Sanjay Gorrela

Director of Engineering

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India22 yrs 5 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Over 23 years of experience in technology leadership.
  • Proven ability to drive innovation in Payments and Telecom.
  • Expert in managing global software development teams.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech expert with strong leadership in product management and software development.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementE-commerceProject ManagementSoftware Development Management

Other Skills

Agile MethodologiesBusiness GrowthCampaign DesignDonor EngagementGo-to Market StrategyIntegration ProcessesMarket ResearchMerchant IntegrationMobile PaymentsPartner InsightsProduct SolutionsProject PlanningResource ManagementSeller Protection ProgramSocial Media Strategy

About

Experienced strong technology leader with more than 23 years of broad exposure to computing platforms delivering exceptional innovative products in Payments and Telecom domains with expertise in design, development, solution architecting, problem analysis, program impact analysis, building and leading large global teams to deliver multiple mission critical products on time with competent expertise across Technology Management, Strategy, Product, and Operations. Have a strong passion for creating innovative products that delight and engage customers by balancing between managing and growing core business and relentlessly driving innovation. Proven leader with a steady hand to manage the complexities and scale of global business, and also prepared to make bold moves that create opportunity and change the game for organizations to grow and sustain. An inspirational leader who successfully built high performance teams global software development teams, maintaining strong ties with product and business owners, and managing delivery across multiple geographies. Proven ability to understand business requirements and conceptualize technical solutions. Drive implementation of tactical and strategic product road maps for Checkout vertical Perform architecture, design and implementation feasibility analysis for the payment products Experienced in Agile scrum development; Evangelist in fostering innovation;

Experience

Oportun

Director Of Engineering

Jul 2021Present · 4 yrs 8 mos · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Paypal

5 roles

Senior Engineering Leader at PayPal

Promoted

Mar 2014Jun 2021 · 7 yrs 3 mos

  • Execute PayPal's Cause strategy and long term vision and designed Product Solutions enabling millions of donors to donate using PayPal.
  • Designed innovative Product Solutions for the World Cup Campaign for the NPOs and launched the products across US, Latam markets generating half a million $ in donations for the Neymar Jr. foundation in Brazil.
  • Created the Social media connect strategy for the NPOs that would drive 3x traffic and boost the TPV by 4x for the PayPal Giving fund
Product SolutionsDonor EngagementCampaign DesignSocial Media StrategyProduct ManagementE-commerce

Commerce Insights Manager

Sep 2013Feb 2014 · 5 mos

  • Managed the execution of comprehensive program for merchants business and communicated insights in a clear and persuasive fashion, focusing on recommendations that will add value through rolling out the Partner Insights report to Large merchants and Channel Partners driving the partner business by 17% growth.
  • Being a strong thought partner within commerce insights team contributing relevant market research experience to expand the partner insights capabilities for the organizations
  • Designed Partner Insights portal that increase Partner business by providing deep insights of their business & growth opportunities across different geographic regions.
Market ResearchPartner InsightsBusiness GrowthProduct Management

Program Manager - APAC region

Mar 2013Aug 2013 · 5 mos

  • In the role of APAC Program Manager I successfully planned and managed the APAC Seller Protection Program along with the Go-to market strategy and roll out plan across 14 countries in APAC region. This program provides protection to millions of sellers in APAC markets and safeguards them against loosing money for all tangible transactions that are unauthorized and/or when items are not received and generates revenue of $8 million/quarter.
  • Also managed the APAC Regional Business portfolio
Seller Protection ProgramGo-to Market StrategyProduct Management

Engagement Manager - APAC region

Aug 2012Feb 2013 · 6 mos

  • With the Professional Services Integration team as Engagement Manager for APAC region, Created a playbook of processes for different kinds of Integrations for SP, DP, LM, SMB partners specific to the APAC region and also drove the Merchant Integration Cycle time reduction program and optimized it by 65%.
Integration ProcessesMerchant IntegrationProject Management

Software Development Manager 3

Mar 2007Jul 2012 · 5 yrs 4 mos

  • Dev Manager responsible for managing the Checkout Team of 16 engineers, Interacting with the Product Managers, PJM and working on par with them meeting the deadlines, preparation of Project plans, Estimations, Resource Management, and reviewing the work as per the quality standards and ceding the deliverables on time. Responsibilities include approving design decisions that disrupt the overall system, being the foremost point of technical contact for business and identify solutions that will span across multiple domains, acting as a liaison between Business and Technology teams. Growing the business and strategic planning for the vertical, Employee Appraisals and Risk Management. Managed and drove the engineering effort on big rock programs such as Unified Checkout, Ship to funds (S2F), Shipping, Touchstone POS to name a few.
Team ManagementProject PlanningResource ManagementSoftware Development Management

Allfon llc

Sr. Project Manager

Apr 2004Mar 2007 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Greater Chennai Area

  • Sr. Project Manager with responsibilities for driving Allfon's delivery for solutions and consulting services in the telecommunications industry.
  • Managing software development with operations distributed globally
  • Managing technical products by defining features and functional specifications
  • Managing product customization and client implementations
  • Responsible for setting up Software engineering Methodology & Design Frameworks
  • Developed products in Customer Manager, Product catalog, Customer Integration, End to end Integration testing for MVNOs
  • Lead product development and engineered solutions.
  • Responsible for Development and Solution Delivery, Organization’s vision, strategy, budget and performance

Value labs

Project Manager

May 2003Mar 2004 · 10 mos

Education

Middlesex University

M.S — Artificial Intelligence and Neural Networks

Jan 2001Jan 2002

Andhra University

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