Deepak Sharda

Associate Partner

Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India23 yrs 4 mos experience

Key Highlights

20+ years of experience in program management.
Expert in cloud and AI technology transitions.
Proven track record in stakeholder engagement.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned Program Manager specializing in Telecom, Life Sciences, and Technology Transformation.

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Skills

Core Skills

Program ManagementStakeholder EngagementService Delivery ManagementProject Management

Other Skills

Project ControlInterpersonal SkillsProject ImplementationCommunicationProject PerformanceResource AllocationResource PlanningProgramme DeliveryCross-functional Team LeadershipPlanning & SchedulingScrumPresentationsKey Account ManagementAgile MethodologiesManagement

About

Results-driven Global Program and Delivery Leader with 20+ years of experience leading large-scale application transitions, portfolio management, and multi-million-dollar programs across Telecom, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Retail, and EdTech domains. Proven track record of executing complex vendor-to-vendor, internal-to-external, legacy-to-modern, and on-premise-to-cloud transitions involving 100+ applications and portfolios. Expert in establishing structured transition frameworks (due diligence, KT, shadow/reverse shadow, service level observation, and steady-state ownership) to ensure operational stability, SLA adherence, and stakeholder confidence. Strong portfolio management capabilities spanning application rationalization, governance, KPIs, SLAs, compliance, financial performance (revenue, margins, cost optimization), and risk management. Passionate about leveraging Cloud, Agile, automation, and emerging AI capabilities to modernize platforms, reduce incidents, improve uptime, and drive measurable business outcomes. Actively hands-on in enterprise AI experimentation, building proof-of-concepts around Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), LLM orchestration, and agent-based workflows using modern frameworks such as LlamaIndex and CrewAI.

Experience

23 yrs 4 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 10 mos

Average Tenure

Current Experience

Birlasoft

Associate Vice President

Jul 2023 – Nov 2024 · 1 yr 4 mos

Project ControlInterpersonal SkillsStakeholder EngagementProject ImplementationCommunicationProject Performance+9

Magic edtech

Director - Technology Services

Apr 2022 – Jul 2023 · 1 yr 3 mos

Project ControlInterpersonal SkillsStakeholder EngagementProject ImplementationCommunicationProject Performance+9

Tech mahindra

Program Manager

May 2019 – Mar 2022 · 2 yrs 10 mos

Worked as a Program Manager with Tech Mahindra. Managed complex program for AT&T, leading Telecom provider in USA. Closely working with teams on assignments involving planning engineering design and location qualification space within telecom domain.

Project ControlInterpersonal SkillsStakeholder EngagementProject ImplementationCommunicationProject Performance+9

Ioptibiz solutions pvt ltd

Principal Consultant

Feb 2019 – Apr 2019 · 2 mos · Noida Area, India

Interpersonal SkillsStakeholder EngagementCommunicationProgram ManagementPresentationsKey Account Management

Publicis sapient

Sr. Manager Program Management

Feb 2015 – Oct 2018 · 3 yrs 8 mos · NCR - India, London and Stockholm

Worked as Program Manager for AEM Platform and delivered various capabilities that enabled multiple Unilever brands to manage their digital assets across various geographies and markets.
Worked as Delivery lead for AEM migration and website consolidation project. Worked as Program Manager from RBS London office and managed Sapient team and RBS stakeholders as part of this assignment.
Worked as Service Delivery Manager accountable for timely releases and a stable ecommerce platform based on Hybris.
Integration contact point between Clas Ohlson stakeholders, Sapient platform and infrastructure maintenance teams

Project ControlInterpersonal SkillsStakeholder EngagementProject ImplementationCommunicationProject Performance+9

Hcl technologies

6 roles

HCl Technologies - Service Delivery Manager

Promoted

Feb 2010 – Feb 2015 · 5 yrs

Worked as Service Delivery Manager for LSCA (Life Science and Chemical Analysis) and Functional Applications portfolio. Led a delivery team of 70+ team members, providing enhancement, maintenance and support that spread across 9 business Tracks with total of over 70+ applications
Worked as Onsite delivery Manager based in Michigan USA. I was responsible for transition from incumbent vendor for SAP and Non SAP applications and ensured business as usual post transition. Ran SLA based maintenance and support for client Dow Corning.
Worked as Delivery Manager for customer EMI Music UK

Project ControlInterpersonal SkillsStakeholder EngagementProject ImplementationCommunicationProject Performance+10

Project Manager

Promoted

Jan 2008 – Jan 2010 · 2 yrs

As a Project Manager, worked on projects for customer TechData-Germany using Microsoft .Net Technology. Application enhancement and support was provided as part of this assignment.

Project ControlStakeholder EngagementProject ImplementationCommunicationProject PerformanceResource Allocation+4