GAURAV KESARWANI, PMP ©, ITIL * ©, PSM ©

PROJECT MANAGER/ SR. SCRUM MASTER

Career Summary

Over 16 years of experience in Agile and Traditional IT Project Management within the Financial Services and Banking domain

Managed Client Engagements and key Project Artifacts including Project plans, Project schedules, effort and cost estimates, Staffing plans, Communication plans, and Project charters to ensure successful business outcomes.

Leading multiple Agile teams for IT data management shared services, driving efficient project delivery.

Instrumental in establishing an Agile organization and driving Digital Transformation, Continuous Improvement, and Lean initiatives. Mentored multiple squads on Agile principles, practices, and frameworks.

Demonstrates deep understanding of the Financial Services Industry, Enterprise Solutions, and best practices, with expertise in end-to-end business processes. Extensive experience working with Tier-1 Global clients on regulatory compliance and internal banking CTB/RTB Projects.

Holds certifications as a Project Management Professional (PMP), Professional Scrum Master (PSM), IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL), and Financial Risk Manager (FRM). Proven track record in overseeing large-scale complex IT implementations.

Functional Skills

Agile and Traditional Project Mgmt SDLC IT Service Management (ITSM) Team Management Scrum Kanban Scrumban Change Management BusinessAnalysis Effective Communication Project Scheduling/Planning Scope Management Team Building & Mentoring Automated Testing User Stories Scaled Agile (SAFe) DevOps CI/CD SIT/UAT Testing Cloud Computing Stakeholder/Expectations Management Tools / Technology

Atlassian JIRA Atlassian Confluence Microsoft Project SharePoint Power BI MS Office 365 BI Reporting Tool

(OBIEE) Evernote Slack RDBMS ETL Tools GIT GITHUB Data Warehousing PL-SQL Wiki Work Experience

BNP Paribas Canada

Designation - Vice President

Role- Project Manager/Scrum Master

Period- Mar 2021- Till Date

Client - Inhouse Bank applications

Location- Montreal, Canada

Led a wide range of activities encompassing project planning, implementation, and management, ensuring timely, within-budget, and client-specific project completion. Pg 1

Pioneered the establishment of the Agile competency in the bank and established an Agile Center of Excellence

(CoE) from the ground up. Successfully guided multiple squads in adopting Agile methodologies using various frameworks. Provided comprehensive coaching to the entire team on Agile principles, practices, and the significance of Agile events.

Held overall accountability for project success, overseeing end-to-end project management tasks such as planning, issue/risk tracking, scheduling, estimation and tracking, project documentation, and transitioning to production.

Maintained adherence to program and project management policies, standards, and frameworks, utilizing established tools and techniques routinely employed in project management.

Developed detailed project plans and schedules, incorporating goals, risk assessments, and resource allocation. Monitored project progress and promptly addressed deviations.

Managed a diverse team of 16-20 cross-functional resources, both onsite and offshore, ensuring their productivity and effectively handling client escalations.

Delivered coaching and guidance to multiple teams on Agile principles, practices, and the significance of Agile events.

Proficiently resolved conflicts by fostering an environment grounded in scrum values of openness, honesty, and respect.

Provided essential support to the Product Owner, particularly in backlog grooming and maintaining the product backlog.

Oracle Global Services

Designation - Practice Manager

Role- Project Manager

Period- July 2015- Dec 2019

Client - Desjardins

Location- Montreal, Canada

Led the Oracle team for Product Implementation and integration of OFSAA-FSDF Enterprise Data Platform solution. This includes the customization as required by the bank for the global Data integration project

Managed onsite and offshore team of 17-22 cross-functional resources and was accountable for their productivity and client escalations

Focuses and align IT team on business objectives to ensure that project is completed on time, within budget and as per client’s expectations

Supervised team through all the stages of the agile software development cycle. Delegates/Oversee tasks to team members and monitors work progress

Designation - Principal Consultant /Senior Principal Consultant Role- Scrum Master/Sr Business Analyst

Period- July 2013- June 2015

Client - CIBC bank

Location- Toronto, Canada

Worked for client’s Finance transformation program working with geographically distributed squads to adopt Agile

Worked as Scrum Master and project BA increasing the effectiveness of the Scrum in the organization, constantly removing the impediments and bringing functional clarity for team

Facilitate daily scrum, sprint planning, sprint review, and retrospective meetings

Tech Mahindra

Designation/Role - Lead Business Analyst

Period- Nov 2010- Dec 2012

Client - Barclays Bank

Location- Pune, India

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Worked in the Capital System Development offshore team as lead Functional Analyst to implement Basel 2 and Dodd Frank Act regulation

Gathered Requirement and coordinated closely with the technical team for project implementation

Preparation of Test Design, Test Scenario Documents & driving test case creations

Liaison with teams of multiple upstream and downstream systems across geographies for data structure finalization

Other Professional Employment

Designation/Role - Business Analyst

Period- Apr 2007- Oct 2010

Location- Bangalore, India

Employer- HCL Technologies/ Broadridge Financial Solutions Education

MBA (Finance)

ICFAI Business School, Hyderabad

Apr 2005- Mar 2007

Bachelor of Information Systems

J.S.S. Academy of Technical Education, Noida

Apr 2000- May 2004

Certifications/Licenses

Project Management Professional (PMP)

ITIL 4 Foundation

Financial Risk Manager (FRM)

Professional Scrum Master (PSM1)

Certified Basel II Professional

Certificate in Retail & Corporate Banking

NCFM certificate in Debt Market (FIMMDA), Derivative and Capital & Securities Market Coordinates

Contact +1-438-***-****

Email- adynd0@r.postjobfree.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/gauravkesarwani /

Current Location- Montreal, Canada

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