TARUN SAYAL Mobile: +91 9620966651 Email: tarun.sayal@gmail.

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Executive Summary
Project Management |Project Plan & Strategy | Agile | Waterfall | Change Management | Transportation | Insurance | Healthcare

➢ Self-motivated professional having 16+ years of Consulting experience serving clients in global delivery model with specialization in
managing large scale geographically distributed testing programs for various clients from HealthCare & Life Science and Insurance clients.
➢ Currently engaged as offshore Functional and Test delivery manager for a leading Health Care provider.
➢ Certified SAFe 5 Agilist and Certified Product Owner/Product Manager.
➢ Experienced in implementing Waterfall and Agile methodologies.
➢ Contributed to innovative solutions and project assets (tools & accelerators) for standardization to enhance the customer experience.
➢ Designed Test Strategy, test plan for various testing phases including sprint testing, functional testing, migration testing, system integration
testing and UAT.
➢ Prepared Test Scenarios based on the project requirements, trained, and assisted the team in preparing test cases, RTM, test data setup,
executing the test cases and defect management.
➢ Planning, controlling, estimating, monitoring, and reporting of all testing activities during project phases.
➢ Led pre-sales pursuits to provide estimates, proposal presentations and orals.
➢ Implemented and enforced Scrum principles and practices and managed sprint backlog items and tasks, Scrum Boards in JIRA.
➢ Led all Scrum Ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Sprint retrospectives, Sprint Demos, Story Grooming, Scrum of Scrums
and Release Planning.
➢ Strong experience in Test Management, Stakeholder Management, SDLC & STLC processes, including Release Planning, Change
management.
➢ Good understanding of CI/CD concepts.
➢ Expertise in creating Project plans, Pricing and Staffing Models.
➢ Solid analytical and problem-solving ability as well as strong attention to detail.
➢ Mitigating Risk factors through careful analysis of situation and proposing solutions to manage the risk, and setup process improvements
to mitigate the risks.
➢ Managed Release and Cutover Management activities for 25+ releases with team spread across different geographical locations.
➢ Facilitate Technical Authority and CAB meetings for Change Management process.
➢ Accountable for smooth execution of multiple external audits done by Big4 firms on client’s IT Controls and processes.

AREA OF EXPERTISE

Agile Scrum | Test Plan and Test Strategies| Test Management | Stakeholder Management | Project Management |
Process Improvements | Project Planning | Risk Analysis and Mitigation | Budgeting and Staffing Models | Waterfall
| Release & Change Management

TOOLS EXPERTISE

JIRA | SFDC Tracker | MS Office | Microsoft Project | Azure DevOps | Rest Client | HP ALM | ALM Octane

CERTIFICATIONS / ACHIEVEMENTS / INITIATIVES TAKEN

➢ Certified SAFe 5 Agilist and Product Owner/Product Manager.

➢ Trained Prince 2 practitioner.
➢ Trained PMI ACP.
➢ Led 10+ Testing, Digital Transformation & Support Proposals for Insurance & HealthCare industry.
➢ Managed pursuit’s consolidation initiative to create generic proposal response templates.
➢ Managing Testing Delivery Pool for 200+ resources to obtain delivery efficiency.
➢ Leading Eminence and Niche Skills Brown Bag sessions for 500+ resources in QA practice.
➢ Led Testing Lateral Recruitment initiative for BLR location.
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Deloitte Consulting (Aug 2013 – Till Date)

Manager –Test Management & Project Management

Project: Abbott Catapult

Role: Functional and Test Manager Industry: Life Science & Health Care

Contribution & Accomplishments:

✓ Responsbile for Testing delivery of technical solution worth $20M to more than 8000 users across 10+ countries.
✓ Involved in creating and managing Microsoft Project Plans, Provide Test Estimates for product implementations.
✓ Prepared Test Strategy, Test Plan and Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) for Functional testing phases, Test Scenarios (Sprint,
Functional, System, System Integration, Web Services and UAT support.
✓ Participated in reviews of test cases, defects, automation scripts, and test results and other related documents.
✓ Executed all the phases of Testing Life Cycle.
✓ Involved Requirement gathering and review of requirement documents.
✓ Manage SOW, Testing SLAs/KPIs, Bill Rates and Expenses for the project.
✓ Present Project Status, Risks, Mitigation Plans to Deloitte Leadership, Client Business Sponsor’s in Program Board meetings.
✓ Develop and execute UAT and Training Plans.
✓ Work closely with 3rd party vendor teams and client’s IT Stakeholders to develop and execute cutover plan.
✓ Mitigating Risk factors through careful analysis of situation and proposing solutions to manage the risk, and setup process
improvements to mitigate the risks.

Project: Amtrak EPIC

Role: Test Manager Industry: Transportation

Contribution & Accomplishments:

✓ Build the entire manual and automation testing team from the scratch for large engagement work $30M.
✓ Manage 38-member testing team, spread across different geographic locations, and responsible for complete QA delivery from
offshore.
✓ Creation of Test Plan, Test Strategy, Testing reports and Test Closure documents.
✓ Managed multiple testing threads like manual testing (AEM, SFDC), Integration Testing of Mulesoft APIs, Data Migration Testing,
Automation Testing and ADA Testing.
✓ Accountable for all phases of testing and the management of the testing activities across Estimations, Test preparation phases, test
data identification & creation, test case writing, test executions, and defect reporting.
✓ Created high level and detailed level estimation for automation Framework/Script creation and execution.
✓ Create and Maintain Risk Log for Risk Analysis & Mitigation.
✓ Coordinate with client’s IT and Business team for User Story grooming.
✓ Conduct lead review of all Testing artifacts.
✓ Conducting training workshops and prepare training documentations.
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Project: Connect Source

Role: Product Manager & Scrum Master Industry: Healthcare
Contribution & Accomplishments:
✓ Managed Staffing, Onboarding and Delivery of SaaS solution from two projects in parallel.
✓ Manage cross functional team of 40+ people consisting of Product Owners, Scrum Masters, product architects and consultants
across USA and India for 2 different clients.
✓ Led all Scrum Ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Sprint retrospectives, Sprint Demos, Story Grooming, Scrum of
Scrums and Release Planning
✓ Use key Scrum metrics (burndown, velocity) to help deliver committed work
✓ Manage sprint backlog items and tasks, Scrum Boards in JIRA
✓ Define Product roadmap and worked with design and architecture team to define agile implementation processes to shorten the
time to go to market and enhance the ability to change direction quickly.
✓ Created and maintained pricing and staffing model spanning through all the phases of the project.
✓ Accountable for all phases of testing and the management of the testing activities like Estimations, Test preparation phases, resource
calculation, test data, test cases, test execution plans, and defect report life cycle flows.
✓ Successfully managed Project, Enhancement and PROD Support track for complex business solution.
✓ Creation of Test Plan, Test Strategy, Testing reports and Test Closure documents.
✓ Enhanced efficiency – We created an excel based test automation framework used to run regression test suite.
✓ User Story Grooming with Business Stakeholders and Product Owner.
✓ Coordinate with Offshore team while working from client location in USA.
✓ Conduct final review of offshore team’s Test artifacts, SOP Documents.
✓ Develop and execute UAT and Training Plans.
✓ Highlight risks and dependencies to client leadership and propose a mitigation plan.
✓ Conduct non-biased project performance evaluation. Nominate individuals for monetary awards and conduct events to keep the
team motivated.

Project: Patient Connect

Role: Scrum Master & Test Manager Industry: Healthcare

Contribution & Accomplishments:

✓ Manage cross functional team of 40+ people consisting of Product Owners, Scrum Masters, product architects and consultants
across USA and India for 2 different clients.
✓ User Story Grooming with Business Stakeholders and Product Owner.
✓ Created and maintained pricing and staffing model spanning through all the phases of the project.
✓ Accountable for all phases of testing and the management of the testing activities across Estimations, Test preparation phases,
resource calculation, test data, test cases, test execution plans, and defect report life cycle flows.
✓ Creation of Test Plan, Test Strategy, Testing reports and Test Closure documents.
✓ Develop and execute UAT and Training Plans.
✓ Highlight risks and dependencies to client leadership, and propose a mitigation plan.
✓ Conduct non-biased project performance evaluation. Nominate individuals for monetary awards and conduct events to keep the
team motivated.
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Accenture Service Pvt. Ltd. (Nov 2006 – July 2013)

Sr Software Engineer. – Product Owner, Test Management, Tester

Project: CCS & CMS

Role: Product Owner & Test Lead (USA + India) Industry: Insurance P&C
Contribution & Accomplishments:
✓ Closely worked with client’s business team to define CMS requirements and design.
✓ Created Business Requirement Document.
✓ Coordinated with Dev and Test team from India and onsite and conduct lead review of offshore team’s artifacts.
✓ Assist client in UAT testing.
✓ Highlight risks and dependencies to client leadership and propose a mitigation plan.
✓ UAT planning and conduct User training.
✓ While working from Offshore, Lead 16-member team across Enhancement and Production Support streams.
✓ Creation of RTM, Test Plan, Test Strategy, Testing reports and Test Closure document.
✓ Remove testing team’s blocker and dependencies to ensure smoother execution of the project.

Project: CCS
Role: Senior Tester (USA) Industry: Insurance P&C
Contribution & Accomplishments:
✓ Conduct peer review of team’s artifacts (scenarios and test scripts)
✓ Create Test Scenarios and Test Scripts for Functional, Integration and Regression Testing phases for complex modules
✓ Execute functional, Regression and Integration test scripts and log defects in ALM
✓ Coordinate with Data for Test Data preparation for Functional, Integration and UAT Testing phases
✓ Creation of RTM, Testing reports and Test Closure document
✓ Assist client in UAT testing
✓ Conduct application demos on complex modules for Client’s IT team before UAT begins

Project: FFIC
Role: Tester Industry: Insurance P&C

Contribution & Accomplishments:

✓ Conduct peer review of team’s artifacts (scenarios and test scripts)
✓ Create Test Scenarios and Test Scripts for Functional, Integration and Regression Testing phases for complex modules
✓ Execute functional, Regression and Integration test scripts and log defects in ALM
✓ Coordinate with Data for Test Data preparation for Functional, Integration and UAT Testing phases
✓ Creation of RTM, Testing reports and Test Closure document
✓ Conduct application demos on complex modules for Client’s IT team before UAT begins

Project: OneBeacon
Role: Tester Industry: Insurance P&C

Contribution & Accomplishments:

✓ Create Test Scenarios and Test Scripts for Functional, Integration and Regression Testing phases for complex modules
✓ Execute functional, Regression and Integration test scripts and log defects in ALM
✓ Coordinate with Data for Test Data preparation for Functional, Integration and UAT Testing phases
✓ Maintaining RTM and assist test lead in preparing Testing reports

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

Global Institute of Technology, Jaipur (Rajasthan University) 2002 – 2006

Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics Instrumentation & Control (B.E.)