Scrum Master Project Manager
Resume:
Lalitha Mitte
**************@*****.***
Project Management
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:
·16 years of Project Management or Lead experience in Project Management & Scrum Master within Investment Banking
·Expertise in project management activities in Small, Medium & Large Technical and Non-Technical Projects.
·Experience in working with all the phases of project management viz. initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and control, and project closure
·Experience working with all the knowledge areas – Vetting projects, Scope, cost, Schedule, Resource, communications, risk management, Key stakeholder management
·Excellent Stakeholder relationship management skills to successfully lead and manage the project team and project stakeholders
·Having solid experience with managing projects with Agile and Hybrid and waterfall methodology
·Monitoring and managing project baseline to ensure activities are occurring as planned in terms of scope, budget & schedule while managing variances.
·Proactively identifying risks and issues on projects and potential points of contention for missed deliverables.
·As a Scrum Master educate and facilitate team to follow agile methodology and be a solution provider
·Ensure that User stories are tracked and recorded in JIRA/Azure DevOps
·Responsible for facilitating the creation and prioritization of Product Backlog, establishing sprint goals and Sprint Backlog during Sprint Planning Phase
·Manage and control communication with scrum teams members and stakeholders (internal and external)
·Manage and control daily, weekly, and monthly progress reports and analysis using key performance indicators
·Experience in Project Cost management planning, estimating, budgeting, and controlling cost.
·Strong Analytical and Problem-Solving skills, multi-Tasking abilities, with proven experience in utilizing people and process knowledge to assist enterprises in making critical decision.
·Expertise in Situation analysis, problem solving, scoping, design, and planning
·Ability to build collaborative teams, with ability to influence, educate and interact with various levels within the organisation
·Extensive experience of working on MS Excel, MS Power Point, MS Visual Studio and MS word.
·Excellent documentation, communication, and interpersonal skills.
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Methodologies
Agile, Waterfall
Tools
Clarity 15.8.1, Cognos, Advanced MS Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project, Visio, Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, Kanban, SharePoint, Visual Dashboard using Tableau, Qlikview, Power BI
IT Projects
Web technologies - JavaScript, HTML, Angular, API,
CERTIFICATIONS:
PMI, Project Management Professional – PMP Number: 3133912
Professional Scrum Product Owner I – Number: 692032
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Deelak Realtors LLC
Project Management
12/2022 – Till date
·Experience in managing multiple small to complex projects starting from initiation to closure phase of the projects by adopting agile or waterfall methodologies.
·Conduct Agile estimating, Scheduling, Onshore-Offshore Communication, Reporting, Project Planning, executing, monitoring, and Controlling, Tracking, Risk Management, Project Metrix generations.
·As a Project Manager, monitor that the project is running as per the budget, scope, and schedule
·Ensuring to follow up on the tasks assigned to the respective team members and responsible to facilitate solutions in case of team facing any sort of impediments and roadblocks to further proceed with the project.
·Act as one point of contact to highlight and represent any kind of escalations to the higher management
·Expert in advanced excel, prepare project status reports on weekly basis for the projects that are active, showing the health and financial status of the projects
·Prepare visual dashboards for various reports using QlikView, power BI.
·Use Visio to create workflows, organisational structure etc.
·Prepare metrics and conduct retrospective meetings /MoM to document the artifacts.
HSBC Global Transformation Centre
Project Management/Agile Scrum Master
04/2018 - 11/2022
·Create and develop project scope and schedules. Plans and assigns resources to associated tasks and deliverables
·Experience in Agile, Waterfall Project methodologies
·Advise and consult with other departments on production software issues, concerns, and problems.
·Manages resources, communications, and cost management of projects/programs
·Member of PMO advisory council that set project priorities based on expected benefits, alignment with company strategy, and resource allocation
·Apply and adhere to project management best practices by following the policies, procedures and methodologies established within the SDLC.
·Implementing Project Management Methodology/Framework that aligns with company/Business Standards
·Responsible for overall management of Project budget, schedule, and scope for major/critical projects in the Bank
·Planning various programs and monitoring overall performance in line with the PMM framework
·Conducts a kick-off meeting with all key stakeholders to announce the start of the project and review the overall project plan and gain consensus
·Measures project performance using appropriate tools and techniques to monitor the progress of the project, identify and quantify any variances, perform any required corrective actions, and communicate to the stakeholders
·Identify high-level risks, assumptions, and constraints and implements approved actions and workarounds to minimize the impact of risks on the project
·Facilitate daily Stand-up to measure Sprint Progress. Remove any impediments and re-prioritise Sprint Backlogs as required
·As part of Sprint review, demonstrate success/ failure of the Sprint to all stakeholders Sprint Reports (Burn Down Charts)
·Collaborate with Software developers (Java, Angular, etc) to understand the technical issues, understand and leverage my expertise and maturity to bring in the solution
·Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to manage multiple factors on a project anticipating problems, defining the problem or risk, identifying possible causes and implementing the most appropriate solution based on lesson learnt and experience
·Creates/implements solutions to obstacles/challenges throughout the course of the project
·Facilitates solutions across portfolio of projects, leveraging experiences and lessons learned
·Provide a central repository for all projects and project information. Prepare and deliver status reports regarding project milestones, deliverables, dependencies, risks and issues to management and stakeholders
·Identify, communicate and resolve technical, tactical and operational project issues and risks.
·Provide single portfolio view of change programs and projects in the bank, providing the broader transformation team as well as global businesses and function executive and clear understanding of the portfolio profile, the expected and/or realized benefit, portfolio status
·Outline a well-defined project management process or methodology, guidelines, and templates in line with the company/business best practice and client requirements
·Enable processes for the appropriate management of risks, ensuring the team applies corrective measures to mitigate risks efficiently
·Tracked and communicated to project team the project status and progress as well as provide any information to ensure smooth completion of the project
·Managing communication across all Project stakeholders, Partners with stakeholders to lead the project scope, definition of the project deliverables, and the required delivery dates
·Collect financial data, development of advanced financial dashboards, visualization, analytics, and reports . Along with data aggregation, we also provide insights into the data
·Respond to ad-hoc requests like preparing Insights for Persistent Red/Amber projects, Budget spending for different Cost types, providing Top Regulatory/ Technology projects, etc., from the executive management team to support critical decision making
·Experienced in Vendor Managements activities like – being involved with the purchase order and invoicing process for 3rd party vendors
Major projects handled in HSBC –
Finance On The Could
Global Data Program
Data & Technology Optimisation
Pinnacle China
Basel III Reform
IBOR Transition
Mobile Platform
Deutsche Bank
Project Management
05/2006 - 04/2018
·Led Central Programs with Budget of over $100M into CTB – Change the Bank initiatives
·Attend project kick-off meetings to understand the requirements of a project, prepare Budget document to tally with the funds that has been approved for the business area
·Deliver on the project management capability within the business and develop strong relations with global practices
·Responsible to prepare the resource demand and supply chart for the new projects proposed and for the upcoming projects that are list for the next quarter/year
·Manage project timelines, sense engagement risks and ensure effective planning for high operational efficiency
·Manage project reporting, reviews and steering meetings with stakeholders
·Drive effective client communications, cadence and build relations with project teams and business as well as with project counterparts across global locations
·Support development of thought leadership collaterals, PMO tools and accelerators – MS Project, Excel, methodologies to enhance project management team and support company initiatives within practice
·Collaborate with subject matter experts across the project management areas for continuous learning and growth as a PMO specialist.
·Once the Program/Project kick starts, responsible to prepare project Status Charter with RAG status, Risk, Issues, Highlights, Lowlights, Budget Concerns, Issues that must be escalated etc., in one slider
·There will be regular catch up with Program/Project Manager/Leads to provide the latest updates on the projects
·This process will be continued until the Project is executed
·Handle resource reports for both Permanent and Vendors – renew the vendors as per the tenure
·Expert in Reporting and Data Analysis – Perform data collation and analysis on historic data to compare with the current data
·To derive at a meaningful business Insights, graph view using Tableau platform
·This is presented to Global Business/Function Heads
·Key achievements and value add – Well experience in setting up data from multiple sources and standardizing data reconciliation processes for the team
·Project documentation, project charter, Tollgate states of individual project, end stage reports, business cases, resource management
·Risk and Issue management, quality checks and change management
·Project planning, resource allocation and monitoring, estimating and budget management
·Project communications, hosting OpCo meetings, project board meetings and communication plans
·Perform risk management to minimize project risks
Associate Consultant
Hewlett Packard
10/2004 - 05/2006
·Worked as a member of Global Intra Reconciliations, preparing accounting reports
Education
MBA, Symbiosis Management Studies, 03/2008
Symbiosis International University
Bachelors in Commerce And Accounting, 03/2004
Bachelors Degree
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