Zaheer Ahmed

About Zaheer Ahmed

building, scaling, and delivering product and platform organizations across global geographies, owning the full product lifecycle across healthcare, life sciences, banking, and EdTech platforms.(), modernized enterprise platforms, and drove - aligned to measurable business outcomes. across product engineering, delivery models, operating frameworks, and underperforming IT organizations—redefining roles, execution practices, governance, and culture to improve delivery predictability, velocity, quality, and customer impact:•, ensuring predictable execution from strategy through production•, translating strategy into real-world outcomes• - while improving reliability, security, and performance• through Agile, DevSecOps, automation, and cloud modernization• to align technology strategy, product vision, and delivery outcomes• (staff augmentation, managed services, BOT) to optimize cost, speed, and quality• - and sustainable leadership and early-career pipelines, building resilient engineering and delivery organizations, and leveraging technology to drive long-term business value.

Experience

1. Senior Director of Engineering

   Pluralsight

   Dec 2024 — Present

   Joined Pluralsight as an early engineering leader in India and spearheaded the transformation and rapid scale-up of the India Technology Centre into a high-performing Product Engineering and innovation hub. Established end-to-end product ownership across multiple product lines and drove comprehensive modernization across the product ecosystem, resulting in improved scalability, reliability, security posture, and faster time-to-market.Served as a key member of the global leadership team, partnering closely with US-based executives, Product, Data, Design leaders and business stakeholder to align engineering strategy, delivery execution, and long-term innovation with business objectives.Scaled the organization through a roadmap-driven hiring strategy, leveraging BOT and partner models, while building a sustainable leadership pipeline through HPEL and internship programs.Drove a culture of engineering excellence, ownership, and continuous improvement, enabling Agile execution, DevOps maturity, and data-driven delivery at scale.

Education

• Karnatak University

  BSc, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry

• Alagappa University, Alagappa Nagar, Karaikudi

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Marketing

Skills

• People Management
• Resource Management
• Business Process
• Soa
• IT Strategy
• Sdlc
• Solution Architecture
• Asp.net
• Project Management
• Process Improvement
• Software Development
• Scrum
• Pmo
• Pmp
• Management
• Service Delivery
• Business Analysis
• Oracle
• Requirements Analysis
• Microsoft Technologies
• Program Management
• Integration
• Software Project Management
• Itil
• Risk Management
• Team Management