DEEPIKA RANI
London
Summary
17+ year experienced Agile Delivery Manager with a strong track record delivering data modernisation, enterprise analytics, digital transformation, reporting, and governance programmes across financial services, media, retail, and professional services. Leads cross-functional teams across Data Engineering, BI, Product, Architecture, Analysis, QA, and Data Science to deliver scalable platforms, dashboards, data products, and business outcomes using Agile delivery methods.
Expertise includes Microsoft Fabric, Snowflake, Azure data platforms, Power BI, Tableau, SQL, Python, ETL pipelines, data science models, data quality, data governance models, roadmap planning, sprint governance, stakeholder engagement, risks, dependencies, release management, and continuous improvement.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work history
Enterprise Agile Delivery Manager
Morae Global
London
2024.04 - 2026.05
- Enterprise data modernisation, business intelligence, governance, reporting, and analytics delivery.
- Lead Agile delivery of enterprise data modernisation initiatives across Microsoft Fabric, Azure, Power BI, SQL, and Python.
- Manage multidisciplinary teams across Data Engineering, BI Development, Analytics, Power Platform, and data product delivery.
- Drive migration of legacy SQL and reporting platforms into modern enterprise data environments, improving scalability and consistency.
- Establish sprint governance, prioritisation, roadmap planning, release coordination, and stakeholder reporting across BI and data workstreams.
- Implement KPI reporting, executive dashboards, data governance models, data quality standards, and governance practices including Collibra alignment.
- Support data science models and advanced analytics initiatives to improve operational insight and decision-making.
- Partner with senior leaders to translate business priorities into deliverable data products and transformation roadmaps.
Agile Programme Delivery Lead
John Lewis Financial Services
Victoria, London
2022.04 - 2024.03
- Data Spoke - enterprise data transformation and data product delivery.
- Led Agile delivery across data, integration, analytics, and governance teams within the Technology & Transformation portfolio.
- Owned delivery of data products and business value across wider business teams, balancing demand, capacity, dependencies, and priorities.
- Managed the Data Demand Framework, SLA monitoring, stakeholder expectations, delivery controls, and transparent prioritisation decisions.
- Collaborated with Chief Product Owner, Product Sponsors, Heads of Teams, Data Governance, and Data Exploitation teams on strategic roadmaps.
- Facilitated Scrum ceremonies, Sprint Reviews, System Demos, quarterly planning, backlog refinement, release planning, and delivery governance.
- Monitored quality, productivity, risks, milestones, and performance of development resources and Agile teams.
Scrum Master / Agile Delivery Lead
British Sky Broadcasting
2013.07 - 2022.03
- Sky Q / Sky Glass - large-scale customer technology and digital platform delivery.
- Led Agile ceremonies, workshops, delivery planning, backlog governance, sprint execution, and release alignment across flagship Sky products.
- Created delivery plans aligned to release and launch cycles, coordinating war rooms, scrums, risks, dependencies, and issue resolution.
- Worked with Architects, Product, UX/UI, Engineering, Content Management, and third-party providers including Google Analytics.
- Presented delivery progress, software milestones, and risks to stakeholders across inter and intra-department forums.
- Coached and mentored teams on Agile best practice, continuous improvement, impediment removal, and waste reduction.
Analyst
British Sky Broadcasting
2012.06 - 2013.06
- Direct Sales Archimedes - call centre application upgrade to support broadband, talk, and TV product selling.
- Owned business analysis for selected change initiatives, assessing requirements through interviews, workshops, and structured analysis.
- Created, maintained, and prioritised product backlog, product roadmap, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
- Ran backlog grooming sessions before sprint planning to improve team readiness and delivery flow.
Technical Analyst
The Trainline
2010.11 - 2011.12
- Best Fare Finder - customer-facing rail ticketing journey enhancement.
- Supported delivery of Best Fare Finder integration into the core online journey so customers could identify the best fare before purchase.
- Worked with business and technical stakeholders to shape requirements, solution options, delivery priorities, and implementation support.
- Contributed to analysis, documentation, testing support, and coordination across product and technical teams.
Test Analyst
Specsavers Retail
Whiteley, UK
2008.02 - 2010.10
- Retail, ERP, CRM, sales accounting, lab, contact lens, and warehouse management systems.
- Worked across Compiere Sales Accounting, Lab Harrier / Contact Lens WMS, Warehouse Management System, website, ERP, and CRM initiatives.
- Supported enterprise testing, defect management, test execution, quality assurance, and stakeholder coordination across multiple systems.
- Environment included Java, PHP, Swing, MySQL, Linux Red Hat, Oracle, Eclipse, Bugzilla, and Adapt.
Education
Bachelor of Technology - Information Technology
Skills
- Agile Delivery Management
- Scrum / SAFe
- Sprint & Release Planning
- Quarterly Planning
- Roadmaps
- Risk & Dependency Management
- Stakeholder Management
- Data Modernisation
- Microsoft Fabric
- Snowflake
- Azure Data Platform
- Data Warehousing / Lakehouse
- ETL & Data Pipelines
- API / System Integration
- Data Quality & Governance Models
- Analytics & Tools
- Power BI
- Tableau
- SQL / Python
- Data Science Models
- Collibra
- JIRA / Confluence
- ServiceNow
- Git / Jenkins / AWS
EARLIER TECHNICAL FOUNDATION
Technical background includes Python, Java, SQL, MySQL, HTML, CSS, Linux, Selenium, WebDriver, JBehave, Cucumber, cloud technologies, QA automation practices, CI/CD tooling, and enterprise application delivery.
Certification
Certified Scrum Master
Certified Product Owner
Timeline
Enterprise Agile Delivery Manager
Morae Global
2024.04 - 2026.05
Agile Programme Delivery Lead
John Lewis Financial Services
2022.04 - 2024.03
Scrum Master / Agile Delivery Lead
British Sky Broadcasting
2013.07 - 2022.03
Analyst
British Sky Broadcasting
2012.06 - 2013.06
Technical Analyst
The Trainline
2010.11 - 2011.12
Test Analyst
Specsavers Retail
2008.02 - 2010.10