Open to Senior Technical Program & Project Manager roles

I lead complex technology programs from plan to delivery.

Senior technical program and project leadership across financial services, enterprise platforms and large-scale technology delivery. I align stakeholders, manage risk and guide cross-functional teams from planning through launch.

Pleasanton, California, USA Certified Scrum Master Remote & on-site
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Sohail Zahid

Senior Technical Program & Project Manager

  • Tech & financial services
  • Financial services · enterprise platforms
  • Program governance · risk · delivery
  • Agile · Scrum · RUP · SDLC
Program Leadership Program Delivery Project Management Technology Transformation
25+
Years in technology
Up to $5M
Project budgets managed at Aon
Large teams
Coordinated across functions and regions at PayPal
Hundreds
UNIX machines in a Microsoft migration plan

Trusted by teams at

Wells FargoMicrosoftPayPalIntelKaiser PermanenteUnion BankShakleeDelta DentalAonBank of AmericaGovernment of British ColumbiaWells FargoMicrosoftPayPalIntelKaiser PermanenteUnion BankShakleeDelta DentalAonBank of AmericaGovernment of British Columbia
What I do

Experienced leadership with technical fluency

My engineering background helps me work credibly with technical teams, clarify trade-offs and keep delivery plans grounded in how enterprise systems are built.

Program & Project Leadership

End-to-end ownership of multi-million-dollar, multi-team programs — from kick-off to production and support hand-off.

Technical Delivery Leadership

Translate complex technology into clear plans, decisions and milestones, partnering effectively with engineering, product, security and operations.

Governance, Risk & Dependencies

Surface delivery risks early, manage cross-team dependencies, and keep sponsors aligned on scope, budget, decisions and outcomes.

Data Platforms & Integration

Warehouses, migrations and integrations across Oracle, Teradata, DB2, Hadoop and modern NoSQL stores.

Selected work

Selected program and project experience

The full history — sixteen roles since 1995 — lives on the experience page.

01

Cognizant

Software Development Tech Lead — Java & React Full Stack

Led a four-engineer team delivering high-availability financial services, coordinating work from requirements and planning through testing and production release.

JavaSpring BootMicroservicesReact
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02

Wells Fargo

Technical Program Manager — Marketing & Digital Asset Management

Led a multi-workstream program to replace the marketing organization’s digital asset management platform, coordinating vendor implementation, phased rollout and data migration.

JavaCustom ReportingWorkflow DevelopmentDAM
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03

Microsoft

Senior Program Manager — SVC, MSN, IES

Led enterprise programs for customers including Intel and MSN/Hotmail, including migration planning for hundreds of UNIX machines and global localization work.

MS ProjectWindows ServerSQL ServerExchange
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