
Nitasha Aggerwal
Verified Expert in Project Management
Project Manager
Maastricht, Netherlands
Toptal member since November 4, 2020
Nitasha is a technical project manager with 12+ years of experience handling digital and enterprise projects for global clients. In addition to a bachelor's degree in computer science, she is a Certified Agile Practitioner, Product Owner, and AWS Certified Solutions Architect. She has been a project manager, business analyst, and Scrum Master for the past five years. Before, Nitasha excelled as a team lead and developer, resulting in a valuable blend of development and Agile expertise.
Project Highlights
Expertise
- Agile Certified Practitioner
- Agile Project Management
- IT Business Analysis
- IT Project Management
- Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO)
- Release Management
- Scrum Master
- Software Development Management
Work Experience
Project Manager
Amdocs BV
- Served as a project manager, gathering new requirements during the discovery and feasibility phase and leading contract negotiations to closure based on the estimated cost for the project.
- Transitioned a team from working in the traditional Waterfall model to an Agile framework while serving as the team's scrum master.
- Supported a product owner in managing stakeholders and prioritizing the backlog while serving as the project manager in one of the projects.
- Aligned the delivery of various projects based on the available capacity of the team, priorities from the business, and the Waterfall approach.
Business Analyst
Amdocs BV
- Joined the team as a business analyst with vast experience in the BSS domain to create new design and solutions for business needs.
- Interacted with the business to gather the requirements and understand the vision and the needs of the customer in various projects.
- Acted as a product owner in defining the user stories and acceptance criteria and managing the backlog of a product.
- Served as the lead designer and collaborated with architects to formulate a solution for geodata redundancy.
Part-time Scrum Master
The Kraft Heinz Company EMEA - Main
- Joined a team of data engineers in India, Romania, and the Philippines as a scrum master. Daily activities included running all Scrum ceremonies.
- Helped the customer validate the correct privacy settings captured in OneTrust for users across multiple brand websites. Managed team working on Profitero, Snowflake, and OneTrust.
- Engaged team in different team activities virtually and also did quarterly reviews with each team member.
- Onboarded the customer to use Kanban methodology instead of Scrum and completed the Jira setup. Led the quarterly OKR planning and monthly review meetings with business stakeholders.
Project Manager
Pernod Ricard - Pernod Ricard USA
- Joined the team as a scrum master to handle a team of developers working out of Europe for customers based in the US.
- Managed scrum ceremonies and interacted with business stakeholders. Also, I did interactions to identify an integrated solution to manage the assets in a standard location that can be uploaded to different Shopify accounts.
- Tested for newly launched Shopify portal for customers and identified improvement items to bring ease of use to the target customer base.
Team Leader
Amdocs India
- Advanced from being a Java developer focused on maintaining a CRM application to being a senior developer on a project based on Oracle Service Bus.
- Designed and developed a middleware application from scratch and was promoted to the role of a team lead, managing teams distributed across different geographical locations.
- Led the application deployment process in multiple environments with zero downtime.
Software Developer
Amdocs India
- Implemented new customization requirements in a CRM application involving Linux, SQL, JSP, and EJB while serving as a Java developer.
- Automated the handling of billing rejects to improve the customer experience and allow the system to complete the EOM cycles in a timely manner.
- Developed an application to send SMSs to customers on a monthly basis based on their data utilization and available allowance.
Project History
API Portal Setup
Initiated and managed a multi-team project to set up a portal as a repository with over 500 APIs.
Digital Portal Transformation
Led a development team to migrate a customer-interfacing portal to a new platform.
Flexible Mobile Portfolio
Transitioned a team from a legacy Waterfall mindset to an Agile delivery approach.
Consolidation of an IVR
Steered the impact analysis and designed the solution for consolidating two IVR systems with minimal impact on business continuity.
Adding Fixed Capabilities
Managed multiple vendors of a program related to adding fixed capabilities like TV, wifi, and telephone, to a mobile stack of business support systems (BSS) applications.
Business Service Layer
Designed and developed a middleware application that acted as a facade for a back-end BSS application suite.
Mobile App and Web Portal
Managed several releases of a mobile app and web portal.
Reconciliation of Data
Managed a Waterfall project, from Gate 0 to Gate 5, to deliver a system for reconciling orders created in different applications.
Global Data Engineering POD
Managed a team of data engineers and transitioned the team from Scrum to Kanban.
I onboarded the customer to use Kanban methodology instead of Scrum and completed the Jira setup. I lead the quarterly OKR planning and monthly review meetings with business stakeholders.
BSS 1.4 Release
Coordinated multiple projects in a release that was developed in a Waterfall model.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
Maharishi Dayanand University - Rohtak, India
Certifications
ITIL 4 Foundation
PeopleCert
TOGAF 9 Foundation
The Open Group
Certified Scrum Master
Scrum Alliance
Professional Scrum Product Owner II (PSPO II)
Scrum.org
Professional Scrum Product Owner I (PSPO I)
Scrum.org
AWS Solutions Architect - Associate
Amazon Web services (AWS)
Enterprise Design Thinking Practitioner
IBM
The Art of Negotiations
University of California, Irvine | via Coursera
PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)
Project Management Institute (PMI)
SAFe 4 Agilist
Scaled Agile, Inc.
SMART Requirements
Synergio
Skills
Tools
Balsamiq, Balsamiq Mockups, Figma, Rally, Jira, Oracle SOA Suite, SQL, Confluence
Paradigms
Agile Project Management, Agile, Scrum, Waterfall Delivery, Requirements Analysis, B2C, Agile Leadership, Agile Software Development, B2B, Agile UX, Kanban, Agile Delivery, Waterfall Development, UX Design, API Architecture, Service-oriented Architecture (SOA), Design Thinking
Platforms
Shopify, Linux, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Monday.com
Industry Expertise
Telecommunications
Other
IT Project Management, Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Agile Certified Practitioner, Scrum Master, Project Planning, IT Projects, Cost Estimation, Agile Coaching, Requirements, Minimum Viable Product (MVP), Backlog Grooming, Feature Backlog Prioritization, Backlog Management, User Stories, Sprint Planning, Sprints, Sprint Ceremonies, Business to Consumer (B2C), Remote Team Leadership, Resource Allocation, Team Leadership, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Technical Leadership, Leadership, Software Development, Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Software Development Management, Technology Solutions, Web Project Management, AWS Certified Solution Architect, Project Management, Project Estimation, Digital Project Management, Mobile Apps, Business to Business (B2B), User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI), Systems Analysis, Web UX, Wireframing, Wireframe to Product, Mobile UX, Project Budget Management, Stakeholder Management, Mockups, Product Ownership, ITIL 4, Contract Negotiation, IT Business Analysis, Swagger, Oracle Service Bus (OSB), UML, Business Analysis, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Vendor Management, Design, RFQ, SOAP, REST APIs, Waterfall Methodology, Java, Jakarta Server Pages (JSP), Oracle 12c, Oracle RDBMS, CRM APIs, BSS, Order Management, Software Project Management, Project Design & Management, Technical Project Management, PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), Angular, JavaScript, TypeScript, Web Design, Sequence Models, Business Requirements, User Requirements, Functional Requirements, Technical Requirements, Technical Business Analysis, Risk Analysis, Managed Services, Mobile/Web Project Management, Requirements & Specifications, Story Mapping, Negotiation, Web, Web UI, Project Discovery, Discovery Workshops, Progressive Web Applications (PWAs), Web Development, Web App Deployment, Product Owner, Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO), Scrum Product Owner, Prototyping, Release Management, Software Release Management, Request for Proposal (RFP), eCommerce, Data Privacy, Enterprise Architecture
How to Work with Toptal
Toptal matches you directly with global industry experts from our network in hours—not weeks or months.
Share your needs
Choose your talent
Start your risk-free talent trial
Top talent is in high demand.
Start hiring