I am a senior project, program, and delivery manager with extensive experience leading complex, client-facing IT initiatives across distributed, international teams. I have a strong background in delivery governance, stakeholder management, and large-scale transformation programs within regulated environments, and I excel at turning ambiguity into structured, outcome-driven technology delivery. I am comfortable with Agile, SAFe, and hybrid delivery models in distributed enterprise environments.

Dayanand Kamath

I am a senior project, program, and delivery manager with extensive experience leading complex, client-facing IT initiatives across distributed, international teams. I have a strong background in delivery governance, stakeholder management, and large-scale transformation programs within regulated environments, and I excel at turning ambiguity into structured, outcome-driven technology delivery. I am comfortable with Agile, SAFe, and hybrid delivery models in distributed enterprise environments.

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I am a senior project, program, and delivery manager with extensive experience leading complex, client-facing IT initiatives across distributed, international teams.

I have a strong background in delivery governance, stakeholder management, and large-scale transformation programs within regulated environments, and I excel at turning ambiguity into structured, outcome-driven technology delivery. I am comfortable with Agile, SAFe, and hybrid delivery models in distributed enterprise environments.

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Language

English
Fluent
Hindi
Fluent
Marathi (Marāṭhī)
Advanced

Work Experience

Program Manager (Consultant) at Nordea Life, Helsinki
November 1, 2015 - September 1, 2024
Onsite program management - delivery planning, monitoring, risk management, issue resolutions, governance of scope, change requests, release/milestones, contracts, budgets, optimization, stakeholder expectations, and reporting. Coordinated distributed business, development, testing, and implementation teams to ensure clear scope definition, controlled changes, and timely delivery. Implemented SAFe Agile practices, tools, and metrics to improve execution, governance and visibility.
Engagement Manager, PMO (Consultant) at Citi - Global Finance Technology
February 1, 2013 - November 1, 2015
Program Governance of operations supporting global shared technology environment from Mumbai and US. Implementing monitoring automation real time monitoring using RTView & release orchestration. Governance & compliance: tracking metrics, onboarding resources, managing risks and stakeholder expectations, and reporting.
Project Manager at BNP Paribas, Mumbai
January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2012
ADM for Sybase to SQL Server & Legacy reporting migration.
Project Manager at UBS, US/UK
January 1, 2006 - December 31, 2010
ADM for Regulatory Archive - IBM DB2 CMOD, TSM, Centera.
Project Manager at Citigroup, UK
January 1, 2004 - December 31, 2005
ADM for Market data warehouse and P&L reporting.
Project Leader at JPMorgan Chase, Tokyo
January 1, 2001 - December 31, 2002
ADM for STP application for F&O Sales, reporting change.
Developer at Mumbai
January 1, 1997 - December 31, 2000
Various development & support projects based on Unix, web & mainframe applications.

Education

Master’s Degree in Information Technology at Metropolia UAS, Helsinki
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2023
Master of Business Administration (Finance) at ICFAI University, Tripura, India
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2012
Postgraduate Diploma in Computer Software Techniques at Mumbai University, India
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 1996
Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics & Communication) at Mangalore University, India
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 1995

Qualifications

Certified SAFe Agilist (SA)
January 11, 2030 - February 25, 2026
Project Management (IPMA)
January 11, 2030 - February 25, 2026
TOGAF 9
January 11, 2030 - February 25, 2026
IBM AS/400 Developer (IBM) Certified
January 11, 2030 - February 25, 2026
Certified Novell Engineer (CNE)
January 11, 2030 - February 25, 2026

Industry Experience

Financial Services, Professional Services, Software & Internet