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SAFe 6 Program Scrum Master | ART Delivery Lead (RTE-Aligned) | PI Planning & RAID Governance | BFSI | 16+ Years Driving Agile Transformation | PMP | ICP-ACC | Immediate Joiner | Open to Contract & Remote

About

I am a SAFe 6 certified Program Scrum Master with 16+ years of enterprise Agile delivery experience across BFSI, Payments, Telecom, and Data platforms. I operate at ART level, driving coordination across 5+ Agile teams (~40–50 members), co-facilitating PI Planning, managing cross-team dependencies, and maintaining program-level RAID and release governance. My focus is execution excellence within scaled Agile environments, ensuring PI commitment tracking, release alignment, production escalation handling, and delivery predictability. Key strengths: • PI Planning & ART coordination • Program-level RAID & risk escalation • Release & deployment governance • Flow metrics & velocity improvement • Executive reporting & stakeholder alignment Delivered measurable impact: • 18% velocity improvement • 25% reduction in deployment cycle time • 10%+ productivity improvement Currently an immediate joiner and open to contract or permanent roles in Pune, Bangalore, or Remote. A key area of my expertise is guiding cloud migration and platform modernization initiatives within complex enterprise environments. I have supported organizations in integrating Agile delivery models with cloud platforms, DevOps practices, data analytics, and ETL pipelines, improving predictability, resilience, and time-to-market. I place strong emphasis on KPI-driven governance and flow metrics to enable transparency and informed leadership decisions. I bring extensive experience across payments, capital markets, banking, telecom, and retail, working in highly regulated, high-scale environments with distributed teams across geographies. I am known for my calm leadership style, analytical mindset, and ability to translate enterprise strategy into executable Lean-Agile solutions. My passion lies in coaching leaders, building high-performing systems, and enabling enterprises to thrive in an increasingly digital and cloud-first world.

Location

Pune

Work experience

Sr. Manager – Data Product | SAFe Program Scrum Master (ART-Level) at LTIMindtree, Jun 2022 - Present · 3 yrs 11 mos, Pune, Maharashtra, India, •Led data-driven Agile delivery across Payments, Data Analytics, and BFSI, enabling leadership to make KPI-driven decisions on priorities, scope, and delivery health at scale. •Drove ART-level delivery coordination across 5+ Agile teams(~40-50) within SAFe environment, ensuring PI objective alignment and release predictability. •Co-facilitated PI Planning events and maintained program board, cross-team dependency mapping, and risk tracking. •Managed program-level RAID log and supported executive escalations and mitigation planning. •Consolidated team delivery metrics into program-level dashboards for executive reviews and release health reporting. •Ensured PI commitment tracking and mid-PI risk reviews to maintain release alignment. •Coordinated quarterly release planning and deployment readiness reviews across ART. •Managed production escalation coordination and facilitated root cause reviews impacting program delivery. •Enabled Agile and CI/CD practices, balancing speed, data quality, governance, and regulatory compliance within complex enterprise environments. •Drove Agile transformation across 5+ distributed teams, improving delivery predictability and quality, and achieving an 18% increase in velocity through flow optimization and dependency management. •Optimized Agile tooling and dashboards (Jira, Confluence) to enhance transparency, cross-team coordination, and delivery insights, contributing to a 25% reduction in deployment time.

Sr. Scrum Master at Wipro Digital, Jan 2020 - Jun 2022 · 2 yrs 6 mos, Pune Area, India, Transitioned 4 globally distributed teams from waterfall to Agile, improving productivity by 10% and enhancing delivery predictability. • Acted as Jira lead, configuring workflows and enhancing visibility across delivery streams, implementing workflow improvements that reduced overhead. • Strengthened backlog refinement, acceptance criteria definition, and sprint goal alignment with product teams, improving requirement clarity by 10%. • Resolved delivery blockers, tracked risks, and maintained stakeholder communication throughout sprints, reducing delivery delays by 7%.

Scrum Master at Mphasis, Mar 2019 - Jan 2020 · 11 mos, Pune, Maharashtra, India, • Delivered Agile coaching and facilitated key ceremonies, enhancing delivery efficiency by 15%. • Established tracking mechanisms for tasks and impediments, reducing rework by 5-7%. • Coordinated cross-team activities to align sprint efforts with program-level priorities, ensuring predictable outcomes.

Scrum Master & Product Owner at Tata Consultancy Services, Jan 2017 - Feb 2019 · 2 yrs 2 mos, Pune Area, India, • Led the execution of three projects at Tata Consultancy Services, facilitating Agile adoption and implementing SAFe 4 principles. • Facilitated Scrum events including daily standups, sprint planning, and reviews to ensure team alignment and productivity. • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to prioritize and groom product backlogs, minimizing ambiguity and downtime. Managed the product roadmap and feature backlog for a marketing data lake initiative supporting analytics workflows. • Defined product vision and collaborated with engineering teams to deliver data-driven solutions, improving analytics delivery speed by 10–12%. • Partnered with marketing stakeholders to refine requirements, validate deliverables, and ensure successful releases, strengthening requirement-to-delivery alignment and improving reporting accuracy and overall business value delivered. • Held multiple roles over tenure; final designation as Product Owner.

Assistant Manager at Tata Consultancy Services, Apr 2013 - Jan 2017 · 3 yrs 10 mos, Pune, o Identify multiple business / market problems within targeted Industries and generate in-depth research o Track competition’s marketing mix and determine ROI o Preparing Marketing Intelligence reports for creating market entry strategies across geographies and Industries. o Preparing Competitive Intelligence reports for all the major competitors of TCS in IT & BPS Industry o Assist sales and pre-sales team with Go to Market practice, by identifying potential customers (Prospect Research),relationship enhancement areas within existing accounts (Position Papers), upcoming opportunities within industries and geographies to target (Market Insights and Industry Trend reports) o Analysing and forecasting the Industry and Technology Trends and Drivers. o Analysing and providing strategic insights for expansion of clients through Account Research Program. o Interact with top executives and present them with new business ideas, opportunity assessment, feasibility study to assist their unit’s strategic goals by providing strategic recommendations backed by qualitative and quantitative analysis. o Providing need based research and strategic insights to senior management, business and country heads in pursuit of new business opportunities.

Sr. Business Analyst at Tata Consultancy Services,, Aug 2010 - Mar 2013 · 2 yrs 8 mos, Vadodara Area, India, • Undertook specific projects for The Nielsen Company, translating client requirements into actionable project specifications. • Conducted universe analysis and market size estimation to resolve data and analytical issues. • Analyzed market trends for both Modern Trade and Traditional Trade, providing valuable marketing insights. • Maintained project KPIs and shared updates with top management to ensure alignment with client needs.

Education

MBA, Marketing, ICFAI business school

B.Tech, Electronics & Communication, Faculty of Engineering & Technology Agra Collage