Swathi Murthy

Technical Program Manager

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India15 yrs 2 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • 15 years of IT industry experience
  • Certified Scrum Master and PMP professional
  • Expert in agile methodologies and program management
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Senior IT Program Manager with expertise in Agile methodologies and cross-functional team leadership.

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Skills

Core Skills

Program ManagementAgile LeadershipProject Management

Other Skills

Cross-functional Team LeadershipTechnical Project ManagementTime ManagementTeam ManagementStakeholder EngagementJiraTeamworkScrumProject Portfolio ManagementCoachingStakeholder ManagementEnd-to-End Project ManagementProgramme DeliveryProject CoordinationStrategic Thinking

About

With over 15 years of experience in the IT industry, I currently serve as a Senior IT Program Manager at Okta, where I leverage my expertise in technical project management, cross-functional team leadership, and agile methodologies. My credentials include being a Certified Scrum Master, SAFe 5.1 Agilist, and PMP-certified professional. At Okta, I focus on driving program success by managing risks, overseeing cross-functional collaboration, and executing effective program roadmaps. My mission is to deliver business value while fostering team empowerment and continuous improvement. With a strong foundation in agile project management, I am committed to implementing impactful solutions that align with organizational goals.

Experience

15 yrs 2 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 2 mos
Average Tenure
1 yr 11 mos
Current Experience

Okta

Senior IT Program Manager

Jun 2024Present · 1 yr 11 mos · Bengaluru · Hybrid

  • Lead end-to-end execution of cross-functional programs spanning product, engineering, and platform teams, ensuring alignment across stakeholders and predictable delivery in a fast-paced environment
  • Drive program planning and roadmap alignment, managing dependencies, risks, and trade-offs across multiple teams to improve execution clarity and delivery outcomes
  • Partner with product and engineering leadership to operationalize strategy, translating high-level goals into structured, executable program plans
  • Establish and evolve program governance frameworks, improving visibility into delivery health and enabling data-driven decision-making
  • Strengthen cross-team collaboration by aligning stakeholders across geographies and functions, reducing execution friction and improving delivery consistency
  • Contribute to improving team effectiveness by reinforcing agile best practices and driving clarity in roles, ownership, and delivery processes.
Cross-functional Team LeadershipTechnical Project ManagementProgram ManagementAgile Leadership

Atlassian

Program Manager

Dec 2022May 2023 · 5 mos · Remote

  • Partnered with product, design, and engineering teams to drive roadmap planning and execution across JSM and Confluence Data Center initiatives
  • Improved cross-functional alignment by proactively managing stakeholder communication, program risks, and delivery dependencies
  • Enabled more effective program execution by identifying bottlenecks and driving timely interventions across teams
Program ManagementTime ManagementTeam ManagementAgile LeadershipStakeholder EngagementJira+13

Twilio inc.

Agile Program Manager

May 2021Nov 2022 · 1 yr 6 mos · Remote

  • Led cross-functional program execution across product and engineering teams, aligning roadmap priorities and improving delivery predictability
  • Drove agile transformation initiatives, improving team maturity, execution consistency, and delivery outcomes
  • Established reporting and metrics frameworks, enabling leadership visibility into program health and execution risks
  • Improved team effectiveness by coaching teams on agile practices and fostering a culture of ownership and accountability
Program ManagementProject DocumentationTime ManagementProject DeliveryAgile LeadershipChange Management+24

Byju's

Project Manager

Jan 2020Apr 2021 · 1 yr 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Develop and implement standard project management processes and methodology to be utilized by cross functional teams
  • Devise the overall program plan through Pre-production, Production and Post-production phases and manage various pipelines through closure
  • Perform risk analysis and prepare risk responses to minimize the overall impact of the risks on the project
  • Effectively handle stakeholder communication and present project reports for various levels of leadership
  • Liaison with the procurement teams to ensure timely delivery of the product
  • As a scrum master, effectively handle and resolve the team issues/ impediments
  • Coach the team with the correct use of scrum process and empower them to self-organise
  • Facilitate scrum meetings (sprint planning, retrospectives, daily stand-ups, etc.).
Project DocumentationTime ManagementProject DeliveryAgile LeadershipChange ManagementStakeholder Engagement+22

Mercedes-benz research and development india

2 roles

Principal Consultant

Promoted

Oct 2017Dec 2018 · 1 yr 2 mos

  • In agreement with business users, develop and maintain the project plan using project management tools to track and
  • deliver the agreed scope and timelines of the project
  • Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential risks, issues and devise appropriate contingency plans
  • Responsible for budget planning and overall utilization of budget for projects of over 1 Million Euros
  • Interface with the team to ensure project goals and requirements are being met and the defined Quality Gates are
  • passed in India and Germany
  • Change Request management, stakeholder communication and decision making on the CRs in CCB
  • Assist with internal and external communication, improved transparency, and radiated information to all stakeholders
  • Identify the training topics and mentor Project Management Officers of various other projects in the department
  • Prepare and present project status along with the sprint velocity and the burndown data to various levels of leadership
  • in India and Germany
  • Liaison with the internal procurement teams to ensure timely availability of sub-contractors, software and hardware
  • required for the project
  • Identify, develop and drive process improvements within department and participate in various department level
  • initiatives (create PM hand-book and handle the communication and financial aspects of department outings for 2
  • consecutive years)
  • Developed evaluation parameters for consultants to ensure constant improvements and enhanced performance
  • As a scrum master, effectively handle and resolve the team issues/ impediments
  • Assess scrum maturity of the team and devise appropriate plans to improve the maturity
  • Shield the team from outside distractions and interferences
  • Ensure the correct use of scrum process
  • Empower teams to self-organize and grow the Centre of Competency (CoC)
  • Facilitate scrum meetings (sprint planning, retrospectives, daily stand-ups, etc.)
Project DocumentationTime ManagementProject DeliveryAgile LeadershipChange ManagementStakeholder Engagement+23

Senior Consultant

Mar 2015Sep 2017 · 2 yrs 6 mos

Project DocumentationTime ManagementProject DeliveryAgile LeadershipChange ManagementStakeholder Engagement+21

Kpmg global services (kgs)

2 roles

Consultant

Promoted

Oct 2012Feb 2015 · 2 yrs 4 mos

  • Capture milestones accomplished for the current time-period and goals set for the forthcoming time-periods
  • Perform ageing analysis and calculating schedule variance for milestones and deliverables
  • Prepared executive summaries, project reports and consolidated project plans
  • Performed weekly risk analysis and associated reporting on risks, issues and decisions
  • Managed change request tracker for sub-projects and update client monitored changes and defects on SAP Solution Manager
  • Configuration of documents on SharePoint and financial reporting for all WIP activities
  • Adhere to the quality assurance and quality control processes laid out for continued efficiency of the business processes
Project DocumentationTime ManagementProject DeliveryChange ManagementStakeholder EngagementTeamwork+10

Associate Consultant

May 2011Sep 2012 · 1 yr 4 mos

Project DocumentationTime ManagementChange ManagementStakeholder EngagementTeamworkCommunication+8

Capgemini india pvt ltd

2 roles

Consultant

Sep 2009Apr 2011 · 1 yr 7 mos

  • Gather requirements and updating trackers and creating Service Orders & Job Requests
  • Validation of resource requisitions received from the Business
  • Understanding and executing fulfillment strategy as planned by the Business Partner
  • Interaction with Business and internal resources to achieve internal fulfillment
  • Understand the manpower forecast & work closely with the talent acquisition team to meet deployment targets
  • Follow up for bench resources with project managers and RMG (Resource Management Group)
  • Perform internal and vendor supply ageing analysis and report the same to the higher management
  • Develop and maintain resource entry-exit process documentation
  • Maintain resource calendar, utilization and effort
  • Track and initiate internal movement of resources
  • Create client invoices and reports
  • Track expenses, time sheets and other project related costs
  • Design and development of dashboard for higher management reporting of statistics
Project DocumentationStakeholder EngagementTeamworkCommunicationLeadershipPresentations+6

Associate Consultant

Jun 2008Aug 2009 · 1 yr 2 mos

Project DocumentationTime ManagementStakeholder EngagementTeamworkCommunicationLeadership+7

Education

RV College Of Engineering

BE — Electrical and electronics

Jan 2004Jan 2008

Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta

Executive Program for Young Professionals

Jan 2010Jan 2011

National College, Basavanagudi, Bangalore-4(Autonomous)

Jan 2002Jan 2004

Jnanodaya School

Jan 2002Present

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