Manisha Akula Email & Phone Number

- SAFe RTE/ ART Lead/ Project Manager/Scrum Master/ Senior Business Analyst with over 12 years’ experience in financial services, high-tech and other industries. A skilled IT professional possessing strong leadership, organizational and communication skills with proven success at building relationships with clients/vendors, collaborating with cross functional teams, and delivering high quality software solutions.- Facilitate PI Planning readiness by fostering a Continuous Exploration process which drives the synthesis of a Vision, a Roadmap, and Backlogs, and through Pre- and Post-PI Planning meetings across several digital product portfolios- Plan, facilitate and organize SAFe Program Increment Planning within and across ARTs, including continuous identifying and monitoring of risks, dependencies, and effectively communicating status to the leadership team.- Facilitated periodic synchronization events like weekly PI planning sessions, Scrum of Scrums, PO Sync, System demo and Inspect and Adapt sessions. Proficient in identifying program risks and determining steps to mitigate the risks.- Proficient in using Agile Scrum methodologies, coached project teams on scrum methodologies, worked with product managers in creating Product Backlogs, Facilitated Daily Scrums, Sprint Planning sessions, Release Planning meetings, Sprint retrospective meetings, meetings with stakeholders and product demonstrations.- Experience working on Java based application development, Cloud transformation, Regulatory and Compliance programs.- Ensured collaboration between product teams and System and Solution Architects/Engineering Work with Product and Solution Management, Product Owners, and other stakeholders to help ensure strategy and execution alignment- Experience working with both Onsite and Offshore delivery and technical teams.- Excellent analytical, methodical, and resourceful approach to problem solving, Root-Cause Analysis, conflict resolution, negotiation strategies and providing corrective actions to meet business requirements.- Strong leadership skills with excellent verbal and written skills, works effectively as an individual as well as in a team environment.