile/Scrum and SDLC methodologies.
- Tracked project lifecycle and milestones, provided executive dashboards and status reports to ensure transparency and informed decision-making for senior management.
- Drove process improvements and stakeholder communication to enhance delivery governance and customer satisfaction across multiple projects.
Project Manager
AlgoShack Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
10.2024 - 02.2025
- Led project planning, sprint execution, effort estimation, requirement analysis, and release coordination.
- Managed end-to-end project execution using Agile/Scrum, ensuring timely delivery within scope and quality objectives.
- Coordinated with business, development, QA, UAT, and client stakeholders to deliver project milestones and ensure alignment on releases.
- Monitored project progress and managed risks, issues, dependencies, and change requests in Jira to maintain project timeline and quality.
- Facilitated stakeholder meetings and status reporting to enhance project governance and ensure delivery transparency.
- Coordinated UAT, production deployment, and post-release support to ensure successful project implementation.
- Drove continuous process improvements while ensuring compliance with SDLC, quality standards, and delivery best practices.
QA Delivery Lead
TekSys Pvt. Ltd
11.2022 - 01.2024
- Led end-to-end QA delivery for web, mobile, API, and e-commerce applications using Agile/Scrum methodologies.
- Managed cross-functional teams, sprint planning, resource allocation, and release readiness, ensuring timely project delivery.
- Collaborated with clients, Product Owners, Development teams, and Business teams to define test strategy and project deliverables.
- Monitored project progress, defects, risks, and quality metrics, providing stakeholders with regular status updates.
- Coordinated UAT, production deployments, defect triage, and CI/CD activities, facilitating successful release outcomes.
- Utilized Jira, Azure DevOps, Selenium, REST APIs, Postman, SQL, and Confluence to support delivery and quality governance.
Lead QA
Reward360 Pvt.Ltd
10.2021 - 08.2022
- Led the QA function across multiple projects, managing end-to-end test planning, execution, defect management, and release readiness for web, mobile, and API applications.
- Owned quality assurance for Axis Bank Loyalty Management System, validating loyalty points, reward accrual, redemption, and customer transactions, ensuring seamless user experience for global users.
- Owned quality assurance for the Axis Bank Loyalty Management System, validating loyalty points, reward accrual, redemption, and customer transactions for global users.
- Performed database validation using SQL, API testing, functional, integration, regression, and UAT testing to ensure data accuracy and business compliance.
- Monitored quality metrics and managed production support, implementing process improvements that enhanced delivery efficiency and increased customer satisfaction.
- Monitored quality metrics, managed production support, and drove continuous process improvements to enhance delivery efficiency and customer satisfaction.
- Developed and implemented comprehensive testing strategies, identifying software defects early in development cycle to reduce rework and ensure timely releases.
Associate Test Manager
Scientific Games Corporation
07.2007 - 08.2020
- Oversaw QA delivery for global gaming compliance products, ensuring successful releases across distributed teams.
- Led test planning, estimation, resource management, execution, defect management, and release coordination.
- Managed teams of 25+ members while mentoring QA engineers, and ensuring adherence to quality standards.
- Collaborated with global stakeholders to deliver enterprise software solutions using Agile and SDLC methodologies.
- Enhanced quality processes through defect prevention, root cause analysis, KPI reporting, and ongoing improvement initiatives.
- Worked on SAS, ASP, NSW, QCOM, G2S, SQL, Automation Governance, Release Management.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Poojya Dodappa Appa
Gulbarga, India 04.2001 -
Skills
Project management
Project oversight
Stakeholder management
Change management
Scope management
Agile projects
Risk analysis and management
Resource management
Budgeting and resource management
Operations management
Remote team management
Team management
Strategic planning
Relationship building
Scheduling and planning
Work Planning and Prioritization
Risk & Issue Management (RAID)
Jira & Azure DevOps
Project Governance
Client Relationship Management
Certification
Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)
Timeline
PMP Training Completed (Certification Exam Pending)
06-2026
Program Manager
Rayvector Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
01.2026 - 06.2026
Project Manager
AlgoShack Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
10.2024 - 02.2025
QA Delivery Lead
TekSys Pvt. Ltd
11.2022 - 01.2024
Lead QA
Reward360 Pvt.Ltd
10.2021 - 08.2022
Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)
11-2018
Associate Test Manager
Scientific Games Corporation
07.2007 - 08.2020
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Poojya Dodappa Appa
04.2001 -