Delivery Director Hyderabad, India

SwahavBodepudi

Sixteen-plus years building the platforms banks run on — digital lending, UPI, ACH and cheque truncation — run against business outcomes, not just milestones, for leading banks and NBFCs across India, the Middle East and the U.S.

7 Banking and NBFC accounts in the portfolio led today
25+ Banking and NBFC clients served across a 16-year career
12+ Major go-lives across lending, cards and payments platforms
2 90+ Team built from a two-person unit into a 90+ member organisation
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Profile

I lead a seven-account, 90+ member delivery organisation across banking and NBFC platforms — owning a multi-crore P&L with roughly 40% margin responsibility, from scope definition and effort estimation through release, production stabilisation and commercial outcomes. What makes the work distinctive is a product-management foundation: delivery is run against business outcomes — disbursal volumes, book growth and unit economics — not just milestones, on platforms that carry some of the largest retail and MSME lending books in the market.

Over two years I grew portfolio revenue 44% while expanding margin from the low-30s to roughly 40%, turned around two loss-making accounts to profitability, and directed a monolith-to-AWS-Fargate microservices re-platforming of an enterprise lending stack — taking releases from monthly to daily while reducing defects. I scaled the team from two to ninety-plus, with named succession at every level so second- and third-line leaders now run major engagements independently.

Before delivery leadership, a product career across omni-channel digital banking and payments — cheque truncation, ACH, NACH and UPI — including multi-million-dollar programs spanning India, the Middle East and the United States. Across sixteen years I've served 25+ banking and NBFC clients, from private banks and NBFCs to payment companies. I started on the other side of the table, running data-centre IT projects inside banks, which still shapes how I think about uptime, compliance and what operations teams actually live with.

Current role
Delivery Director
Organisation
Jocata · a BillDesk Co.
Domain
Lending · Payments
Cloud
AWS · Azure · GCP
Engagement
CXO & client IT
Base
Hyderabad, IN
Languages
English · Hindi
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Career Ledger

Jocata Financial Advisory 2020 — Present a BillDesk company

Associate Delivery Director

Product Delivery Manager · Dec 2020 – Apr 2022

  • Built and lead Jocata's largest delivery portfolio — seven banking and NBFC accounts across managed-services and DIY models — grown from a single account and a two-person team into a 90+ member organisation.
  • Own a multi-crore portfolio P&L; grew revenue 44% over two years while expanding margin to roughly 40% and improving per-FTE economics — growth with improving unit economics, not underpricing.
  • Platforms delivered under this portfolio carry large-scale retail and MSME lending books and process disbursals at national scale; enabled a new client's digital personal-loans business from zero to a multi-thousand-crore book within two years of go-live.
  • Took two deeply loss-making accounts to sustained profitability within two years through pricing, staffing and scope realignment.
  • Directed migration of an enterprise lending platform from an in-house monolith to fully managed AWS Fargate microservices with CI/CD — moving releases from monthly to daily with minimal client disruption.
  • Delivered 12+ major go-lives spanning personal loans (DIY & assisted), credit cards, FD-backed & commercial cards, small business banking, GST-based lending, partner APIs and gold loans.
  • Scaled the team from 2 to 90+ with named succession at every level; instituted multi-account SOPs, risk/change controls and delivery governance; present delivery health and strategic options at CXO forums.
Seven-account portfolio · 90+ team
VSoft Technologies 2014 — 2020

Product Manager — Digital Initiatives

Senior Business Analyst → Product Manager · Feb 2014 – Dec 2020

  • Owned product roadmaps for omni-channel digital banking platforms, including NLP-, bot- and AI-driven solutions.
  • Delivered cheque truncation, ACH and UPI integrations, including mobile-based cheque deposit.
  • Managed multi-million-dollar programs across India, the Middle East and the U.S., ensuring regional compliance and localisation.
  • Coordinated GTM strategy, release planning and market prioritisation; enabled sales teams through demos and collateral.
3 regions · Payments & digital banking
Lakshmi Vilas Bank 2012 — 2014 now DBS Bank India

Assistant Manager — IT Projects

Data Centre

  • Authored the PRD for the NACH system and defined use cases across modules.
  • Migrated cheque truncation systems to newer versions, improving operational efficiency.
  • Coordinated with regulators, vendors and internal teams; ran UAT and supported core banking rollouts.
Regulator-facing delivery
Dhanlaxmi Bank 2009 — 2011

Senior Systems Executive — IT Projects

Data Centre

  • Led enterprise-wide service desk automation and mail system migration.
  • Supported centralised core banking environments and large-scale IT rollouts across branches.
Where it began
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Capabilities

Deliver

Delivery & Program

  • Portfolio & program management
  • Release & change management
  • Application test management
  • SLA compliance & governance
Build

Product & Platform

  • Product & platform strategy
  • Digital lending platforms
  • UPI · ACH · CTS · NACH
  • Road-mapping & prioritisation
Modernise

Cloud & Architecture

  • Cloud-native transformation
  • Microservices & CI/CD
  • Multi-cloud: AWS · Azure · GCP
  • Monolith-to-microservices
Govern

Commercial & Risk

  • Commercial & margin governance
  • IT strategy planning
  • Risk & change controls
  • Audit readiness
Engage

Clients & Stakeholders

  • CXO engagement
  • Stakeholder management
  • Pre-sales & solutioning
  • Vendor-to-partner transitions
Grow

People & Leadership

  • Team leadership & mentoring
  • Second-line leadership building
  • Performance & productivity
  • Scalable delivery org design
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Credentials

Education

B.Tech, Computer Science & Engineering

VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering & Technology · JNTU Hyderabad · 2008

Training

Program in Retail Banking

NIIT Institute of Finance, Banking & Insurance (IFBI) · Chennai

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Endorsements

From managers, peers and senior leaders across Jocata, VSoft and client organisations — as written on LinkedIn.

I have had the pleasure of working with Swahav for over five years while collaborating with Jocata as one of our key technology partners. Throughout this journey, he has consistently been a dependable professional and the go-to person whenever critical issues needed to be resolved. His deep expertise in his technology stack, combined with a strong problem-solving mindset, has always stood out. What I admire most is his agility, responsiveness, and sense of ownership — time and again, he has gone above and beyond to ensure that critical change requests were implemented and moved to production efficiently, often under demanding timelines. Swahav is highly reliable, collaborative, and committed to delivering quality outcomes. His proactive approach and willingness to support our team have made him an invaluable technology partner to work with. I would highly recommend Swahav to anyone looking for a knowledgeable, dependable, and results-oriented technology professional.
Aashirwad BomboriyaSVP — Head, Business Product & Partnerships, IndusInd Bank · Digital Lending & Fintech
Senior client stakeholder · Jul 2026
Swahav has the charm to bring any situation under control. He has excellent energy and commitment to get the work done. He got appreciation from both his team members and clients — especially his team members enjoy working with him. Happy to have him as part of the team.
Karthigeyan SSenior Director — Product Management · Agentic AI, Digital Lending, FinTech & SaaS
Senior leader · Aug 2022
I have had the pleasure of working actively with Swahav at VSoft for over 3 years, primarily in conceptualizing new products and solutions. Swahav has a very keen mind and is very knowledgeable about the Banking and Financial Services industry. He is very committed to his work, putting in 15+ hour days whenever required. The quality of his work is excellent — he has a sharp eye, is meticulous, and his attention to detail is praiseworthy. He has demonstrated his communication and persuasive skills in evangelizing products both within the company and to potential customers. On the personality front, Swahav is very pleasant and easy to get along with, with loads of positive attitude — an asset to any organization he works for.
Satish KumarVSoft Technologies
Managed Swahav directly · Apr 2019
As a Business Analyst, Swahav has proven to be a valuable asset to the organization. His strong analytical and communication skills are further enhanced by his solid technical knowledge and enthusiasm for learning. He performs extremely well as a liaison among clients, business managers, program managers, software development and QA — coordinating design and implementation through the entire development cycle to product release. His clear, detailed and comprehensive documentation makes it very easy for developers to program and QA to test. Swahav is an analyst you would want on your team.
Somak DasVice President — Business Analyst, Resiliency Technology at J.P. Morgan
Worked on the same team · Jan 2015
Swahav is one of the best techno-functional persons I have worked with. His grasp and appreciation for business is phenomenal. Though he started as a business analyst, he got his arms around technology quickly and could manage tech tasks on his own, to the surprise of the team. He will be a great leadership asset for any organization.
Balaji PochareddyManaging Director, AISMART Solutions Pvt Ltd.
Senior leader · Dec 2020
A banker turned IT professional — Swahav shows commendable experience in the banking domain, and that sparked me getting him on board with VSoft. It's very rare to see a banker understanding the language of an engineering industry, adapting to the culture, and delivering with extreme quality and standards. A quintessential professional, combined with high elegance in approach and broad-based knowledge of banking — surely an asset for any organization, and I personally guarantee his soft skills.
Ravichandran ChinnasamyAI Delivery · Blockchain · Fintech · Banking
Managed Swahav directly · Jan 2015
With his unwavering confidence and expertise in the BFS domain, Swahav assured me of the best solutions in defining vision, product strategy, prioritizing features and product roadmap decisions. His ability to handle multiple products was unlike any I have seen before — an asset to the company. As a manager, Swahav earns my highest recommendation.
Santhosh PonnamAssociate Director — Technical Delivery, Jocata
Worked on the same team · Nov 2019
Swahav is a go-getter and can manage any kind of people. Highly skilled, he understands every tier of an application. Customer-oriented by attitude, he goes miles to make sure customers are happy. The products he designed received high appreciation internally and from customers too. And above all, he is a friend indeed.
Bijoy MoothedathDirector, DevOps
Senior leader · Oct 2021
A self-motivated and intelligent worker — I have worked with him for almost two years and he is always adding consistent value to his team by staying calm and articulate through challenges. He has a very good understanding of banking and technology, especially payment and settlement systems, along with strong analytical tool knowledge, which lets him contribute key insights on time. He is a phenomenal asset to any organisation.
Rangarajan BalaguruManager — Cyber Risk Consulting at PwC
Worked on the same team · Apr 2019
Swahav is a great asset to any organisation. He is innovative, creative, absorbs things like blotting paper, and has good energy and willingness to participate and contribute.
Srinivas DronamrajuMD & CEO at DronamSoft
Senior leader · Jan 2019