A Technical Program Manager Story
THE
TPM

10+ years. Too many dependencies. A suspicious number of spreadsheets. One TPM.

$ loading_program...
✓ teams found: 150+
✓ critical applications: 15+
! dependencies found: too many
→ initiating Pankaj.exe
✓ program manager online.
scroll to enter
Scene 01 / The problem
Every complex program starts with one innocent sentence…
“It should be easy.” 😏

Then the dependencies arrive. Then the risks. Then someone says, “We thought another team owned that.”

Scene 02 / Enter the TPM

PANKAJ
VERMA

Senior / Principal Technical Program Manager

STRATEGY → EXECUTION → OUTCOME

Known behaviour: asks who owns the dependency.

Scene 03 / The montage

Things got
interesting.

$5M

AI Enterprise Platform

Cost saved by In-house platform for Sales, Fulfilment and Service Operations.

OLA ELECTRIC · AI
90%

MES + Automation

Production downtime reduction through enterprise MES and automation capability.

OLA CELL · PLATFORM
15+

Infrastructure Migration

Critical applications rehosted during the Alstom–GE separation.

0 PRODUCTION DOWNTIME
20+

Move OS 3

Features shipped via Major connected-vehicle software release across iOS, Android, Backend, Data, OTA and QA.

OLA ELECTRIC · SOFTWARE
Scene 04 / The villains

Every program
has them.

🐉

Dependency Dragon

“Team B is waiting for Team C.”

👻

Unknown Owner

“I thought they were handling it.”

💣

Last-Minute Requirement

“Small change. Shouldn't affect the release.”

“Cool. Let's put it on the board.”
Scene 05 / The superpowers

No cape.
Just execution.

STRATEGYWhat & why
ROADMAPSequence it
DEPENDENCIESConnect it
EXECUTIONShip it
OUTCOMEMeasure it
Scene 06 / The proof

Numbers don't
need a trailer.

$5Mannual savings
90%downtime reduction
15+critical apps migrated
0production downtime
Scene 07 / The evolution

The career
plot twist.

Senior / Principal TPM

Ola Electric · Ola Cell · Krutrim AI

Project Manager / Technical Lead

Infosys — Alstom, Paris

Senior Software Engineer

Infosys — Cisco

Software Engineer

Infosys — Boeing & Alstom Power

Started with code.
… Then the problems got bigger.
Career evolution reaction
Scene 08 / Known behaviours

Debugging
Pankaj.exe

[PASS] asks for metrics
[PASS] maps dependencies
[PASS] finds owners
[PASS] challenges “on track”
[WARN] coffee may get cold during program reviews
[WARN] risk register may become unusually detailed
[INFO] rollback plan requested
Final scene

GOT A
COMPLICATED
PROGRAM?

Good. Those are usually the interesting ones.

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Pankaj Verma · Senior / Principal Technical Program Manager · Bangalore