Project Manager and Business Analyst (Agile/SAFe)

Nayan Vyas

+91-905******* ***********@*****.*** India Open to Relocation

www.linkedin.com/in/nayan-vyas1

Professional Summary

Project Manager / Business Analyst with 4 years of experience delivering IT and software-driven initiatives in large enterprise environments. Experienced in end-to-end project delivery as well as product-oriented execution, including feature planning, backlog prioritization, and value-based delivery. Strong at stakeholder management, cross-functional coordination, risk mitigation, and translating business needs into executable outcomes using Agile, SAFe, and Waterfall methodologies.

Skills

Project Management, Project Planning & Execution, End-to-End Delivery, IT Project & SDLC Management, Agile, SAFe, Waterfall, Stakeholder & Client Management, Cross-Functional Coordination, Risk & Issue Management, Dependency & Change Management, Scope, Schedule & Budget Control, Product Backlog Management, Feature Planning & Prioritization, Requirements Analysis, User Stories & Acceptance Criteria, Governance & Status Reporting, Dashboards & KPI Tracking, Technical & Business Documentation (RFPs, SOWs)

Tools: Jira, Leankit, Gantt Charts, Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI, Visio, SQL, MS Project

Work Experience

IBM - Project Manager, Bengaluru 05/2022 – Present

Led end-to-end delivery of multiple IT and software programs in the telecom domain, including a $6M SAFe-based engagement, ensuring ~95% on-time milestone delivery across all phases of the SDLC.

Collaborated with product owners, engineering leads, and senior business stakeholders to define scope, sequence workstreams, prioritize backlogs, and plan iterative releases across multiple parallel tracks.

Managed cross-team dependencies across multiple integrated systems and APIs, ensuring seamless delivery and minimizing technical blockers.

Translated complex business requirements into epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria; facilitated backlog refinement and sprint planning sessions for cross-functional engineering teams.

Built and maintained detailed project plans, milestone trackers, risk registers, and dependency maps, ensuring delivery predictability and reducing execution risks across workstreams.

Proactively identified delivery risks and presented trade-off options with impact analysis, enabling faster decision-making and minimizing delivery disruptions.

Served as the primary client and senior stakeholder interface, driving alignment on delivery priorities, timelines, and risk mitigation strategies.

Authored and reviewed RFPs and SOWs in collaboration with sales and delivery teams, directly contributing to $1M+ in new contract wins.

Education

MBA Operations Management, Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM), Bengaluru 2020 – 2022

B. Tech Computer Science & Engineering, UIET, Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU), Rohtak 2015 – 2019

Certifications

IBM: Explorer Project Manager, Certified SAFe 6 Agilist, Certified SAFe 6 Practitioner, Agile Explorer, Enterprise Design Thinking Practitioner, Consulting-Communicating Value, Delivering Business Value, Business Analysis Masterclass

TUV SUD South Asia Pvt. Ltd. - Certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt

International Institute of Business Analysis - Entry Certificate in Business Analysis

Project Management institute - Disciplined Agile Senior Scrum Master, Talking to AI: Prompt Engineering for Project Managers, Generative AI Overview for Project Managers

Salesforce - Certified Business Analyst

Microsoft - Power BI Data Analyst

Udemy - Agile Fundamentals (Scrum and Kanban BA)

Coursera: Operations Analytics Supply Chain Logistics, Critical thinking.

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