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Senior Project Manager | Program Manager | Digital Transformation Leader | PMP® | PSM II | Agile Delivery | BFSI | AI-Enabled Project Management | 21+ Years

About

I believe successful projects are not delivered by managing tasks—they are delivered by inspiring people, making informed decisions, and consistently creating business value. With 21+ years of experience leading enterprise programs across banking & financial services, automotive, embedded systems, cryptography, and networking, I specialize in transforming complex business initiatives into predictable, high-quality outcomes. As a PMP® and Professional Scrum Master II (PSM II)-certified Project & Program Manager, I have successfully led cross-functional teams, managed global stakeholders, and delivered mission-critical digital transformation programs for Fortune 500 organizations. Data-Driven Throughout my career, I have: 🚀 Delivered large-scale digital transformation, Open Banking (CDR), ISO 20022 migration, and enterprise modernization initiatives. 📈 Managed 10+ concurrent programs and 50+ enterprise release cycles while balancing scope, budget, schedule, quality, and risk. 🤝 Led geographically distributed engineering, QA, product, and business teams across multiple countries. 📊 Built executive KPI dashboards and governance frameworks that improved delivery transparency, forecasting accuracy, and release confidence. ⚡ Reduced release cycle time through Agile transformation, strengthened regulatory compliance, and improved operational stability through proactive risk management. 💡 Introduced AI-enabled project management practices and data-driven decision-making to enhance delivery predictability and strategic planning. I enjoy working where technology meets business strategy—bringing together diverse teams, simplifying complexity, removing delivery roadblocks, and building a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Core Expertise • Enterprise Program Management • Digital Transformation • Agile, Scrum & Hybrid Delivery • Technical Program Management • Delivery Governance & PMO • Stakeholder & Executive Management • Risk, Budget & Vendor Management • Release & Portfolio Management • Regulatory & Compliance Programs • AI-enabled Project Management • KPI Dashboards & Data-driven Decision Making I'm always interested in connecting with leaders, innovators, and organizations building products that make a real impact. If you're looking for someone who combines strategic thinking with disciplined execution and a passion for delivering measurable business outcomes, I'd be happy to connect. Sincerely, Deepak Pandey PMP®, PSM II® Mobile: 9845229439 Let's connect at pandeydeepak123@gmail.com.

Location

Greater Bengaluru Area

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Work experience

Project Manager at Tata Consultancy Services, Apr 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 5 mos, On-site, ▪ Directed end-to-end delivery for the FOS digital transformation program, coordinating 6 cross-functional teams across engineering, QA, and business functions through 12 planned releases. ▪ Built KPI and defect-health dashboards, giving leadership same-day release visibility, cutting reopened defects nearly in half within two quarters. ▪ Established requirement-to-release traceability across 200+ business requirements, strengthening regulatory audit readiness and executive confidence in delivery milestones. ▪ Partnered with product owners, solution architects, and engineering leads to define scope and prioritize a roadmap spanning four delivery quarters. ▪ Resolved 40+ risks, dependencies, and change requests through structured mitigation planning, holding critical escalations to fewer than three per quarter. ▪ Chaired governance reviews with a steering committee of 10+ senior stakeholders, pairing milestone tracking with transparent status reporting. ▪ Championed hybrid Agile delivery across 5 scrum teams, tightening sprint governance and shortening release cycle time from six weeks to four.

Project Manager at Tata Consultancy Services, Nov 2022 - Mar 2024 · 1 yr 5 mos, Hybrid, ▪ Spearheaded a compliance-critical ISO 20022 migration, owning scope, schedule, and budget across 3 business units and earning the Outstanding Performance Award for delivery excellence. ▪ Developed integrated project plans covering 25+ milestones and cross-team dependencies, sustaining on-time release delivery across five consecutive quarters. ▪ Negotiated resourcing and automation investments that added 4 release cycles per year without increasing headcount. ▪ Coordinated payment-format validation across 10+ partner banks, safeguarding regulatory compliance ahead of the mandated cutover date. ▪ Instituted risk and issue tracking that cut production incidents by an average of 3 per release, stabilizing operations for downstream teams.

Project Manager at Tata Consultancy Services, Jan 2020 - Oct 2022 · 2 yrs 10 mos, Remote, ▪ Owned delivery of Open Banking (CDR) SaaS releases end-to-end, aligning cross-functional teams from planning through production while holding cost, timeline, and quality commitments. ▪ Steered 50+ release cycles, tracking dependencies and milestones while delivering 100+ business and technical requirements within committed quality targets. ▪ Strengthened test governance across the program, catching roughly 1 in 4 additional defects before release. ▪ Engaged engineering teams, architects, and product owners to shape roadmaps and prioritize 100+ requirements against strategic business goals. ▪ Authored 10+ technical proposals alongside business development and sales, contributing to new client engagements and program expansion. ▪ Monitored program health through governance reviews and KPI dashboards, briefing a stakeholder group of 8+ executives on a biweekly cadence.

Senior Software Engineer at Infineon Technologies, Sep 2004 - Feb 2010 · 5 yrs 6 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, ▪ Validated hardware-protected storage and cryptographic functions, including X.509, IPSEC, VPN, and PKI standards, for the Trusted Platform Module stack. ▪ Trained 5-10 engineers, authored Requirement Traceability Matrices and closed 100+ defects using HP Quality Center to support on-time product launches.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Karnatak University

Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Electronics and Communication, Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College of Engineering and Technology (SDMCET)