Nilesh Powniker

About Nilesh Powniker

I am a results-driven Delivery Director with over 21 years of experience in leading global delivery organizations and scaling them for profitable growth. I have a proven track record of success in spearheading large-scale digital transformation initiatives within the payments industry, growing account portfolios to over $14.5M with teams of 200+ engineers across multiple geographies.My expertise lies in building and operating highly available, high-volume transaction processing platforms, leveraging digital native technologies, microservices architecture, and cloud solutions. I am skilled at driving operational efficiency and ensuring seamless product delivery through Scaled Agile (SAFe) methodologies.A strategic leader, I excel at building strong relationships with clients and stakeholders at the CXO/VP level, ensuring a strong alignment between business goals and technical execution. My career is defined by a commitment to driving business transformation, championing AI-driven innovation, and expanding cloud footprints to meet evolving customer needs.

Experience

1. Delivery Director

   Globant

   Jul 2023 — Present · IN

   Directed the end-to-end software development lifecycle and P&L for a high-growth portfolio, achieving an annual revenue of USD $14.5M.Led and managed a delivery organization of 200+ engineers, implementing Agile and SAFe to ensure seamless product delivery.Partnered with clients and stakeholders at the CXO/VP level to build strong, collaborative relationships and ensure solutions met evolving customer needs.Drove business transformation by leading critical corporate initiatives and ensuring alignment between company vision and industry trends.Championed AI-driven innovation and led initiatives to expand the cloud footprint, aligning with a focus on digital native technologies and emergent architecture.Ensured operational efficiency by tracking and controlling key parameters, including utilization, pyramid, and margin.

Education

• Government Engineering College, Jabalpur.

  BE, Industrial And Production Engineering

  1999 — 2003

• Advanced Computing Training School, C-DAC, Pune

  Diploma In Advanced Computing (DAC), Computer Science

  2004 — 2004

• SCIT - Symbiosis Centre For Information Technology

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, Information Technology

  2016 — 2019

• Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM Ahmedabad)

  Leadership Accelerator Program

Skills

• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Requirements Gathering
• Software Development
• Scrum
• Software Project Management
• Agile Methodologies
• Management
• Business Analysis
• Agile Project Management
• Web Services
• Project Management
• Sql
• Project Planning
• Pmp
• Soa
• Sdlc