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Nagasree Gollavilli

United Kingdom,London

Summary

Certified Scrum Master with 10 years of experience leading Agile teams in web development, marketing automation, and CMS platforms, including HubSpot, Drupal, and WordPress. Skilled in facilitating Agile ceremonies, removing impediments, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. Proven ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality digital solutions on time and within scope.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Scrum Master

Indo Fuji Europe Ltd
Slough, United Kingdom
09.2024 - Current


  • Scrum Facilitation: Lead and facilitate Scrum ceremonies, ensuring adherence to Agile principles and scrum framework and guide the teas mine effective sprint planning, daily stand ups, sprint reviews and retrospectives.
  • Team Collaboration: Foster a culture of collaboration and team work, encouraging knowledge sharing and cross functional support whilst proactively identifying and eliminating obstacles hindering team productivity and cohesion.
  • Continuous Improvement: Identify improvement areas and drive changes collaboratively. Work collaboratively with team members to implement and iterate on changes to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
  • Communication: Act as a liaison between developer teams and stakeholders, ensuring clarity in communication and fostering and environment of open communication within the team.
  • Product Owner Collaboration: Collaborate with Product Owner to maintain a prioritized backlog aligned with product vision.
  • Metrics and Reporting: Track Agile metrics for team performance and progress and generate regular reports and insights from agile metrics to inform decision making and drive continuous improvement efforts.
  • Risk Management: Identify and mitigate risks to ensure successful project delivery.
  • Training and Coaching: Provide coaching on Agile principles and support team in adopting Agile practices, foster collaboration.

Scrum Master Consultant

Techved Consulting - Parkland Oil ,CANADA, Client
Hyderabad, Telangana
10.2023 - 07.2024
  • Led Agile teams in the risk domain, ensuring adherence to risk management frameworks while delivering high-value products.
  • Facilitated daily stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and backlog refinement to enhance team performance.
  • Collaborated with Product Owners and stakeholders to prioritize risk-related user stories and ensure regulatory compliance.
  • Implemented process improvements that increased team velocity by 10% and reduced sprint spillovers.
  • Managed cross-functional dependencies, proactively resolving blockers to maintain sprint commitments.
  • Partnered with risk analysts, developers, and QA teams to enhance Agile adoption and improve risk response times.
  • Created Agile playbooks tailored for regulatory and financial risk teams to streamline workflows.
  • Led Agile transformations within risk and compliance teams, aligning Agile practices with risk management goals.
  • Provided Agile coaching and mentoring to team members, fostering a culture of collaboration and transparency.
  • Tracked and analyzed Agile metrics, leveraging data insights to drive team efficiency and predictability.

Scrum Master/Delivery Manager

Cognizant Technology Solutions- Banking Domain
Hyderabad, India
09.2017 - 10.2023
  • Led multiple Agile teams within the banking domain to deliver high-quality products and services.
  • Spearheaded Agile transformations, introducing best practices in an enterprise insurance environment.
  • Managed risks and dependencies to ensure seamless delivery of insurance applications and services.
  • Removes impediments so the team can focus on the work at hand and follow scrum practices Guide the team to focus on daily and Iteration Goals Facilitated Sprint events: Sprint planning, Daily Scrum, Product Backlog refinement, Sprint review & Sprint Retrospectives
  • Led initiatives related to Document Management System implementations to enhance process automation.
  • Ensured compliance with insurance regulations and industry standards during project execution.
  • Provided leadership in Document Management System implementations to improve operational efficiency.
  • Successfully implemented a Document Management System to streamline data storage and retrieval processes.
  • Nurtured self-organising culture within the team by providing necessary training.

Test Lead

Infosys
Hyderabad
02.2016 - 07.2017
  • Customer-facing role & owns the entire project lifecycle from initiation through closure by establishing a project plan and milestones
  • Monitors and manages project financials, scope, and schedule to ensure the project stays on track for assigned client projects
  • Drives the implementation of high-quality cloud solutions by closely engaging with all project team members ( Tech Leads, Business Analysts, Developers, QA, etc) Facilitates or co-leads with customer project managers on regular status meetings with the project team, sponsors and other stakeholders
  • Prepare weekly financial summary and take care of management reporting to track cost and ensure the financial health of the project
  • Proactively identify and manage issues /risks throughout the project
  • Manage project dependencies, represent project in a various cross- project forum
  • Procure project team , establish necessary team procedures Acts as a primary day - to day point of contact for the client and the operational aspects of the project.

Test Analyst

Serco Pvt Ltd.
Hyderabad
05.2014 - 02.2016
  • Worked as a techno functional lead on a Mortgage banking project with a team size of 15 along with project management operations for the unit with resource count of 80
  • Translate the business and functional requirements to detailed test scenarios and test cases
  • Worked with functional analysts, developers and development managers to understand the requirements and ensure that all solutions are deployed within agreed timelines for testing
  • Mentor Junior members in the team to ensure testing is completed within the agreed timelines and ensure no defect leakage
  • Review of test preparation and Test execution
  • Reviewer and Test Approver for Test Deliverables like Test Cases, TSR(Test Summary Report), Entry/Exit Criteria
  • Reviewer for Daily and Weekly status updates
  • Provide Test Support for Go-Live issues
  • Coordinate the defect wash up calls with the development team and Root Cause Analysis of issues.

Education

B.Tech(Computer Science) - Computer Science

Pydah College of Engineering And Technology
05.2005 - 05.2009

Higher Secondary - MPC

Vikas Mahila Junior College
06.2003 - 06.2005

S.S.L.C - 10 th Class

Nalanda Talent School
06.2002 - 06.2003

Skills

  • Agile & Scrum Frameworks (Scrum, SAFe, Kanban)
  • Behavior driven development awareness
  • Product owner support
  • Cross-Functional collaboration
  • Risk Management & Compliance (Basel, SOX, GDPR)
  • Adaptability to changing priorities
  • Servant leadership style
  • Document Management Systems (eg, SharePoint, OpenText, Alfresco)
  • Risk assessment and mitigation
  • Collaborative conflict solving
  • Stakeholder relationship building
  • Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps
  • Project Delivery Management

Certification

  • Certified- SAFe Scrum Master 6.0

Accomplishments

  • Successfully led a 10 teams-member Scrum team in implementing a risk assessment platform that reduced compliance violations by 20%.
  • Spearheaded an Agile transformation for the risk division, increasing sprint efficiency and regulatory compliance alignment.
  • Improved stakeholder engagement by implementing Agile dashboards, enhancing visibility into risk mitigation efforts.

Tools

  • Jira ,Confluence ,Azure DevOps
  • Tableau ,Power BI, Excel (Risk Analytics)
  • SQL ,Python (Basic for Risk Data Analysis)

Timeline

Senior Scrum Master

Indo Fuji Europe Ltd
09.2024 - Current

Scrum Master Consultant

Techved Consulting - Parkland Oil ,CANADA, Client
10.2023 - 07.2024

Scrum Master/Delivery Manager

Cognizant Technology Solutions- Banking Domain
09.2017 - 10.2023

Test Lead

Infosys
02.2016 - 07.2017

Test Analyst

Serco Pvt Ltd.
05.2014 - 02.2016

B.Tech(Computer Science) - Computer Science

Pydah College of Engineering And Technology
05.2005 - 05.2009

Higher Secondary - MPC

Vikas Mahila Junior College
06.2003 - 06.2005

S.S.L.C - 10 th Class

Nalanda Talent School
06.2002 - 06.2003

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