About

Sonali Rajput is a seasoned Principal Technical Program Manager with over 20 years of experience in technical and management leadership across various domains such as Retail, Internet, Intranet, Client-Server, Networking, Training, Web Development, and Speech Synthesis. She is currently associated with Amazon India as a Technical Leadership and Technical Program Management expert, where she is responsible for building solutions that enhance the consumable categories like Grocery, Baby, Beauty, Pets, Health, and Personal Care. Sonali's role at Amazon India involves owning the technology roadmap for a broad set of systems and managing multiple programs around Amazon's Consumables portfolio. She partners effectively with all levels of leadership, bringing strong, data-driven business and technical judgment to decisions. She shares information and insights with business and operations leadership, including executive leadership at Amazon, and uses it to refine the products and course-correct. She has end-to-end ownership of cross-functional projects, including program definition, roadmap planning, resource planning, and project execution, and plays a leadership role in product architecture and design. Prior to Amazon, Sonali worked as a Sr. Technical Program Manager at Amazon India Consumables, where she managed strategic program initiatives. Her job involved driving the delivery of critical business initiatives, managing all aspects of the project such as project planning, requirements definition, risk management, communication, and implementation planning. She was the technical problem solver on the team, identifying innovative solutions to resolve project deadlocks and solving issues and constraints through consensus and correct judgment. She also achieved tactical goals while retaining a strategic focus. Before Amazon, Sonali worked as an Engineering Program Manager at Hewlett Packard, where she managed SDN and Network Automation, Programmability, and Analytics programs. Her responsibilities included program governance, budget management, program dashboards, process management, and legal compliance. She is well-versed in waterfall and Agile development methodologies and has hands-on experience in managing products across large, geographically distributed teams. Sonali holds a Master's degree in Computer Applications from Barkatullah University and a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics from the same university. She also completed her schooling from St. Joseph's Convent. Her tech stack includes Web, test, and Software Engineering. With 22.95 years of relevant experience, Sonali is a seasoned professional who excels in technical leadership and program management.