Results-oriented Associate Technical Program Manager with a strong background in leading Quality Assurance and cross-functional teams. Expertise in driving program delivery, implementing innovative tools, and enhancing Agile environments. Skilled in stakeholder collaboration, process optimization, and strategic planning across product, engineering, and QA functions. Seeking a leadership role focused on cross-functional execution and a vision-driven approach to product and technology delivery.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications
Work History
Associate Technical Program Manager
Porter
Bangalore
12.2024 - 11.2025
Led company-wide hiring and security programs across 5+ departments and 100+ stakeholders, achieving on-time delivery and operational readiness.
Reduced time-to-hire by 25% by redesigning interview workflows, eliminating bottlenecks, and launching real-time hiring dashboards with KPI tracking.
Owned security & compliance program, coordinating engineering, IT, HR, and leadership for ISO 27001 audits and effective risk remediation.
Established program governance with milestones, risks, dependencies, and reporting for multiple Agile teams.
Recruited, onboarded, mentored, and scaled multiple Agile delivery teams, improving execution velocity and cross-team alignment.
Technology-driven logistics platform
QA Engineer → Senior QA Engineer → QA Lead
Porter
Bengaluru
06.2018 - 11.2024
Owned quality delivery for multiple product lines, driving monthly KPIs, SLOs, and release readiness across engineering and business teams.
Reduced QA support backlog from 1,900+ tickets to under 400 in 5 months through prioritization frameworks, automation coverage, and defect triaging workflows.
Led cross-functional release execution including test planning, estimation, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and go-live readiness.
Defined test strategies and quality gates across manual, exploratory, regression, and end-to-end automation.
Partnered with Product and Engineering to translate business requirements into functional and technical test specifications for platform, integrations, and APIs.
Led post-production incident management and root-cause analysis, facilitating rapid recovery and establishing long-term defect prevention measures.
Built and managed QA teams, implementing structured onboarding, mentoring, and performance tracking to enhance team capabilities.
(Promoted twice based on performance and leadership impact)
QA Engineer
TRG
05.2017 - 04.2018
Conducted requirements analysis and designed tests, managed test data, and executed various testing types, ensuring comprehensive coverage of application functionality.
Ensured quality assurance sign-off through measurable testing processes and maintained effective communication and reporting across teams.
Supervised manual QA and QA support teams, streamlining testing processes to enhance overall quality assurance efforts.
Handled scrum ceremonies and mentored the cross-functional agile team for deliverables.
QA Engineer
Phoeniixx Designs and pvt LTD
01.2016 - 05.2017
Contributed to planning activities and requirements gathering, identifying test scenarios and preparing module documentation to ensure comprehensive test coverage.
Developed test cases and tracked defects, maintaining clear status updates for effective project management.
Executed testing on various plug-ins and themes with a focus on identifying functional and CSS bugs, re-executing failed test cases, and providing detailed reports.
Performed Day Zero Setup before test execution, including project upload to the server.
Interacted directly with the client to understand the overall architecture of the web application.
Assistant Professor
Sat Priya Institute of Engg. & Technology, MDU
09.2014 - 11.2015
Facilitated engaging lectures and discussions that fostered critical thinking and active participation among students.
Conducted evaluations of student performance and provided constructive feedback to support academic growth.
Education
Master of Technology - Computer Science and Engineering
MD University
Rohtak
06.2014
Skills
Project Planning & Execution
JIRA
Notion
Gantt/Timeline tools
Slack
Risk & Dependency Management
Agile (Scrum)
Program management
Stakeholder engagement
Hiring processes
Cross-functional collaboration
Stakeholder Management
Agile Retrospectives
Feedback Loops
Leadership
Collaboration
Strategic Communication
Adaptability
Certification
Managerial Effectiveness
Work Preference
Job Search Status
Open to work
Work Type
Full TimePart Time
Location Preference
On-SiteRemoteHybrid
Salary Range
₹190000/yr - ₹200000/yr
Timeline
Associate Technical Program Manager
Porter
12.2024 - 11.2025
QA Engineer → Senior QA Engineer → QA Lead
Porter
06.2018 - 11.2024
QA Engineer
TRG
05.2017 - 04.2018
QA Engineer
Phoeniixx Designs and pvt LTD
01.2016 - 05.2017
Assistant Professor
Sat Priya Institute of Engg. & Technology, MDU
09.2014 - 11.2015
Master of Technology - Computer Science and Engineering
Senior Eng Program Manager- Product Management- Business Systems, Devices and Services at Google IncSenior Eng Program Manager- Product Management- Business Systems, Devices and Services at Google Inc