Senior Scrum Master | Technical Agile Delivery Lead

Led Agile delivery across three distributed cross-functional Scrum teams of more than 25 engineers, QA professionals, and UI/UX designers for UK BFSI and FinTech digital banking and financial software releases. Facilitated delivery planning, backlog refinement, story slicing workshops, retrospectives, and cross-team dependency management.

Implemented automated Definition of Ready and acceptance-criteria validation in Jira, reducing sprint-planning overhead by 30%. Increased sprint-goal delivery predictability from 68% to 88% through structured retrospectives and accountable impediment tracking, while creating Jira and Power BI dashboards for executive risk visibility and mentoring two junior Scrum Masters.

Led end-to-end Agile execution for a 10-member cross-functional engineering team supporting Verizon within an enterprise SAFe environment. Ensured alignment with program milestones and represented the team in bi-weekly Scrum of Scrums sessions to surface infrastructure, interface, and cross-train dependencies.

Coordinated objectives, risks, and dependencies across two Program Increment planning events involving five Agile squads on the Agile Release Train. Partnered with Product Owners to maintain a prioritized backlog of more than 20 prepared user stories and delivered sprint health reports and delivery metrics to senior business and engineering stakeholders.

Led Agile delivery for a dedicated engineering team of six developers and two QA engineers across international e-commerce, EdTech, and FinTech products. Supported the successful release of six major client deliverables while facilitating Agile ceremonies, retrospective actions, and stakeholder delivery visibility.

Reconfigured Jira and Trello workflows, transitions, and automated notifications to improve communication and workflow transparency. Introduced clear acceptance criteria with Product Owners, reducing mid-sprint scope changes by 30% and reducing carried-forward stories from 10 to fewer than 3 per sprint; also helped resolve AWS and React Native deployment bottlenecks.

Architected and developed more than 15 scalable web and mobile applications using React.js, React Native, Redux, and modern JavaScript tooling for customer-facing digital platforms. Participated actively in Agile team practices, including stand-ups, story estimation, planning poker, and sprint planning.

Automated deployments for more than 10 production applications on AWS using S3, Amplify, and ECS, supporting CI/CD stability and zero-downtime releases. Promoted unit testing, pull-request code reviews, and reusable component libraries to reduce defects and accelerate feature delivery.

Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science and Engineering, completed in Chennai, India.