Are you looking for a Scrum Master who doesn’t just “facilitate,” but actually removes blockers, drives continuous delivery, and brings Agile to life in your team? You've found the right person. I’m a Certified Scrum Master (CSM) with 12+ years of experience leading high-performing Agile teams remotely across various industries including fintech, healthcare, SaaS, and e-commerce. My superpower? Helping distributed teams deliver high-value increments consistently, while improving collaboration and flow. --- 🧩 What I Bring to Your Team: Agile Excellence: Deep experience with Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, and Lean practices. Remote Leadership: Proven track record running fully remote teams across multiple time zones. Facilitation Mastery: Daily stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, backlog grooming, and stakeholder demos — all run with energy, purpose, and outcomes. Impediment Slayer: I proactively identify blockers, improve team dynamics, and coach teams toward self-organization. Tool Savvy: Jira, Trello, Asana, Azure DevOps, ClickUp, Miro, Confluence, and Slack — I fit into your workflow seamlessly. --- 🏆 Achievements: Helped increase sprint velocity by 40% within 3 months through better backlog refinement and WIP limits. Led a 12-person cross-functional team that delivered an MVP in just 6 weeks for a US-based SaaS startup. Introduced metrics and Agile coaching to reduce team churn and improve stakeholder satisfaction by 30%. --- 🎯 Let’s Talk If You Need: ✔️ A dedicated Scrum Master for your Agile/remote team ✔️ Someone to coach teams and implement Agile best practices ✔️ Help transitioning from Waterfall to Agile ✔️ A sharp communicator who ensures transparency and accountability ✔️ Hands-on support across time zones (available for US PST/EST hours) --- Certificates: - Certified Scrum Master. - Advanced certified scrum master. - SAFe agilist certified. 📩 Let’s collaborate to make your team faster, happier, and more productive. Send me a message and let's talk goals!

Hi, I’m Nikola, a Project Manager and Agile Specialist with 6+ years of experience leading cross-functional teams, optimizing value delivery, and driving successful outcomes across both startups and enterprise-scale environments. I don’t just manage projects - I shape ecosystems where people, processes, and goals align to deliver real impact! My experience goes beyond frameworks. While I’m a certified Scrum Master, Product Owner, and Agile Coach, what truly sets me apart is my ability to connect strategy with execution, foster team collaboration, and build transparent systems that scale. I’ve led product and tech teams, restructured delivery pipelines, facilitated organizational change, and supported company-wide agile transformations. Whether you’re a fast-moving startup or a growing organization in need of structure - I’ll meet you where you are and take you further. 🔧 What I Bring: - Strategic project & product leadership - Value stream optimization and prioritization - Clear, human-centered communication - Remote collaboration expertise - Experience across software, marketing, AI, and B2B sectors - A mindset focused on continuous improvement, not just delivery Let’s build something meaningful, together!

As a Certified HubSpot Expert and Certified Scrum Master, I specialize in creating efficient, streamlined systems for businesses through HubSpot CRM, sales, marketing, CMS, and automations. With a strong background in Agile methodologies, I also offer expertise as a Product Owner, Project Manager, and Agile Coach to ensure successful project delivery and continuous improvement. My focus is on helping organizations grow and scale with structured, agile solutions and integrated HubSpot processes. Key Skills & Expertise HubSpot CRM Setup & Optimization ✅ Sales, Marketing, Service, and CMS customization ✅ HubSpot Automations and Integrations ✅ Streamlined processes for lead nurturing and reporting ✅ HubSpot Workflow and Pipeline Management ✅ Real-time Reporting & Data Analysis Agile Project Management ✅ Certified Scrum Master with practical experience ✅ Leading Agile transformations and coaching teams ✅ Product backlog creation and prioritization ✅ Sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives ✅ Facilitating cross-functional collaboration Project Ownership & Leadership ✅ Agile Product Owner for continuous feature development ✅ Full project lifecycle management from initiation to closure ✅ Scope, timeline, and resource management ✅ Client communication and stakeholder engagement How I Can Help Your Business HubSpot Expertise: Whether you need a CRM setup, automation workflows, or integration with other tools, I’ll tailor HubSpot to your business needs and scale it as you grow. Agile Transformation: Help your teams adopt Agile practices, improve productivity, and meet your project goals efficiently. End-to-End Project Management: From managing product backlogs to ensuring successful sprint execution, I oversee all phases of the project lifecycle. Customized Solutions: I work with your team to design and implement customized solutions, ensuring smooth processes and clear communication at every step.

"Deepti is not only certified and experienced, she has mature insight into the challenges of organizing a scrum team and has been a great leader for us. We will expand her role with us into two additional teams." "Deepti joined our company at a critical time and took over a team that was really struggling. She not only got it organized and productive within a few sprints using her agile scrum master skills, she also took on a larger role as an overall program manager for the project. She was direct customer-facing for our largest and most complex and demanding client and handled many delicate and sensitive interactions and issues. She took a huge load off my plate and I will be forever grateful. I highly recommend Deepti. " "Prompt response, great customer service." Is what my clients say about me ! AGILE TRANSFORMATION SUCCESSES • Infosys, Bangalore: Agile Coach for Cisco's 2 billion USD CUCM product transformation to Agile. Trained around 50 Engineers and team members over 5 batches. Coaching for over a year to Leadership and Engineers helping transform from a traditional waterfall organization to become high productivity Scrum Teams. • Here Solutions India Private Limited, Mumbai: Training of around 40 engineers over 3 batches in Scrum and Kanban. Coached the Team for close to a year, setting new benchmark for productivity for the rest of the organization. Let me take you through few of the common business problems: 1. You spend too much on development without getting any tangible results 2. Your project budget looks like a black hole constantly sucking in more money and people 3. Your team is moaning about not clear requirements and they build not the thing you wanted them to in the first place 4. It feels like you are firefighting all the time instead of delivering value to your customers 5. You want the processes in your company to work seamlessly and, ideally, automatically, instead there’s too much back and forth, a lot gets lost in translation and you have too many human errors 6. You want to focus on other business processes like marketing and sales, but instead, you constantly get pulled into software development If you recognize yourself at least in one of those, then you’ve come to the right place! I'm the real deal when it comes to building software within budget. Myself, Deepti Mehta is a smart and talented manager, well-versed in multiple agile methodologies and enthusiastic about working with them to build and improve your product. I have over 17 years of Software Development and Project Management experience includes responsibilities such as Software Testing, Quality Assurance, Reporting & Documentation, and Client Relationship Management. I do have 10 + years of exposure to agile with 8 years as a scrum master and agile project management. I am an expert in transforming teams from waterfall to agile and have successfully worked with known clients like Cisco, Here Solution Pvt Ltd, and P&G in their Agile Transformation journey with huge teams of 50+ FTE. Profile Summary: • Successfully executing migrations of non SAP datacentres to Azure Cloud as Cloud Migration Project Manager, driving end to end migrations. • Adept in various Digital Marketing Techniques and driving traffic to your website. • Evangelist of agile/scrum principles and methodology. • Expert in people management, defining project scope, objectives, staffing, resources, and tracking deliverables, and ramping up projects within time, budget & quality parameters as per best practice guidelines. • Assemble and coordinate multi-disciplinary project teams both collocated and remote and geographically distributed teams • Efficient organizer, motivator, team player, and a decisive leader with the ability to motivate teams to excel and win. • Hiring and managing attrition. • Perform resource allocations and workload assignments according to delivery requirements along with other stakeholders. • Handling Change Management for support issues. SKILL SET • Project Managemen • Agile Principals • Time Management • Tasking Meetings/Retrospectives • Team Building • Mentoring/Coaching • Iteration/Sprint Planning • Process Improvement • Communication CERTIFICATIONS SAFe Leading Agilist June 2021 Scrum Inc. SM June 2021 Scrum inc PO Jun 2021 PMI ACP May 2017 Agile Scrum Training Extensive Training from Infosys (Covers CSM syllabus- @21 Hrs app.) Send me a note with a bit about your company, your track record, and your project. If it seems like a good fit, we’ll schedule a time to talk.

Looking for an experienced AI Product and Operations Manager?😎 I can handle projects, improve your organization's business process and provide digital marketing services! If you're looking to breakthrough that 6-figure mark or a consistent MRR, let me help you! Plus if you're looking for software development teams I have my own team of 3 years (with some of them based in the U.S) to help your needs! Here's a quick summary of what I offer: ✔️Shopify B2B and B2C Data Driven Conversion Funnel Analysis ✔️End to End Project Management for ALL kinds of projects (Software Development, RPA, AI, Digital Marketing, Business Process Transformation, Agile Transformation among others) ✔️ Product Management from inception to Go-to market to scale ✔️ Automation: Make, n8n, Zapier, UiPath, Laiye, etc. ✔️ Digital Marketing Campaigns (Social Media, Email, SEO, etc.) ✔️ Copywriting ✔️ Script writing (Video,Podcast, etc.) ✔️ On page / Off page SEO ✔️Agile (Scrum, Lean, Kanban, etc.) specific Management ✔️Project Management, RPA Agile and Business Process Consultation ✔️AI: Generative AI and Data Science Business Improvement Projects ✔️Technical Documentation on all aspects of projects and business Some (but not all) Technologies and Tools I have used so far or I am familiar with: ⭐️Google Analytics ⭐️ Firebase ⭐️ Shopify ⭐️ Mixpanel ⭐️ Azure DevOps ⭐️ Chat GPT ⭐️ Nano Banana ⭐️ Higgfield ⭐️ Veo ⭐️ Flora ⭐️ MidJourney ⭐️ Google AI Studio ⭐️ Vertex ⭐️ Canva ⭐️ UiPAth ⭐️ Laiye ⭐️ Zapier ⭐️ Notion ⭐️ ClickUp ⭐️ Asana ⭐️ TeamGantt ⭐️ Stable Diffusion ⭐️ DALL-E ⭐️ Pictory ⭐️ JIRA ⭐️ Confluence ⭐️ D365 ⭐️ NetSuite ⭐️ SAP ⭐️ Make ⭐️ About me: I have been a Product Manager for more than 8 years. Most of my projects are long term projects of 6 months -2 years and I am also experienced & certified in Agile/Scrum and Project Management. I have been exposed to different kinds of Software Development Projects (now I am deep into RPA Project Management) and Digital Marketing projects. I would greatly welcome new experiences that you might offer. When it comes to operations, I handled Operations as COO of a startup company for around 3 years early in my career so I can say I am fairly efficient and knowledgable when it comes to business processes and operations. If you have mobile app, web app or any development needs especially RPA, I have an experienced team (worked together for 3 years) working with me on call to provide the product you need! I can also handle Agile Transformation projects with Small - Medium sized companies given that most of the projects on my portfolio were either Hybrid or Scrum Projects and I also handled these kinds of projects within my organization.

I am an Agile Project Manager/SCRUM Master. I have spent several years releasing and delivering highly complex technical software projects successfully, leading the projects and team at each of the Project Lifecycle. I can also help you as a Scrum leader and Jira Administrator. Jira is my primary tool for Project Management but I can work in any management tool. My skills include project planning, scheduling, budgeting, risk management, stakeholder management, and project team leadership. • Total 15+ years in IT industry. • Executed Roles of Scrum Master, Project Manager, Agile Coach. • Certified in SCRUM, ITIL, ISO. • Hold bachelors degree in Software Engineering. • Hold Masters degree Project Management and BI. • Highly skilled in Project Management and implementing Scrum framework. • Proficient in tools like MS project, Jira, Azue Devops Board, Kanban board. • Executed IT projects in Quality Assurance Testing and Cloud implementation. • Have in-depth knowledge in SQL, Microsoft Azure. Project Management Services: • Agile Project Management. • Agile Software development • Product Management • Project Coordination - Planning - Scheduling - Leadership - Execution - Documentation - Team Management • Stakeholder Management • Risk Management • Project Documentation • Business Analysis Services • Agile Project Management and Business Analysis • Project Management Software • Jira Admin Expert • Confluence Expert • Trello Board Expert • Planning and Monitoring • Specifying Requirements • Defining MVP • Setting Up the Collaboration Tools and Management Processes • Managing the Software Development

As a Certified Scrum Master and Atlassian Expert, I specialize in driving Agile transformations and optimizing project management workflows. With over 5 years of experience, I offer: - Guiding teams in adopting Agile methodologies to enhance productivity and collaboration. - Proficient in Jira, Confluence, and Bitbucket for seamless project management and documentation. - Customizing workflows to align with organizational processes, ensuring efficiency. - Conducting training sessions and providing ongoing support to ensure successful Agile adoption. Let's collaborate to transform your project management approach and achieve your organizational goals."

With 16+ years of experience as a Scrum Master, JIRA Administrator, Project Manager, and Agile Coach, I have successfully led cross-functional teams and managed large-scale projects with 200+ members. I’ve played a key role in facilitating Agile ceremonies, customizing JIRA for optimal workflow management, and coaching teams toward self-organization and continuous improvement. By ensuring efficient project delivery, resource management, and stakeholder alignment, I’ve helped drive successful outcomes. As an Agile Coach, I’ve guided organizations through Agile transformations, creating a collaborative and high-performance culture. Project Manager with experience of leading large-scale projects and cross-functional teams, ensuring timely delivery and alignment with organizational goals. As a Project Manager, I am good at: ⭐ Developing project plans, defining scope, objectives, and deliverables, and ensuring alignment with stakeholders ⭐ Managing project timelines, resources, and budgets to ensure projects are completed within scope and on schedule ⭐ Coordinating with cross-functional teams to ensure smooth execution and timely delivery of milestones ⭐ Identifying project risks and issues, implementing mitigation strategies, and ensuring smooth problem resolution ⭐ Tracking project performance and providing regular updates to stakeholders on progress, risks, and changes ⭐ Ensuring effective communication across teams and with stakeholders to maintain transparency and collaboration ⭐ Facilitating meetings and workshops to keep teams aligned, motivated, and focused on objectives ⭐ Managing changes in project scope, schedule, and resources to ensure successful project outcomes ⭐ Ensuring post-project evaluations are conducted to identify areas of improvement for future projects Certified Scrum Master with experience in managing cross-functional, dynamic teams and handling large-scale projects with 200+ team members. As a Scrum Master, I am good at: ⭐ Facilitating Daily Stand Ups, Sprint Planning, Capacity Planning, Sprint Demo, Sprint Retrospective, and Backlog Refinement ⭐ Resolving impediments and blockers for team members to maintain smooth workflow ⭐ Helping Product Owners refine and prioritize the Backlog to ensure focus on delivering value ⭐ Assisting the team in managing the Backlog, User Stories, and estimation techniques ⭐ Coaching teams to be self-organizing and encouraging accountability within the team ⭐ Ensuring Scrum Events are followed efficiently and Agile best practices are fully implemented ⭐ Ensuring quality deliverables are produced on time, meeting deadlines, and exceeding stakeholder expectations ⭐ Reporting and communicating with external stakeholders, maintaining transparency and visibility throughout the process ⭐ Maintaining clear and up-to-date project documentation for effective collaboration JIRA Administrator with experience in creating, managing and optimizing JIRA environments to meet the needs of cross-functional teams and organizations. As a JIRA Administrator, I am good at: ⭐ Administrative JIRA changes like creating projects, workflows, schemes, issue types, and custom fields from the start ⭐ Workflow or custom field changes, dashboard creation, team management, and permission management within JIRA ⭐ Setting up complex automation rules and integrating with Slack ⭐ Coaching teams on JIRA best practices ⭐ Generating reports corresponding to team metrics and organizational KPIs ⭐ Performing cloud-to-cloud migrations and ensuring smooth transitions ⭐ Setting up and troubleshooting JIRA Service Management ⭐ Providing consultations on JIRA Service Management best practices Agile Coach with experience in guiding organizations through Agile transformations and coaching teams to achieve high performance. As an Agile Coach, I am good at: ⭐ Coaching teams on Agile principles and practices ⭐ Mentoring leaders and stakeholders to embrace Agile mindsets ⭐ Facilitating Agile workshops and training sessions ⭐ Helping organizations scale Agile practices (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe) ⭐ Fostering self-organization and continuous improvement within teams ⭐ Aligning team efforts with business goals to deliver value efficiently ⭐ Ensuring collaboration and transparency across teams and stakeholders ⭐ Supporting leadership in driving successful Agile transformations ⭐ Building and sustaining a culture of Agile excellence

I'm a PMP-certified Project Manager, Agile Delivery Expert, and Workflow Automation Specialist with over 15 years of experience leading complex software, infrastructure, and data projects across fintech, healthcare, eCommerce, and public service sectors. I'm also an Atlassian Certified Jira Administrator and an Expert-Vetted freelancer on Upwork with a 100% Job Success rate. I help teams deliver faster by combining disciplined project execution, Agile coaching, and intelligent automation using tools like n8n, Jira, and the OpenAI API. My work sits at the intersection of three disciplines: ✅ Project Management & Agile Delivery — I've led Agile transformations, coached cross-functional Scrum teams, and delivered programs ranging from post-acquisition technology integrations to federated AI healthcare platforms. Certifications include PMP, PMI-ACP, CSM, CSPO, SAFe 5 Agilist, SAFe 5 Scrum Master, and ICAgile Agile Coaching. ✅ Workflow Automation — I build n8n and Make automations for clients — AI-powered Slack triage bots, CRM integrations, content pipelines, order processing workflows, and more. I connect tools like HubSpot, GoHighLevel, Jira, Slack, OpenAI, Microsoft 365, and Notion into seamless, automated systems. ✅ Atlassian Administration — I'm Atlassian Certified in Jira and experienced with Jira Service Management, Confluence, and Tempo Timesheets. I configure workflows, permission schemes, dashboards, and automation rules to optimize how teams plan, track, and deliver work. Whether I'm managing a 12-workstream post-acquisition integration, standing up a PMO, or automating a client's order pipeline end to end, I bring a people-first, results-driven mindset to every engagement.

University Gold medallist . 20+ years of experience in the IT Industry worked as Senior Digital IT Program and Technology Solution Manager - managing large and critical projects upto $2M and handling 40+ team. Major Clientele - IKEA, IBM. Cushman and Wakefield , Decathlon and Jumio Corporation. Extensive experience on e-commerce, Banking, Real estate domains enabling Digital transformation ; Quality automation and Delivery . Spear-headed customer requirements and handled multiple customer deliveries. I have also enjoyed playing major roles as an Engineering Manager, Senior Scrum master & Product Owner. ● Certified: PMP, CSM, CSPO, CSP, SAFe Agilist, IBM Agile Thought leader , ● Led trainings: Program Management , Agile, JIRA , SDLC ● Stakeholder and vendor management ● Cross functional team leadership ● Tools - Expert in ClickUp JIRA, Confluence, Asana, Smartsheets, Azure Devops , Notion, Slack ● Technologies - Python, Java, C++ , Machine Learning,Data structures. I have been featured in CIOReviewIndia magazines on Agile leadership , gave close to 1000+ contact hours on teaching Agile worldwide and written 10 different articles on Quality automation and leadership roles. Accomplishments - Sr Program Manager and Delivery Lead Sr Technical Solution Manager handling more than 10 different work projects across the EMEA & APAC region within V&A Cushman & Wakefield. Single point of contact across these regions. Acting SiteLead for the entire BatchLeads India team . Worked closely with the founder and CTO to scale the BatchService Engineering and Operations team in India from 20 to 80 team members in 8 months. Led the overall software development effort to build an online community engagement platform from scratch - Decathlon AllForSport website and the App to inspire 10 million Indians to practice sports. Online Sales clocked to $30K/day. Transitioned path of online revenue streams esp during Covid. Successfully led 8 cross functional teams across Geo locations. Handled resource management and integrated deliveries with ease. Increased productivity [35% lead time] and Quality [critical incidents down by 60%] Setup first of its kind Quality & Automation for all of Decathlon IT India - responsible for technology planning and key strategic decisions. 80% yearly benefit achieved. Onboarded 7 third party vendors [CLIP approvals] and responsible for performance appraisal for 20 reportees. Co-managed Decathlon Sustainability projects to give “second life” to used products Sr Scrum Master -RTE - Agile Coach Spearheaded Big Room planning for 3 days with 150+ participants within IKEA Sweden.One of the 4 coaches introducing Scale agile methodology. Blogger and keynote speaker [Only speaker invited to represent from India in AgileTourLille - 2019] Led the Agile transformation in IKEA eCommerce organization (a 150+ employee org). Coached 140+ teammates, 15+ Scrum Masters and 6+ Product Owners on Agile values and principles to promote continuous improvement in practices and artifacts. Improved backlog maturity and reversed years of poor performance. Daily collaboration with VPs, directors and C-level on strategy, change management and organizational design Increase org wide transparency and visibility on every level Continuously improve the product and portfolio management processes and practises Significantly improved alignment and dependency management/elimination amongst 30+ globally distributed teams Helping to build the SM team and the Agile CoP Engineering Led the 12 member core team to develop microservices and integrate with our online shopping App - Decathlon Engineered integrating Java plugins into IBM JDK for seamless customer experience. Part of IBM Software Labs for 6 years to have handled multiple engineering tech. Product Manager Active lead in Affiliate marketing , building new marketplaces for India IT selling in Decathlon during Covid. Built multiple used cases for end customer like Abandon cart by end users , Integrating Algolia search and Direct mail module defined for batchleads. Created the 2 year business roadmap for AllForSport Built a complete QA roadmap for Decathlon App for automation