Senior Technology Delivery & Program Manager

Amir Atashzadeh

Toronto, ON 416-***-**** ****.**********@*****.***

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

PMP-certified Senior Technology Delivery and Program Manager with 15+ years of experience leading enterprise technology infrastructure, integration, cloud modernization, and transformation initiatives across banking, wealth management, insurance, government and SaaS. Experienced in directing concurrent workstreams, integrated delivery planning, RAID and dependency management, vendor coordination, executive governance, budget oversight, and delivery within regulated environments. Financial-services background includes 10+ years at TD, with additional delivery leadership at CIBC and Aviva. Combines enterprise technology depth with Agile, hybrid and waterfall project delivery, risk management and operational readiness.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Enterprise Delivery Office / PMO Governance End-to-End Project & Program Delivery Integrated Plans, Milestones & Dependencies RAID Logs, Escalation & Mitigation Executive Status Reporting & Steering Committees Budget, Forecast & Vendor Spend Oversight Cross-Functional Stakeholder Management Audit, Regulatory & Technology Controls Scope & Change Management Agile, Hybrid & Waterfall Cloud & Infrastructure Modernization Resource & Vendor Coordination

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Government of Nova Scotia — Sr. Architect / Delivery Lead, Digital Transformations Halifax Jan 2025 – Present

Lead enterprise technology delivery across cloud modernization, identity and access management, security, APIs, enterprise applications and digital health services, coordinating multiple business and technology workstreams.

Maintain integrated delivery schedules, milestones, RAID and decision logs, executive dashboards and escalation paths; track cross-team dependencies and drive resolution of delivery risks and issues.

Coordinate vendors, architects, development, QA, security, operations and business partners to align deliverables, implementation readiness, technical scope and delivery priorities.

Manage project scope, budget, schedule, procurement and vendor performance; facilitate executive steering forums and cross-organizational decisions.

Led identity integration for an NS Health application, migrating several thousand internal users to Microsoft Entra ID authentication while supporting enterprise security standards.

UKG Co. (Kronos) — Engineering Manager Boston Jun 2022 – Dec 2024

Led enterprise modernization and integration delivery involving cloud services, applications, APIs, microservices and technology platforms.

Coordinated development, architecture, QA, DevOps and business analysis workstreams across integrated release plans, dependencies, production deployments and delivery milestones.

Established an API governance framework and Center of Excellence using Apigee, MuleSoft and Azure API Management.

Maintained delivery schedules and executive dashboards, drove issue resolution and integrated security scanning and CI/CD controls into release delivery.

Aviva Insurance — Sr. Manager, Digital Transformation Toronto Aug 2021 – Jun 2022

Drove a $15MM+ enterprise transformation program, accountable for scope, integrated plans, budget, vendor oversight, delivery dependencies and executive reporting.

Led on-premises-to-cloud platform migration and operational readiness, coordinating technology, vendors and operations through cutover.

Led migration of RBC Insurance data onto the Aviva platform, managing application, data and business dependencies across workstreams.

Engaged Technology, Business, Risk, Compliance, Audit and Operations stakeholders to incorporate governance and controls into delivery; reported milestones, issues, risks and decisions to VP/SVP leadership.

CIBC — Sr. Project Manager Toronto Apr 2021 – Aug 2021

Led enterprise initiatives supporting Risk, Governance and Regulatory functions, coordinating cross-functional business and technology stakeholders.

Prepared project charters, schedules, RAID logs and communications plans aligned to enterprise PMO practices; managed decisions, dependencies and escalations.

Managed Knowledge Base Centralization and supported customer-system enhancements across technology, risk and business teams.

TD — Sr. Manager, Digital Transformation Toronto Sep 2010 – Mar 2021

Led enterprise technology and business transformation across Wealth and Business Banking, overseeing end-to-end planning, delivery, dependencies, governance, implementation and benefits realization.

Coordinated concurrent initiatives with Technology, Risk, Credit, Compliance, Audit and business leaders in a regulated banking environment.

Delivered automated account monitoring and adjudication capabilities, improving early risk detection and reducing fraud and credit losses by $45MM annually.

Led loan eligibility and customer risk-factor solutions that improved approval rates by 15% while maintaining stable loss rates and internal risk thresholds.

Delivered enterprise data migration, data governance, control frameworks and risk reporting solutions supporting management and regulatory oversight.

TECHNOLOGY, GOVERNANCE & METHODS

Azure, AWS, Microsoft Entra ID, CyberArk, OpenShift, Kubernetes, REST APIs, Apigee, MuleSoft, Azure API Management, Azure DevOps, Jira, Confluence, MS Project, Planview OSFI, COBIT, ISO 27001 PMBOK, Scrum, Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

PMP MCP Agile

Master of Business Administration — Baron School of Management

Master of Computer Engineering — AIU

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