SHASHANK SHEKHAR
Noida
Summary
Results-driven Senior Technical Program Manager with over 18 years of experience in leading large-scale enterprise technology and data initiatives within global banking environments. Expertise in managing multi-squad delivery teams, driving enterprise transformations, and overseeing critical infrastructure modernization and security remediation programs. Proven ability to align technology initiatives with strategic business outcomes while effectively managing multi-million dollar program budgets. Strong track record of fostering collaboration and innovation to achieve organizational goals in fast-paced settings.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Data Program Manager / Senior RTE
National Australia Bank (NAB)
Gurugram
06.2025 - Current
- Lead enterprise data delivery initiatives supporting analytics and reporting across multiple business domains.
- Coordinate delivery across 5 cross-functional squads (~45–50 resources) including engineers, modelers, TDM specialists and platform teams.
- Lead leaders within the program including 3 delivery leads and 5 Scrum Masters ensuring alignment across engineering and domain teams.
- Collaborate with domain product owners, business RTEs and PMO teams for governance, reporting and milestone tracking.
- Own financial governance for enterprise data programs with budgets of $5–7M including resource planning and cost oversight.
- Introduced automation for project planning and cost estimation improving planning efficiency and transparency.
- Established SME knowledge sharing network improving collaboration across engineering and modeling teams.
Senior Project Manager, Infrastructure & Risk Transformation
National Australia Bank (NAB)
Gurugram
01.2023 - 06.2025
- Directed comprehensive upgrade initiative for 2,500+ Windows and Linux servers, ensuring transition from unsupported to supported operating systems to enhance system reliability.
- Coordinated cross-domain delivery efforts across 8 technology areas, managing 3 delivery leads to facilitate comprehensive upgrade initiatives.
- Facilitated infrastructure enhancement through deployment of 50+ upgrades via automated builds and in-place upgrade methodologies.
- Reduced enterprise technology risk by migrating legacy infrastructure to supported operating systems.
- Delivered Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) remediation strengthening network authentication and port security governance.
- Coordinated efforts of Cisco vendors and internal network teams to ensure seamless operations and reduce downtime.
- Implemented effective security remediation measures, successfully averting nearly $3 million in potential costs.
Release Train Engineer, Financial Crime
Accenture
NOIDA
11.2021 - 01.2023
- Managed coordination of agile release train integrating multiple global workstreams dedicated to sanctions screening and compliance initiatives.
- Coordinated PI planning activities and managed dependencies to optimize collaboration among geographically dispersed engineering teams.
- Spearheaded modernization of payment systems to enhance efficiency and support transition to ISO 20022 format.
Senior Project Manager, Automation & Transition Programs
LifeWorks (TELUS Health)
NOIDA
04.2020 - 11.2021
- Established QA automation framework, scaling engineering team from zero to over 40 engineers.
- Defined enterprise automation strategy and delivery governance across multiple client environments.
- Managed comprehensive transition of automation delivery from Canada to India, including team formation and development of streamlined operational processes.
Education
M.Sc. - Data Science
Chandigarh University
Chandigarh06-2026
Data Science For Business Decision
IIM Kozhikode
Kozhikode02.2021
B.Tech - Computer Science
GGSIPU
New Delhi06.2006
PG Diploma -
CDAC
Noida06.2007
Skills
- Technical Program Management
- Agile Release Train (SAFe)
- PI Planning
- Enterprise Data Delivery
- Data Ingestion Platforms
- Analytics Enablement
- Program Governance
- Dependency Management
- Stakeholder Management
- Infrastructure Modernization
- Security Transformation
- Technology Strategy
- Budget Ownership ($5–7M Programs)
- Vendor Management
- Risk & Compliance
- SQL
- Python (Analytics)
- Root Cause Analysis
- Power BI
- Tableau
- Data-Driven Decision Support
- JIRA
- Azure DevOps
- Confluence
- Azure Boards
LEADERSHIP IMPACT
- Led enterprise infrastructure modernization upgrading 2,500+ Windows/Linux servers across 8 domains improving security compliance posture.
- Directed enterprise data delivery programs across 5 squads (~45–50 resources) supporting enterprise analytics platforms.
- Managed enterprise programs with budgets of $5–7M including capacity planning, cost governance and vendor oversight.
- Setup teams at offshore from ab-intio and responsible for hiring, setup processes, two year roadmap creation, performance management of 40 colleagues
- Delivered Cisco ISE remediation strengthening enterprise network access control and avoiding ~$3M in remediation costs.
- Coordinated Agile Release Train across 10+ global workstreams enabling financial systems modernization.
TECHNOLOGY ECOSYSTEM
Enterprise Data Ingestion Pipelines, Data Modeling, Analytics Platforms, Windows/Linux Infrastructure, Cisco ISE Network Security, Cloud-enabled analytics environments, Azure DevOps delivery ecosystem.
Certification
- SAFe Agilist
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
- IIM Kozhikode – Data Science for Business
- ISTQB
- Databricks Fundamentals
- Power BI Certification
- Generative AI Foundations
Timeline
Data Program Manager / Senior RTE
National Australia Bank (NAB)
06.2025 - Current
Senior Project Manager, Infrastructure & Risk Transformation
National Australia Bank (NAB)
01.2023 - 06.2025
Release Train Engineer, Financial Crime
Accenture
11.2021 - 01.2023
Senior Project Manager, Automation & Transition Programs
LifeWorks (TELUS Health)
04.2020 - 11.2021
M.Sc. - Data Science
Chandigarh University
Data Science For Business Decision
IIM Kozhikode
B.Tech - Computer Science
GGSIPU
PG Diploma -
CDAC