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# Ajay Yadav on Tal

## Headline

Chief of Staff, Technology \| Quince \| ex\-Swiggy

## About

Program management leader with 15 years of experience in technology & general management, with a strong track record in defining and operationalizing planning and execution frameworks for high\-growth product/tech organizations\. Adept at aligning strategy and annual operating plans with high\-ROI product roadmaps, and navigating the nuances of the product/tech lifecycle to drive measurable improvements in execution speed and effectiveness\. Proven builder of high\-performing teams and functions from the ground up, combining strong talent density with effective processes and scalable tools\. Experienced in leading global teams and orchestrating cross\-functional execution to deliver on commitments to executive leadership\. Passionate about strategy, execution, problem\-solving, and user experience, with a reputation for bringing structure and clarity to ambiguous, high\-stakes environments while balancing competing priorities\.

## Location

Bengaluru

## Work experience

Chief of Staff \(Tech\) at Quince, Jun 2026 \- Present · 4 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

AVP Program Management at Swiggy, Oct 2022 \- Jun 2026 · 3 yrs 9 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Head of the Program Management function at Swiggy\. Responsible for e2e planning and execution of all product/tech led projects across all business units\.

Director \- Program Management at Swiggy, Apr 2019 \- Sep 2022 · 3 yrs 6 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Program Manager & Platform Owner \- ServiceNow at Schneider Electric, Jan 2018 \- Apr 2019 · 1 yr 4 mos, Bengaluru Area, India, Program manager for global IT service desk transformation & ServiceNow Platform Owner\. Responsible for program management, platform road\-map, architecture, governance, and innovations around this ecosystem\. Areas of innovation \- analytics/BI, automation/RPA, self\-service kiosks, virtual agents & AI, preventive problem management, self heal\. Also responsible for digitising services for other global functions \(HR, Finance, Purchasing etc\.\)\.

Program Manager \- Low code Platform at Schneider Electric, Sep 2016 \- Dec 2017 · 1 yr 4 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Program Manager for the implementation & roll out of a low code platform \(OutSystems\) for Global digital teams of Schneider Electric to improve business agility & digital innovation\. The platform enabled our engineering team to build custom web/mobile applications much faster than traditional technology\. Managed all phases \- platform evaluation, purchase, implementation, global roll out and change management & capability setup\. In 1 year we trained 100\+ developers internally & built 20\+ business applications\. The program resulted into the creation of a new practice for low code development, which disrupted the speed of app development & cost of maintenance\. As a part of this program, I also lead the design & build of global solutions for IT4IT leveraging this low code platform \- Ideas management, Digital Demand Management, Portfolio & Project Management, Financial management\.

Manager \- Business Analyst Team at Schneider Electric, May 2016 \- Aug 2017 · 1 yr 4 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Managed a team of Business Analysts for custom application development projects\.

Product Owner/Business Analyst at MindTree Ltd\., May 2012 \- Apr 2016 · 4 yrs, Bangalore, India, Last Role: Product Owner for the Global Employee Mobile Apps Program of one of the Top 3 FMCG companies in the world on Salesforce platform\. Defined & built 6 employee mobile apps in a year on Salesforce\. Worked closely with user experience & change management team to improve adoption as per program KPIs\. Previous roles: \- Product Owner for Mindtree's Credit processing product for corporate loan origination\. \- Business Analyst for a banking customer, worked on multiple projects \- Commercial Loan origination, Customer dashboard & service application for customer care centre, and business process re\-engineering \- Other short stints in Project management, Presales, Account research, Digital Banking COE\.

Software Engineer at L&T Infotech, Jun 2007 \- May 2010 · 3 yrs, Mumbai Metropolitan Region, Worked on the end to end development of payment system for a leading financial services provider in Nordic region, the system handles 94% of all the household transactions in Denmark\. \- Component level design based on SOA, Pattern definition, Low level design \- Coding in J2EE, Middleware & Application Servers: Websphere Application Server, Websphere Portal Server, Websphere MQ, SAS, Tivoli Workload scheduler, DB2 \- Asisted business analysts for analyzing requirements for some modules \- Responsible for Release Management and Knowledge Management for the project \- Developed and employed new unit testing strategy which reduced the testing efforts

## Education

MBA \(PGDM\), Finance, General, Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode

Leading Yourself and Others & Strategy in Turbulent Times, Organizational Leadership, INSEAD

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