VIJAY DAFAL
Leed
Summary
Leverage 22 yrs of IT career | 18 yrs of Agile experience | 15 yrs Agile Coaching - Scrum Master - Agile Project management | Active National Security Check (SC) Clearance | Public-Private Sector | GOV.UK GDS | Artificial Intelligence Design strategist | Digital Transformation | SAFe – Scaled Scrum - XP – Kanban – PRINCE2| Project-Portfolio-Programme management - Lean Budgeting| Built-in Quality – Test Automation - TDD-BDD | CALMS DevOps CI-CD| JIRA-Confluence-Rally-Azure DevOps – Mural - Miro | Banking - Financial - Investment - Telecom - Healthcare - Mortgage - Retail - Oil & Gas industry
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Agile Delivery Lead
Jasper Digital Pvt Ltd
01.2024 - Current
- Streamlined deployment processes with the implementation of continuous integration and delivery pipelines, enabling faster release cycles.
- Enhanced team productivity by providing technical guidance, mentoring junior team members, and facilitating cross-functional collaboration.
- Fostered a culture of innovation within the team by encouraging experimentation and adoption of emerging technologies.
- Developed strategic partnerships with vendors to ensure seamless integration of third-party solutions into existing systems architecture.
- Ensured compliance with industry standards and best practices in all aspects of software development through rigorous quality assurance protocols.
SAFe Scrum Master
SKY Digital Transformation (Identity Management)
12.2022 - 12.2023
- Scaled the maturity of delivering the roadmap for 9+ teams, including operational support, DBA, and Cyber Security
- Facilitated SAFe ceremonies like PI Planning and Scrum-of-Scrums to scale Scrum and Kanban, achieving a 25% improvement in team delivery times
- Introduced effective remote online PI Planning using Miro, JIRA, and Microsoft Teams, boosting team engagement by 30%.
- Managed product backlog effectively, prioritizing high-value items for faster completion.
- Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives.
Agile Delivery Lead | Scaled Agility Scrum Master
Vanquis Bank
11.2021 - 11.2022
- Coached and led Scrum Masters to manage inter-dependencies across projects, resulting in a 20% increase in project completion rates
- Supported Scrum and Kanban scaling, contributing to a 'value-based delivery culture' across business and IT departments
- Rebuilt strategies with executive management and HR to improve cultural and strategic alignment, enhancing overall project value.
Agile Coach | Scaling Agility
BP (British Petroleum)
08.2019 - 09.2022
- Mentored and trained 125+ members across 15+ squads in Agile practices, leading to a 35% improvement in delivery efficiency
- Facilitated leadership bootcamps and workshops, enhancing team culture and delivery effectiveness
- Developed in-house Agile capabilities, significantly reducing dependency on external consultants and improving ROI by 40%.
- Advised top management on agile strategy development, improving organizational agility at all levels.
- Facilitated virtual, in-person and blended learning sessions.
SAFe Coach | Payments RTE - Release & Migration Scrum Master
DNB Bank
02.2019 - 08.2019
- Directed a digital program delivery for Corporate Payments Processing, achieving ISO-20022 standardization
- Developed an Agile Governance framework, streamlining Delivery Managers and Product Owners' processes, reducing project delays by 25%
- Led the largest Salesforce banking integration, enhancing customer experience and reducing service turnaround time by 30%.
- Enhanced team performance by developing and implementing effective coaching strategies.
- Conducted regular performance evaluations for players, setting clear expectations for continued improvement throughout the season.
- Developed and delivered effective and engaging coaching sessions to improve performance.
Digital Delivery Scaled Scrum Lead | Agile Coach
NHS Digital
11.2018 - 02.2019
- Spearheaded the implementation of Enterprise Architect governance and tooling, leading a team of senior architects and transformation engineering staff of approximately 350
- Orchestrated and facilitated workshops and Agile ceremonies, driving the development of the Enterprise Architecture roadmap and backlog refinement
- Identified critical milestones, ensuring the successful alignment of strategic objectives with actionable tasks, resulting in a 40% improvement in project delivery efficiency
- Fostered a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement, enhancing team productivity and engagement by 35%
- Leveraged Agile methodologies to streamline processes, reduce technical debt, and increase overall project ROI.
SAFe Coach - RTE | Chief Scrum Master - Digital Transformation at NS&I
Atos UK
12.2017 - 10.2018
- Implemented a Two-Speed IT architecture model, balancing agile delivery of new IT initiatives with maintaining legacy operations
- Transformed traditional teams into a Global DevOps team for the Route-to-Live process, optimizing Open Banking APIs using Thaler banking engine.
Scaled-Scrum Coach | SAFe Consultant - RTE
SIS Betting
- 11.2017
- Established a pragmatic Agile approach to maximize benefits from Lean, Scrum, and Kanban ceremonies and practices
- Identified the first value stream and Agile Release Train (ART) for unique business benefits of the new product.
Enterprise Agile Coach
NHS Business Services Authority
08.2016 - 02.2017
- Led Agile transformation for the Technology department, resulting in a 30% increase in project delivery speed
- Developed Agile transformation roadmaps, aligning with GDS standards and improving digital service delivery
- Organized Governance in preparing Delivery Managers and Product Owners on GDS assessments of digital services.
SAFe Consultant | Release Train Engineer
Home Office – GOV.UK
- 08.2016
- Primary focus to embrace the agile environment of distributed teams
- Nurture management and technical teams and the roles like product owner/scrum master in distributed environment and SAFe framework.
Enterprise Agile Coach – Digital Transformation
NHS Business Services Authority
- 05.2016
- Drive the vision of 'Digital by Default' with a primary focus was on building and maintaining the internal capabilities of departments to effectively govern, deliver and maintain the digital services being built and provide an environment that enables continuous delivery in perpetuity with the flavour of GDS-Government Digital Standard' practices
- Have provided the framework and support for building the transformation roadmap at departments that focuses on delivering value for citizens, introduced framework of building product backlogs with the story mapping sessions with the support of management, user researcher and technical staff.
Scrum Coach, Agile Project Manager – Digital Transformation
TalkTalk PLC
11.2015 - 01.2016
- Programme of TalkTalk's customer experience via Repair Channels
- Transformation engineering staff ~ 150.
Agile-Lean Coach, Lead Scrum Master
William Hill PLC
05.2014 - 09.2015
Lead Scrum Master, Digital Transformation Coach
Yorkshire Building Society (deputed by Capgemini FSGBU)
07.2013 - 05.2014
Lead Scrum Master, Programme/Project Manager – Digital Transformation
Telefónica O2 Ireland – eShop, Ireland SOA Factory
01.2012 - 07.2013
Lead Scrum Master, DevOps Coach
Telefónica O2 UK – DevOps - Continuous Delivery System
03.2011 - 01.2012
Education
Executive M.B.A. (International Trade) -
National Institute of Business Management
M.C.A. (Master in Computer Applications) - undefined
M.S. University, India
Oxford Artificial Intelligence Programme - undefined
Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
Management 3.0 Foundation - undefined
ICP-ENT (Agility in the Enterprise) - undefined
SAFe 5 Lean Portfolio Manager - undefined
EBAS (Enterprise Business Agile Strategist) - undefined
SAFe SPC 4.5 - undefined
Lean Practitioner - undefined
Better User Stories - undefined
ICP-ACC (Agile Coach) - undefined
SAFe Agilist (SA) - undefined
Scrum Professional (CSP) - undefined
Scrum Master (CSM) - undefined
PRINCE2 - undefined
Certificate in Entrepreneurship - undefined
National College of Ireland, Dublin
Skills
Project Management
Lean-Agile Coach
Enterprise Agility & AI Strategist
SAFe LPM - SPC – RTE
Scrum Master
AI Strategy Implementation
Strategic Leadership and Implementation
Value Stream Identification and Agile Planning
Collaborative and Transformational Leadership
Digital Strategy and Continuous Delivery
Agile Metrics and Continuous Improvement
Business Engagement and Improvement
Remote and Hybrid Facilitation
Product Strategy
Software Development
Websites
Accomplishments
- Enhanced expertise in AI strategy implementation and integration into business processes.
- Gained advanced knowledge in modern Agile methodologies and leadership practices.
- Awarded "Agile Coach of the Year" at BP for outstanding contributions to Agile practices.
- Nominated "Agile Coach of the Year" at NHSBSA for outstanding contributions to Digital transformation.
- Reduced BP project delivery times by 20-30% through effective Agile coaching and implementation.
Securitycheck
Security Clearance
Personal Information
Nationality: UK
Timeline
Agile Delivery Lead
Jasper Digital Pvt Ltd
01.2024 - Current
SAFe Scrum Master
SKY Digital Transformation (Identity Management)
12.2022 - 12.2023
Agile Delivery Lead | Scaled Agility Scrum Master
Vanquis Bank
11.2021 - 11.2022
Agile Coach | Scaling Agility
BP (British Petroleum)
08.2019 - 09.2022
SAFe Coach | Payments RTE - Release & Migration Scrum Master
DNB Bank
02.2019 - 08.2019
Digital Delivery Scaled Scrum Lead | Agile Coach
NHS Digital
11.2018 - 02.2019
SAFe Coach - RTE | Chief Scrum Master - Digital Transformation at NS&I
Atos UK
12.2017 - 10.2018
Enterprise Agile Coach
NHS Business Services Authority
08.2016 - 02.2017
Scrum Coach, Agile Project Manager – Digital Transformation
TalkTalk PLC
11.2015 - 01.2016
Agile-Lean Coach, Lead Scrum Master
William Hill PLC
05.2014 - 09.2015
Lead Scrum Master, Digital Transformation Coach
Yorkshire Building Society (deputed by Capgemini FSGBU)
07.2013 - 05.2014
Lead Scrum Master, Programme/Project Manager – Digital Transformation
Telefónica O2 Ireland – eShop, Ireland SOA Factory
01.2012 - 07.2013
Lead Scrum Master, DevOps Coach
Telefónica O2 UK – DevOps - Continuous Delivery System
03.2011 - 01.2012
Scaled-Scrum Coach | SAFe Consultant - RTE
SIS Betting
- 11.2017
SAFe Consultant | Release Train Engineer
Home Office – GOV.UK
- 08.2016
Enterprise Agile Coach – Digital Transformation
NHS Business Services Authority
- 05.2016
Executive M.B.A. (International Trade) -
National Institute of Business Management
M.C.A. (Master in Computer Applications) - undefined
M.S. University, India
Oxford Artificial Intelligence Programme - undefined
Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
Management 3.0 Foundation - undefined
ICP-ENT (Agility in the Enterprise) - undefined
SAFe 5 Lean Portfolio Manager - undefined
EBAS (Enterprise Business Agile Strategist) - undefined
SAFe SPC 4.5 - undefined
Lean Practitioner - undefined
Better User Stories - undefined
ICP-ACC (Agile Coach) - undefined
SAFe Agilist (SA) - undefined
Scrum Professional (CSP) - undefined
Scrum Master (CSM) - undefined
PRINCE2 - undefined
Certificate in Entrepreneurship - undefined
National College of Ireland, Dublin
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