Technical Program Manager & Agile Delivery Leader

Sameer K Panda

Technical Program Manager Product Owner Agile Delivery Leader Banking & Enterprise Platforms

Based in India Open to PAN-India & GCC Leadership Roles

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Technical Program Manager, Product Owner, and Agile Delivery professional with 23+ years of experience delivering enterprise technology initiatives across banking, insurance, telecommunications, and digital platform environments.

Combines 12 years of software engineering and technical leadership experience with over a decade of Product Ownership, Scrum Master, Agile Coaching, Agile Delivery, and Program Management experience.

Experienced in leading technical project delivery, coordinating cross-functional engineering teams, managing dependencies and risks, facilitating stakeholder alignment, and enabling successful delivery of enterprise technology initiatives.

TECHNICAL & DELIVERY EXPERTISE

12 years as Java Developer and Technical Lead across enterprise platforms

APIs, integrations, backend systems, and distributed architectures

Experience translating business requirements into technical deliverables, release plans, and execution roadmaps.

CORE EXPERTISE

Technical Program Management Product Ownership & Backlog Management

Agile Delivery & Scrum Leadership Cross-Functional Stakeholder Management

Dependency & Release Coordination Enterprise Platform Delivery

Delivery Governance & KPI Reporting Banking & Financial Services Technology

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Github Technologies

Independent Consultant – Technology, Agile & Product Delivery 2025 – Present

Providing advisory support on Agile delivery, product operating models, and technology execution practices.

Supporting organizations in strengthening delivery governance, stakeholder reporting, and cross-functional collaboration.

Advising on delivery frameworks, team effectiveness, and enterprise Agile ways of working.

INNAX – Netherlands

Product Owner / Scrum Master 2023 – 2025

Led delivery across three concurrent digital product initiatives within a regulated European environment.

Managed product backlogs, roadmap prioritization, sprint planning, and release coordination.

Coordinated a cross-functional team of 15 spanning engineering, QA, data, and business stakeholders to deliver roadmap commitments and releases.

Implemented KPI-based delivery reporting to improve transparency and stakeholder visibility.

Administered Jira workflows, dashboards, governance reporting, and delivery metrics.

Rabobank – Netherlands

Principal Consultant – Agile Delivery & Program Enablement 2022 – 2023

Supported Agile delivery across distributed teams within a GDPR-regulated banking environment.

Facilitated cross-team dependency management across multiple squads and technology workstreams.

Established delivery metrics and reporting frameworks to improve visibility and decision-making.

Supported quarterly planning, stakeholder reporting, and execution alignment at Tribe and Area level

Credit Suisse – Switzerland

Senior Program Manager – Agile Delivery & Banking Modernization 2020 -2021

Supported enterprise banking modernization initiatives within a global financial services organization.

Implemented KPI and OKR reporting frameworks to improve delivery transparency.

Partnered with Product Owners, engineering teams, and stakeholders to coordinate delivery activities, release planning, and risk mitigation.

Improved visibility through structured reporting of delivery progress, risks, and dependencies.

Earlier Experience

Agile Delivery, Coaching & Enterprise Technology Leadership 2013 – 2020

Clients: Bank of America, AIG, AT&T, Windstream, Wide Open West, Ford Motor Company

Led Agile delivery, coaching, and stakeholder alignment initiatives across banking, insurance, telecommunications, and automotive environments.

Facilitated Agile adoption, delivery planning, dependency management, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Supported enterprise technology modernization and cross-functional delivery coordination.

Java Development & Technical Leadership 2001 – 2013

Clients: State Street, FPL, PatientKeeper, Bonnier

Progressed from Software Engineer to Technical Lead across enterprise technology platforms.

Designed and delivered enterprise applications, integrations, and backend systems.

TOOLS & METHODS

Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, Rally Agile, Scrum, SAFe, Kanban

Product Backlog Management KPI Dashboards & Delivery Reporting

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

Master’s Degree – Master of Computer Applications

Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) Agile Delivery Certifications PRINCE 2

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