
Samit Chandra
Verified Expert in Project Management
Project Manager
Gurugram, Haryana, India
Toptal member since September 26, 2024
Samit is a scrum master and project manager with expertise in Agile methodologies, including SAFe, Scrum, and Kanban, development, and QA testing. He excels in risk and stakeholder management and has successfully delivered projects using tools like Azure DevOps, Jira, Asana, and Rally. Notably, Samit delivered an app for image recognition on mobiles and premium collection for an insurance client, achieving zero defects and receiving client appreciation. His experience spans B2B and B2C.
Project Highlights
Expertise
- Agile Project Management
- COBOL
- Functional Testing
- IBM Mainframe
- Manual Software Testing
- QA Testing
- SAFe 5 Advanced Scrum Master
- Scrum Master
Work Experience
Scrum Master (Client Project: PepsiCo)
Venpa Staffing (C2H Tiger Analytics)
- Established the Agile ways of working and iterative and incremental (Sprintwise) deliveries by facilitating and leading sprint ceremonies (refinement, sprint planning, daily stand-ups, reviews, retrospectives). It was very appreciated by the client.
- Led team in PI Planning sessions and Scrum of Scrums events for planning PIs and resolving risks and dependencies. Ensured communication channels between scrum teams and product managers to discuss progress, timelines, and schedules.
- Led the development of an image recognition app to enhance sales, which end users field-tested. Sales reps capture images of retail stores’ shelves that stock food products and use the images to compare planograms and realograms and generate reports.
- Incorporated deep linking with a legacy app and the machine learning models integrated with the front-end code. Utilized the CI/CD deployment pipelines.
- Launched the app in various geographies like Saudi Arabia, India, and the USA.
- Gained proficiency in tools like Azure DevOps, Jira, Asana, and Rally for backlog management and query development to create monitoring dashboards.
Agile Project Manager | Scrum Master (Client Project: Saxo Bank)
Xebia Group
- Led team to integrate an online investment bank into the acquiring (main) firm's ecosystem, including the client data to CRM and trades enablement for all asset types.
- Performed the role of agile project manager and led the development and enhancement of features for the client's trading platform.
- Handled the integration and testing of investment banking products. Ensured rigorous testing to ensure that no defects pass through.
Principal Consultant | Project Lead (Client Project: Morgan Stanley)
Genpact - Headstrong Capital Markets
- Led a team of application developers working on features development and enhancements for investment banking client (Morgan Stanley) on order management application pertaining to back-end features integrated with the front-end UI.
- Built web services to replace the legacy grapevine services for the trading platform wherein financial advisors place fixed income and equity trades for clients validated at the front and back end before getting executed at the exchange.
- Led the development team in all phases of SDLC, including requirement gathering and analysis, design, build, testing, and deployment.
- Coached team members on the Agile way of working and strategized the use of the Jira tool for the project during the Agile transformation.
Senior Software Engineer (Client Project: Zürich Financial Services)
Computer Sciences Corporation
- Joined the team as a software engineer and was promoted to a senior role. I traveled on-site to Germany to coordinate the building and management of a new application and coordinated with offshore team members as the onshore project coordinator.
- Created high-level and detailed designs of the new application Atriga and led the offshore team in developing and testing APIs and online screens.
- Developed and tested new online screens for back-office end users.
- Delivered the project for a new Insurance Premiums collection application with zero defects, which was highly appreciated by the client.
Project History
Web Service for Order Management (Client: Zürich Financial Services)
Delivered an order management application built on the web services (GV replacement).
The new web services built at the back end were integrated with the front-end application. Before integrating them into the application, the API testing of the back-end service was completed using the SoapUI tool.
With the new web service in place, trading orders submitted go through the business logic at the back end and are processed more efficiently.
New Application for Premium Collections (Client: Zürich Financial Services)
Developed a new application for insurance premium collections and deployed it with zero defects. The client much appreciated its value.
The new application was built to collect insurance premiums and payouts and highlight defaulters to reduce the company’s burden of missing premiums. Easy-to-use screens were created for the client's back-office teams.
Some Relevant Projects
Synchronization of all the client data between platforms.
• Worked as a manual QA on the data synchronization (investment banking clients) from Binck Bank to Saxo Bank platform, as the latter acquired the former.
• Worked as a developer for the migration of data (insurance policies) to a new platform for premium collections.
Image Recognition App (Client: PepsiCo)
Launched a new app in various geographies, contributing to sales revenue.
Education
Training Certificate in Project Management
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi - Delhi, India
Bachelor of Technology Degree in Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering
Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University - Jaunpur, India
Certifications
Team Kanban Practitioner (TKP)
Kanban University
Project Management Professional (PMP)
Project Management Institute (PMI)
Professional Scrum Master
Scrum.org
SAFe 4 Agilist
Scaled Agile, Inc.
LOMA 280
LOMA
Skills
Tools
SQL, JCL, Jira, Asana, Rally
Paradigms
Agile Project Management, Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Lean, Azure DevOps, B2B, B2C, Testing
Industry Expertise
Insurance
Other
Scrum Master, IBM Mainframe, Functional Testing, COBOL, Projects, Waterfall Methodology, SAFe 5 Advanced Scrum Master, QA Testing, Manual Software Testing, CICS, Project Planning, IBM Db2, Virtual Storage Access Method (VSAM), Project Management, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Scrum of Scrums, Delivery, IT Projects, Stakeholder Management, Team Management, Coding, Business to Consumer (B2C), Direct to Consumer (D2C), Sales, Data, Promotion, Cross-functional Collaboration, UI Testing, Web Services
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