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Process oriented mindset with strong analytical skills & ability to root cause issues/problems, able to effectively process and structure large amount of information.Managing delivery while adding value from coaching perspective thereby building up a mutually accountable high performing teams aligned to project and business goal.Awareness and experience with widely successful Agile techniques, conducting training session/workshop for the project unit/groups, guiding team on self-organization for filling in the intentional gaps left in Agile/Scrum frameworkExpertise in project management tools- JIRA, Trello & Confluence from Atlassian (setting up Projects, Workflows, customizations, dashboards, reports, and other administration tasks), experienced setting up & configuration for cloud version of Xray an agile test management tool. Expertise in Project and Process management across large scale digital transformations leading stakeholder communications, feedbacks, objective metrics, and other effective controls.Develop Project planning, scoping, implementation roadmaps & application test/release strategies.Manage WBS, resource utilization - leading multi locations/product teams comprising of 100+ team members.Monitoring & reporting of Projects health in terms of SLAs, KPI, Risk Indicators and other Process Metrics.Collaborate with vendors and Third Parties, manage vendor contracts & payments.Develop proposals, presentations on projects, product & services demo’s, etc.Knowledge of EMV Certification or Accreditation process of payment app/channel/terminals with different card schemes-VISA, MasterCard, American Express, JCB, Diners and Discover.Experienced working on a range of Project, Business analysis and Test management tools- MS Projects | ZoHo |Figma |Asana |Lucid chart | HP ALM |Zephyr and Bugzilla.Review Release/Test strategy, Test cases and project other audit related compliances.Proficiency in understanding business requirements, preparation of requirement specifications in the form of FRS, SRS, Epics and User story.Experienced working long term at onsite for implementation of solutions to the clients.Takes pragmatic and professional approach while always being constructive & solution driven.High flexibility to travel with ability to communicate with remote teams in an effective manner.