Amit Kumar Verma

Vice President, Head of Technical Program Management, Product Operations, and Delivery & Release Office – SAP Business Network Strategic Leadership Drive the strategic vision and execution for Technical Program Management, Product Operations, and Release Readiness across SAP Business Network—a $1B+ B2B cloud commerce platform. Align cross-functional stakeholders across Product, Engineering, GTM, and Customer Success to deliver scalable, customer-centric solutions. Deep Domain Expertise Bring strong domain knowledge in supply chain, procurement, and B2B commerce, with a proven track record of leading high impact initiatives Program & Portfolio Management Lead planning and execution of large-scale, cross-functional programs including public cloud migration, FedRAMP, re-platforming, and AI-first transformation. Establish scalable frameworks to manage multi-product portfolios and drive measurable business outcomes. Release & Readiness Management Own the end-to-end release lifecycle—ensuring smooth, high-quality deployments with minimal disruption. Lead release readiness across Sales, Support, Services, and Partner functions to align internal and external stakeholders on delivery milestones. Cross-Functional Alignment Collaborate closely with Product, Design, Engineering, and Customer teams to drive execution on high-impact priorities. Manage global dependencies and proactively resolve blockers across value streams. Leadership & Culture Inspire and lead a high-performing organization of senior program managers and release leads. Cultivate a culture rooted in agility, ownership, transparency, and continuous improvement. Operational Excellence & Product Insights Implemented real-time dashboards, observability, Product adoption insight and program health monitoring to inform decision-making, optimize performance, and ensure compliance with security, scalability, and regulatory standards.

Leading Business Network Product Portfolio Program Management Team, strategic programs and operations.

Leading Supplier Management and Business Network Product Portfolio Program Management Team, strategic programs and operations .

India Lead for Program Management Office and Engineering Program Manager for Ariba Network (World largest Business Network) Product lines. Driving Product Roadmap discussions and PI and Release Planning. Managing Weekly, Monthly & Quarterly Product releases for Ariba Biz Network P&I. Setting up Program Success KPI and tracking Leadership communicating and status update. Team Management.

• Taking ownership of horizontal programs and initiatives for the engineering organization. Defining program and implement a new product development process, setting up PMO and driving program to increase company participation at industry events • Driving Org wide Agile Transformation initiatives • Work with senior leaders to define and document program goals • Setting up mechanisms to track progress of programs • Driving execution of horizontal programs • Regularly report and communicate status of programs to senior leadership and the larger engineering org

Heading PMO function for SISO,Bangalore. Establishing an enterprise focus on improvement in project management competency across SISO. Developing or enhancing project management skills and knowledge through training or mentoring.Shared & coordinated resources across all projects administered by PMO.Providing a centralized point of reference for the project management practice.Tracking and Monitoring of Project health and progress.Central coordination of communication management across projects.Evaluating projects based on key parameters.Central office for operation & management of project tools.Review and approve Project Proposal, Plan, Revision, Resource Transfer, Milestones and Closure.Developing Standard Project Processes, policies and Templates. Supporting project Audits.

Working as Execution Lead for Sprint Account. At present, managing a release for an enterprise testing engagement and deliverables for a telecom giant(Sprint). The client is moving their billing platform from their existing (multiple billing) platform to a Unified billing platform. This is a phased development project where more functionality is being moved to the new platform in a release. Responsibilities include: • Release planning – Defining the HLP for the release, tracking the progress against the schedule and compliance to the doneness matrix • Defining the testing strategy, execution plan, scope management • Responsible towards estimation, scheduling, planning the deliverables for the release. • Driving Enterprise testing process definition and compliance across the release • Risk , Issue management, Communication management and People Management responsibilities • Contribution to the account level initiatives and effectively driving them to completion. .

Worked for AT&T client as Business Analyst. •My responsibilities were understanding of existing Service provisioning Application EFMS(End to End flow through management system) and all other Upstream & Downstream Interfacing application •Participating in Concept phase of project & PIF meeting with client and providing them the Input on feasibility •Participating in Software BRD(Business Requirement document) •Designing workflow for the new Business changes in MS Visio. •Maintaining CMM level compliance for whole project life cycle. •Estimation of the project at all the three phases(T&C 0 , T&C1 & T&C2) and reviewing the same with Client ,Development and Testing team. •Function point estimation of the project at all the phases of project and having review with Counter. •Tracking productivity and taking approval from the senior management team. •CFPS(Certified Function Point Specialist) review for all the Tower E projects before sending it for approval.

Was leading Service provisioning (Operations) in Bharti Televentures in North Zone Bangalore. Steering initiatives towards achievement of organisational goals with responsibilities pertaining to installation of Voice Lines, DSL; Network Maintenance and Project Execution with a team of 50 personnel. Additional focus areas include Strategy Planning, Target Setting, co-ordination with Sales & Marketing / Internal Depts., Channel Management & Client Relationship Management.