Kumar Harsh Ranjan

Experience

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  Invictus Technology Limited.

  Aug 2009 - Nov 2009

  Software Engineer

  My role in Invictus technology was to understand the business requirement and to explain the end users about the application getting developed in different modules, Training business users and a communicator between the business users and developers or in another terms as an analyst.

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  SQS Group

  Dec 2009 - Mar 2018

  Senior QA Analyst

   8+ Years of experience with SQS Group globally ( Chennai, Brussels, London and Singapore) in Managing, designing and testing the Banking and Financial requirements on Vision PLUS, JFP (Java Financial platform) and Internet based Environments through various domains. Comprehensive Test Management which includes effort estimations, test strategy presentations, test plans and test scripts, reviewing test cases, work allocation to team members, publishing reports and hands-on testing experience in Functional Testing, Smoke Testing, Regression Testing, Progression Testing and User Acceptance Testing (UAT). Actively played roles of Deputy Test Manager, Business Analyst, Team lead, Senior Test Engineer, and On-site coordinator in various projects handled. Was actively involved in SEPA testing (SEPA Direct Debit, SEPA Direct credit etc.) for BNP Paribas, Brussels to meet its deadline for Euro Zone payments framework set by EU and later set up offshore team for successful knowledge transition and continuation of BAU requests. Cross industry experience (Banking, Credit cards, Treasury & Capital markets) and solid interpersonal skills and contributed for projects globally and regionally for tier one financial institutions including Bank Julius Baer, BNP Paribas, UBS, Silicon Valley Bank, GE-Money etc. Proactively suggested, drove and implemented changes such as streamlining processes and centralizing information, increasing overall efficiency and accuracy of the team in both Waterfall & Agile Methodologies IT Projects. Expertise in managing client dynamics and teams in challenging environment across key projects. Business requirements gathering, Use case writing, UML diagrams, process mapping, preparation & review of Business Requirement Document(BRD) and Functional Solution Document (FSD) to liaise with business solutions. Static testing and traceability matrix for gap analysis, feasibility study, effort estimation, client presentations and RFP. Show less

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  Emerio

  Apr 2018 - Sept 2019

  Senior Consultant

  - Working as a Senior consultant/Test Manager with the key stakeholders to ensure that specified requirements and system changes / enhancements are aligned to the strategy for the new ipad app.- Serving as a main point of contact between vendor and its client team and provided consulting and solution advice to the insurance client- Draft detailed functional specifications/users stories and Scenarios in line with general specifications and list of requirements to ensure the tractability between business requirements and test cases.- Able to influence effectively; gain support for new ideas and approaches across multiple stakeholders with varying agendas and shifting priorities Show less

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  NTT DATA Services

  Sept 2019 - Dec 2024

  Application Management Advisor

  • Improved velocity and coverage in projects by 40% throughout all release cycles by implementing agile practices.• Experience in coaching and demonstrating facilitation of core agile practices including but not limited to: Kanban, scrum, feature/epic and story, backlog prioritization and grooming, Release planning, Iteration/Sprint planning, Metrics, Story distribution• Managed 20+ resources in various projects across regions spread across locations and established scrum in theory.• Focused on employee growth as per their skills and aspirations to give them visibility and accountability for their work.• Successfully leveraged resources across multiple projects for 100% utilization. Consistently met project milestones for multiple simultaneous projects.• Removal of impediments and ensuring that all Scrum events take place are productive and within the time box.• Facilitated scrum ceremonies such as sprint planning, daily scrum, and sprint review and sprint retrospective.• Worked closely with clients to establish problem specifications and to facilitate system design.• Contributed to code base used for Selenium automation, which reduced test effort's cost by 40%.• Engage management and promote business strategies and solutions, which drive an agile culture. Work with the Platform Leadership (Platform Owners, Tribe leads, technology team, business units and relevant functional managers to ensure that IT solutions are aligned to the digital Enterprise Architecture and Product roadmap.• Work with the Development Team, Testing Team & Product Owners to maintain the Product Backlog and prioritize the sprint backlog.• Manage and track resources, forecasts and schedules to achieve target scope, and cost.• Managed the overall delivery of IT project and reporting to steering committee.• Ensuring delivery dependencies on other teams / platforms are on their roadmaps, timing and integration environments are aligned for release management. Show less

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  Servion Global Solutions

  Jan 2025 - now

  Program Manager