Bhavya Kataria
Pune
Summary
Certified SAFe 6.0 Release Train Engineer and Scrum Master with 10+ years of experience in Agile Methodology, Testing, and Process Automation. Proven success in driving high-quality project delivery and team collaboration as a Lead Technical Program Manager at Mastercard, achieving consistent progress and innovation in Agile practices.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate
Work History
Lead Technical Program Manager | RTE
Mastercard
10.2025 - Current
- Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives.
- Led cross-functional teams to deliver complex technical projects on time and within budget.
- Implemented risk management strategies to identify and mitigate potential project challenges proactively to improve efficiency by 10-15%
- Facilitated PI Planning, Scrum of Scrums, Product Management Sync to drive alignment and scope changes mid PI.
- Analyzed project metrics with help of PowerBI, EazyBI, Dashboards to drive continuous improvement in processes and outcomes.
Senior Scrum Master | Release Train Engineer
Wolters Kluwer
01.2023 - 10.2025
- Facilitated Product backlog Refinement, PI Planning, Scrum of Scrums, PO/PM Sync and other ART level events.
- Managed and executed release planning and readiness, enabling consistent on-time delivery of project releases without significant production incidents or rollbacks, improving team efficiency.
- Facilitated distributed project team, improving coordination, and reducing blockers by 15% per sprint.
- Streamlined communication channels using Azure DevOps and Confluence, ensuring alignment between product owners, analysts, developers, and QA, resulting in fewer blocked stories per sprint..
- Supported risk management and facilitated release planning, improving release success rate by 20%.
- Coached teams in Agile practices and provided necessary training to create positive Agile mindset.
QA Lead / Scrum Master
L&T Infotech
10.2020 - 01.2023
- Facilitated Scrum framework - sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews and retrospectives.
- Led sprint reviews and planning meetings, resulting in 90% team engagement.
- Collaborated with stakeholders to define solutions and drive progress.
- Coached teams in Agile practices and created culture of continuous improvement.
- Achieved 80% automation for regression testing, reducing manual effort and testing cycles.
QA Lead
Cognizant
06.2015 - 10.2020
- Executed test cases and documented defects, confirming resolution.
- Collaborated with product owners to align with functional expectations.
- Reported milestones, issues, and testing concerns to project managers.
- Optimized and automated test cases for efficiency.
- Created and managed automated test scripts.
- Led a team of 3 for Process Automation development.
Education
B. Tech. - Electrical & Electronics Engineering
Vellore Institute of Technology
Chennai, India07.2014
Skills
- Agile Methodology
- Scaled Agile (SAFe)
- Release Management
- Product backlog management
- Power BI
- Azure DevOps, Confluence, JIRA
- DORA Metrics
- Agile coaching
- Team Coach
- Servant leadership
Certification
- SAFe 6.0 Release Train Engineer, 12/24
- SAFe 6.0 Scrum Master, 02/24
- Certified ScrumMaster, 09/22
Timeline
Lead Technical Program Manager | RTE
Mastercard
10.2025 - Current
Senior Scrum Master | Release Train Engineer
Wolters Kluwer
01.2023 - 10.2025
QA Lead / Scrum Master
L&T Infotech
10.2020 - 01.2023
QA Lead
Cognizant
06.2015 - 10.2020
B. Tech. - Electrical & Electronics Engineering
Vellore Institute of Technology