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Ankit Agarwal
Senior Program Manager
Pune
Summary
Dynamic program management professional with extensive 12+ Years of experience overseeing large-scale initiatives and leading cross-functional teams to success. Proven ability to leverage strategic planning and resource allocation to streamline processes, enhance stakeholder engagement, and drive impactful results. Recognized for fostering a collaborative team environment while demonstrating exceptional problem-solving skills and adaptability to meet evolving project demands. Committed to enhancing employee engagement and performance through effective training, monitoring, and relationship-building strategies.
Overview
13
years of professional experience
5
Certificates
Work History
Rugr Fintech Pvt Ltd.
Senior Program Manager - Banking Operations
09.2025 - Current
Job overview
- Managed cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality products within scope and budget constraints.
- Led payments and banking platform integrations using APIs and third-party vendors, ensuring data accuracy and reconciliation.
- Facilitated stakeholder communication, leading to improved alignment between business objectives and program goals.
- Led website and digital platform migrations, ensuring minimal downtime, security validation, performance stability, and platform modernization.
- Negotiated with vendors to secure cost-effective solutions without compromising on quality.
- Provided hands-on support to QA teams, ensuring test strategy alignment, defect triage, and quality gates were met.
- Spearheaded global real-time payment programs, integrating networks and vendors, while optimizing KPIs to boost system availability, throughput, and incident response.
- Prioritized platform upgrades, considering both long-term and short-term return on investment (ROI) potential to maximize spending impact.
- Implemented monitoring tools and performance metrics for increased visibility into project health and risk mitigation strategies.
TRST Health Pvt Ltd
Project/Program Manager
03.2024 - 04.2025
Job overview
- Defined and tracked program KPIs, milestones, dependencies, and success metrics.
- Managed multiple strategic projects with numerous sub-projects or workstreams.
- Oversaw application lifecycle management across development, testing, release, and production support.
- Facilitated sprint planning, backlog grooming, release planning, and retrospectives.
- Reduced release defects by 8-10% through improved QA and release governance.
- Improved delivery timelines by 12% via process optimization and cross-team coordination.
Synechron Digital Pvt. Ltd.
Senior QA/Project Lead
08.2021 - 02.2024
Job overview
- Improved test planning, test case creation, and executing the test case process helped in reducing test case development time by 3-5%, leading to faster product releases and increased efficiency.
- Actively participate in the full life cycle of deal execution, including due diligence, financial analysis, and preparation of transaction documents.
Commercial Capital Funding LLC
Sr. Risk/Project Manager
08.2020 - 03.2022
Job overview
- Serve as a point of contact for KYC, BSA, and AML operations, including among customer operations teams such as customer support, risk operations, account operations, and enablement for secured and unsecured loans.
- Lead the response and recovery activities for critical incidents, managing the lifecycle from detection through resolution.
Qihoo Finance India Pvt. Ltd
Risk/Project Manager
09.2019 - 08.2020
Job overview
- Lead and mentor teams, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement over end-to-end KYC, AML Transaction Monitoring, Sanctions Screening, and Ongoing Customer Review processes, ensuring adherence to regulatory requirements and company policies.
- Work with other departments like fraud, risk, compliance, and customer service and provide feedback to improve systems, reduce disputes, and prevent fraud.
Biz2Credit Info Services Pvt Ltd.
Senior Business/Project Analyst
04.2019 - 06.2019
Job overview
- Lead and mentor teams, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement over end-to-end KYC, AML transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, and ongoing customer review processes, ensuring adherence to regulatory requirements and company policies.
American Express India Pvt Ltd
Lead Credit Analyst
01.2013 - 03.2019
Job overview
- Managed the underwriting of business segment corporate and consumer cards for India and the U.S. ANZ markets, resulting in a 2-3% reduction in credit risk, and improved portfolio quality.
- Lead and mentor teams, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement over end-to-end KYC, AML transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, and ongoing customer review processes, ensuring adherence to regulatory requirements and company policies.
Education
RGPV UniversityBhopal
B.E from Computer Science
University Overview
GPA: 7.8
Skills
Due diligence assessment
Certification
Scrum Master Assessment
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Timeline
Senior Program Manager - Banking Operations
Rugr Fintech Pvt Ltd.
09.2025 - Current
Jira Assessment
06-2025
Product Management Assessment
06-2025
Project Management Assessment
06-2025
Scrum Master Assessment
04-2024
Project/Program Manager
TRST Health Pvt Ltd
03.2024 - 04.2025
Speed QA Functional Testing
08-2022
Senior QA/Project Lead
Synechron Digital Pvt. Ltd.
08.2021 - 02.2024
Sr. Risk/Project Manager
Commercial Capital Funding LLC
08.2020 - 03.2022
Risk/Project Manager
Qihoo Finance India Pvt. Ltd
09.2019 - 08.2020
Senior Business/Project Analyst
Biz2Credit Info Services Pvt Ltd.
04.2019 - 06.2019
Lead Credit Analyst
American Express India Pvt Ltd
01.2013 - 03.2019
RGPV University
B.E from Computer Science