Faraz Uddin
As a modern Agile technology leader, I thrive at the intersection of strategy, collaboration, and execution. Driving value through cross-functional teams and continuous improvement.
As a modern Agile technology leader, I thrive at the intersection of strategy, collaboration, and execution. Driving value through cross-functional teams and continuous improvement.
Vision & Strategy: I define the product roadmap based on market insight and user needs.
Communication & Collaboration: I align stakeholders, designers, and developers through clear, ongoing dialogue.
Prioritization & Decision-Making: I manage the backlog and drive decisions that balance value, effort, and feasibility.
Agile Facilitation: I guide teams through Agile best practices and Scrum ceremonies.
Impediment Removal: I proactively resolve blockers and foster continuous improvement.
Servant Leadership: I enable team autonomy and maintain a culture of trust and collaboration.
Business Insight: I map business processes and identify tech-driven opportunities for optimization.
Requirements & Documentation: I translate stakeholder needs into clear specs and user stories.
Testing & QA: I lead UAT and production checks to ensure quality and alignment with business goals.
At Bank of America, I led an Agile Scrum team focused on delivering high-impact fraud prevention initiatives that safeguarded enterprise payment and detection systems.
Oversaw the product roadmap and backlog for the GFD application, which orchestrated enterprise payment flows with real-time fraud detection via the PFD (Payment Fraud Detection) SAS vendor system.
For two years, I served as a consultant at TIAA, working with two Agile Scrum Teams across investment performance and retirement plan management platforms spreading my time across both teams at 50% capcity
I managed TIAA's fund screener tool and over 9,000 fund profile pages, collaborating closely with Marketing, Investment Performance teams, and vendor partner Fincentric (an S&P Global company).
PlanFocus is a cloud-based tool for institutional retirement plan management. My contributions helped empower users including Plan Sponsors, Administrators, and Consultants to: