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Nandita Talapatra

San Francisco,CA

Summary

Certified Scrum Master and Agile Coach with 12+ years of experience driving Agile delivery and transformation for Fortune 500 clients in banking, fintech, and life sciences. Skilled in facilitating Agile ceremonies, backlog refinement, metrics tracking, and stakeholder engagement. Proven expertise in data migration, cloud projects, and customer analytics initiatives. Strong ability to remove impediments, coach teams to higher maturity, and align technical teams with business objectives for continuous improvement.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Scrum Master

Experis
Stockton, CA
07.2023 - Current
  • Facilitate Agile ceremonies for multiple Scrum teams: Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives, and Backlog Refinement.
  • Track team performance metrics, like the velocity chart and burndown chart in Jira, to identify improvement areas.
  • Guided teams in Agile best practices to ensure project alignment and efficiency.
  • Mentored junior Scrum Masters to develop their skills and understanding of Agile.
  • Led training sessions on Agile methodologies for stakeholders and team members.
  • Identified and removed impediments to the team's progress through effective facilitation of problem solving sessions.
  • Partner with product owners to refine and prioritize backlog items, aligned with business objectives.
  • Proactively remove impediments, ensuring teams meet sprint commitments.
  • Foster a culture of accountability, transparency, and continuous learning.

Scrum Master & Agile Project Manager

Cognizant
Remote, California
03.2022 - 06.2023
  • Client: Sanofi-Aventis.
  • Led hosting strategy migration from vendor AWS to Sanofi AWS Cloud.
  • Facilitated Agile ceremonies: PI Planning, Sprint Planning, Reviews, Retrospectives, and Backlog Grooming.
  • Managed sprint planning sessions to prioritize tasks and allocate resources efficiently.
  • Coached teams on Agile principles, backlog refinement, and user story writing.
  • Collaborated with stakeholders to define project scope and requirements effectively.
  • Resolved impediments that hindered team progress and productivity during sprints.
  • Maintained product backlogs, ensuring that items are well defined and prioritized based on business value.
  • Used Jira and Confluence to maintain transparency and alignment with stakeholders.
  • Managed cross-team dependencies and removed blockers to meet delivery timelines.

Agile Project Manager

Wipro Technologies
Dallas, TX
01.2021 - 03.2022
  • Client: Charles Schwab Bank.
  • Led Agile delivery of the Weblogs Data project, processing browser and mobile app data to understand customer and prospect online behavior.
  • Facilitated Scrum ceremonies, ensured sprint goal clarity, and maintained delivery cadence.
  • Partnered with data engineers and analysts to break requirements into actionable user stories.
  • Monitored metrics (velocity, burndown) in Jira, and reported insights using Confluence and Power BI.
  • Worked with cross-functional teams to achieve goals.
  • Improved velocity by 20% and reduced defect rates by 15% through coaching and process optimization.
  • Recognized by management for providing exceptional customer service.

Scrum Master

Wipro Technologies
Richmond, VA
09.2018 - 12.2020
  • Client: Capital One Bank.
  • Led Agile delivery of a customer card data migration project, moving data loads from S3 buckets to Snowflake instead of Teradata, to enhance scalability and efficiency on AWS.
  • Facilitated all Agile ceremonies: Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives, and Backlog Refinement.
  • Partnered with data engineers and product owners to prioritize and refine backlog items.
  • Identified and resolved impediments to maintain team productivity and focus.
  • Used Jira dashboards to track metrics, identify risks, and share updates with stakeholders.
  • Removed blockers, enabling the team to meet sprint goals consistently.
  • Coached teams on Agile best practices, fostering ownership, and continuous improvement.

Technical Lead & Scrum Master

Wipro Technologies
Bangalore, India
09.2016 - 12.2017
  • Client: ANZ Bank.
  • Led Agile delivery of a large-scale data migration project, migrating data from the BTWS platform to new customer-owned databases: COBRA, PYTHON, and OPEE.
  • Facilitated Agile ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Reviews, Retrospectives), and coached teams on Agile best practices.
  • Collaborated with product owners to refine and prioritize user stories, ensuring alignment with business requirements.
  • Tracked team performance and removed impediments to keep migration milestones on track.
  • Promoted continuous improvement through actionable retrospectives.
  • Led technical teams to develop software solutions for diverse client needs.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to define project requirements and scope.

Senior Software Engineer

Wipro Technologies
Bangalore, KA
06.2011 - 12.2016
  • Client: Lloyds Banking Group.
  • Supported the Lloyds GOLD Program, delivering a 360-degree customer view to enhance acquisition, loyalty, profitability, and service efficiency.
  • Led Agile delivery of projects, extracting customer data from the Data Warehouse to identify reliable customers for targeted benefits.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to define project requirements and scope.
  • Mentored junior developers by providing guidance on technical challenges.
  • Conducted code reviews to ensure quality and maintainability of software projects.
  • Participated in Agile ceremonies, contributing to sprint planning and retrospectives.
  • Implemented new features into existing software solutions.
  • Collaborated with team members to ensure successful project completion within timeline constraints.

Education

M.Tech - Software Engineering

Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS)
Pilani, India

B.S. - Computer Science

West Bengal University of Technology
Kolkata, India

Skills

  • Agile methodologies
  • Backlog refinement
  • Performance tracking
  • Sprint facilitation
  • Cross-functional team collaboration
  • Problem solving
  • Effective communication
  • Conflict resolution
  • Scrum framework expertise
  • Retrospective analysis
  • Agile ceremonies
  • User story creation
  • Stakeholder management
  • Software development lifecycle
  • Customer requirements analysis
  • Scrum methodology
  • Quality assurance
  • Testing and troubleshooting
  • Time management
  • Status reporting
  • Requirements gathering
  • Data migration
  • Cloud projects
  • Product backlog management
  • Prioritization
  • Servant leadership
  • Risk management

Agile tools

  • Jira
  • Confluence
  • Miro
  • Mural
  • CRM
  • Power BI
  • ServiceNow
  • Slack
  • Zoom
  • Python
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • SQL

Certification

  • Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Scrum Alliance
  • SAFe Scrum Master 5.1, Scaled Agile
  • Leadership Skills, IIM Ahmedabad

Accomplishments

  • Increased team velocity by 20% and reduced defects by 15% through Agile coaching and process improvements.
  • Delivered complex data migration and analytics projects on time and within budget.
  • Enhanced transparency and stakeholder confidence through metrics-driven dashboards.

Languages

  • English
  • Hindi
  • Bengali

Timeline

Senior Scrum Master

Experis
07.2023 - Current

Scrum Master & Agile Project Manager

Cognizant
03.2022 - 06.2023

Agile Project Manager

Wipro Technologies
01.2021 - 03.2022

Scrum Master

Wipro Technologies
09.2018 - 12.2020

Technical Lead & Scrum Master

Wipro Technologies
09.2016 - 12.2017

Senior Software Engineer

Wipro Technologies
06.2011 - 12.2016

M.Tech - Software Engineering

Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS)

B.S. - Computer Science

West Bengal University of Technology

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