Program Manager/ Scrum Master Resume NYC, New York - Hire IT People

SUMMARY:

Solution - driven IT professional with 12+ years of Project/Program management experience with ratings agencies, financial services, and investment banking companies
Expertise in working with teams spread geographically across multiple time zones
Highly skilled in creating and tracking project plans, schedule, budget, issue logs, change logs, project estimation, status reports, meeting minutes, risk assessment and mitigation strategies
Strong business acumen, analytical and problem- solving skills. Excellent communication, documentation and presentation skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Systems: Client/Server, ERP, Web Design, Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence

Configuration Management: Subversion, VSS, Confidential

Development Methodologies: Waterfall, Agile and Iterative

Tools: MS Project, MS Office Suites, Cognos /Report Net, OWB, DPA(Decision Point Analyzer), Business Objects, VersionOne

Domains: Ratings Services, Insurance (& Reinsurance), Finance, Investment Banking and Wealth Mgmt

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, NYC, New York

Program Manager/ Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

Played the role of Scrum Master for both IPF and Disclosure initiatives
Facilitated the daily scrums, SOS and also led the Retrospective meetings
Participated in the Sprint planning, Backlog story estimation and Release planning discussions
Conducted the meetings for issue categorization/prioritization, resolution between PO and DT
Managed agile teams working on Ratings disclosure project with multi-vendor scenario and teams located in NYC and Hyderabad, India
Worked on test automation strategies for QA & Metrics portfolio of Confidential &P IT group including evaluation of tools such as UFT, TOSCA and Selenium
Managing resourcing needs (sub-contracting where needed) and other client expectations including compliance requirements of resource induction, attestation, and training
Managing contracts along with the associated Metrics and SLA’ Confidential
Preparing and publishing periodic reports on resource metrics to client’ Confidential vendor management office

Confidential, NYC, New York

Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

Handled code version ( Confidential ) and build/deploy management (Maven+Jenkins+DB Procs)
Managed multiple tracks of program lifecycle - web front end, Ab-Initio ETL and java statements/reports
Coordinated business analysis, project scheduling and tracking with senior management
Managed both iterative and water fall model Projects
Managed costing, budgeting and monitoring/reporting of expenses
Managed independent testing teams (IST and UAT) for business/technology requirements signoff, test case/scenario sign-off, environment readiness and data load
Managed resource needs globally at onsite (NYC) and offshore (Bangalore, India) locations. Implemented & adhered to all quality processes
Provided a strong interface between Confidential (NYC and India) and Citigroup management teams

Confidential, Waukesha

Project Lead

Responsibilities:

Managed delivery team for effective resourcing, cost management (gross Margin, offshore Leverage) and quality
Implemented six sigma initiatives and mentored green-belt projects for 10% reduction of execution cycle time and 6% gain of resource productivity
Guided teams on functional aspects as business analyst- building and maintaining Confidential EDW
Prepared project scope (URS) documentation covering the boundaries of the system
Prepared high level and expanded use case design documents for reinsurance portal built with TIBCO workflow
Managed project planning and scheduling using MS-Project 2000

Confidential

Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

Provided gap analysis, implemented modules - AP, AR and PO for legacy applications built to manage aircraft engine production and maintenance services
Coordinated development activities and Implemented Six Sigma initiatives resulting in 15% cost reduction for the project lifecycle
Developed relevant coding standards/ guidelines, worked closely with the user community for issue resolution of customized screens and reports and data issues
Provided maintenance and support services during lights-on phase

Confidential

Senior Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

Provided offshore project lead services for analysis, design and development of photographic research tracking modules to IMATION lab
Tuned SQL queries and procedures to improve the performance of newly built imaging screens and production analysis reports
Handled user interaction and user manual development for above project