Amit Sinha
Verified Expert in Project Management
Project Manager
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Toptal member since October 27, 2025
Amit is a program manager, project manager, and Scrum Master with 11+ years of experience. Having worked at Walmart, AT&T, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and HCL Technologies, he gained extensive experience in Agile Scrum SDLC. With certifications in PMP, Agile, and Six Sigma, and an MBA from Golden Gate University, Amit has executed $300 million in a US government project and has managed teams with over 30 members.
Project Highlights
Expertise
- Agile
- PMO
- Program Management
- Project Management
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
- Projects
- Scrum
- Scrum Master
Work Experience
Program Manager
Visa
- Aligned attainable goals with project owners and team members, enhancing project focus and clarity.
- Facilitated integration of new technologies by liaising with internal IT development teams, leading to a 28% reduction in operational timelines through the streamlined use of existing systems.
- Worked closely with the senior director to define business challenges and devised technical roadmaps based on the identified findings.
- Acted as the primary liaison between business channels and internal departments, ensuring alignment of banking and finance department requirements with data migration project deliverables.
- Directed a team in the development of database objects, such as tables, views, and materialized views with SQL.
- Led a team in the design and development of schema data models, improving data accuracy and efficiency.
- Executed risk management assessments on projects, reducing potential project risks and ensuring timely delivery.
- Played a key role in the data migration project, resulting in a 3% increase in the department's margin and enhanced data management.
- Kept customers and stakeholders abreast of program results to facilitate change management activities, leading to smoother transitions and increased stakeholder satisfaction.
- Proactively addressed issues and blockers to ensure project deliverables were not adversely affected, maintaining project timelines and quality standards.
Program Manager
Walmart
- Empowered 4+ project teams for web and mobile app-based technical development in an Agile environment for a $22 million IT program.
- Executed simultaneous delivery of various eCommerce and mobile projects, ensuring timely completion and alignment with business goals.
- Collaborated with product managers to define and explore business challenges, creating technical roadmaps based on findings.
- Collaborated with business users, technical teams, database administrators, and testing teams during kickoff meetings, joint application design, and planning sessions to validate requirements.
- Reviewed and assessed architecture design, implementation, testing, and deployment needs to identify project requirements and costs.
- Enforced alignment of project strategies with business objectives and made modifications to promote efficient project completion.
- Maintained schedules to meet key milestones at every project phase.
- Built and utilized reporting systems to keep customers and management in the loop with the latest information.
- Established team priorities, maintained schedules, and monitored performance using Kanban, leading to improved team efficiency and project outcomes.
- Managed product backlogs and supported a Scrum framework, leading to successful monthly sprint releases.
Project Manager
AT&T
- Managed 25+ projects each year while maintaining adherence to budget, schedule, and scope requirements.
- Led and managed a staff of 15+ team members engaged in administering complex IT infrastructure.
- Determined the best pricing and completed technology solution projects for $2.5 million in IT assets for new data centers.
- Guided the implementation of the company-wide enterprise security strategy for network and hardware, disaster recovery, data protection, and endpoint protection.
- Liaised effectively with others to promote ongoing network design, reevaluation, and optimization that scaled with company growth.
- Attained improvement in technical project delivery processes by leading global infrastructure engineering project management process improvement.
- Maintained and extended client relationships for future business opportunities by delivering a high-quality service and leveraging vendor management skills.
Remote Project Manager
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
- Managed a large portfolio of projects using Microsoft Project to support teams, report progress, and achieve positive outcomes for key stakeholders.
- Answered client questions via phone and email to quickly resolve issues and improve service.
- Led a team of 15+ members to design and implement a VMware high-availability solution, increasing IT productivity and agility.
Analyst
HCL Technologies
- Documented procedures and business processes, sharing information with stakeholders to enhance operational efficiency.
- Identified and resolved problems through root cause analysis and research, leading to improved system reliability.
- Generated reports detailing findings and recommendations, facilitating informed decision-making by management.
Project History
IT Infrastructure
- 25% — Reduction in Project Completion Time
- $1.37 Million — In Cost Savings
There was inefficient coordination between involved stakeholders and poor material tracking, which led to supply shortages. Another major challenge was frequent rework caused by design changes and miscommunication.
I coordinated a comprehensive root cause analysis to identify inefficiency in project workflows, implemented a centralized project management dashboard(Microsoft Projects) for real-time progress tracking, and introduced weekly cross-functional coordination meetings between design and procurement teams.
I achieved a 25% faster project completion rate and saved $2.2 million through improved resource utilization and reduced rework. I improved onsite productivity by 15% and enhanced coordination between stakeholders.
Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
- 25% — Improvement in Resource Utilization
- 90% — On-time Delivery
The client faced recurring project delays and non-compliant software modules delivered. Requirements were often misunderstood, testing was incomplete, and release timelines were unpredictable. Additionally, there were major communication gaps between business analysts, developers, and testers.
I introduced the Scrum framework with two-week sprints, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives. I also established a clear documentation structure: a business requirement document, functional specification documentation, and test cases. I integrated Jira for task tracking and Git for version control, conducting regular code reviews and automated testing to ensure quality and early bug detection
I managed to reduce the average project delivery time by 30% using CI/CD, improve software quality with 40% fewer post-release defects, and enhance the team collaboration and visibility into project progress.
Cloud Setup Project
- ** 1 Week** — Deployment Frequency
- 35% — Cloud Cost Reduction
• Client’s legacy on-premises infrastructure faced frequent downtime, high maintenance costs, and limited scalability
• Application performance suffered during peak loads, a nd deploying new features required long lead times
• Lack of centralized monitoring and disaster recovery capability
I conducted a feasibility analysis to justify migration and designed a hybrid cloud architecture with Amazon EC2, RDS, S3, and VPC. I implemented CI/CD pipelines using AWS CodePipeline and Jenkins for automated deployments and established IAM-based access control, Amazon CloudWatch monitoring, and backup automation. Additionally, I adopted the Agile methodology for sprint-based delivery and iterative releases.
I reduced infrastructure costs by 35% and improved system uptime by 99.95%. I also accelerated deployment frequency from monthly to weekly and enhanced scalability. I reduced manual effort by 50% via automated provisioning and CI/CD workflows.
Education
Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA)
Golden Gate University - San Francisco, USA
Bachelor's Degree in Engineering
Vinayaka Missions University - Chennai, India
Certifications
Project Management Professional (PMP)
Project Management Institute (PMI)
Certified Scrum Master
SCRUMstudy
ITIL Foundation Certification
Axelos
Skills
Tools
Jira, Slack, Zoom, Confluence, Microsoft Project, VMware
Paradigms
Agile, Scrum, Management, PRINCE2, Change Management, Agile Project Management, Requirements Analysis, Azure DevOps
Other
Project Management, Program Management, Scrum Master, Microsoft, Waterfall, PMO, Project Management Professional (PMP), Delivery Management, Project Coordination, Projects, Business Analysis, PRINCE2 Project Management, Implementation, Stakeholder Management, Vendor Management, Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Infrastructure, Maintenance, Operations, Planning, Engineering, Delivery, Project Delivery, Project Estimation, Budgeting, Project Engineering, Team Management, Communication, Customer Service, Leadership, Complex Problem Solving, Research, People Management, Product Management, CCNA, MCSA, A+, Analysis, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Data Analytics, Data Migration, Networking, Cloud, Risk Management, Execution, Technical Project Management, PI Planning, Technical Program Management, Project Scoping, Project Planning, Business Process Management (BPM), Governance, Process Design, Operating Models, IT Project Management, Cost Management
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