Abinaya VelusamyProgram & Product Manager
04 — WORK EXPERIENCE

A release log, 2012 to today.

From Systems Engineer to Senior Program Manager — across engineering, banking, and AI platforms.

Senior Project Manager

Purands LIVE Aug 2025 — Present
  • Lead a cross-functional team of 25 across product, engineering, QA, and design, driving sprint execution and release planning for platform enhancements.
  • Own the product roadmap and end-to-end execution for an AI-driven customer engagement and retention platform serving enterprise and mid-market clients.
  • Lead RAID management across parallel initiatives, resolving blockers, dependency gaps, and release risks.
  • Apply Azure cloud knowledge to platform planning and align engineering, product, client, e-commerce, and messaging-channel stakeholders.
+18–22% engagement +12–15% retention performance 250K+ end-users 6+ clients scaled

Senior Project Management Consultant

EPAM SHIPPED Apr 2025 — Aug 2025
  • Led program governance through steering committees and executive reviews, keeping senior leadership aligned on scope, milestones, risks, and decisions.
  • Owned budget and resource planning, coordinating 45+ resources against milestones and capacity plans.
  • Drove RAID management across program milestones, maintaining the risk log, escalation path, and decision tracker.
  • Led vendor coordination across technology vendors, integration partners, and offshore delivery teams.
AUD 2–3M UBS Australia integration 10+ systems · 6 teams · 45+ members Zero critical go-live blockers 50+ milestones tracked

Senior Consultant

Temus SHIPPED Jul 2023 — Oct 2023

Authorized Officer

UBS SHIPPED May 2021 — Dec 2022
  • Implemented Agile and hybrid digital banking initiatives, applying Azure cloud literacy to align technical, business, and release stakeholders.
  • Led sprint execution and release coordination for digital banking features, converting business requirements into shipped releases.
  • Tracked and mitigated risks, issues, and dependencies (RAID) to protect schedule and scope.
  • Expanded scope into program governance for the Mobile Banking portfolio across 8 agile crews.
CSAT 4.5/5+ ~CHF 3M annual revenue contribution Onboarding: 1 day → ~30 min 6+ releases / 12+ sprints 20K+ users reached
// PREVIOUS_EXPERIENCE.LOG — earlier engineering roles
2020 — 2021Software AssociateCognizant
2019Software AssociateAspire Systems, Singapore
2017 — 2018Software Engineer, ContractNTT DATA, Singapore
2012 — 2014System EngineerTata Consultancy Services, India