Sanjay Verma

Safe 5 (Ssm) Agile Practitioner Scrum Master Project Manager Delivery Expert @Lloyds Banking Group

Bristol, GB

Led multiple Agile teams to ensure the successful, high-quality, and timely delivery of critical systems. Prioritized collaboration, rapid impediment resolution, and effective stakeholder engagement at all levels.My responsibilities included:• Facilitating key Agile ceremonies such as discovery/refinement, sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.• Ensuring strict alignment with agile principles, values, and best practices to meticulously plan, manage, and deliver solutions.• effective collaboration with the Product Managers, Product Owners, and cross-functional teams to define and prioritize project goals, strategies, and optimize product value through efficient Product Backlog and Roadmap management• Orchestrating successful Agile transformations, including the implementation of scaling frameworks and meticulous planning for product demos and system testing to obtain early feedback.• Coaching Scrum Masters, effectively motivating teams and showcasing leadership to foster a culture of continuous improvement.• Optimizing Agile processes for efficiency and value delivery.• Empowering squads to evolve into cross-functional and self-managing teams, fostering a culture of feedback, continuous learning, and iterative and incremental value delivery. We embraced change positively and enabled transparency using JIRA and Confluence to support comprehensive status reporting and system testing.The result of these efforts was a remarkable 40% acceleration in project delivery, emphasizing continuous feedback and enhancing customer satisfaction.Skills: · Cross-functional Team Leadership, Presentation Skills · Product Development · Scrum · Jira · Business Analytics · Stakeholder Engagement · Sprint Planning · SQL · Coaching · Facilitation · Training Courses · High Performer · Continuous Improvement · Retrospectives · Workshops · Business Insights · Teamwork · Communication · Coaching & Mentoring · Agile Methodologies · Written Communication