About

Deepankar Puri is a Senior Technical Program Manager at Amazon with over 13 years of experience in Technical Program Management. He has an extensive background in managing complex business areas, defining program strategy, creating roadmaps, executing projects during different SDLC phases, managing stakeholders, and building long-term relationships for program execution. Deepankar has a proven track record of successfully managing the life cycle development of complex projects, from defining requirements to launching flagship projects such as the Track by Amazon App, which enables sellers to deliver items in the last mile without relying on external transportation. He has also introduced processes for smooth project execution and created dashboards for project life cycle dates and engagement with partner tech teams. In his current role, Deepankar has created the 2019 and 2020 roadmap by partnering with Product and Tech teams. He has screened 70+ project requests, T-shirt sized them, created a project roadmap with landing quarters, viewed available tech bandwidth distributed over quarters, and established the engagement model with dependent partner tech teams. He has also managed the quarterly roadmap by getting a list of requests from the product team and prioritizing the right set of projects based on available bandwidth and funding from business teams. Deepankar has managed 30+ stakeholders such as Product, Tech, QA, and dependent transportation tech teams. He has introduced processes for smooth project execution and created dashboards for project life cycle dates and engagement with partner tech teams. He has also managed program delivery metrics such as product intake misses, project delivered, and projects at risk. Deepankar holds a Master of Science in Computer Science from the University of California and a Master of Science from Syracuse University. He also has a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science from Jamia Millia Islamia and a High School Certificate from Harvard Academy. Overall, Deepankar is a highly skilled Technical Program Manager with a strong background in managing complex business areas, defining program strategy, creating roadmaps, executing projects, and managing stakeholders. He has a proven track record of successfully launching flagship projects and introducing processes for smooth project execution.