Technical Project Manager - SAFe RTE - Agile Delivery Leader

DARAB KHAN

Project Manager SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE) PMP

Gurugram, Haryana +91-981******* ****.*****@*****.*** LinkedIn Profile

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Highly accomplished Project Manager and Certified SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE) and an agile coach with over 8 years of experience in agile program management and 11 years in software development. Proven track record of end-to-end delivery for large-scale, multi-stream technology initiatives, including cloud migrations (GCP/Azure) and data engineering platforms. Expert in driving predictable delivery across fast-moving teams by managing dependencies, risks, and high-level stakeholder expectations. Successfully championed the adoption of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) for a team of 28 resources and have been assisting ART Of 50+ resources in PI plannings.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Delivery Ownership: End-to-end lifecycle management of SaaS & Cloud platforms.

Agile Program Management: Expert in SAFe, Scrum, and Kanban; led teams of 50+ resources. Agile Coaching, Servant Leadership, Process Improvement, Stakeholder Management, Risk Management, Impediment Removal, Team Empowerment & Release Train

Stakeholder & Vendor Management: Acting as a single point of accountability for cross-functional teams

Engineering Governance: CI/CD enabled delivery, automated testing, and release readiness.

Risk & Change Management: Proactive RAID log management and mitigation strategies.

Metrics & Reporting: Dashboards for Velocity, CFD, Predictability, and Cycle Time.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

DUNNHUMBY Gurgaon, Haryana

Senior Project Manager Jan 2019 – Apr 2024

End-to-End Delivery Ownership: Spearheaded delivery for Data Engineering initiatives, managing a team of 28 resources and assisting an ART of 50+ resources through complex PI Plannings.

Agile Governance: Successfully split a team of 25 into 3 high-performing squads, improving delivery timelines and project efficiency through coaching and mentorship.

Platform Modernization: Led the migration of legacy solutions (PL/SQL, SAS) to modern Python/PySpark frameworks on GCP, ensuring scalability and performance.

Predictable Execution: Established a rigorous cadence of Scrum of Scrums (SoS), PI reviews, and retrospectives to ensure alignment with senior management on milestones.

Process Improvement: Transitioned teams from manual releases to CI/CD enabled delivery, significantly reducing cycle time and creating faster feedback loops.

Transparency & Metrics: Created comprehensive dashboards capturing flow metrics (WIP age, throughput, lead time) and Program Predictability to ensure "no-surprises" reporting.

Supported Product Owner: Advised and coached the Product Owner on Scrum framework best practices, backlog grooming, and user story writing, contributing to improvement in sprint readiness and reduction in rework.

DUNNHUMBY Gurgaon, Haryana

Lead Data Developer Jan 2014 – Mar 2019

Tech Leadership: Acted as back-end lead for the 'Shop' product, delivering service packs and managing technical debt.

Mentorship: Provided technical training on SQL and PL/SQL platforms during critical migration phases.

DUNNHUMBY Gurgaon, Haryana

Senior Insights Developer Jan 2011 – Dec 2013

Framework Engineering: Engineered an object-oriented framework for Insight reports during legacy database migrations to Oracle.

SUN LIFE FINANCIAL Gurgaon, India Senior Software Engineer Mar 2007 – Jan 2011

Managed software delivery and development within a regulated financial services environment.

HEWITT ASSOCIATES Gurgaon, India Functional System Analyst Oct 2004 – Mar 2007

TECHNICAL SKILLS & TOOLS

Tracking & Documentation: Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence, MS Project, Miro, Mural.

Cloud & Data: GCP, Azure, Python, PySpark, SQL, PL/SQL, Oracle, Hadoop.

CI/CD & Engineering: Git, SVN, Airflow, CI/CD automated delivery pipelines.

Frameworks: SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework), Scrum, Kanban, Lean Portfolio Management.

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

PMP (Project Management Professional), PMI (2025)

Certified SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE) (2022)

Certified SAFe Practitioner (2020)

Certified Scrum Master (CSM) (2017)

Google Project Management Professional Certificate (2022)

B.Sc. (IT), Sikkim Manipal University (2004)

KEY PROJECTS

Data Migration to Cloud (GCP/Azure): Managed the migration of data pipelines from Oracle to GCP Postgres.

Revenue Growth Planner (RGP): Utilized Kanban approach for a web-based pricing solution involving API calls to Postgres databases.

'Shop' Enhancement Process: Defined and monitored RACI across cross-functional teams to ensure timely delivery of product enhancements.

Tech Renewal : Migration of adhoc data insight solutions on pyspark and GCP platform

Booker Report : Report for CPG and suppliers their performance across Booker’s wholesale and retail network.

Shop Lite : Small version of legacy ‘Shop’ with limited insights using summaries for potential retailers interested to buy ‘Shop’ license.

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