Sameer Arora

Technical Program Manager

Gurugram, Haryana, India11 yrs 5 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

11 years of experience in technical program management.
Led 15+ product releases impacting over 10 million users.
Top 10% contributor on StackOverflow.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Senior Technical Program Manager with expertise in SaaS and software development lifecycle management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Project ManagementStakeholder ManagementTechnical Project ManagementProgram LeadershipTechnical Understanding

Other Skills

Agile MethodologiesAmazon Web Services (AWS)Analytical SkillsAppiumCommunicationContinuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)Customer EngagementDevOpsDocker ProductsFinancial PlanningFunctional SpecificationsHigh-Level DesignIT Project & Program ManagementJIRAJava

About

• Senior Technical Program Manager with 11 years of work experience. • In Top 10% contributors on StackOverflow. • Expert in software solutions and platforms; have helped in closing, managing & delivering multiple complex solutions with major clients across different parts of the world. • Proficient in Project planning and Stakeholder management. • Rich experience in liaising between customer, regional and multiple development teams. • Have independently owned the releases of 15+ products impacting 10M+ users worldwide. I am a firm believer of the fact that we never stop learning and continuously keep adding to our knowledge pool!

Experience

Amazon

Senior Technical Program Manager

Mar 2021 – Present · 5 yrs · Gurugram, Haryana, India

1. Collaborating with four cross-functional agile teams with 50+ stakeholders across five VP organizations. Leading 5+ concurrent projects end-to-end—from ideation through launch. Responsibilities included requirements analysis, writing functional specifications and high-level designs, deciding OKRs, developing working-backwards plans with product and program teams, coordinating with platform teams on complex technical designs, and proactively managing risks while ensuring clear stakeholder communication.
2. Built strong relationships with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, successfully driving the launch of 10+ VP-level initiatives over four years. These projects impacted 4M+ sellers globally across the US, EU, and LatAm, leveraging influence without formal authority to align cross-functional teams.
3. Owning a SVP-level “Shift Left” initiative based on the “Test as soon as Build” methodology combined with GenAI, aimed at enabling earlier validation of functionality by integrating tests earlier in the development lifecycle. Defined the north star vision, developed the product roadmap, led global technical workshops, and coordinated adoption efforts across 10+ VP-level organizations.
4. Increased adoption of the “Shift Left” goal from 0% to 50% within one year, leading to a 30% rise in automated deployments, a ~ 75% reduction in production bug identification, and a ~ 75% decrease in manual development testing efforts.

Functional SpecificationsProgram LeadershipProject ManagementStakeholder ManagementAmazon Web Services (AWS)Technical Project Management+11

Dunzo

Senior Quality Engineer I

Aug 2020 – Mar 2021 · 7 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

1. Worked closely with two pizza teams and was responsible for scoping the Dunzo
customer app projects, coordinating with all the tech and product stakeholders for
planning, aligning and executing launch timelines.
2. Monitored project progress, set deadlines, removed obstacles and ensured clear
communication with all the tech and non tech stakeholders.
3. Was responsible for handling QA releases of android and iOS apps and monitoring post release metrics. Was responsible for performing automation of android, iOS and backend platforms.

Program LeadershipProject ManagementStakeholder ManagementTechnical Project ManagementScrumIT Project & Program Management+4

Gaana

Senior Software Development Engineer Test

May 2019 – Jun 2020 · 1 yr 1 mo · Noida Area, India

1. Responsible for planning, estimating and assigning the iOS sprint tasks within the team.
2. Responsible for doing automation of gaana iOS app features.
3. Responsible for doing complete jenkins setup of automation script.
4. Responsible for doing manual testing of all the features of gaana backend, iOS and android platforms.
5. Responsible for planning and executing the iOS sprint tasks.

Stakeholder ManagementScrumTechnical UnderstandingProblem Solving

Ixigo.com

Senior Software Test Engineer

Jul 2017 – May 2019 · 1 yr 10 mos · Gurgaon, Haryana, India

1. Responsible for automating and maintaining Web, PWA and android apps using Selenium and Appium.
2. Responsible for automation and manual testing of the SEO pages.
3. Responsible for maintaining and enhancements in the ixigo automation common framework.
4. Responsible for sharing the stats and trends of flights on Slack using Automation
5. Responsible for doing end to end testing of the ixigo flights product on backend, web, PWA and both the iOS and android platforms.
6. Responsible for planning and executing the UI and android sprint tasks.

Stakeholder ManagementScrumTechnical UnderstandingProblem Solving

Quovantis technologies

QA Engineer

Oct 2016 – Jul 2017 · 9 mos · Delhi Area, India

1. Perform automation on web and mobile applications using selenium webDriver and appium respectively.
2. Perform manual testing of backend, web and mobile platforms.
3. Responsible for executing the test plan and managing all activities in the plan to ensure that the objectives are met
4. Perform all the tasks and work according to the agile environment.

Stakeholder ManagementScrumTechnical UnderstandingProblem Solving

Principal financial group

QA Analyst

Jul 2014 – Aug 2016 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Pune, Maharashtra, India

1. Responsible for applying the principles of software quality assurance throughout the software development life cycle
2. Responsible for executing the test plan and managing all activities in the plan to ensure that the objectives are met
3. Perform Manual testing of web based applications.
4. Creation of Test Data and Performing Regression testing using Automation(Selenium).
5. Perform all the tasks and work according to the agile environment.

Stakeholder ManagementScrumTechnical UnderstandingProblem Solving