Pankaj Kumar
Engineering & Program Manager
- Role
- Program Manager at Carrier
- Location
- Hyderabad, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Pankaj Kumar
As an engineering and program leader, I bring over 16 years of multifaceted experience spanning Avionics, Artificial Intelligence, and HVAC industries. I am a versatile leader skilled in driving product innovation, team development, and process optimization. My expertise bridges engineering leadership and program management, allowing me to deliver impactful results across complex, multi-disciplinary projects. Key Highlights: 1. Product Leadership: Spearheaded the development and launch of cutting-edge solutions in the Avionics sector, enhancing system reliability and performance. 2. People Management: Led cross-functional teams, fostering a collaborative culture that resulted in a increase in project delivery speed and improved employee satisfaction. 3. Process Optimization: Implemented agile methodologies within multiple projects, reducing time-to-market and increasing adaptability to changing client requirements. I am passionate about leveraging technology to solve complex problems and am committed to continuous learning to stay ahead in rapidly evolving industries. Let\'s connect to explore synergies and opportunities for collaboration.
Experience
Program Manager
Sep 2021 — Present · Hyderabad, IN
As a transformational leader, I am consistently driving enterprise-scale improvements across global operations, engineering systems, and product delivery pipelines. My leadership spans strategy execution, cross-functional alignment, and process innovation—resulting in tangible business outcomes and long-term capability building.•Overseeing cross-regional planning and delivery coordination across engineering centers in China, Japan, and Thailand to enhance product increment delivery, resulting in improved stakeholder alignment and time-to-market.•Directing Platforming Initiative for the Indoor Unit Business Line in the North America region, streamlining component reuse, reducing program complexity and reducing time to develop derivative products.•Delivered a 50–70% cycle time reduction across multiple programs by implementing tailored improvement strategies, contributing to a recurring cost savings of $2M annually.•Proposed and influencing changes to the engineering tool ecosystem, projecting hard cost benefits of $1.2M/year and soft cost savings of $11M/year.•Standardized release planning and delivery tracking through a centralized metrics/KPI dashboard across all business units, improving transparency and execution predictability.•Directed Agile-based transformation in Systems Engineering processes for commercial HVAC, fostering cross-functional collaboration and faster requirement traceability.•Led the rollout of Agile practices for Embedded Product Solutions within the Residential HVAC and Refrigeration segments, enhancing software-hardware integration delivery cadence, ensuring compliance with ISO 26262 and achieving a cycle time reduction of 50%.•Led the adaptation of Agile practices for compliance-driven programs in the Fire and Security division, ensuring alignment with IEC 61508 while maintaining engineering agility.
Education
Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)
Post Graduate Diploma, Embedded Systems Design
2008 — 2008
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Electronics and Communications Engineering
2003 — 2007
Find verified contacts for anyone on LinkedIn
Unifers gives sales teams verified emails and direct dials, enriched profiles, and outreach that lands in the inbox.
Free plan included · No credit card required
This profile is compiled from publicly available professional sources. Unifers is not affiliated with or endorsed by LinkedIn. Request removal of this profile.