Ankur Sinha
Technical Program Manager, Digital Product Manager , Digital & AI Transformation Leader
Bengaluru
Summary
Technology program leader driving enterprise delivery across platform modernization, AI-augmented engineering, and release governance. Orchestrated zero-downtime releases, CI/CD and MLOps pipelines, and cross-functional coordination across global product and engineering teams. Ready for Senior Technical Program Manager scope in environments that demand dependable delivery across complex systems.
Overview
4
4
Certifications
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Technical Program Manager
Thoughtworks
07.2019 - Current
- Led AI transformation program focused on modernizing retail merchandising capabilities and accelerating growth through 30% increase in customer engagement and forecasted revenue growth of $400m.
- Reengineered software delivery into an AI-native engineering model across greenfield and brownfield retail programs by applying GenAI Xp practices, AI-assisted development, and engineering guardrails to reduce time-to-production by 25% and enhance delivery quality with velocity.
- Developed scaling plan for retail catalogue to 27M SKUs across multi-seller ecosystem, supporting projected $800M revenue increase
- Streamlined integration of 100+ applications using automated CI/CD and MLOps pipelines, cutting onboarding from 6 weeks to under 2 weeks and sustaining 98% CSAT
- Streamline Tesco POS enterprise stack modernization by decoupling legacy vendors and migrating 10000+ POS tills across 3000+ UK stores through 15 cross-functional squads across 3 geographies while maintaining zero business disruption.
- Deployed IDFC Bank digital platform for 7M+ customers, delivering 30+ features/year using blue-green zero-downtime releases and SRE-led war-room command.
- Designed ANZ Fabric self-service platform on GCP with domain-driven design, reducing environment setup time by 85% while enabling 10+ autonomous product teams via cost-baselining and tagging governance.
- Managed account P&L margins and optimized leverage across T&M, fixed-bid, fixed-capacity, and outcome-based models, directing 80+ FTE global teams and sustaining 8.3/10 team-happiness index.
- Led cross-functional teams to deliver complex technical projects on time and within scope.
- Developed project roadmaps to align with strategic business objectives and stakeholder expectations.
Delivery Manager
Nagarro
07.2018 - 06.2019
- Orchestrated airline reservation-system transformation, boosting processing speed and prediction accuracy across delivery workflows.
- Streamlined safe PI planning across multi-vendor teams, lowering operational costs 10% while enhancing on-time delivery.
- Structured MVP scope and set end-to-end release strategy for global airline rollout across three locations.
- Created standardized delivery governance to coordinate execution across three global locations and improve time-to-market speed.
- Streamlined multi-vendor execution efforts for reservation-system modernization while balancing program cadence with launch readiness.
- Implemented agile methodologies to improve project delivery efficiency and team collaboration across multiple projects.
- Negotiated with vendors to secure favorable terms, contributing to budget efficiency.
Sr. Supervisor, Program Planning & Control
Honeywell
01.2016 - 07.2018
- Managed 20-member team spanning 3 regions to deliver for $1B global avionics program.
- Sustained program cost performance 15% below target by overseeing planning and control for delivery execution.
- Achieved 96% on-time delivery results across global milestones while coordinating interdependent workstreams.
- Coordinated program planning control while executing risk management for safety-critical avionics systems.
- Maintained compliance with stringent industry standards and aviation regulatory requirements.
- Coordinated execution, issue tracking, and executive communication for complex program delivery.
FMS / Simulation Framework Engineer
Airbus
02.2011 - 01.2016
- Developed simulation models resulting in a 25% reduction in system-testing time and faster software-update release cycles.
- Coordinated technical direction for engineering teams regarding FMS software integration and milestone delivery.
- Increased delivery predictability by coordinating simulation work with software-update timelines and program management priorities.
- Improved cross-functional execution through clear updates for stakeholders based on engineering progress.
- Supported FMS software milestones through disciplined planning, issue follow-up, and engineering coordination.
- Led cross-functional teams to enhance aircraft design and production processes.
- Implemented advanced simulation tools to optimize engineering workflows.
R&D / Solution Engineer
Nokia Siemens Networks
07.2007 - 01.2011
- Engineered telecom solutions that improved data throughput 30% across enterprise and commercial networks.
- Designed customer-tailored network solutions aligned to business objectives and technical requirements.
- Supported rollout of advanced mobile technologies by translating solution design into deployment-ready deliverables.
- Contributed to product innovation by shaping network solutions that strengthened market competitiveness.
- Aligned solution proposals with business needs to support product planning and portfolio decisions.
- Developed and implemented technical solutions for complex customer requirements.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to enhance product performance and reliability.
- Streamlined integration processes, improving deployment efficiency across multiple projects.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - undefined
Indian School of Business (ISB)
01-2024
Executive Master of Business Administration - Marketing
Great Lakes Institute of Management
Chennai01-2012
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics & Communication Engineering
Bangalore Institute of Technology
01-2007
Skills
Program management
Product management
Portfolio management (P&L, margins)
Executive communication & influence
Organizational change management
Cloud platforms
AWS
GCP
Azure
Observability / SRE
Product roadmap management
Product discovery
Backlog prioritization
Roadmap prioritization
Go-to-market planning
Certification
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Timeline
Technical Program Manager
Thoughtworks
07.2019 - Current
Delivery Manager
Nagarro
07.2018 - 06.2019
Sr. Supervisor, Program Planning & Control
Honeywell
01.2016 - 07.2018
FMS / Simulation Framework Engineer
Airbus
02.2011 - 01.2016
R&D / Solution Engineer
Nokia Siemens Networks
07.2007 - 01.2011
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics & Communication Engineering
Bangalore Institute of Technology
Executive Master of Business Administration - Marketing
Great Lakes Institute of Management
Bachelor of Engineering - undefined
Indian School of Business (ISB)