Saugata Das
Release Train Engineer @TD
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WORK HISTORY
Release Train Engineer @TD
Toronto, ON, CA
Value Stream Program Management: Manages and operates value stream releases using tools such as Jira and Confluence.• PI Readiness: Facilitates PI readiness through coaching and supporting the development of roadmaps, features, and releases. Acts as a bridge between Engineering and Business stakeholders.• System Demos and PI Planning: Facilitates system demos, PI planning, and pre- and post-PI planning meetings.• Feature Delivery: Coordinates the successful delivery of features to be deployed in the release by considering dependencies, order, and architecture.• Team PI Objectives: Summarizes and publishes the team PI objectives, ensuring alignment with the vision, Bold Aspirational Goals (BAGs), and Objectives and Key Results (OKRs).• Metrics and Dashboards: Tracks and produces key metrics and dashboards to monitor releases.• Synchronization Meetings: Facilitates synchronization meetings (e.g, release sync) as required to keep delivery aligned to achieving the business outcomes.• Cross-Functional Alignment: Works cross-functionally to align strategy, methodology, execution and relationship management with all relevant stakeholders (e.g, Product Owners, Release Management, Architecture, Marketing, Risk Marketplace, Legal).• Impediment Tracking: Escalates and tracks impediments from teams which are a part of their release scope.• Risk and Dependency Management: Manages risk mitigation and dependencies of their release.• Resourcing Input: Provides input on required resourcing from across the bank to support the release.• Coaching and Collaboration: Coaches and promotes collaboration to leaders, teams to enable high performance.• Strategy and Vision Alignment: Partners with Business Owners, Product Managers, and Product Owners to help assure strategy, vision, and roadmap alignment and execution.• Servant Leadership: Primarily functions as a servant leader fostering Lean-Agile Continuous Delivery DevOps mindsets.
EDUCATION
Lund University
Masters of Science in Economics, Entrepreneurship
Lund University School of Economics and Management
Master of Science - MS, Economics
Visvesvaraya Technological University
Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Computer Science
SKILLS
ABOUT SAUGATA DAS
Senior IT program leader with 20+ years orchestrating multi-million dollar technology portfolios across financial services, insurance, automotive, and consumer electronics. Currently leading $60M+ modernization programs at TD Bank, including cloud migration, enterprise data platform transformation, and AI-enabled product development.Executive Program Leadership:Portfolio Management: Directing $35M annual IT budget for enterprise data operations delivering 13% operational efficiency gains through program governance and performance optimizationDigital Transformation Leadership: Spearheading $25M cloud modernization initiative across business units, achieving cost reduction through strategic infrastructure decommissioning and technology rationalizationRevenue Enablement: Launched $10M digital product program creating new market opportunities through Lean Portfolio Management (LPM) and business value deliveryProductivity Optimization: Increased team productivity by 23% through process improvement, cross-functional collaboration, and agile transformationSenior Executive Competencies:Strategic Technology Planning – Partner with Senior Executives to translate business strategy into executable technology roadmaps. Expert in IT portfolio optimization, investment prioritization, and aligning technology spend with business objectives and OKRs.Financial Management & Governance – Proven expertise managing operating budgets and capital expenditures exceeding $35M annually. Skilled in business case development, ROI analysis, benefit realization tracking, and financial forecasting for technology investments.Enterprise PMO Leadership – Establish Program Management Office frameworks, KPI/KRI dashboards, and executive scorecards providing transparency for data-driven decision making across the IT organization.Agile at Enterprise Scale – Certified SAFe 6.0 Release Train Engineer leading PI Planning, value stream mapping, continuous delivery for 150+ member organizations. Transform waterfall to agile environments into high-performing scaled agile enterprises.Industry Expertise: Financial Services Technology | Enterprise Data & Analytics | SaaS Platforms | Automotive Technology | Consumer ElectronicsTechnology Domain Leadership: Enterprise Data Warehousing | AI/ML Product Development | Data Mesh | Big Data Methodologies & Frameworks: SAFe (Scaled Agile)| Scrum | Kanban | Lean Portfolio Management | Waterfall/Hybrid Certifications: SAFe 6.0 Release Train Engineer | SAFe 6.0 Agilist | Certified Scrum Master (CSM)| Google Generative AI | PMP-ready
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