A seasoned agile practitioner with over 16 years of experience in scaled Agile delivery, consulting, strategy development, and program delivery for large clients in the retail banking and investment banking sector. Administrative leader offering experience prioritising and delegating tasks to drive goal achievement. Expertise includes schedule coordination, resource allocation. Dedicated to training and mentoring top talent while cultivating a productive work culture.
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Summary
Overview
19
years of professional experience
Work history
Publicis SapientLondon
Agile Delivery Manager
06.2012 - Current
Job overview
- Managed agile delivery for large clients in the retail banking and investment banking sector.
- Planned and managed resources and budget to support and deliver objectives, Specializes in driving digital transformation programs since inception to delivery to clients by establishing Agile teams and mindsets using the most effective tools and practices. Has profound experience in engagement focusing on Cloud Enablement and modern DevOps tooling.
- Developed strong teams by skilfully recruiting, orienting and training loyal, hard-working employees.
- Successfully delivered a multimillion project of migrating a monolithic legacy system to Microservices/Open API based design patterns, involving numerous downstream and upstream systems, as well as third-party vendors and payment services such as SWIFT and FSP.
- Applied expertise in team leadership to address productivity and performance issues, motivating staff to achieve KPIs.
- Resolved conflicts by acting as mediator and rule enforcer as appropriate.
- Delivered projects on time and under budget through strict implementation and cost controls.
- Managedamultimillionbudgetwithaprimaryfocusonsuccessfullyreducingtotal operating costs by 20% YoY.
- Translated senior management directives into actionable front-line policies and implemented changes with staff.
- Conducted technical and customer meetings, increasing communication and strengthening stakeholder relationships.
- Led and motivated talented project teams, achieving targets within stipulated deadlines.
- Built relationships with stakeholders through outstanding client management skills.
- Spearheaded a mix of teams across clients and multiple vendors to ensure timely delivery and Successful completion of the project led to winning phase 2, involving the migration of the remaining microservices set at a budget of £5M.
- Led meetings with department executives to review project status, drafting action plans to deliver proposed changes.
- Extensive experience in investment banking e.g. Order Processing, Enrichment & Settlement (Including Depository functions)
HCL Technologies LimitedBangalore
Senior Software Engineer
07.2010 - 05.2012
Job overview
- Worked with product managers to define software requirements and project scopes accurately.
- Analysed large datasets, drawing meaningful conclusions and providing actionable recommendations.
- Verified and input data from external sources, confirming accuracy before integration.
- Created bespoke reports according to requests, presenting clear, informative data insights.
- Highlighted process improvement opportunities to streamline database management and analysis.
Financial Technologies (India) LimitedMumbai
Software Auditor
11.2007 - 06.2010
Job overview
- Utilised test automation frameworks to increase speed and accuracy.
- Trained junior test engineers to follow test automation procedures and guidelines.
- Identified bugs, risks and anomalies, applying action to prevent reoccurrence.
- Addressed problems critically, implementing optimal solutions to boost overall system performance.
- Analysed risks to cyber security and developed robust data recovery plans, strategies and procedures.
- Performed integration tests to evaluate compatibility with iOS, Android and web platforms.
ICICLE Technologies LimitedMumbai
Testing Engineer
02.2007 - 09.2007
Job overview
- Addressed problems critically, implementing optimal solutions to boost overall system performance.
- Defined testing scope and requirements for specific features or products.
- Contributed to meetings with clients to discuss requirements for new products or updates to existing products.
- Utilised Robot Framework and Selenium tools to automate tasks and improve test execution.
IWWETTE India Pvt LTDNew Delhi
Software Test Engineer
01.2006 - 01.2007
Job overview
- Identified bugs, risks and anomalies, applying action to prevent reoccurrence.
- Used strong understanding of software testing methodologies and principles to continually improve testing processes.
- Maintained test logs and documented all tests, providing accurate and timely status updates.
- Contributed to meetings with clients to discuss requirements for new products or updates to existing products.
Education
IIMT Management College
Master of Computer Application
07/2003 - 06/2006
University overview
Tilakdhari SIngh CollegeIndia
Bachelor of Science from Maths, Psychology
06/1999 - 05/2002
University overview
Skills
- Leadership skills
- Team Leadership
- Client account management
- Strategic Planning
- Conflict Resolution
- Project Management
- Salesforce CRM
- PRINCE2 project management
- Market risk analysis
- Trade and Clearing & Settlement
- Front-office trading application
Languages
English
Hindi
Quote
"This is life not heaven, you don't have to be perfect just being honest would do!! "
Timeline
Agile Delivery Manager
Publicis Sapient
06.2012 - Current
Senior Software Engineer
HCL Technologies Limited
07.2010 - 05.2012
Software Auditor
Financial Technologies (India) Limited
11.2007 - 06.2010
Testing Engineer
ICICLE Technologies Limited
02.2007 - 09.2007
Software Test Engineer
IWWETTE India Pvt LTD
01.2006 - 01.2007
IIMT Management College
Master of Computer Application
07/2003 - 06/2006
Tilakdhari SIngh College
Bachelor of Science from Maths, Psychology
06/1999 - 05/2002
Key product/Project roles
Key product/Project roles
- Buy now pay later proposition for a UK largest bank as technical delivery lead.
- Cloud transformation program for a UK largest bank as an Agile delivery lead / Agile coach
- Implementing PSD2 Regulation for a UK largest bank Sr Scrum Master
- Front office trading application implementation for a Largest Australian bank as Product manager/ scrum Master
- Subject matter expert for one of the largest commodity exchanges for entire trade lifecycle solution.
Personal Information
Personal Information
- Title: PMP, ITIL, CSM
- Date of birth: 07/13/1984
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