PALAK KULSHRESHTHA
Helsinki,18
Summary
Experienced IT professional at Nordea Abp with strong expertise in reporting, release governance, risk assessment, and cross-functional coordination within a regulated financial environment. Proven ability to support regulatory-driven delivery, prepare management and status reports, and contribute to annual and quarterly planning cycles. Experienced in working closely with technology, QA, and business stakeholders to ensure controlled execution, audit readiness, and informed decision-making.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Release Manager
Nordea Abp
Helsinki
09.2022 - Current
- Coordinate release governance activities for banking applications in a highly regulated financial environment
- Prepare release status reports, risk assessments, and deployment readiness documentation for management and stakeholders
- Support regulatory-driven release planning by ensuring approvals, traceability, and audit-ready documentation
- Act as a coordination point between QA leads, Release Train Engineers, and business stakeholders
- Contribute to annual and quarterly planning cycles by aligning release timelines with business and regulatory priorities
- Improve efficiency and reporting accuracy by automating selected release checkpoints and documentation steps
Scrum Master
Sulake Oy
Helsinki
03.2022 - 06.2022
- Supported cross-functional coordination and delivery planning for a newly established product team
- Established structured ways of working, reporting visibility, and stakeholder alignment
Release Manager / Scrum Master
TCS | Metso Outotec
Tampere
02.2019 - 03.2022
- Planned and coordinated releases from initiation to closure, ensuring progress tracking and structured status reporting
- Supported effort estimation and planning with Product Owners and development teams
- Configured and tested ServiceNow workflows to improve release governance, reporting accuracy, and delivery efficiency
- Coordinated team resourcing in line with contractual and delivery commitments
Test & Release Manager
TCS | AkzoNobel
Pune
01.2017 - 01.2020
- Led automation testing and coordinated release activities for a continuous delivery pipeline
- Defined and managed release scope, supporting compliance-driven decision-making
- Coordinated global regression testing across 70+ countries, consolidating results into executive go / no-go reports
- Acted as a central coordination point between business, testing, and release stakeholders
Test Leader
TCS | Jaguar & Land Rover
Pune
08.2012 - 12.2016
- Supported SAP automation testing and end-to-end execution
- Prepared status reports, coordinated defect triage, and represented the team in governance forums
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical Engineering
Samrat Ashok Technical Institute
05.2012
Skills
Reporting & Governance
- Management and release status reporting
- Risk assessment and mitigation documentation
- Go / No-Go decision support
- Audit-ready documentation and traceability
Domain Experience
- Banking and Financial Services
- SAP
- Finance
- Logistics
- Manufacturing
Planning & Coordination
- Annual and quarterly planning support
- Cross-functional stakeholder coordination
- Delivery and rollout planning
Project & Service Management
- Agile and SAFe in regulated environments
- ITIL-aligned Change and Release Management
- Jira, ServiceNow
Tools
- ServiceNow (Change, Release, Reporting)
- Jira, Confluence
- MS Excel and PowerPoint
- SAP (functional exposure)
Certification
- SAFe 6 Practitioner, SAFe, 2025
- SAFe Agilist 5.1, SAFe, 2021
- Professional Scrum Master II, Scrum.org, 2022
- Professional Scrum Master I, Scrum.org, 2021
- Microsoft AZ-900, Microsoft, 2021
- ISTQB Foundation Level, GASQ, 2016
- NCFM - Capital Markets, NSE, 2012
Languages
Finnish, Intermediate (Ilmonet and self-study)
Timeline
Release Manager
Nordea Abp
09.2022 - Current
Scrum Master
Sulake Oy
03.2022 - 06.2022
Release Manager / Scrum Master
TCS | Metso Outotec
02.2019 - 03.2022
Test & Release Manager
TCS | AkzoNobel
01.2017 - 01.2020
Test Leader
TCS | Jaguar & Land Rover
08.2012 - 12.2016
Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical Engineering
Samrat Ashok Technical Institute