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Agile Project Manager & Scrum Master
Sandeep Shriwastava
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Uxbridge, United Kingdom
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Results-oriented and accomplished Agile Project Manager and Scrum Master with significant (17+ years) of experience and success employing key Agile methodologies in large-scale, complex IT project and program management. Boasts Certified SAFe Agilist (Scaled Agile Framework), CSPO (Certified Scrum Product Owner), CSM (Certified Scrum Master), and OCA (Oracle Certified Associate) designations. Possess experience in leading & delivering projects in Salesforce, Hybris and AEM using Agile methodology.
Spearheads coordination of Agile project and program activities: budgeting, planning, estimation, negotiation, deal management, execution, and delivery. Completes projects related to recruitment (Salesforce), e-commerce (especially with Hybris platform), retail, telecom, sports, utility and public sector domains. Highly adept at resource scheduling, risk and issue identification, and devising/implementing project control and mitigation strategies.
Committed to exceeding client expectations and delivering projects to budget—with on time consistency. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; forges and maintains effective relationships with globally diverse groups of colleagues, clients, and key stakeholders. A diplomatic and influential leader who develops, engages, and motivates top-performing teams. Recognised for sound judgment, key decision-making, conflict resolution, and strong business acumen. Resourceful, confident, proactive, and respected.
Spearheads coordination of Agile project and program activities: budgeting, planning, estimation, negotiation, deal management, execution, and delivery. Completes projects related to recruitment (Salesforce), e-commerce (especially with Hybris platform), retail, telecom, sports, utility and public sector domains. Highly adept at resource scheduling, risk and issue identification, and devising/implementing project control and mitigation strategies.
Committed to exceeding client expectations and delivering projects to budget—with on time consistency. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; forges and maintains effective relationships with globally diverse groups of colleagues, clients, and key stakeholders. A diplomatic and influential leader who develops, engages, and motivates top-performing teams. Recognised for sound judgment, key decision-making, conflict resolution, and strong business acumen. Resourceful, confident, proactive, and respected.
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United Kingdom
Language
English
Fluently
Ready for
Larger project
Ongoing relation / part-time
Full time contractor
Available
My experience
2017 - ?
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Agile Project Manager, Scrum Master & Engagement Manager
Capgemini.
Lead Agile project engagement from creating contracts (SOW) and then planning to completion--project initiation, estimation, project delivery, stakeholder management, and go-live. Ensure Agile principles and Scrum ceremonies are diligently followed by the team and help them remove any impediments. Build and maintain effective relationships with clients; communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders and employ feedback to optimise processes and productivity. Ensure business requirements are adequately defined in the form of user stories and understood and approved.
• Led & manage project delivery using Agile approach for key clients - DVSA (Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency - government sector), Royal Mail and Michael Page.
• Managed the successful completion & delivery of over 2 software development projects with budgets ranging from $500k-$1M +
• Having 2+ years of active experience in leading & delivering Salesforce project (Michael Page) using Agile methodology.
• Responsible for managing delivery of project (Michael Page) involved in the Salesforce application development, deployment and support of various Salesforce product.
• Actively leading 2 cross-functional Scrum teams of 8-9 members each for 2 + years and helping them build and deliver new (and changes to old) functionality onto a cloud platform using Salesforce - force.com and Marketing cloud with integration to GFS and Dell Boomi and Bullhorn.
• Coaching/Mentoring a cross functional team of 15-20 resources to deliver high quality products using Agile which is leading to over $2.5M in revenue for the current year.
• Actively facilitating Sprint Planning, Daily Scrums, Retrospectives, stakeholder meetings, Refinement meetings and Sprint Demo (Show 'n' Tell).
• Actively removing team impediments daily to allow the team to deliver the sprint goals and deliverables.
• Protecting Scrum team from outside distractions, impediments or team conflicts and maintain focus on product backlog & Sprint backlog in alignment with Project timeline.
• Coached Product Owners in creation and maintenance of Product Backlog using JIRA.
• Working Closely with project owner / product owner in backlog management and continuous delivery of features.
• Educate and reinforce scrum methodology and agile framework to team members and stakeholders.
• Tracking and managing product backlog, burndown metrics, velocity and task breakdown.
• Actively managing and doing administration of JIRA and Confluence.
• Implemented Live reporting using Confluence/JIRA which give clear visibility to all stakeholders about Sprint Progress, future Sprints backlog view, overall Product Backlog view, Phase wise View, Scope view by Epics, Testing View and other important updates.
• Guide team to be Agile and to follow agile 'ways of working'.
• Trained 2 Scrum Masters for other stream of work.
• Proactively assessed and mitigated risks and issues to minimise impact on Scrum team & project.
• Negotiated business expectations on IT deliverables under strict budget costs; led meetings to assess project progress and warrant its timely completion
• Forged professional, cohesive team to capture milestones on time and in complete compliance with Agile methodology and best practices.
• Engaged in taking Agile / Scrum related trainings within the company.
• Technology/Tools/Framework Used: .NET Framework, Salesforce, Jira, Confluence, Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
• Led & manage project delivery using Agile approach for key clients - DVSA (Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency - government sector), Royal Mail and Michael Page.
• Managed the successful completion & delivery of over 2 software development projects with budgets ranging from $500k-$1M +
• Having 2+ years of active experience in leading & delivering Salesforce project (Michael Page) using Agile methodology.
• Responsible for managing delivery of project (Michael Page) involved in the Salesforce application development, deployment and support of various Salesforce product.
• Actively leading 2 cross-functional Scrum teams of 8-9 members each for 2 + years and helping them build and deliver new (and changes to old) functionality onto a cloud platform using Salesforce - force.com and Marketing cloud with integration to GFS and Dell Boomi and Bullhorn.
• Coaching/Mentoring a cross functional team of 15-20 resources to deliver high quality products using Agile which is leading to over $2.5M in revenue for the current year.
• Actively facilitating Sprint Planning, Daily Scrums, Retrospectives, stakeholder meetings, Refinement meetings and Sprint Demo (Show 'n' Tell).
• Actively removing team impediments daily to allow the team to deliver the sprint goals and deliverables.
• Protecting Scrum team from outside distractions, impediments or team conflicts and maintain focus on product backlog & Sprint backlog in alignment with Project timeline.
• Coached Product Owners in creation and maintenance of Product Backlog using JIRA.
• Working Closely with project owner / product owner in backlog management and continuous delivery of features.
• Educate and reinforce scrum methodology and agile framework to team members and stakeholders.
• Tracking and managing product backlog, burndown metrics, velocity and task breakdown.
• Actively managing and doing administration of JIRA and Confluence.
• Implemented Live reporting using Confluence/JIRA which give clear visibility to all stakeholders about Sprint Progress, future Sprints backlog view, overall Product Backlog view, Phase wise View, Scope view by Epics, Testing View and other important updates.
• Guide team to be Agile and to follow agile 'ways of working'.
• Trained 2 Scrum Masters for other stream of work.
• Proactively assessed and mitigated risks and issues to minimise impact on Scrum team & project.
• Negotiated business expectations on IT deliverables under strict budget costs; led meetings to assess project progress and warrant its timely completion
• Forged professional, cohesive team to capture milestones on time and in complete compliance with Agile methodology and best practices.
• Engaged in taking Agile / Scrum related trainings within the company.
• Technology/Tools/Framework Used: .NET Framework, Salesforce, Jira, Confluence, Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
Software, Compliance, Technology, Confluence, Safe, It, Net, Support, Testing, Development, Integration, Continuous delivery, Guide, Demo, Go, Framework, Contracts, Processes, Manager, LED, Deployment, Project Manager, Coaching, Administration, Scrum, Jira, Budget, Contracts, Scrum master, Software development, Marketing, Agile, Mentoring, Stakeholder Management, Salesforce, Product owner, Cloud, Management, User stories, Kanban
2005 - 2017
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Manager, Program Management (Project Manager & Agile Scrum Master)
Sapient Consulting Pvt Ltd.
Lead all project operations from planning to completion--project initiation, estimation, project delivery, stakeholder management, and post-implementation analysis. Build and maintain effective relationships with clients; communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders and employ feedback to optimise processes and productivity. Ensure business requirements are adequately defined, understood, and approved.
• Led & manage project delivery using Agile approach for key clients - O2 (Telecom),Vertex (United Utilities), FLi - Football League Interactive, Nissan & Renault, Keurig (US Coffee Machine) , BBB (Bed , Bath & Beyond - US retailer), Lablaws SDM (US e-commerce site).
• Negotiated business expectations on IT deliverables under strict budget costs; led meetings to assess project progress and warrant its timely completion
• Managed the successful completion of over 10 software development projects with budgets ranging from $300k-$3.5M +
• Coached/Mentored cross functional team between 10-25 resources under different engagements to deliver various quality products which led to value ranging between $0.5M to $3.5 in revenue.
• Forged professional, cohesive team to capture milestones on time and in complete compliance with Agile methodology and best practices
• Coached Product Owners in creation and maintenance of Product Backlog in JIRA.
• Facilitated Sprint Planning, Daily Scrums, Retrospectives, stakeholder meetings, Refinement meetings and Sprint Demo (Show 'n' Tell).
• Removed team impediments on a daily basis to allow the team to deliver the sprint goals and deliverables.
• Facilitated team and cross-team Retrospectives to build good working relationships among the 3 agile teams across 2 countries.
• Collaborated with members of the Product, Business and Engineering Teams to develop and maintain Product Backlogs
• Protected Scrum team from outside distractions, impediments or team conflicts and maintain focus on product backlog & Sprint backlog in alignment with Project timeline.
• Educated and reinforced scrum methodology and agile framework to team members and stakeholders.
• Tracking and managing product backlog, burndown metrics, velocity and task breakdown
• Implemented Live reporting using Confluence/JIRA which had given a clear visibility to all stakeholders about Sprint Progress, future Sprints backlog view, overall Product Backlog view, Phase wise View and Scope view by Epics.
• Instigated adequate systems and quality control processes to monitor deliverables produced; proactively assessed and mitigated project risks and issues to minimise impact on project
• Guided the team to be Agile and help them follow agile 'ways of working'.
• Involved in design and development of over 5+ software projects using Java/JSP/J2EE/Oracle between 2005 and 2008.
• Technology/Tools/Framework Used: Java, JSP, J2EE, Oracle 10g (Database Server), Hybris (for Ecommerce delivery), Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) for content management solution, Jira, Confluence, Agile, Scrum, Kanban.
• Led & manage project delivery using Agile approach for key clients - O2 (Telecom),Vertex (United Utilities), FLi - Football League Interactive, Nissan & Renault, Keurig (US Coffee Machine) , BBB (Bed , Bath & Beyond - US retailer), Lablaws SDM (US e-commerce site).
• Negotiated business expectations on IT deliverables under strict budget costs; led meetings to assess project progress and warrant its timely completion
• Managed the successful completion of over 10 software development projects with budgets ranging from $300k-$3.5M +
• Coached/Mentored cross functional team between 10-25 resources under different engagements to deliver various quality products which led to value ranging between $0.5M to $3.5 in revenue.
• Forged professional, cohesive team to capture milestones on time and in complete compliance with Agile methodology and best practices
• Coached Product Owners in creation and maintenance of Product Backlog in JIRA.
• Facilitated Sprint Planning, Daily Scrums, Retrospectives, stakeholder meetings, Refinement meetings and Sprint Demo (Show 'n' Tell).
• Removed team impediments on a daily basis to allow the team to deliver the sprint goals and deliverables.
• Facilitated team and cross-team Retrospectives to build good working relationships among the 3 agile teams across 2 countries.
• Collaborated with members of the Product, Business and Engineering Teams to develop and maintain Product Backlogs
• Protected Scrum team from outside distractions, impediments or team conflicts and maintain focus on product backlog & Sprint backlog in alignment with Project timeline.
• Educated and reinforced scrum methodology and agile framework to team members and stakeholders.
• Tracking and managing product backlog, burndown metrics, velocity and task breakdown
• Implemented Live reporting using Confluence/JIRA which had given a clear visibility to all stakeholders about Sprint Progress, future Sprints backlog view, overall Product Backlog view, Phase wise View and Scope view by Epics.
• Instigated adequate systems and quality control processes to monitor deliverables produced; proactively assessed and mitigated project risks and issues to minimise impact on project
• Guided the team to be Agile and help them follow agile 'ways of working'.
• Involved in design and development of over 5+ software projects using Java/JSP/J2EE/Oracle between 2005 and 2008.
• Technology/Tools/Framework Used: Java, JSP, J2EE, Oracle 10g (Database Server), Hybris (for Ecommerce delivery), Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) for content management solution, Jira, Confluence, Agile, Scrum, Kanban.
Software, Compliance, Technology, Content, Engineering, Confluence, It, Telecom, Implementation, Adobe, Development, Jsp, Server, Adobe Experience Manager, Database server, Utilities, Demo, Framework, Processes, Manager, LED, Software development, Java, Project Manager, Scrum, Ecommerce, Operations, Jira, Oracle, Budget, Scrum master, Design, Content Management, Agile, Stakeholder Management, E-commerce, Database, Program Management, Management, Kanban, J2EE
2004 - 2005
job
Software Developer
IBILT Technologies.
Accomplished completion of web-based Academic Management System project for IIT Delhi as member of technically sophisticated development team. Sub-modules included Academics, Hostel, ECA, Payroll, Accounts, and Placement.
• Steered project design and implementation utilising practical Agile approach with emphasis on team collaboration
• Excelled as integral participant in development using J2EE, Struts, and database programming (using PL/SQL)
• Technology Used: Oracle 9i (Database Server), J2EE, Struts, MVC, Web Sphere (Application Server)
• Steered project design and implementation utilising practical Agile approach with emphasis on team collaboration
• Excelled as integral participant in development using J2EE, Struts, and database programming (using PL/SQL)
• Technology Used: Oracle 9i (Database Server), J2EE, Struts, MVC, Web Sphere (Application Server)
J2EE, Database server, Server, Web, Software, Development, Developer, Implementation, Technology, Design, Management, MVC, Pl/sql, Database, Agile, Oracle, Sql
2003 - 2004
internship
Software Trainee
CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED COMPUTING (CDAC).
Recognised for key contributions to Project Information Technology Strategy Plan project for the Indian Patent Office (IPO). Proved instrumental to information architecture, business architecture, technical architecture, and implementation plan. Steered efforts toward design and development of intranet, e-Business, and search applications including online filing of applications for patents and designs, application examination system, technical search for patents and designs, client relationship management, FA, stores management, and document management system.
• Introduced strategic plans for requirement gathering, design, development (database coding), and deployment
• Collaborated effectively with cross-functional team of 25 professionals actively engaged in development using J2EE and database programming (using PL/SQL)
• Technology Used: Oracle 9i (Database Server), J2EE, JavaScript, Web Sphere (Application Server)
• Introduced strategic plans for requirement gathering, design, development (database coding), and deployment
• Collaborated effectively with cross-functional team of 25 professionals actively engaged in development using J2EE and database programming (using PL/SQL)
• Technology Used: Oracle 9i (Database Server), J2EE, JavaScript, Web Sphere (Application Server)
Implementation, Database server, Search, Online, Server, Patent, Information Architecture, Web, Software, Office, Development, Javascript, Technology, Architecture, J2EE, Management, Pl/sql, Database, Deployment, Oracle, Sql, Design
My education
1999
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2002
Barkatullah University
Bachelors in Computer Application (BCA), Computer Application
Bachelors in Computer Application (BCA), Computer Application
CDAC
Somepostgraduate, Advance Computing
Somepostgraduate, Advance Computing
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