Carlos Estrada

Senior Manager @ Discover | Product Enablement | Product Management | Program Management | People Leader

Role
Senior Manager Agile Program Management at Discover
Location
Clarksville, MD, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers

About Carlos Estrada

Solutions-driven and dynamic technology leader with over 17 years of Program Management…

Experience

  1. Senior Manager Agile Program Management

    Discover

    Jan 2022 — Present · Clarksville, MD, US

    Mentored, coached, and led a team of five (5) Agile Program Managers and Lead Scrum Masters responsible for advising the Data & BI Platform product family and its twelve (12) agile teams responsible for Discover’s Data Ecosystem platform buildout- Mentored three (3) junior Product Owners representing 25% of the Product Family POs, counseling product owners through effective Product Management resulting in a 30% and 15% performance increase on two teams- Instilled a Continuous Improvement perspective by driving experiments at a team level to overcome opportunities. Results include reaching 100% team’s predictability and 75% reduction of carry-forward sprint over sprint- Established transparency within the Product Family by launching JIRA dashboards. Radiators created include Sprint Dashboard; Now, Next, Later Roadmap; Quarterly Team Commitment; Data Quality Dashboard; among others- Partnered with Product Owner Managers and Engineering Managers to establish the Quarterly Operating Model at the Product Family level. Included periodic Intakes sessions, forums for Prioritization, and forums for Reviews- Introduced in a 6 months effort and within all teams two (2) DORA Metrics (Epic Predictability and Delivery Lead Time) and used those metrics during Quarterly Big Room Planning to report on teams’ health.

Education

  • Universidad de Los Andes

    Bachelor of Science - BS

  • Boston University - School of Management

    Master of Business Administration - MBA

Skills

  • Sdlc
  • Business Analysis
  • Business Process Design
  • Agile Methodologies
  • Management
  • Consulting
  • IT Strategy
  • Analysis
  • Project Management
  • Project Scope Development
  • Team Leadership
  • Bilingual Proficiency
  • Investments
  • Integration
  • IT Management
  • Venture Capital
  • Business Architecture
  • Team Management
  • Co-Invest
  • Certified Business Analyst
  • IT Operations
  • Capacity Planning
  • Business Intelligence
  • Vendor Management
  • Investran

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