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Sandeep Zala

Engineering | Strategy & Execution | Leadership

Bengaluru

10+ years of work experience

Warner Bros. Discovery
Aug 20262 mosPresent

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Plume Design, Inc
Nov 20232 yrs 9 mosJul 2026

India

Tarana Wireless, Inc.
Jun 20221 yr 5 mosOct 2023

Pune District, Maharashtra, India

Tarana is bridging the digital divide with revolutionary next-generation fixed wireless access for last-mile internet delivery. - Lead five cross-functional teams to manage product roadmaps and deliver software releases on time. - Prepared quarterly roadmap for the product and planned software releases. - Implemented agile methodologies and best practices to drive program success. - Managed stakeholder expectations and communication to ensure transparency and alignment. - Analyzed project risks and proactively implemented risk mitigation plans. - Oversaw the quality assurance and testing of project deliverables. - Managed vendor relationships, contracts, and budgets.
Securly
Jan 20202 yrs 3 mosMar 2022

Pune Division, Maharashtra, India

Securly is student safety company, that offers a product suite to keep student safe on internet, I managed a mobile app that offered to parents to keep their kids safe. 2M kids are protected through this app. - Hyper focused on app retention, Improved mobile app retention by 80%. - Customer happiness metrics: Augmented app rating from 3 to 4.6 - Strategise the key initiatives that align with the business goals. - Design thinking, New feature ideation, prototype and validated with user interviews and surveys. - Defined product roadmap, scoped product requirement. - Managed the program with tools like JIRA, Miro, Firebase, Mode analytics and google analytics. - Collaborated with sales, marketing and customer success to chalk down Go-to-Market and growth-hack strategy.
Securly
Dec 20172 yrs 1 moDec 2019

Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

Devised and initiated engineering solutions to a variety of project and design issues.
NAILBITER
Oct 20152 yrs 2 mosNov 2017

Ahmedabad Area, India

Architected and developed data analytics solution for videometric platform. - Defined system architecture, orchestrated dev and cloud deployment pipeline. - Established a solid engineering team and defined engineering process workflow. - Outlined work plans, assessed resources and determining timelines for projects. - Conveyed project objectives to internal and external stakeholders and maintained open communication to keep a close eye on progress against targets.

Sandeep’s AI Stack

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elevenlabs
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kiro
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mcp
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Education

Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

Executive Education Program - Managerial Effectiveness

Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

20232023
Institute of Product Leadership

International Certification in Strategy and Leadership, Product Management

Institute of Product Leadership

20211 yr2022

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Headline

Engineering | Strategy & Execution | Leadership

About

A seasoned Manager with fifteen-plus years of product engineering experience and a successful track record of managing software releases and product roadmaps. Skilled in driving cross-functional teams, implementing agile practices, and ensuring product quality, while delivering releases on-time. Possesses excellent communication and leadership skills and dedicated to fostering collaboration and achieving product delivery excellence.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

anthropic apis

claude code

claude

elevenlabs

kiro

mcp

Work experience

Staff Technical Program Manager at Warner Bros. Discovery, Aug 2026 - Present · 2 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Staff Technical Program Manager at Plume Design, Inc, Nov 2023 - Jul 2026 · 2 yrs 9 mos, India

Technical Program Manager at Tarana Wireless, Inc., Jun 2022 - Oct 2023 · 1 yr 5 mos, Pune District, Maharashtra, India, Tarana is bridging the digital divide with revolutionary next-generation fixed wireless access for last-mile internet delivery. - Lead five cross-functional teams to manage product roadmaps and deliver software releases on time. - Prepared quarterly roadmap for the product and planned software releases. - Implemented agile methodologies and best practices to drive program success. - Managed stakeholder expectations and communication to ensure transparency and alignment. - Analyzed project risks and proactively implemented risk mitigation plans. - Oversaw the quality assurance and testing of project deliverables. - Managed vendor relationships, contracts, and budgets.

Product Manager at Securly, Jan 2020 - Mar 2022 · 2 yrs 3 mos, Pune Division, Maharashtra, India, Securly is student safety company, that offers a product suite to keep student safe on internet, I managed a mobile app that offered to parents to keep their kids safe. 2M kids are protected through this app. - Hyper focused on app retention, Improved mobile app retention by 80%. - Customer happiness metrics: Augmented app rating from 3 to 4.6 - Strategise the key initiatives that align with the business goals. - Design thinking, New feature ideation, prototype and validated with user interviews and surveys. - Defined product roadmap, scoped product requirement. - Managed the program with tools like JIRA, Miro, Firebase, Mode analytics and google analytics. - Collaborated with sales, marketing and customer success to chalk down Go-to-Market and growth-hack strategy.

Principal Engineer at Securly, Dec 2017 - Dec 2019 · 2 yrs 1 mo, Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area, Devised and initiated engineering solutions to a variety of project and design issues.

Software Architect at NAILBITER, Oct 2015 - Nov 2017 · 2 yrs 2 mos, Ahmedabad Area, India, Architected and developed data analytics solution for videometric platform. - Defined system architecture, orchestrated dev and cloud deployment pipeline. - Established a solid engineering team and defined engineering process workflow. - Outlined work plans, assessed resources and determining timelines for projects. - Conveyed project objectives to internal and external stakeholders and maintained open communication to keep a close eye on progress against targets.

Education

Executive Education Program - Managerial Effectiveness, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

International Certification in Strategy and Leadership, Product Management, Institute of Product Leadership