Hi, I'm Ankita Kolvankar

Certified Scrum Master & Agile Project Manager

8 years in IT, including 4 years leading Agile and SAFe teams, built on an earlier foundation in software quality assurance and business analysis.

8+

Years in IT

4+

Years Agile & SAFe Leadership

20

Member Teams Led

About Me

Results-oriented Scrum Master and Agile Project Manager with a proven track record driving Agile transformation and delivery predictability across enterprise programs, including ICICI Bank, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance, and Tata Consultancy Services.

Agile & SAFe Leadership

Led Scrum ceremonies and SAFe practices across multiple Agile teams, improving ceremony effectiveness by 20%

Delivery & Quality Governance

Drove 90%+ sprint goal achievement and led SIT as QA Lead on a major banking platform

Team Mentorship & Coaching

Coached cross-functional teams in Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe, contributing to a 30% Agile maturity uplift

Strong Academic Foundation

MBA in IT (Software Quality Management) building on a Bachelor's in Information Technology

Key Achievements

TCS BaNCS LMS

Served as QA Lead and SIT Lead on the TCS BaNCS Loan Management System, coordinating a team of ~20 testers across release cycles

ICICI Bank

Worked as Scrum Master on ICICI's AI-based Intelligent Automation Program, streamlining manual processes such as CSG and NACH Mandate

ICICI Prudential Life

Drove Agile delivery for ICICI Prudential's iNeo application, covering the end-to-end Life Insurance lifecycle

Agile Maturity Uplift

Achieved a 30% Agile maturity uplift across the department through coaching and mentoring in Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe practices

Professional Experience

Agile Scrum Master, SIT Lead

Tata Consultancy Services - Mumbai Oct 2021 - Jan 2026

QA & SIT Leadership - TCS BaNCS Loan Management System

  • Served as QA Lead on the TCS BaNCS LMS project, using TCS iPSafe to drive test planning, execution, and quality governance
  • Led System Integration Testing (SIT) as SIT Lead for a team of approximately 20 testers, coordinating test cycles, defect triage, and release readiness

Scrum Mastery & Agile Coaching

  • Facilitated all core Scrum ceremonies for two Agile teams, improving ceremony effectiveness by 20%
  • Ensured 90%+ sprint goal achievement through effective backlog grooming with the Product Owner
  • Removed over 5 recurring impediments per quarter, driving a 10% increase in team velocity over 6 months
  • Introduced and tracked Agile metrics (burn-down, velocity, cycle time) using Jira dashboards
  • Coached team members in Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe, contributing to a 30% Agile maturity uplift
  • Collaborated with Product Managers, Architects, QA, and Release Managers to manage dependencies and uphold Definition of Done
Scrum SAFe 6.0 Jira SIT Agile Coaching Kanban

Junior Business Analyst

KPIT Technologies - Navi Mumbai Mar 2017 - Mar 2019
  • Worked as Business Analyst on internal Reliance projects, including a Visitor Management System and a Scrum Access Management System, gathering requirements end-to-end
  • Managed change requests using SAP Solman, ensuring controlled and auditable rollout of system changes
Business Analysis SAP Solman Stakeholder Management

Business Analyst Intern

Webonise Labs - Pune Apr 2014 - Jun 2014
  • Completed as part of MBA summer internship, supporting business analysis activities for client projects
Business Analysis Internship

Systems Engineer

Infosys Technologies Ltd - Bangalore Sep 2010 - Mar 2013
  • Completed six months of J2EE training at Infosys Mysore before transitioning into a Quality Assurance role
  • Performed regression testing in Java and built log4j-based logging frameworks to support defect diagnosis and test reporting
Java J2EE QA Testing Log4j

Technical Expertise

Agile & Scaling

Scrum Kanban SAFe 6.0 PI Planning ART Coordination Release Planning

Coaching & Transformation

Agile Coaching Agile Transformation Team Mentoring Change Management Continuous Improvement

Delivery & Stakeholders

Stakeholder Management Product Owner Collaboration Risk & Dependency Mgmt Delivery Governance

Agile PM Tools

Jira Jira Align Azure DevOps Rally VersionOne Trello

Metrics & Reporting

Power BI Jira Dashboards Velocity Tracking Burndown/Burnup Cycle Time

DevOps & CI/CD

Jenkins GitHub GitLab Bitbucket CI/CD

QA & Testing

SIT Test Planning Defect Management ISTQB Foundation

Technical Exposure

SQL Unix/Linux AWS Azure Cloud J2EE Log4j

Education & Certifications

Education

MBA: Information Technology

Specialization: Software Quality Management

Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies & Research - Pune

06/2015

Bachelor of Engineering: Information Technology

Thakur College of Engineering And Technology - Mumbai

06/2010

Awards & Honors

  • On the Spot Award (Team), 2025 - TCS
  • On the Spot Award, 2025 - TCS
  • On the Spot Award, 2011 - Infosys

Certifications

Professional Scrum Master (PSM1) AI Empowered SAFe 6.0 Scrum Master ISTQB Foundation Level KPMG Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Kanban Practitioner Scrum Master Accelerator Agile Scrum + Scrum Master (Udemy)

Get In Touch

I'm always interested in hearing about new opportunities and Agile challenges. Feel free to reach out!