Chandra Gangwal

Technical Program Manager

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India20 yrs experience
Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

  • Expert in managing complex programs from inception to completion.
  • Proven track record in AI product development and delivery.
  • Strong stakeholder management and risk assessment capabilities.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Senior Program Manager specializing in Fintech and AI-driven solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

Agile Project ManagementProgram ManagementRisk ManagementSafeStakeholder ManagementAiSoftware Project ManagementAgile MethodologiesTechnical Project LeadershipJavaSoftware Development

Other Skills

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Generative AI DevelopmentAutomationSAFe PlanningCross-functional team coordinationScrumBacklog ManagementStrategic PlanningGoal SettingAgileProject ManagementAgile TestingBankingBusiness TransformationWaterfall Project Management

About

I am Chandra a Senior Program Manager specialising in strategic initiatives and high-impact product delivery for Large Scale Enterprise Products . I excel at collaborating with cross-functional engineering teams and external partners to design and implement high-impact programs. . My professional journey includes serving prominent clients such as Citi Bank, Bank of America, Natwest, Barclays, PepsiCo, Boots, and Bon-Ton. In my personal space I have developed multiple of AI Products including AI Agents, AI Voice Bots utilising MCP servers , RAG DBs and automation utilising n8n and I am a avid proponent of utilising AI technology. to effectively provide efficiencies in software development . I have a technical engineering background and proven track record in leading cross-functional teams, optimising processes, and ensuring timely project execution. Passionate about fostering collaboration and innovation, I excel in managing complex programs from inception to completion, aligning business objectives with technology solutions to achieve exceptional results. Adept at stakeholder management, risk assessment, and performance optimization, I am committed to empowering teams and exceeding organizational goals. Key Experiences and expertise : - Scrum Model Based Deliveries - SAFe ( ART) - Product Management - PI Planning - Risk Identification and Management - Stakeholder Management - Capacity Management - Backlog Management - Scope Management - Estimation ( PI planning and Sprint planning) - Conflict Resolution - JIRA Expert - TDD , CI, CD - Release Management - Team Motivation and Mentoring

Experience

20 yrs
Total Experience
3 yrs 11 mos
Average Tenure
1 mo
Current Experience

Pepsico

Sr TPM

May 2026Present · 1 mo

Toptal

Senior Program Manager

Oct 2025Present · 8 mos

  • Agile Project Transition for Pepsico Client
  • Leading globally distributed remote teams
  • AI Transformation Strategy and Migration
Agile Project ManagementProgram ManagementArtificial Intelligence (AI)Generative AI DevelopmentAutomationSAFe

Citi

Senior Technical Program Manager

Mar 2025Apr 2026 · 1 yr 1 mo · On-site

  • Successful ISO20022 Migration with Globally Distributed Remote Teams
  • AI Implementation for effective software lifecycle ( Stories, Code development, Testing automation)
  • Risk Management and cross function team coordination and strategies
  • SAFe Planning and execution with 6 Scrum teams in ART

Bank of america

3 roles

Senior Technical Program Manager

Promoted

Aug 2018Jan 2024 · 5 yrs 5 mos

  • ● Coordinating with business & operations leadership, including executive leadership, to define the
  • product and provide updates on the program
  • ● Delivered projects related to Offers, Deal, Rewards and Loyalty program for targeting retail
  • customers across US leveraging AI
  • ● Managed 6 Scrum teams at a time involving remote operations totaling 50+ in size.
  • ●Driving the delivery of critical business initiatives, managing all aspects of the project such as project
  • planning, requirements definition, risk management, communication, and monitoring the implementation
  • ●Tracking customer requirements to closure in Agile/ Scrum environment and facilitated the team to get
  • rid of impediments to achieve the sprint goals
  • ● Monitored and tracked project progress and performance against project plans, reporting status to
  • project teams and stakeholders.
  • ● Innovated the program roadmap using customer insights, vision and managed KPIs
  • through performance analysis, and led tech teams with full-stack and AI expertise.
  • ● Worked with Management to set team priorities and plan schedule based on capacity and velocity.
  • ● Held ownership of critical Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Metrics for entire domain
Agile Project ManagementScrumStakeholder ManagementBacklog ManagementRisk ManagementProgram Management+2

Technical Program Manager / Scrum Master

Promoted

Aug 2015Aug 2018 · 3 yrs

  • ● Delivered new features for MBNA ( Bank of America's UK Retail Credit Card Business) project including
  • changes in Payment Gateway, Balance Transfer, UI/UX changes and Batch Processing
  • ● Delivered all new Mobile Application for MBNA from scratch utilizing webservices in background to call
  • existing functionality.
  • ● Managed entire project lifecycle of multiple projects in both waterfall model as well as Agile Model (
  • transformation)
  • ●Tracking customer requirements to closure in Agile/ Scrum environment and facilitated the team to get
  • rid of impediments to achieve the sprint goals
  • ● Serving as a technical and functional problem solver on the team, identifying innovative solutions to
  • project deadlocks and resolving issues & constraints through consensus & sound judgment.
  • ● Dependencies identification and task creation , facilitation of meetings with other scrum team in the train,
  • raising and discussing timelines and issues in Scrum of Scrum and monitoring velocity of the team.
  • ● Coached and mentored the team on scrum events & artifacts and identified emergent issues within each
  • sprint and worked collaboratively to resolve them.
  • ● Communicating with the multiple project teams and tracking their progress; implementing project plans
  • within pre-set budgets and deadlines
Software Project ManagementAgile TestingBankingAgile MethodologiesStakeholder Management

Project Manager

Aug 2013Aug 2015 · 2 yrs

  • Introduced and implemented advanced tools such as Splunk and Gomez, along with new
  • streamlined processes, to enhance project delivery efficiency and accuracy.
  • Lead a team of 15+, and was responsible for building project plan, effort estimations, WBS,
  • daily work allocation, budgeting, running the daily triage calls and publishing daily/weekly reports.
  • Played the role of a Delivery Manager. I have gained expertise in Release Planning, Change
  • Management, Estimation techniques, Scope Management and team reporting and communications.
  • Interacting effectively with stakeholders and tech teams to support the ongoing partnership between
  • teams and understand how the products are used in the organization

Ibm

Associate Project Manager

Aug 2011Aug 2013 · 2 yrs

  • Established IBM's technical team for application development and support for Carrefour's India's Retail
  • business after transitioning from an existing vendor.
  • Hired new team members for in the team , onboarding and established knowledge sessions to make the
  • team deliver.
  • Created and Established processes for software delivery , including CI /CD , QA and coding guidelines.
  • Lead Sterling Commerce team for development of Retail processing for client Bonton USA.
Technical Project LeadershipBusiness TransformationSoftware Project ManagementWaterfall Project ManagementCost ManagementScope Management+3

Rbs

Senior Software Engineer

Oct 2010Aug 2011 · 10 mos · On-site

  • Built new features for Java based loan approval process application, including defining and building
  • complex algorithm based on Experian API’s input for RMPS platform for RBS client.
  • Optimized system performance by refactoring existing codebase, reducing processing
  • time for loan approvals by 30%, and improving overall system efficiency.
JavaSpring BootRESTful WebServicesOracleSoftware Development

Sopra steria

Software Engineer

Feb 2005Sep 2010 · 5 yrs 7 mos · On-site

  • Developed Java based Barclays Internet Banking platform - was involved in Beneficiary addition , Sepa , chaps , Bacs payment project.
  • Lead the team with deployment process with Ant scripts.
  • Managed team’s reporting and work allocation

Education

Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.)

Jan 2000Jan 2004

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