DIXIT YADAV
Newark,DE
Summary
Program and project management leader with 10 years of experience delivering enterprise technology, application modernization, AI/ML Rollouts, cloud migration, data integration, and digital transformation initiatives across financial services, media, healthcare, and capital markets. Experienced in end-to-end delivery planning, PMO governance, RAID and dependency management, executive reporting, release readiness, vendor coordination, and cross-functional collaboration. Coordinates distributed teams across North America, APAC, ASIA and EMEA, aligning technology delivery with business priorities, risk controls, and operational outcomes.
Overview
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Certification
9
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years of professional experience
Work History
PROGRAM MANAGER
DOW JONES
Princeton, NJ
08.2024 - Current
- Manage end-to-end lifecycle delivery across multiple enterprise transformation portfolios spanning digital products, SAP, AI/ML, Marketing , cloud modernization, and integrations with all portfolios ranging >$150K to Multi-Millions; coordinate charters, plans, architecture, milestones, dependencies, risks, releases, and stakeholder communications across EMEA, ASIA & NAM.
- Drove application and infrastructure modernization initiatives, including FAD mainframe-to-API work, DXS-to-HEX migration, S/4HANA upgrade, CoLo/on-premises-to-AWS migration, Salesforce-to-SAP BTP integration, and legacy reporting decommissioning reducing server and monolith infrastructure costs by $400K, and increasing proficiency & Forecasting by 44%
- Led AI/ML and LLM initiatives from proof of concept and MVP to pilot and enterprise rollout, successfully implementing chatbots and integrations involving Claude, Gemini, and SAP Joule.
- Developed project plans, identified risks, set objectives and monitored progress towards completion, increasing program on-time & on-budget delivery by 98%
- Integrated financial, resource, milestone, and delivery-status reporting into program governance, enabling leadership to make informed decisions on funding, capacity, scope, and priorities.
- Coordinate 3-8 cross-functional Agile teams(64 to 80 Resources) across Product, Engineering, Design, Data, Architecture, QA, Security, Business, and Enterprise stakeholders; manage escalations and delivery dependencies.
- Lead PMO governance through project playbooks, RAID logs, RACI matrices, decision logs, status reports, steering committee meetings, and executive-ready project plans and presentations. Standardizing governance across 70% of the enterprise
- Coordinate SAP payments integration, SAP Analytics Cloud migration for revenue reporting and forecasting, compensation-planning migration, and data-layer modernization; align requirements, interfaces, testing, cutover, and business readiness increasing forecasting capabilities for 4-5-4 model increasing proficiency by 44%
- Lead vendor sourcing activities including Collections platform RFP, vendor evaluation scorecards, RFQs, and implementation-partner deliverables; coordinate healthcare vendors and rollout readiness.
- Use Jira dashboards and Agile KPIs to improve delivery visibility and support data-informed decisions; coordinate product launches, customer-service training, and operational adoption.
PROJECT MANAGER / PRODUCT OWNER / SCRUM MASTER / PRODUCT ANALYST
WELLS FARGO
Charlotte, NC
03.2023 - 08.2024
- Coordinated modernization and delivery across the Distribution Finance product family, supporting application availability, data governance, customer experience, and global users across North America, APAC,ASIA, Australia/New Zealand, and Europe(EMEA).
- Led Salesforce Service Classic-to-Lightning modernization, OCRA integrations, single-profile capability, INFO sunset planning, and REST API stabilization; managed requirements, dependencies, testing, and release execution increasing proficiency and capabilities by 70%
- Managed product backlogs, Jira stories, acceptance criteria, sprint priorities, roadmaps, quarterly OKRs, delivery timelines, and impediment resolution; facilitated Agile ceremonies and stakeholder decision forums to drive project alignment increasing velocity of delivery by 65%
- Coordinated cross-region payment initiatives for FX rates, card payments, and wire transfers, ensuring effective data cleansing, monitoring dashboards, operational controls, and comprehensive technical documentation.
- Coordinated SIT, UAT, regression testing, production certification, release sign-off, and change-control approvals; created regional test scripts and ServiceNow change records.
- Led regulatory and financial-services workstreams involving Dodd-Frank, CCAR, SEC initiatives, FR Y-9C, 5G, 2052A/B, and 14M/Q stress-test model validation in partnership with Finance/FP&A.
SENIOR SCRUM MASTER / PROJECT MANAGER / PRODUCT OWNER
VANGUARD
Malvern, PA
07.2018 - 02.2023
- Managed cross-functional delivery for wire transfers, ACH, card payments, FX trades, API integrations, IAM, liquidity management, and trading workflows covering derivatives, mutual funds, ETFs, and retirement accounts profiting >$10 Million every day.
- Led delivery and modernization for a retail trading solutions portfolio spanning transaction processing, APIs, cloud modernization, continuous delivery, compliance, and consumer-facing capabilities increasing customer retention and UX by 60%
- Coordinated migration of OMaas monolith applications to AWS, overseeing application sunset and decommissioning efforts, including NGSA endpoint sunset, ORE decommissioning, PCF-to-ECS migration, MQ upgrade, and RHEL server upgrade decreasing server and infrastructure costs by >$500K
- Partnered with technical leads and GTO on capacity planning that increased OMaas servers from 12 to 36 to support forecast trade volumes(100K to 300K Daily); coordinated performance testing, release readiness, and operational handoff.
- Managed SOWs between TCS and Vanguard, defining SLAs, CPIs, and KPIs; led managed services team; sourced resources per LOE; coordinated ServiceNow change governance, security reviews, and delivery dashboards to ensure compliance and operational continuity.
- Led production-defect resolution initiatives that contributed to more than $100M in savings; implemented AppDynamics, Splunk, and Honeycomb monitoring and business-facing dashboards.
- Created program plans, epics, estimates, BRDs, traceability matrices, workflows, and release documentation; coordinated CI/CD monitoring, resolved Jenkins issues, facilitated monthly releases, testing, and secured stakeholder sign-off.
SENIOR BUSINESS ANALYST
STATE STREET BANK
Boston, MA
02.2018 - 07.2018
- Supported a global vendor-payment control and Third-Party Risk Management program, assessing Accounts Payable, procurement, ABAC, vendor onboarding, and operational controls.
- Mapped processes and control gaps; documented risks, remediation plans, interim controls, workflows, requirements, governance artifacts, and training/adoption needs to enhance compliance and operational efficiency.
- Conducted global vendor-onboarding analysis across 112 countries and documented Archer-based ABAC automation recommendations to streamline vendor integration.
- Collaborated with VPs, product owners, business teams, UX, development, and QA to validate requirements, recommend control testing, and produce BRDs, traceability matrices, process flows, and UAT support, ensuring alignment across stakeholders.
Education
MBA - Finance
Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, MIMS - Information Technology Management
Campbellsville University
Campbellsville, KYMS - Computer Science
Campbellsville University
Campbellsville, KYB.Tech - Computer Science Engineering
Maharshi Dayanand University
Rohtak, IndiaSkills
- Enterprise Program and Project Delivery
- Transformation Roadmaps
- Program oversight
- Portfolio management
- AI project delivery
- PMO / IT Governance
- Risk, Issue & Dependency Management
- Change management
- Stakeholder engagement
- Executive / SteerCo Reporting
- Budget and Resource Planning
- Quality assurance
- Application & Infrastructure Modernization
- Cloud Migration
- Vendor / Implementation Partner Coordination
- RFP / RFQ / SOW / SLA
- Quality, Testing & Release Readiness
- Business & Data Analysis
- Data governance
- Program / Agile: Jira, Confluence, Rally, Smartsheet, Microsoft Project, SharePoint, TFS, JQL
- Enterprise: ServiceNow, SAP, SAP BTP, SAP Analytics Cloud, Salesforce, SailPoint, Archer
- Cloud / DevOps: AWS, PCF, ECS, Jenkins, CI/CD, AppDynamics, Splunk, Honeycomb
- Analysis / QA: MS Visio, Enterprise Architect, Erwin, UML, HP ALM / Quality Center, LoadRunner, Selenium, SOAP UI, UAT
- Scheduling and planning
- Process optimization
- Risk assessment
- Risk analysis and management
- Cross functional collaboration
- Executive communication
- Global Stakeholder Management
- Jira reporting
- Change Control
- Regulatory compliance
- Project management
- Budget management
- Quality, Testing & Release Readiness
- Stakeholder communications
- Regulatory compliance
- SAP integration
- Cloud modernization
- Stakeholder management
- Risk management
- Vendor management
- Cross-functional leadership
- Budgeting and resource management
- KPI tracking
Certification
- Scrum Master Certification
- Product Owner Certification
- Atlassian Agile Project Management Professional
- AI Project Management Professional
- Jira Cloud Level 3 Certification
- Generative AI for Agile & Scrum Teams
- 18 certifications total
Technology & Delivery Tools
Program / Agile: Jira, Confluence, Rally, Smartsheet, Microsoft Project, SharePoint, TFS, JQL
Enterprise: ServiceNow, SAP, SAP BTP, SAP Analytics Cloud, Salesforce, SailPoint, Archer
Cloud / DevOps: AWS, PCF, ECS, Jenkins, CI/CD, AppDynamics, Splunk, Honeycomb
Data / Integration: Oracle, IBM DB2, MySQL, MS SQL, MDM, REST APIs, MQ, ETL, data warehousing
Analysis / QA: MS Visio, Enterprise Architect, Erwin, UML, HP ALM / Quality Center, LoadRunner, Selenium, SOAP UI, UAT
Portfolio
PROGRAM MANAGER | TECHNICAL PROGRAM MANAGEMENT | GLOBAL PROGRAM DELIVERY
Timeline
PROGRAM MANAGER
DOW JONES
08.2024 - Current
PROJECT MANAGER / PRODUCT OWNER / SCRUM MASTER / PRODUCT ANALYST
WELLS FARGO
03.2023 - 08.2024
SENIOR SCRUM MASTER / PROJECT MANAGER / PRODUCT OWNER
VANGUARD
07.2018 - 02.2023
SENIOR BUSINESS ANALYST
STATE STREET BANK
02.2018 - 07.2018
MBA - Finance
Eastern Michigan University
MS - Information Technology Management
Campbellsville University
MS - Computer Science
Campbellsville University
B.Tech - Computer Science Engineering
Maharshi Dayanand University