Bhavani Motamarry
Verified Expert in Project Management
Project Manager
Guadalajara, Mexico
Toptal member since May 2, 2025
Bhavani is a certified SAFe Scrum Master who has led Agile transformations, enabling organizations to streamline processes and foster collaboration. Her approach combines technical expertise with a focus on effective communication and stakeholder management, ensuring that all project goals are clearly defined and achieved. Bhavani has worked with teams to deliver complex projects, consistently meeting deadlines, staying within budget, and aligning project outcomes with strategic business goals.
Project Highlights
Expertise
- Complex Problem Solving
- Confluence
- Jira
- Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
- Servant Leadership
- Team Building
- Team Mentoring
- Waterfall Methodology
Work Experience
Scrum Master
USAA
- Facilitated requirement-gathering sessions with the product owner and team to identify epics and decompose them into user stories with clear acceptance criteria.
- Coordinated Scrum ceremonies and Agile practices for the internal project team, including daily stand-ups, retrospectives, and backlog refinement sessions.
- Recorded and managed team Jira metrics to support process improvement and stakeholder reporting.
Scrum Master
Pfizer
- Provided hands-on facilitation of major Agile ceremonies across multiple development teams and coached teams, including the product owner, to support a smooth transition from Waterfall to Agile practices.
- Streamlined the release management process by defining the workflow for creating and closing change requests in ServiceNow.
- Ensured appropriate progress tools, information radiators, and reports were in place to provide transparency on team progress and productivity in line with enterprise standards.
Scrum Master
Sirius XM
- Guided the team(s) on how to use Agile Scrum practices and values to delight customers. Assessed the Scrum maturity of the team and organization and coached the team to higher levels of maturity at a sustainable and comfortable pace.
- Educated teams on Scrum Principles and values, assisted with various release activities, and streamlined the processes for a continuous workflow.
- Used empirical data to help the team(s) assess their Scrum maturity, optimize scrum team velocity to organizational KPIs, and identify improvement opportunities to achieve higher levels of team performance.
Project History
USAA
Established a workflow to address cross-ART production defects.
Pfizer
Guided the team through a transition from Waterfall to Agile methodologies.
Sirius XM
Assisted in building a trusted and safe environment where problems could be raised without fear of retribution or judgment, with a focus on problem-solving.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering
MVGR College of Engineering - Chintalavalasa, Vizianagaram, India
Certifications
SAFe 5 Scrum Master
Scaled Agile
Certified Scrum Master
Scrum Alliance
Skills
Tools
Slack, Jira, Zoom, Confluence
Paradigms
Servant Leadership
Other
Team Building, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Complex Problem Solving, Team Mentoring, Waterfall Methodology, Slack App, ServiceNow, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Azure, Facilitation, Problem Management, Conflict Resolution, Teamwork, PI Planning, SAFe 6, Agile Coaching, Computer Science
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