Abhishek Gautam

About Abhishek Gautam

Senior Program & Delivery Leader with 21+ years driving large-scale Digital, Cloud…

Experience

1. Senior Technical Program Manager

   American Express

   Apr 2022 — Present · Gurugram, IN

   Steers execution on defined, program-level goals for medium-to-high complexity programs# Works within and across team(s) to anticipate, track, and resolve risks and impediments to delivery# Steers technical program conversations (e.g, relating to architectural approach and system design) and articulates solutions; co-develops and documents solution# Participates and lead in building implementation roadmaps# Provides and consolidates inputs for leadership updates; facilitates meetings with leadership on delivery status and key decisions needed to support project delivery# Identifies and executes on opportunities for improvements to the delivery process; works with relevant teams to redesign process flows# Mentors, guides, and supports other team members as appropriate# Tracks and interprets relevant OKR/KPIs; identifies key insights & next steps# Participates in PI planning meetings and other Agile ceremonies for team/teams. Contributes to prioritization discussions and pressure tests plans for feasibility, capacity, and risk# Drives coordination, collaboration, and alignment between Product Owners, Architects, and Engineers to meet regulatory and technical requirements# Monitors and ensures compliance with SDLC standards# Facilitates and plans change management and release management activities# Identifies and addresses complex inter-team technical dependencies, bridges gaps in technical management# Follows and instills documentation best practices to ensure designs meet requirements# Drives technical and regulatory consistency across workstreams; develops documentation to ensure ongoing maintenance and development of technical and regulatory solutions

Education

• Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta

  Certificate Program in Management of Software Development (CPMSD), Software Development & Management

  2013 — 2014

• DAV Public School

  12th, Computer Science

  1998 — 2000

• Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

  Chief Digital & AI Officer Program , Digital Transformation, AI, Gen AIt, Data Science and Cyber Security

• Indira Gandhi National Open University

  Bachelor in Information Technology (BIT), Information Technologies

  2001 — 2004

Skills

• System Testing
• Regression Testing
• Loadrunner
• Test Automation
• Qc
• Performance Engineering
• Qtp
• Performance Testing
• Test Planning
• Test Cases
• Performance Center
• Web Testing
• Manual Testing
• Quality Center
• Integration Testing
• Testing
• User Acceptance Testing
• Test Management
• Black Box Testing
• Test Director
• Load Testing
• UI Testing
• Test Strategy
• System Integration Testing
• Test Execution
• Defect Tracking
• Selenium
• Bug Tracking
• Agile Testing
• Software Quality Assurance
• Compatibility Testing
• Non-Functional Testing
• Test Estimation
• Exploratory Testing
• Quality Assurance
• White Box Testing
• End-to-End Testing
• Mercury
• Test Analysis
• Sitescope