Saikalyan Akunuri
@saikalyanakunuri
Technical Program Manager | Engineering Delivery Leader | Distributed Teams | Agile Transformation
What I'm looking for
I am a technology and program delivery leader with over 25 years of experience spanning software development, systems design, engineering management, program management, and enterprise Agile delivery.
I began my career as a software developer and progressed into roles involving architecture, distributed engineering, delivery leadership, and large-scale organisational change. This technical foundation helps me work effectively with engineering teams while translating business priorities into executable programs.
In my previous roles, I coordinated delivery across approximately 15 Scrum teams, working with product, engineering, business, and leadership stakeholders. My experience includes program planning, dependency management, risk management, stakeholder communication, delivery governance, team coaching, and improving execution across complex environments.
My approach is pragmatic rather than framework-driven. I focus on identifying delivery constraints, improving decision-making, clarifying ownership, managing cross-team dependencies, and helping teams deliver meaningful outcomes.
I am now looking for a remote role where I can contribute as a Technical Program Manager, Engineering Program Manager, Delivery Leader, or Agile Delivery Lead.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
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Available for fractional and fixed-scope remote engagements with engineering organisations that have multiple Scrum teams but no programme layer holding them together.
Most recently: 8 years at Hach (Danaher) running a 15+ team programme across the US, Germany, Switzerland, and India -- PMO infrastructure, Scrum of Scrums, PI Planning, real-time Jira dashboards, and delivery visibility that leader
Fractional PM & Agile Coach
Independent
Feb 2025 - Present (1 year 6 months)
Provides fractional and fixed-scope remote programme engagements for engineering organizations with multiple Scrum teams but no programme layer. Services include Fractional Programme Manager/RTE support, Agile team onboarding (Kaizen), and programme health checks.
Technical and operations partner to a bootstrapped, solo-founder handmade soap business. I built everything the business runs on so the founder could focus entirely on the product.
Shipped the full customer-facing site (Next.js: catalogue, shop, SEO blog, WhatsApp order flow), which reached 4,000+ impressions in 3 months with zero ad spend. Built SoapLedger, a custom operations app covering orders
Fractional Technical Ops Director
HealingSoil
Jan 2025 - Present (1 year 7 months)
Technical and operations partner for a bootstrapped, solo-founder handmade soap business. Built the customer-facing site (Next.js), created SoapLedger for orders/inventory/expenses and analytics, and led positioning, content strategy, and programmatic SEO.
Ran the engineering programme for Hach's software division (~$1.5B revenue). Directly managed 15+ Scrum teams across the US, Germany, Switzerland, and India -- establishing delivery rhythms, shared ceremonies, and cross-team coordination across time zones.
Built real-time Jira dashboards tracking scope creep, team load, and quality metrics across all teams. Leadership had live programme visibility
Built responsive web applications and led migration of devices to Azure IoT. First real experience with the organisational complexity of deploying connected systems at scale.
Technical governance and architecture for the Opics treasury and capital markets product in regulated financial services.
Redesigned the full server-side and client-side installer and configurator using WiX and .NET -- reduced combined installation and configuration time from 30 days to minutes.
Designed the Opics Plus Configurator -- reduced customer configuration time from one week to 15 minutes
Led cross-functional programmes across Retail, Manufacturing, Healthcare, and Finance verticals with distributed teams across Agile and Waterfall delivery models.
Conducted EA engagements advising CIOs on portfolio investment -- enabling multi-million dollar IT budget planning.
Won and delivered Wipro's first outsourced framework engagement for a leading US Insurance provider.
Ran a VB-to-.NET Mig
Early career developer roles across Geometric Software Solutions, Pixel Technologies, Transworld Ltd., and Supertech Solutions (Dubai). Built supply chain systems for GM and DaimlerChrysler at Geometric. Gained foundational experience in Visual Basic, .NET, and BizTalk across the other roles.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Maharashtra Institute of Technology
Engineering, Mechanical
1994 - 1997
Shri Shivaji Preparatory Military School
HSC, HSC
1991 - 1993
Kamalnayan Bajaj High School
SSC, SSC
1980 - 1991
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Availability
Location
Authorized to work in
Website
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