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Navdeep Sharma

Vancouver,BC

Summary

With 14+ years of experience in software and information technology, I specialize in capital markets, corporate banking, and investment management. As a certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) and Scrum Master (CSM), and holding an Advanced Certificate in Program Management, I excel in my role as a Product Owner. My focus is on facilitating collaboration between business users and development teams, specializing in crafting visionary artifacts, managing product backlogs, and ensuring alignment of requirements through Agile best practices.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Primary Employer

Infosys Limited
10.2009 - Current

Product Owner

Capital Group
10.2023 - Current
  • Collaboration with Business users, Requirement Elicitation, Creating Product visionary artifacts, Acting as liaison between Business and development team,
  • Managed backlog prioritization, ensuring alignment with business goals and stakeholder expectations.
  • Collaborated with engineering teams on technical feasibility assessments, resulting in realistic scope definition for projects.
  • Analyzed User's feedback to identify areas for improvement.
  • Writing Business, functional, and technical requirements, Sprint planning, Grooming, and retrospective sessions
  • Proactively identified risks associated with project timelines or deliverables, implementing mitigation strategies when necessary.

Business Analyst and Scrum Master

Capital Group
12.2019 - 10.2023
  • Business user collaboration, Understanding business needs and working with the development team for improvements, Requirement feasibility Analysis and prioritization, Writing Business, functional, and technical requirements, Providing business support and release checkouts, Supporting Quality assurance activities
  • Actively participated in team meetings to share knowledge, exchange ideas, address challenges, and collaborate on potential solutions.
  • Developed high-quality documentation to support training efforts, helping employees fully understand new systems and procedures.
  • Improved team efficiency by implementing Agile and Scrum methodologies for project management.
  • Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives.

Technical Test Lead

Capital Group
08.2014 - 12.2019
  • Quality assurance, Leading testing Team, Working in an onshore-offshore model, Working closely with Business Analysts and assigning testing tasks to the team, Preparing test strategy, Test plan documents, Preparing test scenarios, test cases, and performing test execution, Supporting business checkouts in production releases
  • Led a team of technical testers, effectively delegating tasks and monitoring progress for timely project completion.
  • Implemented innovative testing strategies that minimized risks associated with new product releases while maximizing resource utilization.
  • Managed defect tracking systems, maintaining clear communication channels between testers and developers for prompt resolution of issues.
  • Enhanced software quality by implementing rigorous test plans and executing detailed test cases.

Test Analyst

Royal Bank of Scotland, RBS
03.2010 - 08.2014
  • Evaluated product requirements, translating them into detailed test scenarios and validating expected outcomes.
  • Identified critical defects, conducting root cause analysis and collaborating with the development team for timely resolutions.
  • Ensured smooth communication between QA and development teams, participating in regular meetings to discuss progress updates and address challenges collaboratively.
  • Performance/Automation and Integration teams, Impacted App QM teams), Partner with Application teams to: Review and approve the Test Approach, Enact and execute the Test Approach, Help resolve QM related issues and escalations to each App QM team
  • Increased overall test coverage, prioritizing high-risk functionalities for thorough examination.
  • Boosted team efficiency through effective knowledge sharing sessions and mentoring junior testers.
  • Assessed third-party tools used in the testing process, providing recommendations for tool selection based on compatibility with organizational needs and budget constraints.
  • Checked configuration files and logs to uncover root causes of problems.
  • Reviewed all test cases and test scripts for quality and identified additional areas to review.

System Engineer Trainee

Infosys Limited
10.2009 - 03.2010
  • Improved system performance by identifying and resolving technical issues.
  • Provided user training on new systems, leading to smooth transitions and enhanced productivity.
  • Completed Training with high score in Open Systems stream.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics Inst And Control Engg.

Engineering College Kota, University Of Rajasthan
India
06.2009

Skills

  • Product Backlog Management
  • Client communications
  • Business requirement discussions and analysis
  • Workload prioritization
  • Agile Methodology
  • Sprint Planning
  • Task assignment
  • Resolving Impediments in team
  • SDLC, STLC
  • Project Management
  • Release planning
  • Agile frameworks
  • Product Lifecycle Management
  • Scrum Methodology
  • Scrum Framework
  • Requirements Elicitation
  • User Story Creation
  • Use Case Study Generation
  • Root Cause Analysis
  • Strategic Planning and Alignment
  • Test Planning and Execution
  • Functional Testing
  • System Testing- Black Box, Gray Box
  • User Acceptance Testing
  • Onshore-Offshore model
  • Waterfall methodology
  • JIRA
  • Confluence
  • Axioma Portfolio Optimization tool
  • Tricentis- qTest
  • HP ALM
  • Quality Center
  • Mercury Test Director
  • Database: SQL Server Management Studio, Sybase, DB2
  • Data warehousing, Datamart
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  • Bitbucket, SourceTree
  • Tricentis TOSCA for Automation
  • Tableau, Mindmap Mind Manager, Hexawise
  • Slack, Jabber, Lynk, Skype
  • Microsoft Office

Websites

Languages

English
Hindi

Certification

  • Advanced certificate in Program management from Cornell University
  • Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
  • Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
  • Automation Specialist Level 2 for Tricentis Tosca 12.x
  • Automation Specialist Level 1 for Tricentis Tosca 12.x
  • Infosys Certified cloud testing professional
  • Various Infosys internal certifications in Process, Domain, technical, and management areas

Domain

  • Capital markets
  • Investment Banking
  • Corporate Banking

Timeline

Product Owner

Capital Group
10.2023 - Current

Business Analyst and Scrum Master

Capital Group
12.2019 - 10.2023

Technical Test Lead

Capital Group
08.2014 - 12.2019

Test Analyst

Royal Bank of Scotland, RBS
03.2010 - 08.2014

Primary Employer

Infosys Limited
10.2009 - Current

System Engineer Trainee

Infosys Limited
10.2009 - 03.2010

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics Inst And Control Engg.

Engineering College Kota, University Of Rajasthan

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