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Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
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Sheepra Kaushik

Senior Project Manager IT
Singapore

Summary

Qualified IT professional with more than 16 years of experience in SCRUM Master/Coach, Project Management and Delivery Management, Release Management across diverse projects; exploring challenging assignments with a professionally managed organization. In-depth knowledge and experience in SCRUM Techniques, events, artifacts, reporting. Transformed teams from Waterfall model to agile (Scrum, Kanban). In-depth experience in coaching and mentoring SCRUM team and cross functional team (Scrum & Kanban). Proficient in creating SCRUM Board, Task Board, Kanban Board. In-depth experience in using JIRA and Confluence for SCRUM activities. Expert in conducting Scrum Ceremonies like Product Backlog Planning, Sprint Planning, Planning Poker Meetings, Daily Standup Meetings, Review and Retrospective Meetings. Expert in conducting periodic reviews, identifying & mitigating risks, measuring metrics, tracking project progress and submitting status reporting. Efficient Team Leader & Player, combining communication, interpersonal & problem-solving skills with analytical, decision making and leadership capabilities to enhance organizational objectives. Experienced Scrum Master with proven track record of successfully leading teams in developing high-quality software solutions on time and within budget. Skilled in multiple Agile methodologies, stakeholder management and sprint planning. Highly organized in managing complex projects with multiple deadlines.

Overview

4
4
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Scrum Master/Project Manager

Westpac Banking Corporation
  • Train, Mentor and Coach the team for SCRUM, Kanban concepts (Events, Artifacts, Roles and Responsibilities, workflow, Boards)
  • Work closely with Product Owners and Tech Leads from user stories till the actual implementation, including Backlog grooming and new requests
  • Manage the project’s scope and timeline, release signoffs
  • Manage Resource and delivery plan and project execution
  • Facilitate Backlog Grooming, Sprint Planning, Daily Stand Up, Review & Retrospective Meetings for various projects
  • Representation in Scrum of Scrum Meetings across Release Trains
  • Coordination with Applications Support teams for environment related issues and ensure environment readiness for current and upcoming releases
  • Coordination with Design team for design readiness of current and upcoming releases
  • Maintaining and Updating the User Stories in Jira and Project confluence pages
  • Be the point of contact for external communications and facilitate internal communication and effective collaboration
  • Manage distributed agile teams across 3 different locations
  • Weekly Status Reporting to Business Teams on Project Metrics and Budgeting
  • Owning End to End delivery of projects right from Sprint Planning to Production Go Live
  • Impediments are tracked, solved and monitored with better solutions and understanding of that risk
  • Funding and Billing related activities for project resources
  • Creating PSU, UPP, UMP, IQA, EQA and FI flows for sprints executed for OBI Project towards PMR activities
  • Facilitating discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution when discussing issues across teams
  • Possess strong problem solving, analytical skills with an ability to handle multiple tasks & prioritize accordingly
  • Ensure agile delivery tools like JIRA, Confluence are always kept Up to Date reflecting Projects correct progress
  • Facilitating Hand Over sessions post project Go Live between Development Teams and Support Teams for a smooth transition and warranty period.

Project Manager

Axis Bank
  • Facilitating Process Implementation across projects in Axis Banks ODC
  • Understand the software development processes and procedures followed in Axis ODC and train teams on Agile Scrum ceremonies of software development
  • Artifact Review and Metric Collection
  • Coach Project teams in implementing processes and following Agile methodology
  • Periodic Status Reports to Clients - covering work completed, planned, dependencies and Risks
  • Updating and Maintenance of Project Release Tracker for Projects across ODC
  • Conducting Toll Gate Meetings for Projects, Providing Approvals and Process Sign Offs
  • Facilitating PMR activities for the Project including UPP updation.

Release Manager

Barclay’s Bank
  • Owning End to End delivery of monthly releases towards Barclays Mobile Banking application
  • Conducting Daily Update Meeting for Release Management with various teams across geographies
  • Maintenance and Up to Date of the Release Wiki to capture all developments and progress on the release
  • Interacting, Coordinating and Facilitation between different teams like Gateway, App Development, SIT Testing, Live Proving, Performance and Security testing teams towards release management
  • Manage release scope, timeline & release signoffs
  • Release Execution in Kanban Methodology of Scrum and Keeping the Kanban Board Up to date
  • Responsible for SDLC compliance of releases in “Navigator” – Barclays Project Management Tool
  • Status Update sharing in the Daily Planning Meeting with Barclays Management Teams for providing updates/planning on respective releases/features.

Senior Project Manager

Singapore Post Ltd.
01.2024 - Current
  • Delivery and Resource Management for One Finance Platform (OFP) Subledger Module
  • Define Delivery/Sprint Plan with Timelines
  • Govern Project Execution per defined timelines
  • Run Book management and up keep for Go Live
  • Facilitate Backlog Grooming, Sprint Planning, Daily Stand Up, Review & Retrospective Meetings for various teams
  • Jira and Dashboard management
  • Successfully delivered Subledger Module Tech Live and Biz Live for India and Taiwan Locations
  • Won DBS Appreciations in the form if ITQ points for my work across these projects.

Scrum Master/Project Manager

Tata Consultancy Services Pvt Ltd.
- 01.2024
  • Delivery and Resource Management for One Finance Platform (OFP) Subledger Module
  • Define Delivery/Sprint Plan with Timelines
  • Govern Project Execution per defined timelines
  • Run Book management and up keep for Go Live
  • Facilitate Backlog Grooming, Sprint Planning, Daily Stand Up, Review & Retrospective Meetings for various teams
  • Jira and Dashboard management
  • Successfully delivered Subledger Module Tech Live and Biz Live for India and Taiwan Locations
  • Won DBS Appreciations in the form if ITQ points for my work across these projects.

Education

Computer Science

University of Mumbai
Mumbai
01.2000 - 01.2004

Skills

Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

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Websites

Extracurricular Awards

  • Star of The Month Award 2006 for Singapore Airlines Project
  • Received 8+ Customer Appreciation Certificates across various projects in TCS.
  • Runner Up for Champion’s Award, Knowledge Systems Portfolio, The Firm account 2008
  • Best Team Award 2014 for Westpac Bank Account
  • Star Team Award 2016 for Westpac Bank Account
  • On The Spot Award 2020 for Westpac Bank Account
  • On The Spot Award 2021 for Westpac Bank Account
  • Special Initiative Award 2022 for Westpac Bank Account
  • I Thank You (ITQ) DBS Recognition Points 2022 for DBS Account.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 11/13/82
  • Visa Status: EP Approved

Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

Certified Scrum Master from Scrum Alliance

Timeline

Senior Project Manager

Singapore Post Ltd.
01.2024 - Current

Computer Science

University of Mumbai
01.2000 - 01.2004

Scrum Master/Project Manager

Westpac Banking Corporation

Project Manager

Axis Bank

Release Manager

Barclay’s Bank

Scrum Master/Project Manager

Tata Consultancy Services Pvt Ltd.
- 01.2024

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