Selvarani's CV
Selvarani S
Senior Scrum Master | SAFe Scrum Master
Profile summary
Strategic Senior Scrum Master with 19 years shaping Agile delivery practices across healthcare and life sciences client engagements. Known for steering cross-functional teams in data and digital initiatives within a SAFe framework while directing Scrum ceremonies and backlog management. Committed to aligning technical groups with business goals to ensure predictable delivery.
Career highlights
Agile Delivery Execution: Facilitated sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives while directing cross functional teams in data and digital initiatives within a SAFe framework to improve sprint execution consistency by 20%.
Product Owner Coaching: Coached product owners on backlog refinement, prioritization, and acceptance criteria to improve sprint commitment reliability by 25% across healthcare and life sciences client engagements.
Blocker and Dependency Management: Removed blockers and coordinated dependencies to reduce cycle time by 18% while maintaining alignment across engineering and product priorities for the TruProvider product line.
Professional Credentials: Maintained industry recognized expertise through multiple credentials including PMP certification, Certified Scrum Master, SAFe Advanced Scrum Master, SAFe Agilist, and Reinvention with Agentic AI.
Key skills
Professional experience
Reports to senior delivery leadership, steering cross-functional healthcare and life sciences client engagements within a SAFe framework. Directs Scrum ceremonies and aligns technical groups with business goals to ensure predictable delivery.
- Facilitated Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective events to improve sprint execution consistency by 20%.
- Coached Product Owners on backlog refinement, prioritization, and acceptance criteria to improve sprint commitment reliability by 25%.
- Executed actionable Sprint Retrospectives and continuous improvement initiatives, resulting in a 15% improvement in team collaboration and delivery quality.
- Configured Jira dashboards and Agile delivery metrics to support decision-making and enhance sprint release predictability.
- Implemented AI-enabled tools to streamline backlog refinement and Agile reporting activities.
Directed multiple product development teams as Scrum Master for the TruProvider product line, maintaining alignment across engineering and product priorities. Managed sprint execution, stakeholder reporting, and release planning while coordinating cross-functional dependencies.
- Facilitated sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives, improving on-time sprint goal achievement by 20%.
- Removed blockers and coordinated dependencies, reducing cycle time by 18% and keeping sprint commitments on track.
- Delivered sprint and release metrics to stakeholders and leadership, improving decision-making turnaround time by 25%.
Education
Computer Science