Rupy Virdi

Background

About Rupy Virdi

Experienced Delivery Lead with 7 years of hands-on experience leading cross-functional Agile teams to deliver high-quality software solutions in fast-paced environments. Adapt at applying Agile and Scrum principles to drive continuous improvement, foster collaboration, and remove impediments to team progress. Proven track record in facilitating sprint planning, daily stand-ups, retros, and stakeholder engagement to ensure the successful delivery of business-critical product. Skilled in scaling Agile using frameworks such as SAFe and LeSS and experience in coaching teams through Agile transformations. Strong background in leadership, stakeholder management, and fostering a culture of transparency, accountability, and continuous delivery. Passionate about enabling high-performing teams and aligning delivery with strategic business goals. As an experienced Delivery Lead / Project Management I have lead complex delivery projects using Kanban, Agile Methodology within Azure DevOps, and Jira.Currently lead 4 squads and support the Tech Lead with the financial planning and forecast for one of BPs top 5 products. I am one of two PMOs in the role having knowledge of FMs, planning and performance, negotiating vendor contracts and deeper finance analysis experience.I collaborate with POs, stakeholders and APMs to prioritise backlog items ensuring the smooth run of the project. My experience in financial planning and forecasting proves my well-rounded ability.Managing cloud service accounts in SNOW, reviewing cloud instance patching MAC. Working in a cross functional env. liaising regularly with the architect, Tech Lead, and Senior Developers on Resilience planning and various other tasks. My career at BP has encouraged me to embrace change, face new challenges with confidence and continually learn as technology and organisations evolve. Through my time I have shown that I am a keen learner, I adapt to change and through my journey I have been in a position where the business has internally headhunted me for roles in their organisation.Achievements• Certified Scrum Master (Knowledge Academy)• Learning new skills outside of my comfort zone • Supporting team members with implementing.NET8, PGSQL no data loss or downtime.• Supporting the release of the new pricing platform globally.• Managing Cloud environments – Saving the project $4m USD by decommissioning cloud instances not required, reducing run time for environments running 24/7, setting environments on sleep mode at weekends.• Personal achievement – I learnt to swim much later in life.