Priyadharshini R — QA Manager
I am a Delivery & Quality Leader with 12 years of experience building stable, high-velocity engineering organizations. Throughout my career at IBM and HT Media Labs, I have specialized in the intersection of Agile Governance, Release Strategy, and Risk Mitigation. My focus is on the 'Big Picture', ensuring that complex products reach the customer on time and without critical failures. I have successfully managed cross-functional organizations of 36+ members, serving as the final 'Go/No-Go' authority for major production deployments. By implementing metrics-driven quality gates and removing delivery roadblocks, I’ve helped teams reduce regression cycles by 30% and defect leakage by 20%. As a Certified Scrum Master, I believe that great engineering is driven by great process and even better people management. I thrive in remote-first environments where I can lead the transformation of chaotic workflows into predictable, high-performing delivery pipelines. Core Expertise: Delivery Management: Scaling organizations, Resource Planning, & Agile maturity. Release Governance: Strategic 'Go/No-Go' decision-making & Deployment stability. Operational Excellence: Reducing TTM (Time-to-Market) & Process optimization. Strategic Leadership: Managing managers, Stakeholder alignment, & Team health.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Delivery and Quality Leader in the Digital Products industry.
Location: North Goa, Goa, India
Experience: 12 yrs
Skills
- Delivery Management
- Release Governance
- Operational Excellence
Career Highlights
- Led a 36-member QA organization to success.
- Reduced regression cycles by 30% through strategic initiatives.
- Certified Scrum Master with a focus on Agile governance.
Work Experience
HT Media Group
QA Manager (3 yrs)
IBM
SDET (2 yrs)
Software Engineer In Test (7 yrs)
Education
ENGINEERING at BMS College Of Engineering, Basavangudi
P.U.C at National College, Jayanagar
ICSE at Cathedral High School
Bachelor of Engineering at B. M. S. College of Engineering