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Experience Summary
Competency Scrum Master
Expertise as Scrum Master and Business analyst
Technical Acumen
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MANOJ KUMAR NAGRAJ

Scrum Master
Kuala Lumpur,Kuala Lumpur

Summary

Results-driven Scrum Master with over 5 years of experience in agile delivery, transformation, training, and coaching. Seeking a challenging role to leverage expertise in project management, people management, and IT knowledge to drive successful Agile initiatives. Proven track record of contributing to organizational growth and successfully minimizing process gaps through work in both Agile and Waterfall projects.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
4
4
Certifications
1
1
Language

Work History

Scrum Master & Delivery Manager

HCL Technologies
07.2020 - Current
  • Company Overview: HCL Technologies is a next-generation global technology company that helps enterprises re-imagine their businesses for the digital age. HCL offer an integrated portfolio of products, solutions, services, and IP through our Mode 1-2-3 strategy built around Digital, IoT, Cloud, Automation, Cyber security, Analytics.
  • Project - Roche- Pharma
  • Role: Scrum Master & Delivery Manager
  • Responsibilities: - ( Project - Salesforce, AEM Implementation and Upgrade new features)
  • Scrum Master : (CRM-Salesforce, AEM Platform Implementation and enhancement).Performed Duties of Scrum Ceremonies: scheduling & facilitating sessions for value creation, decision-making processes.
  • Managed Team Capacity, Sprint - Planning, Daily Standup, User story refinement’s, Sprint Review Sprint Retrospective, Bridge call for Demo – UAT, Scrum of Scrum Meeting with stakeholders, Process Improvement.
  • Successfully migrated 2 project from Waterfall to Scrum within 8 months
  • Empowered Teams to self-Organize and grow cross- functionality with focus on guiding team improvements
  • Protect Team from over commitment, manage backlog, and prioritize resolution of defect / bugs.
  • Coach the Product owner in creation and maintaining product Backlog on Jira and trello
  • Facilitating and getting the work done, also helped the team in solving the problem rather providing the solution. (Connect to the right personnel when required to remove the impediments).
  • Knowledge on tool of Jira , salesforce , CRM , AEM [ Pharma project] helped in track and effectively communicating the team velocity and sprint releases on time manner
  • Managed the Resource and budget allotment to run the project [ APAC / EMEA ]
  • Identified and managed risk in project [ resource , skills , project Red flags ] and mitigated accordingly.

Sr. Business Analyst

HCL Technologies
11.2018 - 06.2020
  • Project - RHB Bank Implementation Loan OPS Upgrade - BFSI Domain
  • Responsibilities: Sr. Business Analyst
  • Worked on waterfall model took care of 5 team members in Digital Retail Banking -Implement iBPS Platform.
  • Perform Requirements Gathering based on the elicitation techniques with multiple Business user.
  • Designing –Flow chart, Swim Lane, ULM, Use case diagram and gathered requirement.
  • Finalize the business requirements, refining the documenting accordingly & reviewed the same.
  • Capturing Functional requirements (FSD) and preparing the document as per the industry standards.
  • Providing functional inputs to add value to Business Scenarios, from As-IS to To-BE design when transition.
  • Preparing Functional Data migration document (Core - Banking System’s- HOST, FLASH & CREST)
  • Business process Re-Engineering and performing functional & Quality Assurance Testing on software.
  • Attending – Triage call and prioritizing Fixes on functional UI level - Defect Fixes.
  • Provide Domain support by imparting knowledge throughout design and build to delivery phase.
  • Performing end-to-end UAT, ensuring accurate movement to production and support Post-Go LIVE.
  • Mentored and provide training to Core – Retail Banking team.
  • Trained and filled process knowledge with the team on KYC document while on boarding customer to bank.

Sr. Business Analyst (BFSI)

Australia New Zealand Banking Pvt Ltd (Anz)
12.2013 - 04.2016
  • Company Overview: ANZ provides a range of banking and financial products and services to around 8 million customers and employs 48,000 people worldwide across 32 countries in Australia, New Zealand, throughout Asia and the Pacific.
  • Agile project - (ANZ Bank –Retail Loan OPS –Insurance & Digital Channels)
  • Responsibilities: Sr. Business Analyst (BFSI)
  • Worked in Agile-Scrum Team and development team throughout each sprint, including refinement, retrospective
  • Planning on different banking Digital Channels (Internet application, Mobile application, SMS, ATM’s, Contact Center- IVR integrated with Core Banking System – Mainframe).
  • Partner with the product owners and stakeholders on a variety of Banking application (CASA/ Flex cube & PLS Breeze) - Different banking channels as above-mentioned.
  • Analyze requirements and processes inputs, ensuring the business problem is clearly identified, understood.
  • Creation of Process maps with workflow for each module design via Visio tool and circulate to stakeholders.
  • Establishes user story with acceptance criteria and ensures each story meets the acceptance criteria.
  • Identifies and manages upstream and downstream dependencies systems - clearly communicates those dependencies with Junior BAs and technical leads & manage expectations based on discussion.
  • Responsible for owning, maintaining, and prioritizing the product backlog in Jira as well as coordinating communications, facilitating resolution of risks, changes tagged to the backlog timely fashion. (JIRA)
  • Carried an overall understanding of iterative development practices followed in Agile environment.
  • Actively participate with iterative testing/QA throughout the sprints and making sure incremental releases.
  • Participate in sprint reviews with the stakeholders, sometimes development & leading the demo.

Quality System Analyst

Australia New Zealand Banking Pvt Ltd (Anz)
12.2012 - 12.2013
  • Project – ANZ - Retail Lending operation’s (Secured and Un-secured lending)
  • Responsibilities: Quality System Analyst
  • Managed E2E Personal Loan/Home Loan verification from receipt of loan application, loan verification to final stage of approving and Disbursement of Loan Mapping.
  • Application check: KYC Documents submitted for loan purpose via the internet, branch, mobile banking application or via contact center sorted as per category of customers submission via setting the process Flow
  • Validation: Validating the loan documents submitted during application check & allocated with the MAINFRAME
  • Income check / DDA verification: Depending category and rating of customer (B1 or on B1 customer) Action to
  • Reassessment: Auditing for adverse credit history by customer or reassess the purpose of loan/Credit Card.
  • Employment check: Depending on customer category (B1 or Non-B1 customer). No employment checks for self-employed category (Tax Returns as proof) and identifying the bug if any and raising to the Dev for fix.
  • Commit check: Rechecking for all the processes and actions if any missed. Finally closing with disbursement date and details for sanction of the loan & Insurance check – If required by customer.
  • Auto Application’s verified for adverse history; the previous loan applied & approved < 6 months, new to bank customers, system checks to perfume on remote are postcards, score/behavior refer, negative uncommitted monthly income, defaults on credit file, unemployed occupation, non-resident, auto-declined applications.
  • Apart from assessment handled Re-assessment, Branch Income Verification as well, wherein we have a relook at the application that are declined before via auto/manual - approvals.

Subject Matter Expert (SME)

Aditya Birla Minacs
01.2009 - 01.2011
  • Company Overview: A leading global business solutions company in the manufacturing, retail, telecom, technology, media, entertainment, banking, insurance, healthcare and public sectors. 20,300 experts across three continents & 35 centers spanning power solutions through a global delivery model that helps clients enhance revenues, profitability and customerservice
  • Project: Capital One Bank
  • Responsibilities: Subject Matter Expert (SME)
  • Led a team of 22-Collection officers as an Aux Team Leader on the operation front.
  • Spearheaded the team to exceed the client’s SLA target, and in providing exceptional customer service
  • Trained associates on the parameters by which the campaign performance , Quality standards were measured
  • Coached and mentored the project till performance stabilization
  • Calibrations with clients to resolve any outstanding incidents adhering to all C-Sat and AHT with the Client
  • Resolving complaints/queries/disputes/escalations - received from the customers
  • Achieved increase in profitability through negotiations for converting receivable into cash and ensured that budgeted provisions losses are not exceeded.
  • Working closely with the law enforcement agencies and operations department to ensure faster recovery process and achieving monthly and quarterly targets by establishing contacts with customers through calling.
  • Negotiating with difficult customers who are not willing to pay & agreeing for repayment of their loans.
  • Follow up with the customers for daily recovery assignment of Personal loans, loans and cards. Preparing settlement proposals and sending for approval, preparing settlement.

Education

Master’s in Business Administration - International Banking

Russian University

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Skills

Agile Delivery and Transformation

Certification

Certified Scrum Master – PSMI

References

Available Upon Request

Accomplishments

  • Year - 2022- 2023 - Was promoted as Associate Business Manager.
  • Year - 2021- 2023 - Was promoted as Scrum Master – handling Team [ APAC/ EMEA ]
  • Year - 2020- 2021 - Achieved certification of Scrum Master – PSM I
  • Year 2013-2016 - Was Promoted from QA to Senior Functional Business Analyst.
  • Year 2012-2013 - Received two best performance awards & 2 extra mile award
  • Completed Personal Loan & Home loan Training from Melbourne and achieved 2 Million CAD License.
  • As BA completed Implementation project on digital channel’s (Pharma and Banking domain)

Experience Summary

As Senior Scrum Master and Business Analyst with a proven record of accomplishment of over 16+, years blended in the Healthcare, CRM, Salesforce and AEM, banking IT Industry. My core competence lies in- depth of knowledge of above Domain. As a Subject Matter Expert - functional consulting for various implementation projects covering areas of AEM, Salesforce CRM, Core - Digital Banking including different financial products like insurance and retail financial services. I also carry a core skills of Business Analysis, Process mapping, Test Methodologies & Processes and Software Testing Life Cycle. In span of 6yrs of designing- use cases, activity diagram- preparing use case specification document, developing and implementing solutions by domain knowledge in requirements gathering, designing, testing and implementation stages. As a Scrum Master - Daily interaction closely with clients, guide Project teams to successful completion and implementation via Agile and Traditional - Waterfall Methodology.

Competency Scrum Master

  • Facilitated agile ceremonies such as Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, Sprint Refinement and Retrospectives to ensure effective communication and collaboration with cross-functional teams.
  • Coached and mentored team members on Agile principles, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and self-organization and eventually made the team on self-Agile mode
  • Led the successful implementation of agile practices in multiple project [Baking and Healthcare domain] consist of Digital portal , Omni channel projects, Salesforce , AEM implementation and CRM project - resulting in a 20% increase in team productivity and a 30% reduction in project delivery time.
  • Collaborated with Product Owners and stakeholders to define clear and achievable project objectives, ensuring alignment with business goals.
  • Acted as a servant leader, removing impediments and promoting a supportive and empowering work environment.
  • Managed multiple projects through the entire project lifecycle Agile and waterfall, ensuring timely delivery, within scope and budget allotted. [ Scrum
  • Kanban
  • Jira
  • Backlog Management
  • Sprint Planning ]
  • Conducted risk assessments and mitigation planning to minimize project risks and ensure smooth project execution.
  • Effectively communicated project status, progress, and risks to stakeholders and leadership.

Expertise as Scrum Master and Business analyst

  • Strong Knowledge Domain – Healthcare – Roche, Salesforce, AEM, CRM
  • Implementation banking solution - IBPS (Omni channel), Salesforce-CRM & Alternate Banking Channels.

Technical Acumen

  • Proficient knowledge of Agile Methodology and Waterfall model.
  • Knowledge on tools AEM, Salesforce, CRM, Wind-chill, ServiceNow, i-BPS – Banking, Jira, HPALM, Confluence, Trello.
  • Database Oracle 19c - SQL and MS Office, MS Visio 2023, Tableau, Lucid chart, ETL

Timeline

Scrum Master & Delivery Manager

HCL Technologies
07.2020 - Current

Sr. Business Analyst

HCL Technologies
11.2018 - 06.2020

Sr. Business Analyst (BFSI)

Australia New Zealand Banking Pvt Ltd (Anz)
12.2013 - 04.2016

Quality System Analyst

Australia New Zealand Banking Pvt Ltd (Anz)
12.2012 - 12.2013

Subject Matter Expert (SME)

Aditya Birla Minacs
01.2009 - 01.2011

Master’s in Business Administration - International Banking

Russian University

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

MANOJ KUMAR NAGRAJScrum Master