Sudha Kota
new york,NY
Summary
Senior Technical Product/Program Manager with 16+ years delivering $50M+ AI/ML and data platform products across fintech, insurance, and media. Led cross-functional teams of 100+ engineers through product strategy, roadmap execution, and stakeholder management. Achieved 50% revenue growth, 40% efficiency gains, and 25% user adoption increases. Built 3 program management organizations from zero. CODiE Award winner.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Tech Product Manager / Program Manager
Allied World
New York
06.2024 - Current
- Led 12-member cross-functional teams delivering unified pricing database product; reduced manual reconciliation by 30% and cut actuarial analysis time by 50%
- Managed Databricks lakehouse product roadmap and vendor relationship; delivered 40% ETL performance improvement enabling $2M+ cost savings
- Launched ML-powered fuzzy logic matching product across Asia-Pacific markets; drove 25% improvement in data accuracy for 10M+ documents through strategic vendor partnerships
- Owned product strategy for cloud data lake initiative; coordinated engineering teams to consolidate 15+ data sources serving 200+ internal users
- Delivered AI-driven IDP product from concept to production; drove business case resulting in 80% automation and $1.5M annual cost reduction
- Managed $5M+ program budget across 4 product initiatives; achieved 100% on-time delivery through stakeholder alignment and risk management
- Defined requirements for real-time analytics product; partnered with engineering to deliver solution processing 50M+ daily events and improving risk models by 35%
- Implemented agile delivery processes; increased team velocity by 20% across 8 development squads
- Presented quarterly business reviews to C-suite; maintained 99% stakeholder satisfaction through transparent communication and proactive issue resolution
- Mentored 5 junior PMs and led cross-functional onboarding for 12 new team members; achieved 95% retention rate
Volunteer, President
SALGA NYC
NYC
01.2017 - Current
- Grew community engagement by 20% through data-driven social media campaigns reaching 50K+ members
Senior Technical Program Manager
Away
New York
01.2023 - 03.2024
- Built Technology Project Management organization from zero; scaled to 3-person team managing $10M+ portfolio
- Led 28 developers across 5 scrum teams; delivered product features generating 20% revenue increase ($3M+ annual impact)
- Implemented OpsGenie/Datadog monitoring; reduced system downtime by 15% saving $500K+ in lost revenue
- Established program management framework covering roadmapping, reporting, and resource allocation for 12 concurrent projects
- Defined quarterly ROI tracking processes; achieved 95% accuracy in cost component alignment
Senior Technical Program Manager
Bloomberg LP
New York
05.2017 - 11.2022
- Managed $25M+ technical programs for buy-side/sell-side financial products; delivered 15 complex workflows from inception to production
- Collaborated with 100+ engineers across product and engineering; maintained 98% on-time delivery rate
- Built tools increasing engineering productivity by 35%; drove adoption across 12 development teams
- Developed product roadmaps generating $50M+ revenue using SAFe/Agile methodologies; led 4-person PM team
- Created risk mitigation plans reducing project delays by 40%; increased user adoption by 25% (500K+ users)
Senior Technical Product Manager
Thomson Reuters
New York
02.2014 - 05.2017
- Led state/local tax platform generating $15M+ annual revenue; managed 8-person cross-functional team
- Launched Checkpoint State Clear Comply; won 2017 CODiE Award and drove 50% revenue increase ($7.5M+)
- Managed $3M+ product budget; optimized resource allocation across development, QA, and infrastructure teams
- Delivered 12 major product releases on-time; maintained 99% uptime across 100K+ user base
Project Manager
Emblem Health
New York
04.2013 - 02.2014
- Delivered project charters and roadmaps for $2M+ healthcare IT portfolio; managed 6-person development team
- Optimized resource allocation reducing project costs by 15% while maintaining 100% delivery schedule
Senior Web Developer
NBCUniversal
New York
05.2011 - 04.2013
- Managed product lifecycle for digital properties serving 10M+ monthly users; led 5-person engineering team
- Architected content publishing system using Memcached v6; scaled to handle 500% traffic increase during peak events
- Built editorial CMS workflows reducing content publishing time by 60%; improved editor productivity by 40%
Mobile Tech Lead
NBCUniversal
New York
10.2009 - 05.2011
- Led enterprise mobile publishing platform development; improved processing efficiency by 50%
- Delivered CNBC mobile apps (iPhone/iPad/Android) serving 4M+ users; achieved 4.5+ App Store rating
- Managed $1M+ mobile development budget across iOS/Android teams
Business Intelligence Developer
Bridgestone Bandag
New York
01.2009 - 12.2009
Education
Master of Science - Computer Science
Northern Illinois University
Skills
- Agile/Scrum
- Program Management
- Product Management
- SAFe Agilist
- Team Building
- AWS
- AI/ML Platforms
- Data Lakehouse
- Databricks
- NLP
- Computer Vision
- Real-time Analytics
- AWS Data Services
- Streaming Pipelines
- Memcached
- OpsGenie
- Product Roadmaps
- Redis
- Stakeholder Management
- Strategic Planning
- Data Integration
- Risk Management
- Process Improvement
Volunteer Experience
Volunteer, President, SALGA NYC, NYC, NY, 01/01/17, Present, Grew community engagement by 20% through data-driven social media campaigns reaching 50K+ members
Timeline
Tech Product Manager / Program Manager
Allied World
06.2024 - Current
Senior Technical Program Manager
Away
01.2023 - 03.2024
Senior Technical Program Manager
Bloomberg LP
05.2017 - 11.2022
Volunteer, President
SALGA NYC
01.2017 - Current
Senior Technical Product Manager
Thomson Reuters
02.2014 - 05.2017
Project Manager
Emblem Health
04.2013 - 02.2014
Senior Web Developer
NBCUniversal
05.2011 - 04.2013
Mobile Tech Lead
NBCUniversal
10.2009 - 05.2011
Business Intelligence Developer
Bridgestone Bandag
01.2009 - 12.2009
Master of Science - Computer Science
Northern Illinois University
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