Dev Rishi K.

About Dev Rishi K.

I lead enterprise delivery at scale - aligning product, engineering, and platform organizations to translate strategic intent into executable roadmaps and measurable outcomes.With 18+ years across banking and fintech ecosystems, I have built and governed multi-program portfolios spanning core banking, digital lending, SaaS platforms, and cloud-native infrastructure. My work sits at the intersection of strategy, execution discipline, and organizational alignment - bringing predictability to complex, high growth environments across Indian and international markets.I operate where ambiguity, scale, and accountability converge: shaping delivery operating models, enabling cross-functional leadership, and establishing governance structures that drive clarity without slowing momentum.Focused on building delivery organizations that scale with clarity, accountability, and sustainable execution.

Experience

1. Associate Director Delivery & Program Management

   Zeta

   Jul 2024 — Present · Hyderabad, IN

   Owned enterprise delivery for Zeta’s largest banking and benefits programs, anchoring execution across SaaS, Studio, and platform• Defined execution strategy for multi-program delivery, balancing priorities, sequencing, and shared capacity across platforms• Planned and sustained high-frequency release cadence across ~10 teams, delivering 11 production releases in ~8 months while maintaining quality, cost discipline, and stakeholder confidence• Owned cross-program dependency and blast-radius governance, proactively managing contention across SaaS, Studio, and QA• Functioned as Release Train lead across multi-program portfolio, orchestrating PI planning, dependency management, and cross-team cadence governance under SAFe model• Established executive-level portfolio visibility, translating delivery data into milestone health, risk posture, confidence signals, and readiness• Partnered with the CTO’s Office to shape org-wide planning models, Jira, and SDLC maturity practices adopted across units • Modelled high-leverage leadership through clarity, mentoring, and systems orchestration, aligning teams while scaling execution discipline

Education

• Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning

  PG, Information Technology Management

  2010 — 2012

• Maharaja Surajmal Institute Of Technology

  Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Information Technology

  2003 — 2007

Skills

• Product Development
• Pl/Sql
• Performance Engineering
• Project Delivery
• Javascript
• Cvs
• Java Enterprise Edition
• Rdbms
• Security Implementation
• Effort Estimation
• Resource Planning
• Customer Relationship Management (Crm)
• Html
• Restful Webservices
• Visio
• Software Process Management
• Ajax
• Project Estimation
• Svn
• Eclipse
• Blockchain to Legacy Solution Integration
• Xsd
• Product Design
• Retail Banking
• Multithreading
• Core Java
• Functional Design
• Requirements Gathering
• Xsl
• Soap
• Crm
• Ms Project
• Post Sale Customizations
• Servlets
• Functional Analysis
• Requirements Analysis
• Xml
• Swings
• J2ee Application Development
• Two-Factor Authentication