Santosh Saggam

Santosh Saggam

Senior IT Delivery & Project Manager

Hyderabad, India

#OpenToWork

About

Senior IT Delivery & Project Manager with overall 20+ years of experience including 5 years as Project Manager. Worked 14 years at Infosys Technologies leading offshore delivery for Fortune 500 clients — Google, Walmart, Verizon, and Kroger. Proven track record managing cross-functional teams of 20+ engineers across 24×7 production support, cloud migrations (Azure), microservices modernization, and enterprise application delivery. Deep domain exposure across retail, telecom, fintech, and BFSI. Recognized for driving SLA adherence, stakeholder alignment, and incident reduction at scale.

What I'm looking for

I am open to IT Project Manager, Delivery Manager, or Program Manager opportunities across India and globally, including Europe and the Middle East. With 20+ years of experience delivering complex, large-scale programs for Fortune 500 clients, I am looking for a role where I can contribute from day one — leading cross-functional teams, managing end-to-end delivery, and driving measurable outcomes for clients and stakeholders.

Experience

Project Manager — Offshore Delivery Lead

Infosys Technologies Limited

Feb 2012 – Mar 2026

Led end-to-end offshore delivery for Fortune 500 clients including Google, Walmart, Verizon, and Kroger; managed teams of up to 20 engineers across 24×7 support and project delivery engagements. Owned sprint planning, execution, stakeholder reporting, risk mitigation, and escalation management across Agile and hybrid delivery models. Maintained SLA compliance and KPI adherence for Google Cloud's 24×7 support operation covering Free, Standard, Enhanced, and Premium incident tiers — with financial penalties for SLA breaches. Reduced incident backlog and improved resolution throughput for Kroger's UKG Dimensions workforce management platform by streamlining L2 support processes across a team of 10. Served as offshore delivery lead for Verizon's post-acquisition iView service assurance modernization — coordinating BAU changes alongside a parallel greenfield microservices build. Mentored and onboarded team members, conducted performance reviews, managed capacity planning and shift scheduling without KPI impact.

AgileMicrosoft AzureSLA & KPI GovernanceC++Java
Polaris Software Lab Ltd

Team Lead

Polaris Software Lab Ltd

Jun 2006 – Jan 2012

Led development and maintenance of Intellect Custody — a domestic custody and clearing/settlement system for ICICI Bank, with integrations to stock exchanges and depositories. Developed and maintained OASYS Trade Capture — a global derivatives middle/back-office system for Citibank Sydney covering trade capture, payments, and financial reporting under ISDA agreements. Managed end-to-end delivery of enhancements from requirements through testing and production deployment; handled client queries and escalations independently.

Trade CaptureFinancial ReportingClient Escalations
HCL Technologies

Senior Software Engineer

HCL Technologies

Nov 2004 – Jun 2006

Maintained and resolved critical defects in OMnet — the core subsystem of an electronic stock exchange trading platform used by SGX (Singapore) and HKX (Hong Kong) for OMX, Sweden.

Defect ResolutionElectronic TradingOMnet

Associate Engineer

Intergraph Consulting Pvt. Ltd

Sep 2003 – Nov 2004

Designed, coded, and tested a phased 64-bit port of AVS/Express — a large-scale data visualisation application — for Kubota Graphics Technologies, Japan, preserving backward compatibility.

64-bit PortingData VisualisationAVS/Express

Education

Osmania University

Osmania University

MCA

2001

Nizam College, Osmania University

BSc · MPC

1998

Certifications

AWS Certified AI Practitioner

AWS

IBM AI Developer Professional Certificate

Coursera / IBM

Skills

WaterfallSAFeScrumAgileOpenVMSLinuxInformixSybaseOracle 10gPerlPythonPro*CC++CGoogle Cloud PlatformMicrosoft AzureServiceNowMS ExcelConfluenceJira

Languages

English (Full professional proficiency)Hindi (Native or bilingual proficiency)Telugu (Native or bilingual proficiency)