Rajesh Kaligithi
London,ENG
Summary
Accomplished professional with extensive expertise in project management, delivery management, and data engineering. Demonstrates strong technical leadership and delivery skills, specialising in data warehousing/lakes development and data governance. Proficient in cloud computing and big data solutions across platforms such as Azure, Google Cloud, and AWS. Adept at managing change and risk through agile methodologies including Scrum, Kanban, Lean, and DevOps practices. Skilled in stakeholder management and budget oversight with a proven track record of successful offshore and onshore coordination. Committed to advancing BI strategy and self-service analytics while ensuring high standards of data quality through effective data modelling techniques.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Delivery Manager
HSBC
Longdon
2017.03 - 2026.05
- Own end-to-end delivery of strategic data programmes, overseeing multiple global workstreams and aligning with enterprise transformation objectives.
- Lead and develop two Agile squads (15 engineers) delivering scalable pipelines and BI platforms across Snowflake, GCP, and Azure, ensuring adherence to engineering standards.
- Collaborate with Product, Compliance, Data Governance, and Analytics to align data engineering roadmaps with regulatory, operational, and business priorities.
- Oversee strategic portfolio changes – driving roadmaps, sprint/release cycles, budgets, and performance metrics to ensure delivery to scope, time, and quality.
- Manage vendor and 3rd party partners, ensuring contract deliverables, SLA adherence, and alignment with data transformation goals.
- Strengthen BAU and production support by embedding resilience, governance, and service-level monitoring, reducing MTTR by 30% and recurring incidents by 40%.
- Embed data controls, entitlements, and compliance frameworks in partnership with Legal and Regulatory teams, ensuring audit readiness and alignment with global data policies.
- Implement governance frameworks and KPI dashboards to monitor data quality, security, and operational resilience.
- Serve as trusted advisor to senior leadership, influencing data strategy, securing investment, and ensuring alignment between business objectives and data delivery.
- Drive change management and adoption, running stakeholder workshops and enablement programmes to scale BI and self-service analytics.
- Senior Data Engineering Manager (May 2023 – Present)
Senior Delivery Lead
HSBC
2019.01 - 2023.05
- Owned delivery of strategic data programmes with 3rd party vendor involvement, aligning with enterprise roadmap.
- Delivered HSBC’s global enterprise data roadmap, including GCP migration and legacy decommissioning.
- Monitored delivery progress, prepared governance updates, and mitigated risks/issues for senior leadership.
- Oversaw end-to-end platform implementation, working with product owners to define priorities and align technical delivery with business goals.
- Ensured deliveries aligned to organisational data strategy, policies, and standards.
- Defined and managed product backlogs, release plans, and stakeholder engagement across compliance and risk.
- Established program governance frameworks, managing RAID logs and risk mitigation strategies.
- Managed project budgets and reporting using Clarity PPM, ensuring delivery within forecast.
- Led delivery of financial crime and regulatory surveillance platforms, embedding legal and compliance requirements.
- Spearheaded development of "golden source" data platform for Financial Crime and Risk systems, leveraging ML and predictive analytics.
- Managed multi-disciplinary teams across UK, India, Poland, Canada, and Hong Kong.
- Supported transition to BAU by establishing operational support and delivery governance models.
- Aligned delivery processes with business objectives, improving outcomes significantly.
Technical Lead / Scrum Master
HSBC
London
2017.03 - 2018.12
- Led Agile delivery for cross-functional teams delivering regulatory data solutions.
- Facilitated core Agile ceremonies to improve sprint velocity and team alignment.
- Defined user stories and technical specifications, translating business needs into deliverables.
- Developed and automated ETL pipelines and data quality checks to improve delivery efficiency.
- Proactively identified and removed delivery impediments across global scrum teams, ensuring uninterrupted sprint progression and stakeholder engagement.
- Acted as liaison between engineering and compliance teams to ensure regulatory alignment.
BI Development and Engineering Lead
Transport for London
London
2013.10 - 2017.02
- Developed and deployed predictive algorithms (85% accuracy) for customer flow modelling, directly influencing transport planning decisions.
- Led cross-functional Agile BI team (ETL engineers, dashboard developers, testers) to build and deploy end-to-end analytics solutions, improving delivery cadence and stakeholder satisfaction.
- Partnered with Product Owners and Business Analysts to translate strategic requirements into prioritised user stories and BI development pipelines.
- Facilitated key Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, retrospectives, and backlog grooming, driving continuous delivery and team accountability.
- Oversaw ETL design documentation and technical workflow alignment to maintain data integrity and accelerate development consistency across multiple workstreams.
- Conducted in-depth source data profiling and mapping, ensuring accuracy across data layers used in real-time dashboards and executive reporting.
- Spearheaded automation and scheduling of self-service BI reports, increasing speed, reliability, and trust in insight delivery.
- Championed adoption of predictive modelling within BI stack to enable proactive service optimisation based on passenger movement trends.
BI / Data Warehouse Team Lead
Ricoh Europe PLC
London
2009.02 - 2013.10
- Led "SHARE" program development team to align processes and IT infrastructure across 21 European business units, contributing to successful delivery of consolidated data warehouse and reporting solution.
- Designed and implemented end-to-end ETL jobs and sequences to extract and load data from diverse sources, including Oracle, Siebel, and flat files.
- Managed nightly data warehouse loads, performing integrity checks and issue resolution to ensure reliable data availability.
- Optimised ETL performance through parallelism, partitioning, and tuning of DataStage jobs, improving processing efficiency and query response times.
- Applied Kimball methodologies to design scalable data models and provided hands-on technical support to developers across London, Amsterdam, and India.
- Collaborated with DBAs to improve database performance, implementing indexing strategies and query optimisations.
- Managed offshore development resources and conducted regular code reviews to enforce standards and ensure consistent delivery quality.
Data warehouse/Migration Consultant
IBM
London
2008.08 - 2009.02
- Carried out day-to-day duties accurately and efficiently.
- Quickly learned and applied new skills to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.
- Successfully delivered on tasks within tight deadlines.
- Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
Business Objects Consultant
Liz Earle Cosmetics
Isle of Wight
2006.01 - 2008.01
Developer
Infoplus Technologies UK Limited
London
2006.01 - 2008.01
Education
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Tech) - Computer Sciences
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
India 1998.01 - 2002.01
Skills
- Project & Delivery Management
- Technical Leadership & Delivery
- Data Engineering & Architecture
- Data Warehousing/Lakes Development
- Data Governance & Data Quality
- Data Ingestions & Pipelines
- Data Migration
- Cloud Computing & Big Data
- Change Management and Risk Management
- Scrum, Kanban, Lean, and DevOps Practices
- BI Strategy & Self-service analytics
- Offshore & Onshore Coordination
- Stakeholder Management
- Budget Management
- Platforms: On premise (Hadoop) & Cloud (Azure and Google cloud (GCP)), AWS (exposure), Snowflake (exposure), RDBMS - SQL Server, Oracle
- ETL/BI Applications: Ab Initio, IBM Datastage, SSIS, Azure Data Factory, Power BI, Tableau, Looker, Qlik
- Data Analysis: Python, SQL, PL/SQL, Apache Spark, Hive, DBT
- Agile Delivery & Governance: Jira, Atlassian Confluence, Team Foundation Service, Sharepoint, Github, CI/CD Pipelines, DevOps Collaboration
- Data Modelling: Dimensional Modelling, Kimball Methodology, Star Schema
Affiliations
Member, Kimball Alumni (Dimensional Modelling)
Timeline
Senior Delivery Lead
HSBC
2019.01 - 2023.05
Delivery Manager
HSBC
2017.03 - 2026.05
Technical Lead / Scrum Master
HSBC
2017.03 - 2018.12
BI Development and Engineering Lead
Transport for London
2013.10 - 2017.02
BI / Data Warehouse Team Lead
Ricoh Europe PLC
2009.02 - 2013.10
Data warehouse/Migration Consultant
IBM
2008.08 - 2009.02
Business Objects Consultant
Liz Earle Cosmetics
2006.01 - 2008.01
Developer
Infoplus Technologies UK Limited
2006.01 - 2008.01
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Tech) - Computer Sciences
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
1998.01 - 2002.01