Krishna Manjari Polimera

Led engineering delivery for the OIG business unit as an R&D interim lead and software unit manager, overseeing six Scrum teams and their end-to-end product lifecycles. Set delivery standards, reporting cadence, and staffing plans, partnering across US, EMEA, and APAC to align priorities and resolve cross-region tradeoffs. Drove SDLC and delivery redesign that reduced release turnaround time and shortened nightly automation runtime. Led EOL/EOS customer offboarding and managed crisis and risk processes while mentoring managers and sustaining retention through transitions.

Managed two Scrum teams from concept to launch, focusing on technical quality, resource allocation, and adherence to delivery governance. Hired, onboarded, and coached team members to build skills while sustaining a high-trust culture with full retention. Improved daily engineering operations using continuous feedback loops and facilitated cross-functional collaboration to streamline execution and encourage innovation.

Defined and implemented a CI/CD delivery framework across multiple SaaS projects to improve deployment frequency and release reliability. Led development of high-performance RESTful web services by translating requirements into technical roadmaps. Owned scoping, planning, and architecture end-to-end and built and mentored engineering teams while promoting TDD and automated testing to reduce defects.

Owned the end-to-end product delivery lifecycle for SaaS solutions, including delivery governance from design through release. Ran sprint planning to optimize output and reduce time-to-delivery, establishing CI/CD pipelines as a core delivery standard. Enforced TDD and automation testing, conducted appraisals, mentored engineers, and led recruitment to expand capacity while retaining key talent.

Delivered team product commitments while improving code reusability, modularity, and long-term maintainability. Built scalable frameworks from scratch and helped drive consistent on-time sprint delivery. Mentored interns on prototype development and supported test-driven coding practices across the team.

Designed and developed product features and frameworks to ensure scalability, sustainability, and feature completeness. Collaborated with project managers to reduce communication gaps and minimize unsupported assumptions. Benchmarked solutions against competitors to improve delivered feature quality and credibility.