Scrum Master Project Manager

PROFILE

Certified Scrum Master with over ** years of

experience, including 10 years as a Scrum Master,

Agile Coach, Project Manager, Team Leader, and

Manager, adept at driving Agile transformations across complex, matrix organizations.

Proven expertise in fostering Agile values, principles, and methodologies while ensuring sustained adoption and driving continuous improvement initiatives. Well- versed in mapping client requirements, defining

project scopes, and delivering impactful outcomes.

Demonstrated excellence in backlog

refinement using MoSCoW and INVEST

techniques and estimation strategies like T-shirt

sizing for quick planning and Planning

Poker for backlog prioritization. Skilled in coaching teams on these techniques to enhance outcomes.

Established and nurtured high-performing Agile teams by facilitating Agile education, mentoring Scrum

Masters, Product Owners, and Kanban Leads,

and building future Agile Change Leaders.

Successfully bootstrapped Agile and Scrum

frameworks by coordinating all Scrum ceremonies,

including Release Planning, Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Reviews, Sprint Retrospectives, and

Release Reviews.

Extensive experience executing Scrum and Kanban

projects while coaching teams on retrospectives and leveraging Kaizen principles to build a culture of continuous improvement, openness, and growth

mindset while avoiding blame culture.

Hands-on expertise in conflict management within teams, with Product Owners, and with stakeholders, along with risk management to mitigate potential

challenges effectively.

Adept at establishing and using metrics such as burn- down charts, burn-up charts, cycle time, and lead

time to measure team performance and improve

delivery.

Experienced in working within the SAFe framework, managing blockers / impedimentsand facilitating

Scrum events to ensure smooth project delivery.

Developed and implemented metrics, maturity models, and fluency assessments to gauge Agile adoption and team effectiveness, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.

A collaborative leader with a consistent track record of building high-performance teams, partnering with

multiple stakeholders, and delivering exceptional

project outcomes in a fast-paced, highly matrixed

environment.

CONTACT DETAILS

+91 – 942-***-****

******.*****@*****.***

Pune, Maharashtra

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sayali-thite

COMPETENCY

Agile Coaching &

Transformation

Program/ Project

Governance

Quality Management

Continuous

Improvement

Agile Team Facilitator

Training Initiatives

Agile/ Scrum/ Waterfall

Methodologies

Stakeholder Management

Client Interaction &

Management

Team Leadership &

Management

Cross-funtional

Coordination

CERTIFICATIONS

Certified SAFe 5.1 in 2021

ICP-ACC Certified Agile Coach in 2020

Certified Scrum Master in 2017

Certification in:

o PSM 1 & PSM 2 trained in 2019

o MLIS in 2000

o BLISc in 1999

ACADEMICS

1997: B.Sc. in Physics from Pune University, Pune

PERSONAL DETAILS

Date of Birth: 31st December 1976

Address: 3 Pentagon Apartments, Right Bhusari Colony, Kothrud, Pune – 411038, Maharashtra, India

Languages Known: English, Hindi, Marathi, & Sanskrit SAYALI THITE

Decisive, dynamic, and creative professional, targeting senior level assignments as Scrum Master with an organization of high repute in IT Industry. Location Preference: Pune/ Remote

CAREER PROGRESSION

WORK EXPERIENCE

Oct’21 – Present Metro Global Solutions, Pune Agile Coach

Key Result Areas:

Creating circles to spread Spotify culture and directing the circle of agile coaches

Working on Agile Transformation roadmap for 2 verticals

Conducting Agile training sessions with both team members and leadership

Executing value stream mapping and agile flavor selection

Developing and leading rituals such as daily meetings, retrospectives, reviews, refinements, and planning

Organizing continual meetings to stay in sync with the team

Eliminating anti-patterns such PO participating in daily stand-ups and twice-weekly stand-ups

Scheduling carious seminars on self-organization, communication, and conflict resolution

Establishing metrics for the team

Key Highlights:

Contributed in:

o Transforming 4 teams from Waterfall to Agile

o Identifying, analyzing, and reporting roll-out of 12 metrics

o Developing 3 frameworks – Agile Adherence, GAP,

Motivation

o Saving $2 million in 18 months

o Providing agility training to 15 coworkers

o Achieving team health from 4.1 to 8.9

o Attaining SayDoRatio of 87% from 64%

o Optimizing processes increasing capacity by 14%

o Implementing 6 new processes

o Creating over 40 new retroactive concepts

Invented metrics including SayDoRatio, Team Health, Motivation, Adherence, and Team Mood

Designed a metrics landscape and used it to balance people, process, and product

Jul’05 – Sep’21 Tata Consultancy Services, Pune Agile Coach

Growth Path:

o Jul’05 – Jul’12: Knowledge Manager

o Jul’12 – Jan’15: Project Manager/ Scrum Master

o Aug’15 – Aug’18: Scrum Master

o Sep’18 – Sep’21: Agile Coach

Key Result Areas:

Agile Coach

Supported by coaching, mentoring, & training the Development Team, Product Owners, And Stand-In Scrum Masters

Directed focus of the organization & teams at metrics with emphasis on their significance and effects

Initiated agile coach journal retrospectives and virtual team meetings

Contributed in bringing up the mindset of servant leadership

Created five metrics for the team, such as dashboards, spillovers, anti-patterns, problems, and percentage of features

Built a cross-functional & self-organizing team

Key Highlights:

Contributed in:

o Providing agility training to over 100 coworkers o Optimizing processes which increased capacity by 11%

o Implementing 3 new processes

o Creating over 10 new retroactive concepts

Invented metrics including SayDoRatio, Adherence, and Team Mood

Aug’15 – Aug’18: Scrum Master

Executed Scrum Master tasks and aided in defining and developing various scrum roles for the Development Team, PO, and SM

Guided the scrum life cycle ceremonies and planned them

Facilitated planning, reviews, and daily stand-ups as well as retrospectives.

Assisted in maintaining several artefacts, including the sprint backlog, DOD, and product backlog

Synchronized with Product Managers to keep engineers on track with product goals

Demonstrated the capacity and sensitivity to resolve disputes at various levels

Led the teams through the phases of forming, storming, norming, and performing

Jul’12 – Jan’15: Project Manager/ Scrum Master

Managed a project for a competency map and presented Scrum to the group

Fulfilled duties of the proxy scrum master

Assisted with client coordination, stakeholder

management, and scrum ceremonies

Supported in removing obstacles as a stand-in scrum master

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

Jul’00 – Jun’05 BAIF – MDMTC, Pune Information Manager

Jul’99 – Jun’00 National Chemical Laboratory, Pune Project Assistant

Oct’21 – Present:

Metro Global

Solutions as Agile

Coach

Jul’05 – Sep’21:

Tata Consultancy

Services as Agile

Coach

Jul’00 – Jun’05:

BAIF – MDMTC as

Information

Manager

Jul’99 – Jun’00:

National Chemical

Laboratory as

Project Assistant

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