SUMMARY

• Has 12+ years of experience in Agile project management, Test management, software development, Testing, system analysis and design.
• Consistently demonstrated leadership and interpersonal skills throughout my career.
• Successfully managed various medium and large scale development and re - engineering projects keeping budget and schedule under control.
• Travelled to and managed clients from USA and UK on various projects.
• Strong academic and technical background along with exposure to CMMi quality procedures.
• Overseeing Project planning, effort estimation, tracking, Client communication & presentation
• Defining Process & Implementing methodology
• Inter Group Co-ordination and management
• Conducting recruitment, team mentoring, deployment, monitoring and development
• Team mentoring, deployment, monitoring and development.
• Setup goals, objectives, procedures and work standards and ensure that these are met and exercised.
• Review backlog projections and capacity planning as per pipeline
• Define and get agreement on SLA, milestones, success criteria, risks and assumptions
• Meeting deadlines without compromising quality norms and adhering to SLA
• Managed delivery of large scale testing engagement totaling $10MM+ Size
• Worked as an Agile Project Manager for the execution of large product development totaling $20MM+ Size
• Managed scrum teams and ensuring that team’s success and progress are highly visible to product owner and stake holders
• Hands on experience of writing and prioritizing user stories in backlog
• Successfully managed product backlog, Release schedule, Team velocity and capacity planning
• Experienced in Scaled Agile Framework ( SAFe) implementation and Scrum tools like Rally, Version one as well as traditional PM tool like clarity and MS project
• Facilitated agile ceremonies such as daily stand up, Sprint Planning, Backlog Grooming and Sprint review and retrospective meeting
• Experience in Sprint progress metrics such as Burn-down and velocity chart, Sprint summary report
• Experience in different agile engineering practices like continuous integration, continuous delivery
• Defined Agile Testing Process & Implementing methodology.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Windows
• Linux
• Database/FMS
• IMS DB/ DC
• DB2
• COBOL
• XML
• Java
• Project Management
• Domain
• Rally
• JIRA
• HP ALM
• Cards
• Payments

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential - New York

Program Manager/Agile Transformation Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Currently serving as program manager for our flagship account in insurance vertical, Confidential
• Defining agile testing strategy and methodology for Confidential
• Establish quality standards and procedures in agile
• Setup QA process and governance structure for all agile testing projects
• Handling delivery management of entire testing delivery
• Ensure testing schedule is met for the QA as per testing timelines
• Ensure project documents are completed as per the aligned project standards
• Identify potential risks, provide mitigation plans and keep all relevant stakeholders informed
• Contract analysis, interpretation and negotiations
• Review projections and capacity planning as per pipeline

Confidential - Maryland

Agile Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• As an Agile Project Manager facilitated agile transformation program for agile governance and coaching perspective
• Coordinate with product owners /business stake holders /tech leads for release planning, prioritizing product and sprint backlog so that dependencies with other functional tracks as well as high level delivery expectations are satisfied
• Facilitated Release Planning with PO, delivery teams, business stake holders
• Facilitated sprint planning with PO stake holders and the team so that commitments are in line with team velocity, capacity and business priorities
• Facilitated agile ceremonies daily stand-up, planning, Backlog Grooming, retrospective meetings and scrum of scrum
• Kept team motivated and resolved impediments/Blockers to ensure seamless sprint execution to meet commitments
• Performed tracking of team velocity, quality assurance and quality control of the work and sprint release progress
• Facilitated team retrospective, release retrospective
• Mentor and coach the scrum team to perform better and be self-organizing
• Involved in creating and reviewing test plan with product owners and quality assurance team
• Extensively used Rally for maintaining user stories hierarchy, Backlog grooming, Updating tasks, Planning Iterations and Releases

Confidential

Agile Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate with product owners /business stake holders /tech leads for release planning, prioritizing product and sprint backlog so that dependencies with other functional tracks as well as high level delivery expectations are satisfied
• Facilitated sprint planning with PO stake holders and the team so that commitments are in line with team velocity, capacity and business priorities
• Facilitated agile ceremonies daily stand-up, planning, Backlog Grooming, retrospective meetings and scrum of scrum
• Kept team motivated and resolved impediments/Blockers to ensure seamless sprint execution to meet commitments
• Performed tracking of team velocity, quality assurance and quality control of the work and sprint release progress
• Involved in creating and reviewing test plan with product owners and quality assurance team
• Extensively used version one for maintaining user stories hierarchy, Backlog grooming, Updating tasks, Planning Iterations and Releases

Confidential

Test Manager UAT

Responsibilities:

• Perform the role of a test manager for multiple testing initiatives for Confidential
• Worked as an E2E UAT Test manager in consumer Globestar migration project for acquisitions work stream.
• Prepared E2E UAT Test Strategy, Test Approach, Test Plan and Test Report
• Coordinated UAT Test data setup, Test Environment Assessment and Engagement
• Coordinated UAT testing with multiple tech and testing team
• Overseeing Test Planning, effort estimation, tracking, Client communication & presentation
• Defining Automation strategy and Implementation
• Defining Testing metrics for UAT projects

Confidential

Test Manager

Responsibilities:

• Perform the role of test manager for multiple testing initiatives for Confidential Global Risk and Acquisitions Portfolio
• Manage a portfolio which included a team of Test Managers, BSAs, Test Lead and Test Analysts
• Management and running new key requests for proposal from client
• Development of business through innovation and process improvements
• Identified and organized resources needed to accomplish tasks
• Established an overall governance mechanism so that all projects were delivered as promised
• Showcase the achievements of the team and create presentations to client for getting more business
• Led presentation to client management stakeholders
• Work with business partners to identify process improvement and provide technical solutions and obtain funding approval for projects from senior management
• Manage funding for multiple projects by allocating resources appropriately and implementing and deploying in a timely manner
• Maintain project plan for projects scheduled for implementation, track and ensure completion of SDLC milestone dates. Capacity planning by reviewing upcoming projects with client community and prioritize projects for implementation
• Preparation and Sign-Offs on all phase end Documentation Processes - (High-Level Business Plan, Project Definition Report, Technical Phase Deliverables, Phase Containment Reports, Post-Implementation Review Report, and Project Evaluation Review Report
• Managing and Monitoring the Change Request Process
• Extensive use of MS Project to track various projects and their milestone dates and various other activities. Extensively used Project Work Bench, Team Work Bench & EPIC (Enterprise portfolio Information Control)
• Facilitated necessary project sessions on a global level across varying leadership levels. Adhere to Method/1, compliance, security, legal, and Client standards
• Supervise the team
• Manages and mentors direct reports ( Sr Project Leads ) and also act as 1-over-1 manager for second level of reports ( Project leads, Programmers )
• Managed performance aspirations and career planning of my team
• Goal setting for direct report

Confidential

Quality Assurance Lead

Responsibilities:

• Managed a team of offshore), testing teams to support IT organization.
• Interacted closely with Risk / Credit, Compliance and Direct marketing group of Confidential .
• Review the requirements of the project and identified technical expertise and skill sets required to provide the solutions
• Prepared Test Plan, Test Strategy and Test Case documents of Acquisitions module
• Reviewed test cases and test plan with business and tech teams
• Executed System Integration, Regression Test Cases
• Prepared daily and weekly test progress report
• Identify project risks, mitigation plans
• Participated in the meetings with onsite counterpart and the client team to understand requirements, issue elaboration and recommended actions or processes to address them
• Work with business partners to identify process improvement and provide technical solutions and obtain funding approval for projects from senior management.
• Manage funding for multiple projects by allocating resources appropriately and implementing and deploying in a timely manner.
• Maintain project plan for projects scheduled for implementation, track and ensure completion of SDLC milestone dates. Capacity planning by reviewing upcoming projects with client community and prioritize projects for implementation.
• Preparation and Sign-Offs on all phase end Method 1 Documentation (AMEX Processes) - (Testing Phase Deliverables, Post-Implementation Review Report, and Project Evaluation Review Report.
• Managing and Monitoring the Change Request Process.
• Coordinate B2B testing with external vendors like credit bureaus (Experian, Transunion, Equifax, FICO & Acxiom)
• Extensive use of MS Project to track various test plan and their milestone dates and various other activities. Extensively used Project Work Bench, Team Work Bench & EPIC (Enterprise portfolio Information Control), RPAT ( Confidential Risk Profile and Assessment Tool)
• Facilitated necessary project sessions on a global level across varying leadership levels. Adhere to Method/1, compliance, security, legal, and fraud Confidential standards.
• Supervise the team