Malinder Singh

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About Malinder Singh

Seasoned Agile practitioner and a certified Scrum Professional (CSP-SM), SAFe6 Agilist, SAFe Advanced Scrum Master and solution-focused IT Project Management Professional (PMP) with overall 8.5 years of experience leading and delivering enterprise level business, Application and Digital projects within planned timelines utilizing Agile methodologies, and 5 years of experience as a Scrum Master, Agile Coach and RTE. Managed ART POD teams as big as 70-80 members- Actively involved in the release management activities, providing and coordinating sign offs, coordinating code promotions to higher environments within ART, creating and maintaining release documentation using confluence, artifact files management, resolving impediments, reviewing and maintaining PI Cadence, Release schedules, coordinating on Change Advisory Board (CAB) tickets and go no-go meetings for the Agile Release Train- Well-honed interpersonal and relationship building skills with the ability to engage business owners, product management team, scrum teams within the ART and other stakeholders as needed to facilitate effective and efficient project delivery - Working with Product Manager and POs for the creation of Product Roadmaps, refinement of features for PI Planning, ensuring acceptance criteria and issue formats adherence, and facilitating scrum ceremonies- Practical experience coaching both geographical dispersed and co-located teams in an onsite/remote/hybrid culture for adopting Agile and its mindset to enhance business agility- Strong leadership skills with proven abilities to lead, delegate and mentor team and devising innovative practices to resolve conflicts at various levels within ART- Knowledge of Banking and Financial institutions with experience in Retail Banking, Global Banking, Securities and Capital Markets. Core Skills: Scrum, Kanban, Agile, LEAN concepts, Servant Leadership, Extreme Programming practices like TDD and BDD using Selenium, Project Management, Conflict Management, Risk Management, SDLC, JIRA, Confluence, SAFe PI Planning, Product Backlog Items (PBI) refinement, Release Management, ART and team governance, Visio, MS Project, tracking metrics and creating reports, Dashboards (information radiators) using JQL queries and JIRA gadgets, negotiation, team building, capacity planning, team motivation and resource management. Technical Skills: Angular, Docker, Kubernetes, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Bootstrap, HTML, CSS, C#, Jenkins, jQuery Tools: Splunk, Postman, Fiddler, JIRA, Confluence, Bitbucket, Bamboo, GitHub, Visual Studio