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I’m a results-driven IT Project Manager and product owner with 12+ years of experience across the software lifecycle, from API-level technical delivery to front-end features. I’ve led Agile teams and cross-functional stakeholders through complex initiatives—building and refining product backlogs, writing clear user stories and acceptance criteria, and prioritizing ruthlessly based on business value and risk. I enjoy bridging technical and non-technical audiences, presenting MVPs to executives, and ensuring releases pass QA, UAT, pilot, and production rollout with strong audit-ready documentation. My background spans secure fintech and payments-related systems, integration engineering, and compliance-focused work (including security assessments), and I’m passionate about delivering user-centric solutions while continuously improving team effectiveness.…I’m a results-driven IT Project Manager and product owner with 12+ years of experience across the software lifecycle, from API-level technical delivery to front-end features. I’ve led Agile teams and cross-functional stakeholders through complex initiatives—building and refining product backlogs, writing clear user stories and acceptance criteria, and prioritizing ruthlessly based on business value and risk. I enjoy bridging technical and non-technical audiences, presenting MVPs to executives, and ensuring releases pass QA, UAT, pilot, and production rollout with strong audit-ready documentation. My background spans secure fintech and payments-related systems, integration engineering, and compliance-focused work (including security assessments), and I’m passionate about delivering user-centric solutions while continuously improving team effectiveness.

P.D Senanayake

Project Manager, Software Engineer, Product Marketer, +2

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I’m a results-driven IT Project Manager and product owner with 12+ years of experience across the software lifecycle, from API-level technical delivery to front-end features. I’ve led Agile teams and cross-functional stakeholders through complex initiatives—building and refining product backlogs, writing clear user stories and acceptance criteria, and prioritizing ruthlessly based on business value and risk. I enjoy bridging technical and non-technical audiences, presenting MVPs to executives, and ensuring releases pass QA, UAT, pilot, and production rollout with strong audit-ready documentation. My background spans secure fintech and payments-related systems, integration engineering, and compliance-focused work (including security assessments), and I’m passionate about delivering user-centric solutions while continuously improving team effectiveness.…I’m a results-driven IT Project Manager and product owner with 12+ years of experience across the software lifecycle, from API-level technical delivery to front-end features. I’ve led Agile teams and cross-functional stakeholders through complex initiatives—building and refining product backlogs, writing clear user stories and acceptance criteria, and prioritizing ruthlessly based on business value and risk. I enjoy bridging technical and non-technical audiences, presenting MVPs to executives, and ensuring releases pass QA, UAT, pilot, and production rollout with strong audit-ready documentation. My background spans secure fintech and payments-related systems, integration engineering, and compliance-focused work (including security assessments), and I’m passionate about delivering user-centric solutions while continuously improving team effectiveness.

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I’m a results-driven IT Project Manager and product owner with 12+ years of experience across the software lifecycle, from API-level technical delivery to front-end features. I’ve led Agile teams and cross-functional stakeholders through complex initiatives—building and refining product backlogs, writing clear user stories and acceptance criteria, and prioritizing ruthlessly based on business value and risk.

I enjoy bridging technical and non-technical audiences, presenting MVPs to executives, and ensuring releases pass QA, UAT, pilot, and production rollout with strong audit-ready documentation. My background spans secure fintech and payments-related systems, integration engineering, and compliance-focused work (including security assessments), and I’m passionate about delivering user-centric solutions while continuously improving team effectiveness.

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Project Manager at Marina Bay Sands Pte Ltd

June 1, 2025 - Present

Led end-to-end SDLC delivery and cross-functional alignment across Development, Database, Network, Systems, Cybersecurity, QA, and Support for major Windows Servers migrations, load balancer additions, and VLAN configuration changes. Proactively identified and removed project impediments to minimize disruption and supported delivery across multiple concurrent initiatives. Managed budgets, scope, and resource plans; monitored external vendors against SLA and deliverables. Owned stakeholder and requirements management by eliciting and documenting business requirements and converting them into user stories and backlog items tied to measurable KPIs. Conducted risk and compliance activities in coordination with cybersecurity, including threat/risk assessments and audit-ready documentation for gaming applications. Oversaw QA/UAT lifecycles, production rollouts, post-release validation, and KPI tracking using monitoring tools such as ITRS and DynaTrace.

Assistant Vice President at OCBC Bank (Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited)

February 1, 2022 - January 31, 2025

Managed developers and supported delivery of a core mobile banking application in an Agile environment. Facilitated Agile ceremonies (sprint planning, reviews, standups, retrospectives) and ran backlog refinement to create and prioritize the product backlog. Created and refined user stories with business analysts and developers, supported estimation, and identified technical impediments to keep delivery predictable. Performed risk analysis and ensured compliance by triaging and remediating vulnerabilities found by scanners such as Coverity and Black Duck. Coordinated with testing teams on test strategies and quality coverage, reviewed PRs for coding standards and code coverage, and defined OKRs/KPIs and reporting metrics including MTTR. Produced documentation and managed smooth handover to BAU teams with training and knowledge transfer.

Senior Software Engineer in Integrations at VISA Worldwide Pte Ltd

February 1, 2018 - January 31, 2022

Coordinated merchant integration and client onboarding for VISA Checkout and VTS SDK, partnering with business leads, business analysts, and product engineering to align technical solutions to business objectives. Planned onboarding activities, resolved integration issues in sandbox, and provided merchant-side support and workarounds. Coordinated across Asia Pacific and Europe technical account teams with reporting to leadership on progress, updates, and blockers. Built reference implementations and internal tools to streamline integration; supported handover of onboarded clients to product engineering for ongoing operational management. Performed root-cause analysis using Splunk logs and helped set up Splunk alerts and Grafana dashboards for integration visibility. Contributed to security and risk analysis for mobile products, documented insights, and supported competitor analysis and OKR/KPI definition for integration success.

Consultant in Technology Division at NETS Pte Ltd

January 1, 2015 - February 28, 2018

Managed the full project lifecycle from initiation to closure, creating scope documents, deliverables, Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), and budget plans while allocating resources for execution. Led Agile ceremonies and managed an engineering team across sprint planning/reviews, daily standups, backlog refinement, and retrospectives. Prioritized stories by urgency and business value and participated in product vision and roadmap creation, negotiating feature scope and releases with stakeholders. Conducted risk analysis using risk registers and mitigation plans. Gathered consumer insights and performed competitor analysis to inform product decisions. Developed and enhanced Android application features (including NETS pay-related initiatives), created SDK components to support merchant/payment integrations, and executed system integration testing and manual testing, including validation through MVP/A-B testing approaches. Maintained software requirement specifications and developer guide

Lead Engineer at MC Payments Pte Ltd

March 1, 2014 - December 31, 2014

Led the mobile development team using Agile practices, maintaining the product backlog with well-defined user stories and acceptance criteria. Facilitated Scrum ceremonies (daily standups, sprint reviews, retrospectives) and performed story planning/estimation to support forecasting and timely delivery. Managed overseas development collaboration, triaged and prioritized work by business value, and contributed to product roadmap and product vision. Conducted stakeholder analysis and negotiated release scope and requirements. Developed Android components integrating with MPOS SDK, created an internal SDK to simplify MPOS app creation, wrote unit tests (JUnit), published apps, authored test cases and test plans, and performed manual testing. Produced functional/project documentation including OKRs/KPIs to measure product performance.

Software Engineer at Philips Electronics Pte Ltd

June 1, 2013 - February 28, 2014

Designed and developed Android components using Location SDK and BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy SDK). Built an internal SDK leveraging Android SDK and Twonky SDK for Philips Air Studio, created developer guides, and developed validation and requirements documentation including Software Requirements Specifications and Validation Test Plans. Wrote unit tests using OCUnit and executed manual tests according to the VTP.

Software R&D Engineer at Gemalto Pte Ltd

October 1, 2011 - June 30, 2013

Designed and developed Android and library components based on Software Requirements Specification and detailed design, using Android SDK, Location SDK, cryptography (Bouncy Castle), Blackberry RIM SDK, and J2ME. Wrote unit tests with JUnit/BUnit, fixed defects, and authored user stories with acceptance criteria. Maintained and updated technical documentation (SRS and design), participated in code reviews, coordinated with technical leads on requirements, triaged tasks, and contributed during scrum ceremonies.

Software Engineer at Mobiquest Solutions

July 1, 2010 - September 30, 2011

Developed mobile applications from scratch and coordinated with team and tech leads to gather requirements and refine edge cases. Documented requirements and edge conditions and developed a Citibank mobile app using J2ME LWUIT for Symbian and BlackBerry platforms for multiple countries.