Purva
Sawant
Engineering Manager at Bank of America
"Leading Engineering teams by bridging the Gap between Tech and Business"
"Leading Engineering teams by bridging the Gap between Tech and Business"
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Session: Leading Engineering teams by bridging the Gap between Tech and Business
As Engineering Manager / Tech Leader, you are a building block holding the engineering and technical pillars. You also act as a translators between tech and business stakeholders. However, because of this gap often leads to misaligned priorities, decisions without incorrect research which can lead to frustration and loss of $$ for the company. As a leader, your team's and company's success relies not just on your technical expertise, but also your understanding of the moving business ask. This session would help enlighten on :- Differences between business and technical priorities
- Communication Barriers
- Conflicting View resolution
- Encouraging Long term vision for the product
Key Takeaways
- Understanding business
- Tech and business integration
- communication in tech
- Translating business to tech asks
Bio
Purva Sawant, currently working as an Engineering Manager at Bank of America in San Francisco, has 9+ years of experience in building products in merchant services, payment technology and cloud platform. Purva is a passionate leader about solving scalable and high-performing software solutions. With a background in FinTech, she has led cross-functional teams to deliver impactful merchant projects for 5 countries globally.Purva is passionate about mentoring the engineering community to help young talent path their careers. She is also a strong advocate on diversity and speaks & mentors at various panels and conferences.
