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Uday Kishore Reddy

Independent Technical Program Management Consultant at Freelancer

Bengaluru

16+ years of work experience

Freelancer
Jun 20264 mosPresent

Bengaluru

Operate as a fractional Staff / Principal TPM for early-stage and scale-up clients, designing PMO and governance frameworks from zero — delivery standards, executive reporting cadences, and dependency-management protocols
Zeotap
Dec 20214 yrs 6 mosMay 2026

Bengaluru

Enterprise Technical Program Management / Governance & AI Transformation Architected enterprise PMO and governance frameworks for 6+ concurrent global Programs across Data, AI/ML, and Product Platform initiatives; established delivery standards, dependency management protocols, and executive reporting mechanisms adopted enterprise-wide. Led SAFe Agile Release Train (ART) comprising 6+ global engineering squads (60+ engineers); owned PI Planning, architecture alignment, and quarterly roadmap delivery; established steering committees and executive review cadences improving leadership visibility and delivery predictability. Reduced average CDP client implementation and onboarding time from 10–12 months to 5–6 months, enabling faster market entry and go-live acceleration for tier-one enterprise clients including Entain, Sky UK, Sky Italy, Virgin Media O2, Breuninger, and Havas Media. Directed high-stakes enterprise CDP Programs valued at $300K–$2M; drove 25–30% increase in customer activation for CDP capabilities and 50+ platform enhancements per quarter, accelerating adoption and time-to-market across strategic account portfolio. Sustained 85% on-time delivery and 90%+ defect resolution; improved delivery velocity by ~5% QoQ through data-driven planning and proactive risk management; achieved ~$200K monthly cost savings through operational optimisation and vendor rationalisation. Evangelised AI-enabled delivery tooling (Jira AI, ChatGPT, Claude) to improve backlog quality, reporting automation, and delivery insights; mentored Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and engineering leaders on Program governance and delivery excellence.
Conduent
Apr 20192 yrs 8 mosNov 2021

Greater Hyderabad Area

Led 4 cross‑geo Agile teams (40+ engineers) delivering regulated enterprise platforms; introduced delivery health dashboards that improved sprint cadence consistency by 30%. Transitioned teams from project‑centric to product‑centric delivery; defined sprint metrics and release predictability measures adopted by stakeholders. Implemented structured risk registers and weekly cross‑team dependency syncs, significantly reducing blocker resolution time and improving stakeholder confidence. Acted as escalation point for delivery risks, technical dependencies and stakeholder alignment across business and technology leaders.
Altruista Health
May 20172 yrsApr 2019

Greater Hyderabad Area

Managed HIPAA‑aligned release cycles for healthcare SaaS platforms; coordinated compliance and QA gate reviews with product and regulatory teams. Standardized definition‑of‑done and release checklists adopted across product teams, reducing post‑release defect rates by ~20%. Coached multiple Agile teams on best practices, improving velocity stability and release predictability across product, compliance and QA functions.
Enzen
May 20107 yrs 1 moMay 2017

United Kingdom; Bengaluru Area, India; Chennai Area, India;

Led utility and enterprise programmes across UK, Bengaluru and Chennai; managed direct client engagement and delivery for multi‑geography projects. Progressed from delivery and QA roles into programme leadership; established release management and enterprise delivery practices. Spent ~3 years onsite in the United Kingdom, coordinating stakeholder delivery and client communications.

Uday’s AI Stack

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Education

GITAM Deemed University

Master of Business Administration - MBA

GITAM Deemed University

20162 yrs2018

Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Electronics And Control Engineering

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad

20024 yrs2006

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Headline

Independent Technical Program Management Consultant at Freelancer

About

Staff/Principal-track Technical Program Manager with 19 years of IT experience and 9+ years leading enterprise-scale global programmes across AI/ML platforms, Customer Data Platforms (CDP), SaaS ecosystems, and cloud-native data infrastructure. Proven track record of driving AI transformation, platform modernisation, and large-scale Agile delivery by building PMOs, governing multi-million-dollar portfolios, and leading SAFe Agile Release Trains across globally distributed engineering teams. Trusted partner to CPOs, CTOs, Product, and Engineering leadership in translating strategic business objectives into executable roadmaps aligned with AI adoption, cloud transformation, scalable platform engineering, and enterprise growth priorities. Experienced in delivering Data & ML Platform initiatives end-to-end, driving governance across cross-functional product, engineering, data, and operations organisations. Strong technical depth in scalable distributed systems, architecture alignment, dependency management, and delivery risk governance, with the ability to engage effectively in architecture reviews and drive resilient, scalable platform decisions in high-ambiguity environments. Recognised for delivering measurable business outcomes through data-driven execution and AI-enabled delivery operations - achieving 85% on-time delivery, enabling 50+ platform enhancements per quarter, and driving ~$200K monthly cost savings across enterprise programmes valued between $300K–$2M.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

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Work experience

Independent Technical Program Management Consultant at Freelancer, Jun 2026 - Present · 4 mos, Bengaluru, Operate as a fractional Staff / Principal TPM for early-stage and scale-up clients, designing PMO and governance frameworks from zero — delivery standards, executive reporting cadences, and dependency-management protocols

Senior Program Manager at Zeotap, Dec 2021 - May 2026 · 4 yrs 6 mos, Bengaluru, Enterprise Technical Program Management / Governance & AI Transformation Architected enterprise PMO and governance frameworks for 6+ concurrent global Programs across Data, AI/ML, and Product Platform initiatives; established delivery standards, dependency management protocols, and executive reporting mechanisms adopted enterprise-wide. Led SAFe Agile Release Train (ART) comprising 6+ global engineering squads (60+ engineers); owned PI Planning, architecture alignment, and quarterly roadmap delivery; established steering committees and executive review cadences improving leadership visibility and delivery predictability. Reduced average CDP client implementation and onboarding time from 10–12 months to 5–6 months, enabling faster market entry and go-live acceleration for tier-one enterprise clients including Entain, Sky UK, Sky Italy, Virgin Media O2, Breuninger, and Havas Media. Directed high-stakes enterprise CDP Programs valued at $300K–$2M; drove 25–30% increase in customer activation for CDP capabilities and 50+ platform enhancements per quarter, accelerating adoption and time-to-market across strategic account portfolio. Sustained 85% on-time delivery and 90%+ defect resolution; improved delivery velocity by ~5% QoQ through data-driven planning and proactive risk management; achieved ~$200K monthly cost savings through operational optimisation and vendor rationalisation. Evangelised AI-enabled delivery tooling (Jira AI, ChatGPT, Claude) to improve backlog quality, reporting automation, and delivery insights; mentored Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and engineering leaders on Program governance and delivery excellence.

Agile Practitioner / Lead Software Engineer at Conduent, Apr 2019 - Nov 2021 · 2 yrs 8 mos, Greater Hyderabad Area, Led 4 cross‑geo Agile teams (40+ engineers) delivering regulated enterprise platforms; introduced delivery health dashboards that improved sprint cadence consistency by 30%. Transitioned teams from project‑centric to product‑centric delivery; defined sprint metrics and release predictability measures adopted by stakeholders. Implemented structured risk registers and weekly cross‑team dependency syncs, significantly reducing blocker resolution time and improving stakeholder confidence. Acted as escalation point for delivery risks, technical dependencies and stakeholder alignment across business and technology leaders.

Agile Practitioner / QA Lead at Altruista Health, May 2017 - Apr 2019 · 2 yrs, Greater Hyderabad Area, Managed HIPAA‑aligned release cycles for healthcare SaaS platforms; coordinated compliance and QA gate reviews with product and regulatory teams. Standardized definition‑of‑done and release checklists adopted across product teams, reducing post‑release defect rates by ~20%. Coached multiple Agile teams on best practices, improving velocity stability and release predictability across product, compliance and QA functions.

Project Lead at Enzen, May 2010 - May 2017 · 7 yrs 1 mo, United Kingdom; Bengaluru Area, India; Chennai Area, India;, Led utility and enterprise programmes across UK, Bengaluru and Chennai; managed direct client engagement and delivery for multi‑geography projects. Progressed from delivery and QA roles into programme leadership; established release management and enterprise delivery practices. Spent ~3 years onsite in the United Kingdom, coordinating stakeholder delivery and client communications.

Education

Master of Business Administration - MBA, GITAM Deemed University

Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Electronics And Control Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad