Akshit Khanna
@akshitkhanna
Technical Program Manager at Walmart
Faridabad, Haryana, India
Akshit Khanna is an experienced program management professional with over 7 years of experience in consumer products, Omni-channel, and e-commerce industries. He has a proven track record of leading the end-to-end delivery of complex, technology-focused portfolios and programs. His expertise includes program management, product technology acumen, and implementing Agile-Scrum and Waterfall methodologies to establish efficient operational systems.
Experience
TECHNICAL PROGRAM MANAGER
WALMART
Rolled out 2 new products and delivered 150+ features in more than 24 global markets for about 17K+ active users. New process implementation for multiple products teams by developing comprehensive plans that align engineering efforts to business needs, implementing agile ways of working, release cycles, defining metrics. Designed and implemented a dedicated intake form for business users to minimize the service now incident count by 100s and to provide prioritized resolution by defining SLAs based on criticality and impact. Create and lead the development of customer – focused product strategy, project trend analysis, prediction, and customer value proposition to support roadmap and vision of the organization. Elaborate issues and convey potential solutions to multi-functional teams with collected data by organizing, prioritizing, and coordinating multiple work activities with the ability to meet deadlines. Lead multiple global cross functional teams, managing stakeholder expectations and customers’ requirements during all project phases of the project life cycle.
PROGRAM MANAGER
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS
Samsung Galaxy M30s, Xcover4s OS upgrade, M30s OS Upgrade, A9 (2018) OS Upgrade, across all stages of enterprise software, hardware and system implementations utilizing both Agile and Waterfall methodologies. Automated and deployed live version of KPI dashboard prepared from scratch for all Samsung Noida employees. Clearly defining and prioritizing detailed requirements, project goals and scope, translating business needs into technical user stories, monitor workflow and defining project exit criteria.
SENIOR PRODUCT DEVELOPER
DXC TECHNOLOGY
Client – ZURICH (JAPAN): Delivered two Iterations in 6 months, SOMPO (MALAYSIA): Product live within 3 years. Developed efficient and optimized products by enabling clients’ requirements to improve the quality and performance using high end tech stack such as Java, Spring – Hibernate, SQL Server.
TECHNICAL PROJECT MANAGER
ADIDAS
Set up a new product team as India order processing under Adidas Omni hub space: on boarding, generating the resource plan, skill matrix, workflow management and SOPs, communication channels and stakeholder management plan. Dedicated vendor management for external resources. Conceptualised, curated and launched the digital India flagship store by enabling consumers’ feedbacks and reviews. Deep dived on the architectural flows and implemented the refunds and tax reversals processes in case of returns, failures, and cancellation of orders for India digital store. Lead the China decryption project for their online, offline, supply chain and distribution centres and stores: cross functional teams’ collaborations, preparing the project plan and go-live.
Education
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF FOREIGN TRADE
EXECUTIVE POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
GURU GOBIND SINGH INDRAPRASTHA UNIVERSITY
BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY
COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
Licenses & Certifications
CERTIFIED SCRUM PRODUCT OWNER (CSPO)®
Credential ID: 000956406
PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL (PMP)®
Credential ID: 3013676
CERTIFIED SCRUM MASTER (CSM)®
Credential ID: 000956406
TEAM KANBAN PRACTITIONER (TKP)®