Program Manager/ Scrum Master Resume
Nyc New, YorK
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