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
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
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