Raja Sekhar Kandoori

About Raja Sekhar Kandoori

I am a Senior Scrum Master and SAFe Agile Leader with over 15 years of experience in enterprise technology delivery, including 7+ years leading Agile teams at scale in Scrum, Kanban and SAFe frameworks. I specialise in enabling high-performing cross-functional teams, facilitating PI Planning and ART events, and improving delivery predictability using data-driven Agile metrics. My experience spans cloud operations, financial services, enterprise platforms, and large-scale distributed environments.At enterprise level, I established an Agile Centre of Excellence and mentored Scrum Masters to strengthen Agile maturity across business units. I partner closely with executive leadership to align strategy with execution and foster a Lean-Agile mindset.Certified in SAFe 6 (SASM, RTE, LPM, POPM), CSM, PSM I & II, and PMP.

Experience

1. Senior Program Manager

   Oracle

   Mar 2022 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   Leading agile ceremonies across CEGBU CEOS org for multiple teams.• As Lead Scrum Master coach multiple teams on continuous improvement for SAFe, Scrum and Kanban frameworks.• Assess and improve agile maturity of teams quarterly.• Designed and developed agile evolution roadmap for the duration planned by coordinating with management and stakeholders.• Actively engage and collaborate with top management for reporting and continuous improvement.• Generate and evaluate teams for velocity and its fluctuation, and guide teams to self-organize and high perform with a lean mindset.• Provide agile metrics - Velocity, Backlog Health, Effort Variance, Scope change • Monitor ongoing sprint metrics – Overall sprint progress, Burn down chart, Sprint worklog• Improve quality metrics for Defect distribution, Turn around time, Defect status

Education

• G. Pulla Reddy Engineering College

  Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer Science Engineering