Mayank Bhramar

Led discovery phase, scoping sessions, and built a team of developers, designers, and a tester to launch an MVP and then move to a continuous release cycle.

The project involved the integration of micro-services with various external services

He has delivered a corporate game product on the Unity platform for teaching organisations various management techniques using 3D games and virtual collaboration exercises. The product was hugely successful in UK with enterprise and SME clients.

Each source channel was represented by one team and the release train consisted of multiple scrum teams. I ran scrum of scrums, PO syncs, and conventional scrum ceremonies and supported teams in removing blockers and tracking progress toward the goal.

WORK DONE
• Delivered a time-critical, large complex project involving new third parties for the launch of Samsung S10 mobile in Sweden and Spain as a pilot.
• Led a successful reviews project in 12 markets, resulting in an increase of customer reviews across TVs, mobiles, and other consumer electronics in the Samsung range across Europe.
• Managed and analyzed requirements for trade-in partner change for Samsung mobiles globally.
• Managed project risks and budget for EU programs.
• Tracked critical path and mitigations based on the RAID log.
• Reviewed and approved supplier and vendor contracts for eCommerce workflows and scope for EU projects.

Managed a team of DevOps (agency) as a delivery manager to support the peak readiness program at Selfridges (client).
Managed risks and tracked progress on the complete roadmap for Christmas by coordinating with internal and external stakeholders.
Unblocked impediments and technical issues by getting support from the right people within the agency and at Selfridges.
Strong stakeholder management at Selfridges and at the agency by leading the weekly progress steering committee meetings.

While at Nestle, I defined the project strategy and plan, and I implemented the roadmap for the eCommerce re-platforming and front-end redesign (£15 million) of Magento and AEM websites in 58 markets.
Led the end to end project from inception.
Supported the product team with requirements analysis.
Held project kick-off and managed SoWs for third-party vendors.
Reported on progress, risks, and scope to C-suite level of executives at Nestle.

Full end to end project ownership for eCommerce portfolio for Hybris, CRM, and UI
including planning, governance, reporting, and tracking.
Managed and led a cross-functional team of 12 developers, testers, and designers to release new features, improvements, and resolve issues on the global website of New Look in the Hybris platform.
Liaised with various departments like supply chain, marketing, finance, PoS, and retail to coordinate releases.
Worked with the product owner for defining a top-class customer journey through every touchpoint.
Worked with senior C-suite executives and managers as a point of escalation.

Managed an agile team of six people to decouple all 11 websites in Europe and Asia as part of the release pipeline releasing every two weeks.
Reported to the head of project management with progress updates through burn down charts, backlog health and risks, and blockers.
Coached multiple teams on Scrum and how to transition from Waterfall to Agile in small companies.

Managed a team of developers and testers at Wunderman (agency) to develop changes to the Protein World website in Magento in order for it to be GDPR compliant.
Liaised with the client and internal legal team to ensure changes are scoped in the project and are within agreed timelines.
Carried estimation sessions with the team for accurately estimating the stories in the project.
Led all scrum ceremonies and had one to one retrospective feedback as well.

Managed two teams of six, each consisting of developers, QA, and a designer.

The project involved stakeholder communication, reporting, Agile methods, and using Jira, Confluence, and Salesforce (SFCC, SMC).

The project timeline was six months from discovery to release.

Kick-started the project with a discovery phase of two weeks.

Created an MVP release plan along with continuous delivery pipeline.

Tracked the releases and delivery plan with a team of five developers and two testers.

Provided ongoing support for bugs and new feature development with CI/CD pipeline.

Led a distributed team of developers and testers through discovery phases down to implementation and support.

Scope included customizing various payment provider APIs within Magento to support different payment methods and 3D security.

I worked with a team to scope items in the backlog template with estimates and priorities. We built a resource model based on budget constraints and timelines for the client. I also ran workshops on user personas, design sprints, and wireframes for the team.

Managed a team of five developers, two testers, and a BA from discovery to implementation and hypercare. I created an MVP and liaised with 3rd parties to develop the full product. The 6-month project launched on time and within budget.

The platform scanned imaging files from MRI and CAT scan systems to mark focus areas on a patient’s file in a central repository. Any hospital in the US could utilize that information to generate a medical report.
This was one of the first centralized healthcare repositories developed in the US.

I managed a team of 15 developers, QAs, and designers to deliver multi-store and multi-language Magento websites for Nespresso. My work involved discovery workshops, planning, estimation, and delivery tracking and reporting.

I managed a team of five developers and external agencies at Samsung Europe. My work included conducting discovery workshops, mapping user stories, and estimating backlogs to run agile sprints of delivery and demos.

To ensure the project was on track, I ran sprint planning, refinement, demos, and retrospectives. Regular sync sessions were held with stakeholders to update them on progress.

We successfully met the deadline and delivered the project—in time for the Galaxy S series launch.

I led a team of five developers, a designer, and a QA specialist, following an agile plan to deliver enhancements and new game modes. New features were built for mobile games like Dice and Yahtzee.

I led a 2-week discovery workshop to define the vision and build a backlog of features. My work also included leading a core team, including an SME, a tech lead, and a designer. In the last few days, I sliced the features to build an MVP product for the launch.

I led a team of marketing professionals to build SAP HR UX improvements for the digital office at Samsung. I also successfully delivered a UX improvements project as an MVP for SAP HR analytics to enable employees to log their quarterly personal goals.
I used a hybrid approach of the waterfall and Agile processes
I also worked with SAP HR, SAP ABAP, and web view technologies

Liaised with startup CEO for building roadmap and doing a feasibility study on different data metrics available through social media APIs like TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram.

Worked with developers to form a PoC for Facebook data analytics using Athena and AWS EC2 instance.

Managed a team of 15 members, including developers, designers, and testers, creating a special project team focused on delivering WP small-scale and large-scale projects for CEO Matt Mullenweg’s trusted high-value customers and partners.

Launched a complex and failing project for Facebook for its blog, Newsroom, which integrates seamlessly with data feeds from Facebook and other Meta sites.

The project was to optimize the performance of the WordPress install as well as make it more organically viable by utilizing Facebook brand SEO value.

Managed a team of three people to run the workshops to dive deep into requirements, establish a realistic timeline and budget, and a resourcing plan at the end of the feasibility project.

Presented to Republican members, a project review with requirements and timelines. The project was to be built in WordPress.

I led an agile team of five members, including three developers, a designer, and a QA engineer. I coached them in best practices for lean delivery and iterative releases on app stores for gathering user feedback and inspecting and adapting to it.

I managed multiple teams of four to five people in each team, including developers, testers, and analysts. Using agile and SAFe techniques, I built a release train roadmap, conducted PI planning, and created project reports for the executive steering committee on all projects. I also improved the efficiency of the entire program by incorporating lean practices and improving velocity.

The program methodology was based on SAFe, for which I had certification and strong experience. Hence, I was able to coach teams in agile methods and supported business analysts in discovery workshops and impact analysis of the migration.

I led a team of developers to work and coordinate with the CRM head on specific requirements around conversion tracking with CRM forms. Then, I coordinated with the head of development and head of CRM to create estimates and do project planning for the delivery of new website integration with HubSpot CRM.

WORK DONE
• Delivered multiple projects at Nescafé for the brands Dolce Gusto and Nescafé Premium.
• Led the integration of Salesforce CRM with a new platform in Magento.
• Led the migration and migration strategy for existing users in bespoke CRM to Salesforce CRM.
• Ensured quality is maintained, resulting in no issues being reported for a year since launch.

I managed a team of six people, including developers, testers, QA, and BAs. I coordinated with business stakeholders like product managers, business owners, and C-level executives to report on project health and risks, hence, managing expectations for project timelines. I was also responsible for managing resources and budget, CAPEX/OPEX, on a quarterly basis through efficient planning and collaboration with finance and the PMO.

Led a team of four developers and one designer to deliver a smartwatch app and a back end for fitness tracking.

WORK DONE
• Ensured project scope is defined
• Made certain the timelines were set up and agreed on
• Ensured stakeholder pitches were approved
• Estimated effort
• Handled project tracking and reporting
• Launched the MVP successfully

• Led a team of five members, including developers, QA, and a designer.
• Conducted Agile ceremonies for the team.
• Managed the backlog for prioritization by PO and ensured a stable increment of the Noom app with every release.
• Improved DevOps pipelines by having an integrated environment for testing and validation.

Worked with the client to develop the product backlog with features and prioritized them. I also built a roadmap for the client and analyzed Google Analytics for conversion optimization improvement items. I supported the client in hiring new talent.

Led a team of developers, a product owner, designers, and financial analysts to work together to develop a backlog of MVP features.
I delivered a plan to the client for MVP, post-MVP version, and alternative options

The role involved working with teams to help resolve impediments and ensuring stable velocity sprint on sprint. Launched websites for Nespresso and Nescafe line of drinks in the US, India, and EMEA markets. Won awards as a scrum master, delivering products in the shortest time to market.

I managed a team of five people to develop the functionality of QR code generation within the website for new signups to receive promotional offers of discounted handicapper packages and subscriptions. I had done a minor discovery phase to build a backlog for this functionality.

I managed a team of 10 developers, 2 QAs, and one designer team. I handled the requirement gathering, resource model, budget, and timelines for the company’s projects. I also collaborated with 3rd parties for LMS Moodle integration and database integration with NoSQL for easy and fast search functionality of relevant courses.

Managed a team of 12 people, including developers, testers, and business analysts. I ran quarterly planning workshops called PI Planning using the Scaled Agile Framework. Also, I developed project documentation on the platform, designed reports for stakeholders, and conducted system demos.