Amit Patil
Program Manager
Rouse Hill
Summary
Technical Program Manager with 20 years of experience delivering complex, cross-functional technology programs across financial services, banking, and enterprise platforms. Proven track record in program governance, SDLC delivery, AWS cloud-based infrastructure, source code management workflows, and risk mitigation. Skilled in aligning engineering, product, and business stakeholders to deliver high-impact outcomes, including AI pilots, and enterprise release models. Adept at operating in fast-paced, evolving environments, influencing senior leaders, and enabling measurable improvements in quality, delivery speed, and compliance.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
5
5
Certifications
Work History
Manager | Technology Delivery & Governance
AMP
07.2020 - Current
- Governed major initiatives across AMP's Wealth, Digital, and Enterprise portfolios, aligning cross-functional teams and partners to shape and execute product and technology strategies.
- My role focused on enabling scalable delivery models and capability uplift through strategic collaboration with internal stakeholders and external vendors.
- Executed enterprise-wide technology strategy by leading the proposal, planning, and - Led enterprise-wide technology strategy and governance for initiatives across Data, Bank, Wealth, and Group platforms, including AI proof-of-concepts; managed transformation programs valued up to AUD $4M.
- Directed end-to-end SDLC delivery of a critical enterprise data masking solution, eliminating high-risk compliance exposure and meeting security standards.
- Designed and implemented enterprise release management models, integrating Git-based version control workflows with AWS-hosted build and deployment pipelines to optimize cost, quality, and agility.
- Architected AWS-hosted automation and CI/CD frameworks, integrating Git-based workflows and cloud build pipelines to accelerate enterprise release delivery, reducing deployment lead time by 35% and improving release reliability across platform.
- Partnered with Cybersecurity, Architecture, Risk (L2/L3), and Finance to drive alignment from concept through execution, ensuring risk appetite adherence and measurable business impact.
- Managed project financials, estimation models, and KPI dashboards, enabling executive teams to make data-driven delivery decisions.
- Improved cycle time for Quality and Release Management through use of Automation, CT pipelines and evolved iteratively to a Zero Postproduction Incidents. Stellar Quality record for Enterprise Release in the past couple of years.
Portfolio Test Manager
LinkGroup
11.2019 - 07.2020
- Led end-to-end testing delivery for LinkGroup's flagship fund administration platform, overseeing a distributed team across onshore and offshore locations delivering key regulatory projects on budget and time.
- Spearheaded the setup and evolution of a Testing Centre of Excellence offshore unit from the ground up-including strategic outsourcing engagement, vendor evaluation, contract alignment, and delivery enablement.
- Led 30 member team onshore offshore including recruitment, onboarding, capability building, and operational alignment to ensure sustainable delivery at scale.
- Managed project estimation, capacity planning, and vendor performance metrics across the release pipeline, enabling predictable delivery and continuous improvement.
- Drove test transformation initiatives such as shift-left adoption and audit compliance readiness, ensuring delivery aligned with quality standards and regulatory requirements.
- Acted as the primary representative for internal and external audits, showcasing adherence to delivery frameworks and test governance processes.
Business Intelligence Reports Developer
Societe Generale
01.2018 - 07.2020
- Served as a Business Intelligence reports developer in the bank's private banking unit. Developed more than 10 key reports for the Bank including portfolio summary report and risk related reports.
- During this tenure I built, hosted and maintained multiple reports for Banks' various regions.
Delivery Manager
Infosys (@WESTPAC)
10.2017 - 11.2019
- Infrastructure Delivery Manager for Offsite Private Cloud Platform (Hybrid Platform as a Service). Served as an Integrator for the Cloud Operational model Assessment and Delivery Manager for New Payments Platform (NPP) Project.
- Managed delivery for Hybrid Platform as a Service including automation strategy for infrastructure testing (CHEF In Spec/Jenkins) hosted on AWS.
- Built and governed AWS-hosted CI/CD pipelines integrating Git-based version control, automated testing, and security scanning - improving release velocity by 28% while maintaining SDLC compliance.
- Led operational model assessments for 16+ teams, identifying gaps in Incident, Change, DR, and Configuration Management processes.
- Directed testing for New Payments Platform (NPP) Customer Ramp-Up releases, ensuring on-time, compliant deployments.
Manager
Accenture (@Walt Disney Parks and Resorts)
10.2009 - 10.2017
- Built and led a globally distributed Agile delivery organization spanning 50+ team members across three regions, with direct leadership of a 35-member offshore Agile studio delivering Sales and Fulfillment functionality for a $10M program.
- Oversaw end-to-end delivery lifecycle, including planning, service delivery management for a complex, high-visibility portfolio.
- Drove a continuous improvement agenda across delivery performance, automation penetration, and team capability uplift-resulting in measurable gains in quality, velocity, and stakeholder satisfaction.
- Led the implementation of a capacity-based forecasting model, ensuring accuracy in planning and effective alignment of delivery capacity to program milestones.
- Defined and published key delivery artifacts and leadership dashboards including governance reports, metrics, and SLA adherence to enable data-driven decision-making.
- Maintained accountability for regression test coverage, automation pipelines, and compliance with all monthly SLAs and delivery KPIs, ensuring consistent, predictable delivery outcomes.
Business Intelligence Reports Developer
HSBC
01.2017 - 08.2017
- Amit served as a Business Intelligence reports developer in Portfolio Governance team on the Clarity tool (then called Niku).
- He supported new developments and enhancements requests for the Europe and APAC region.
Business Intelligence Reports Developer
Honeywell
01.2015 - 03.2017
- Amit served as a Business Intelligence reports developer in the Manufacturing Executions System (MES) team.
- Majority part of his work was at client locations onsite in New Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai and Bahrain.
Education
Masters Of Computer -
University of Pune
PuneSkills
Project execution management
Risk mitigation strategies
Data management expertise
Collaborative stakeholder management
Executive collaboration strategies
Collaboration with partners
Deployment process oversight
AWS infrastructure management
Git repository management
Proficient in repository management
GitLab
Build pipeline management skills
JIRA workflow optimization
Confluence documentation skills
MS Project
Slack
MS Teams
CI/CD pipelines
Design of efficient test automation systems
Oracle application development
Sybase
SQL Server management
Business Objects
SSRS
Infrastructure for platforms and devices
wealth & superannuation
core banking
GL accounting
payments
derivatives
logistics
pharma
supply chain solutions
Websites
Certification
PRINCE2 PRACTITIONER
Interests
Fitness
Sports
Cooking
Personal Information
Nationality: Australian Citizen
Awards
- Rewarded as an Exceptional performer since last 3 years
- FY21 promoted and given additional people leader responsibilities
- FY20 SIAM Strategy and Delivery 'Act Like an Entrepreneur' award
- FY19 Q1 SuperTech Individual award
- FY18 Q4 SuperTech Individual and team award
- FY18 Q1 Awarded for Exceptional work
- FY16 Q3 Light Year Award
- FY15 Q4 Excellence Award (Gold Standard)
- FY15 Q3 Excellence Award (Numero Uno)
Consistently awarded and recognised for exceptional performance for past 10 years
• FY21 promoted and given additional people leader responsibilities to perform an enterprise wide leadership role.
• FY20 SIAM Strategy and Delivery ‘Act Like an Entrepreneur’ award for setting up the remediation projects for SIAM team.
• FY19 Q1 SuperTech Individual award for ‘Focus on what matters’ for delivery of SQL SSRS Silver service offering for offsite
private cloud.
• FY18 Q4 SuperTech Individual and team award for ‘Focus on what matters’ for delivery of SQL (DB and IS) as a service offering for offsite private cloud.
• FY18 Q1 Awarded for Exceptional work under the Super Tech ‘What we do Matters’ by Program Director and Chief Practice Lead in 2 town halls.
• FY16 Q3 Light Year Award for work quality, team performance and continuous improvements from Accenture Communications Media and Technology Head.
• FY15 Q4 Excellence Award (Gold Standard) at Accenture for Contribution to Delivery Excellence in team category from Senior MD, Accenture India.
• FY15 Q3 Excellence Award (Numero Uno) at Accenture for Contribution to Delivery Excellence in individual category from Senior MD, Accenture India.
• Received a personalized appreciation as a “high performer” from the VP of IT in UPS SCS. (Oct 2010)
Timeline
Manager | Technology Delivery & Governance
AMP
07.2020 - Current
Portfolio Test Manager
LinkGroup
11.2019 - 07.2020
Business Intelligence Reports Developer
Societe Generale
01.2018 - 07.2020
Delivery Manager
Infosys (@WESTPAC)
10.2017 - 11.2019
Business Intelligence Reports Developer
HSBC
01.2017 - 08.2017
Business Intelligence Reports Developer
Honeywell
01.2015 - 03.2017
Manager
Accenture (@Walt Disney Parks and Resorts)
10.2009 - 10.2017
Masters Of Computer -
University of Pune