Director PMO / Technical Program Management leader building high-performing teams, establishing governance frameworks, and delivering scalable technology programs.
Director PMO/Technical Program Management leader experienced in driving large-scale technology programs, establishing PMO governance frameworks, and managing multi-million-dollar project portfolios across platform, data, cloud, and SaaS environments. Proven track record defining product and technical strategy, standardizing project management methodologies, and delivering customer-facing platforms that scale. Software engineering background (Java, SQL, microservices) with deep SDLC fluency. Known for building high-performing PM teams, driving organizational change management, and translating business objectives into scalable technical delivery.
A track record of progressively complex delivery across enterprise technology.
Every technical domain I've entered — Programming languages, IBM Sterling COTS, Cloud Computing, Azure, AWS, AI/ML — I've mastered through immersion. AI is the next chapter.
Akansha is thoughtful, collaborative, organized and easy to work with. She consistently helped keep timelines, tasks, and stakeholders aligned, while bringing a calm, can-do attitude even when things got busy. I truly appreciated her attention to detail, and any team would be lucky to work with her.
Akansha is one of the most effective and reliable Project Managers I've partnered with. She excels at breaking down big-picture goals into well-structured, actionable steps. She identifies risks early, navigates challenges with a calm, solutions-focused mindset, and ensures every project moves forward smoothly.
Akansha excels at optimizing processes and systems, making workflows more efficient for her colleagues and the company at large. She is a proactive problem-solver who masters new technologies with ease and always goes the extra mile to ensure a project's success.
Akansha helped to organize our teams through multiple platform changes and improvements. She sought to bridge communication gaps, increase collaboration between teams, and took initiative to drive our collective KPIs! She would be an asset to any team she joins!
She never waited around to be told what to do. She'd dig in, figure out what the teams actually needed, and then go make it happen. Akansha has this rare ability to bring structure without making things feel bureaucratic — the kind of person who makes everyone around her better.
Akansha is a strategic partner who turns chaos into clarity and plans into actions. She is one of the few people who can keep a close eye on deadlines, relationships, and risks without losing sight of the big picture. She built a lot of trust with both executive stakeholders and delivery teams.
She brings true enterprise-level rigor to everything she touches — deeply fluent in best practices across PMO, governance, delivery frameworks, and technical program execution. She does not operate as a process administrator; she serves as a strategic partner to the business.
Akansha is the kind of teammate you want when the work is highly complex, fast moving, and full of unknowns. What really sets her apart is her instinct for asking the right questions to uncover the root issue, align stakeholders, and drive toward the best solution.
What really sets Akansha apart is her ability to bridge strategy and execution. She understands the why behind the work just as well as the how — translating business objectives into clear technical roadmaps, well-run sprints, and reliable delivery.
Delivering AI-powered platforms that drive measurable business outcomes.
Spearheaded migration from Workfront to Asana, standardizing governance frameworks and reporting standards. Implemented Jira and Azure DevOps for development governance with weekly executive portfolio dashboards.
-60% Reporting Cycle TimeOrchestrated end-to-end migration of customer-facing platforms from legacy systems (Salesforce, Five9) to modern Martech stacks (HubSpot, Aircall, Postalytics), improving customer experience, platform reliability, and scalability across the client portfolio.
50% Infrastructure Cost ReductionChampioned a multi-year Warehouse Management program using IBM Sterling COTS (OMS, WMS, DOM), directing cross-functional delivery across 15 team members including engineers, architects, QA, and analysts — managing $2M–$3M annual budgets with 99% accuracy across delivery, financials, and reporting.
+25% Delivery EfficiencyA comprehensive skill set spanning delivery, cloud, AI/ML, and enterprise platforms.
A strong technical base complemented by ongoing AI leadership training.
Committed to staying at the forefront of AI, Agile, and program delivery.
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