Jigar Desai

Sr Scrum Master Sr Project Manager @Tata Consultancy Services

NJ, US

TIAA(Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association)/Prudential -Remote 10/21-PresentSr. Scrum Master/Sr. Project Manager - ContractCoach and mentor Scrum and kanban teams as well as fellow Scrum masters, fostering a culture of continuous improvement. Facilitate all agile ceremonies, ensuring effective collaboration and communication within the teams. Manage impediments and dependencies, promoting a streamlined workflow. Run Scrum of Scrums, collaborating with cross-functional teams to remove obstacles and enhance overall project efficiency.Utilize Agile tools, including Jira, Jira Align, and Confluence, for maintaining product backlog, sprint backlog, and tracking user stories. Work with various teams to make SAFe agile successful, tracking and communicating Agile Metrics within the SAFe framework. Delivering value to customers quickly, eliminating waste, and fostering continuous improvement to produce high-quality deliverables efficiently using Lean AgileProvide coaching and training at all team levels to ensure effective implementation of the SAFe framework. Participate in and prepare teams for Program Increment (PI) planning, collaborating with Release Train Engineers (RTE), business owners, and Product Owners (PO). Provide regular status updates to steering committees, stakeholder groups, and executive leadership. Manage an annual program budget of $10M, establishing baselines for each project and ensuring effective budgetary control. Foster a culture of comprehensive documentation by creating biweekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual status reports.

Gujarat University

B.E., Computer Engineering

New Jersey Institute of Technology

MBA, Executive MBA

L.D. College of Engineering

B.E,, Computer Engineering

New Jersey Institute of Technology

MS, Computer Engineering