Shweta Rakshe — Project Manager

Results-driven Senior Technical Project Manager| Program management and Certified Agile/Scrum Leader with 14 years of experience across Capital Markets, Financial Services, specialising in serving concurrent Agile teams, championing sprint-level value delivery, and building data-driven continuous improvement cultures. A proven track record of leading two or more Agile teams in large-scale enterprise environments, driving measurable improvements in cycle time, lead time, forecast accuracy, and sprint predictability, has been awarded for delivery excellence. Expert in Jira Implementation and Smart Dashboard configuration, and sprint-level metric reporting & translating team performance data into transparent, actionable insights for stakeholders at all levels. Skilled at coaching Product Owners, engineering teams, and senior leaders on Agile principles and Scrum practices. fostering self-organisation, collaborative delivery, and continuous learning. Deep capital markets domain expertise in FX derivatives, trade lifecycle management, and regulatory compliance. leveraging structured governance, proactive dependency management, and diplomacy-driven communication to bridge business stakeholders, technology teams, and operational requirements. Competencies: Agile Coach & Transformation, Lean Portfolio Management, Emotional intelligence, Scrum, Kanban, SAFe Framework, Sprint Planning, Reviews & Retrospectives, Capital Markets & Investment Banking, Trade Lifecycle & Post-Trade Processing. Requirements Gathering, User Story Mapping, Release & Change Management, Data Analysis & Reporting Metrics: Velocity, Burndown, Lead Time, CFDITIL, SDLC, Risk & Dependency Compliance. Project: Legacy Trading Platform Migration to AWS/Cloud. The Problem: Manual reporting was prone to human error, leading to potential regulatory fines. The Outcome: > Directed the end-to-end delivery of an automated regulatory reporting engine. By implementing ATDD (Acceptance Test-Driven Development), we achieved 99.9% data accuracy in trade reporting. Reduced the 'time-to-report' from T+2 to near real-time, eliminating the risk of non-compliance penalties and improving stakeholder transparency across the ART. Healthcare project The Problem: Fragmented patient data across multiple providers, leading to medical errors and slow insurance claims.The Outcome: > Managed the delivery of a secure, FHIR-compliant data exchange layer. By implementing DevSecOps and automated compliance auditing within the CI/CD pipeline.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and Healthcare project management expert with strong Agile methodologies.

Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India

Experience: 12 yrs 11 mos

Skills

Agile Project Management
Stakeholder Management
Regulatory Compliance
Quality Assurance
Agile Coaching
Data Analysis
Team Leadership
Project Management

Career Highlights

14 years of experience in Agile project management.
Expert in Jira implementation and metric reporting.
Proven track record in capital markets and regulatory compliance.

Work Experience

Wrikelabs

Technical Project Manager | SAFe Scrum Master (1 yr 9 mos)

CAE

SAFe Scrum Master (1 yr 6 mos)

Synechron

SAFe scrum master (3 yrs 6 mos)

CDK Global

Sr Scrum Master (1 yr 4 mos)

Application Support Lead (1 yr 4 mos)

Vodafone

Quality Assurance Specialist (4 yrs 10 mos)

Production Support Analyst (4 yrs 10 mos)

Education

Master of Science at Savitribai Phule Pune University

Bsc at Mumbai University Mumbai

Bachelor of Science at University of Mumbai

Master of Social Science at University of Pune

Shweta Rakshe

Project Manager

Pune, Maharashtra, India12 yrs 11 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

14 years of experience in Agile project management.
Expert in Jira implementation and metric reporting.
Proven track record in capital markets and regulatory compliance.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and Healthcare project management expert with strong Agile methodologies.

Contact

shwetalinkedin29@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Agile Project ManagementStakeholder ManagementRegulatory ComplianceQuality AssuranceAgile CoachingData AnalysisTeam LeadershipProject Management

Other Skills

Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)JiraJira ImplementationSprint PlanningBacklog ManagementJira SoftwareJira Service ManagementTechnical SupportProduct SpecialistsCSMMigration ProjectsData MigrationWorkflow ManagementAutomationServant Leadership

About

Experience

12 yrs 11 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 7 mos

Average Tenure

Current Experience

Wrikelabs

Technical Project Manager | SAFe Scrum Master

Mar 2024 – Dec 2025 · 1 yr 9 mos · Bengaluru · Hybrid

Led end-to-end delivery of multi-million dollar programs across
cross-functional teams, managing project charters, stakeholder
plans, acceptance criteria, and issue logs from initiation to closure.
● Managed simultaneous delivery of 3 complex programs, ensuring
milestone adherence, budget compliance, and executive-level
reporting with RAG status dashboards.
● Drove scope definition workshops with 10+ stakeholders across
business, technology, and operations, ensuring full alignment on
deliverables and timelines.
● Partnered with Product Owners to build strategic delivery
roadmaps, refine backlog of demand, and balance competing priorities across regulatory, technical, and
business workstreams.
● Aligned program delivery to OKR-based organisational
objectives, connecting sprint-level outcomes to quarterly
key results and presenting progress against OKRs in
executive governance forums.
● Delivered the integration within the regulatory deadline,
achieving full MiFID II and EMIR compliance for the bank's
OTC derivatives and FX trading book, avoiding potential
regulatory sanctions.
● Monitored vendor performance against SLAs, initiated
corrective actions, and managed contractual obligations to
protect program timelines.

Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)JiraAgile Project ManagementStakeholder Management

Cae

SAFe Scrum Master

Jun 2021 – Dec 2022 · 1 yr 6 mos · Pune District

⦁ Ask customers targeted questions to understand the root cause of the problem quickly. Create detailed test cases and test scripts based on functional and non-functional requirements, ensuring comprehensive coverage of test scenarios.
⦁ Facilitate Scrum events, such as daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospectives.
⦁ Execute test cases manually or using automated testing tools to identify defects, validate functionality, and ensure the quality of mobile/web applications.
⦁ Collaborate with stakeholders to understand project requirements, define test objectives, and develop test plans and strategies.
⦁ Identify, report, and track defects using defect tracking tools like JIRA, and work closely with developers and stakeholders to ensure timely resolution.
⦁ Perform regression testing to ensure that changes or enhancements to the application do not impact existing functionality.
⦁ Provide crash reporting to the internal stakeholders and push notifications to the users through Firebase.
⦁ Set up and configure test environments, including devices, browsers, and network configurations, to replicate real-world usage scenarios.

Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)Sprint PlanningAgile Project ManagementQuality Assurance

Synechron

SAFe scrum master

Oct 2017 – Apr 2021 · 3 yrs 6 mos · Pune District · On-site

Contribute to the advancement and improvement of Agile practices like iteration, product backlog, refinement, TDD, and FDD within the organization.
Prepare detailed reports and presentations for senior management on market trends, financial performance, and risk exposures.
Conduct research on capital markets, including equity, debt, and derivatives, to identify trends and opportunities.
Mentor teams on continuous improvement practices, helping them to adopt advanced Agile techniques like DevOps, Kanban, and hybrid models to enhance efficiency and quality.
Use Agile metrics and data (e.g., velocity, cycle time, burndown charts) to drive decisions, optimize team performance, and provide actionable insights to stakeholders.

Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)Sprint PlanningAgile CoachingData Analysis

Cdk global

2 roles

Sr Scrum Master

Apr 2016 – Aug 2017 · 1 yr 4 mos

● Organize and lead all Scrum ceremonies, including daily stand-ups, sprint PI planning, sprint
reviews, and retrospectives.
● Ensure these meetings are productive, time-boxed, and focused on achieving their objectives.
● Educate and coach the development team on Agile principles and Scrum practices, promoting
self-organization and cross-functional collaboration.
● Support the Product Owner in refining the product backlog and ensuring that the team
understands the sprint goals.
● Drives continuous improvement via Inspect and Adapt workshops; assesses the agility level of the
Team / ART / Solution Train and helps them improve.
● Facilitate retrospectives to reflect on the team’s performance and identify areas for improvement.
● Tested engineering design tools like CAD/CAE software for automotive components.
● Collaborated with design engineers to identify critical defects impacting manufacturability.

Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)Backlog ManagementAgile CoachingTeam Leadership

Application Support Lead

Apr 2016 – Aug 2017 · 1 yr 4 mos

● Partnering with DevOps and Development teams to review upcoming changes, ensuring they won't compromise production stability.
● Facilitated cross-functional governance decision forums and steering committees, driving alignment on programme priorities, risk trade-offs, and investment decisions at the portfolio level influencing outcomes without formal authority across diverse senior stakeholder groups.
● Developed and executed a quarterly Agile Maturity Roadmap, using 'Radar Charts' to measure team growth in areas like Technical Excellence, Self-Organization, DevOps Health.

Vodafone

2 roles

Quality Assurance Specialist

Jun 2011 – Apr 2016 · 4 yrs 10 mos

Ensured the successful delivery of the connector project, resulting in seamless Allscripts EHR integration, regulatory compliance, and improved operational efficiency for healthcare providers.
Perform regression testing, smoke testing, and exploratory testing.
Collaborate closely with developers, product managers, and UX designers to ensure product quality.

Jira SoftwareJira Service ManagementQuality AssuranceProject Management

Production Support Analyst

Jun 2011 – Apr 2016 · 4 yrs 10 mos

● Developing and validating application contingency plans and Disaster Recovery (DR) strategies to ensure business continuity.
● Perform regression testing, smoke testing, and exploratory testing.
● Operationalized a Quality Metrics Dashboard in Jira, tracking Defect Density, Test Execution Coverage, and Escaped Defects to provide executive leadership with a clear view of release readiness.
● Implementing continuous monitoring and automated alerting to identify vulnerabilities and potential outages before they impact the business.