Technical Project Manager & Agile Transformation Leader
Resume:
Manisha Bighane
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GitHub: github.com/mbighane
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/manisha-bighane Certifications
• PMP® Certification – Project Management Institute
• Generative AI Overview for Project Managers – Project Management Institute
• CSM® – Scrum Alliance
• SAFe® 5 Certified
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Azure Fundamentals Professional Summary
Technical Project Manager and Agile Leader with 21+ years of experience leading enterprise programs, optimizing processes, and delivering innovative software solutions. Proven success in leading large-scale migration programs, architecting AI-powered solutions, and driving Agile transformation across cross-functional teams. Core Skills
Project & Program Management (Agile, Scrum, PMP)
Technical Leadership & Architecture Alignment
Scope & Dependency Management
Stakeholder Communication (Executive & Engineering)
Agile Transformation & Continuous Improvement
Release Planning & DevOps Collaboration
Technical Skills
• AI & Emerging Technologies: RAG, Agentic AI, Large Language Models (LLM), Generative AI (GenAI), Multi-Agent Architecture, LangGraph, Redis.
• Programming Languages & Frameworks: ASP.NET, C#, Angular 8, TypeScript, Entity Framework, WCF, Web API, WPF, SQL Server, VB6, JavaScript, AJAX, XML/XSL/XSLT, HTML/XHTML, Python.
• Tools & Platforms: Azure DevOps, TFS, CVS, VSS, Git/GitHub, GitHub Copilot.
• Code Quality & DevOps: SonarQube, CI/CD, Secure Coding Practices, Automated Testing, TDD.
Professional Experience
Technical Lead/Project Management – Migration Program Siemens – Pune, India Oct 2022 – Jan 2026
• Roadmap & Stakeholder Alignment: Defined and iteratively refined the migration roadmap for 800 VB6 modules to C#, ensuring alignment with Agile charter and stakeholder priorities. Engaged stakeholders to validate the transition strategy and secure buy-in for the migration approach.
• Scope & Dependency Management: Streamlined migration scope into prioritized user stories, accounting for complex cross-module dependencies. Coordinated with technical leads to resolve integration issues between migrated and non-migrated components.
• Agile Change Management: Applied Agile change management to handle scope adjustments and shifting priorities, sustaining team motivation despite delays from high-priority VB6 enhancements.
• Delivery & Efficiency Gains: Reported project progress and highlighted efficiency gains achieved through automation (e.g., reduced module conversion time from days to hours). Collaborated with DevOps teams to align CI/CD pipelines, accelerating deployments and ensuring environment readiness.
• Continuous Improvement: Captured lessons learned in Agile retrospectives, focusing on dependency management and tooling practices to optimize future migrations. Technical Lead & Scrum Master – COMOS (Document Management: Oct 2014 – Oct 2018 Electrical: Nov 2018 – Oct 2022)
Siemens – Pune, India
Test Automation Enablement: Championed the transition from manual to automated testing by coaching system testers to author automated test cases. Conducted training sessions with colleagues, guided teams in environment setup, and embedded automation tasks into sprints — reducing repetitive manual effort, accelerating release cycles, and upskilling testers in modern QA practices.
Agile Implementation & Coaching: Played a key role in implementing Scrum practices and acted as Agile Coach, guiding teams through Agile adoption and continuous improvement. Facilitated Agile ceremonies, backlog refinement, and adaptive strategies to maintain compliance with quality and performance standards.
Team Leadership & Delivery: Directed Agile teams to deliver secure, scalable, and high-quality solutions across COMOS Document Management and Electrical domains. Partnered with senior leadership to align priorities, communicate progress, and drive successful project outcomes.
Architecture & Secure Coding: Designed and managed complex .NET architecture projects, resolving integration issues and ensuring reliability through developer-authored test cases. Partnered with architects and cybersecurity teams to enforce secure coding practices and conducted code reviews.
Mentorship & Continuous Improvement: Mentored teams on Agile practices, secure coding, and technical excellence, reducing defects and improving delivery outcomes. Architect & Developer – ErrorLens (AI-Powered Issue Advisor) Independent Project Jan 2025 – Mar 2025
Architected an AI-powered issue advisor to accelerate bug resolution for engineering teams.
Built an Agentic AI system integrated with Azure DevOps, mining historical bug data and lessons learned.
Orchestrated retrieval and reasoning agents running in parallel, feeding outputs into a generation agent to deliver faster, context-aware bug resolution.
Delivered semantic search and actionable guidance, providing context-aware recommendations that accelerated bug resolution and boosted developer confidence. Additional Project – Blue Horizon (AI-Powered Hospitality Concierge) Independent Learning Project Apr 2025 – May 2025
Built AI concierge prototype that automated bookings and scaled personalized recommendations, addressing key challenges in luxury hospitality.
Addressed key business challenges in luxury hospitality, including automating bookings, scaling personalized recommendations, efficiently handling guest queries, and managing dynamic availability and pricing.
Intelligent Guest Interaction: Interpreted natural language queries to assist guests with room booking, availability checks, and personalized recommendations.
Real Time Data Access: Integrated with Neon PostgreSQL and Redis to provide up to date room availability, pricing, and service options.
Vector Based Search & Dynamic Content: Leveraged LlamaIndex and embeddings to deliver context aware answers about hotel services, policies, and amenities.
Served as a sandbox project to experiment with multi agent orchestration and customer facing AI applications
Team Leader – Xecom IT Solutions, Pune Nov 2012 – Aug 2014 Senior Developer – Synechron, Pune Jan 2010 – Oct 2012 Senior Developer – Mastek, Mumbai Oct 2008 – Jan 2010 Software Developer – Cybage, Pune Sept 2004 – Sept 2008 Education & Certifications
CDAC – Sunbeam Institute, Pune (Jan 2004 – Jun 2004)
B.E. Computer Science – RGPV Bhopal (May 1998 – Apr 2002)
B.Sc. Computer Science(1st year) – Barkatullah University, Bhopal (May 1997 – Apr 1998)
GATE Scores: 73.52 (2002), 79.30 (2003)
Key Achievements
Orchestrated migration program of 800 VB6 modules, ensuring delivery alignment with business priorities.
Drove test automation adoption across Siemens COMOS projects, reducing manual regression effort and upskilling system testers.
Architected and developed ErrorLens, an AI-powered issue advisor that improved developer bug resolution speed and confidence.
Built Blue Horizon as a learning project to explore AI agents and customer-facing workflows.
Championed Agile transformation, increasing team adaptability, motivation, and delivery predictability.
Partnered with engineering leads to proactively manage risks, resolve blockers, and ensure successful cross-team collaboration.
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