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Srinivasan S

Chennai

Summary

Seasoned Scrum Master & Project Manager with 13+ years of experience leading high-performing teams and delivering complex software projects. Strong expertise in Agile leadership, testing, and project management.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
4
4

Certifications

Work History

Scrum Master

Aroganam Technologies P ltd
12.2022 - Current
  • Managed a Scrum team developing a Robo-Advisory system that provides automated investment recommendations based on client risk profiles
  • Conducted sprint planning sessions, ensuring backlog items were properly prioritized for AI-driven portfolio allocation
  • Facilitated daily stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog grooming, sprint reviews, and retrospectives, reducing sprint spillovers by 20%
  • Coordinated with DevOps teams to integrate automated investment rule validation into the CI/CD pipeline (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions)
  • Removed impediments for the team, improving productivity by 20%

Test Lead

Tech Mahindra
02.2021 - 10.2021
  • Led and facilitated Agile ceremonies (Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, and Retrospective) for cross-functional teams, ensuring alignment with Scrum principles
  • Spearheaded the automation of regression test suites across domains, reducing manual testing efforts by 40% and accelerating time-to-market for new features
  • Implemented JIRA-based sprint analytics, improving sprint predictability by 20%

QA Lead

Expleo Solutions
06.2011 - 12.2020
  • Company Overview: Client – BNP Paribas Fortis - Belgium
  • Started with a role of an Onsite Coordinator in Brussels, acting as the primary liaison between offshore and onsite teams for multiple core banking projects
  • Later transitioned into the role of a Scrum Master, led two Agile testing teams (15+ members) across onsite and offshore to validate core banking functionalities
  • Defined and refined BDD test scenarios using Cucumber and Gherkin, ensuring alignment with business requirements and regulatory compliance
  • Supervised automated regression testing using Selenium and Cucumber, reducing manual test effort by 45% and improving release quality
  • Interacted with cross-functional teams to conduct UAT testing for major banking projects, ensuring compliance with European regulatory requirements such as EBA, MiFID II, GDPR, and AML Directives
  • Facilitated defect triage meetings between offshore QA teams, developers, and business stakeholders, accelerating defect resolution and improving sprint velocity
  • Headed an offshore team, overseeing multiple projects while managing team operations, timesheets, billing, process adherence, audits, and invoice management
  • Maintained project dashboards, facilitated steerco meetings, and optimized costs by offshoring projects, resulting in increased revenue and improved financial efficiency
  • Client – BNP Paribas Fortis - Belgium

Senior Officer

Scope International
02.2010 - 05.2011
  • Handled a team of 15 members responsible for conducting money laundering checklist assessments for high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs)
  • Filed Suspicious Activity Report (SARs) with a 100% accuracy and approval Rate
  • Taken care of Monthly Audit

Education

Bachelor of Commerce -

University of Madras

Skills

  • Microsoft Access
  • Project Management
  • Scrum
  • Agile
  • Power BI
  • Data Analytics
  • Jira
  • Confluence
  • Selenium
  • BDD
  • Cucumber
  • Bug tracking
  • Agile metrics tracking

Certification

  • PMP
  • Professional Scrum Master
  • Six Sigma AI Yellow Belt
  • Anti Money Laundering

Languages

English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Tamil
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)

Accomplishments

Spearheaded the initiative to build an in-house test data management solution, eliminating dependency on external teams. This resulted in a self-sustaining testing process and achieved a 70% cost savings

Work Availability

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Work Preference

Work Type

Full Time

Work Location

On-SiteRemoteHybrid

Important To Me

Career advancementWork-life balanceFlexible work hoursHealthcare benefitsWork from home option

Timeline

Scrum Master

Aroganam Technologies P ltd
12.2022 - Current

Test Lead

Tech Mahindra
02.2021 - 10.2021

QA Lead

Expleo Solutions
06.2011 - 12.2020

Senior Officer

Scope International
02.2010 - 05.2011

Bachelor of Commerce -

University of Madras
Srinivasan S