Technical Program Manager, Zürich Open to work
Yanko Peyankov
I deliver platform programs that scale: 1.5M+ users, zero-downtime launches, support that runs around the clock. Now applying AI and automation to make delivery faster and more predictable.
Open to senior TPM, program and delivery lead, technical account and head of services roles · Zürich, hybrid · Swiss C permit
- Years in delivery
- 15+
- End users supported
- 1.5M+
- Markets served
- 10+
Worked at dacadoo Mettler Toledo HP Enterprise Services (now DXC)
01Selected work
Four programs, in detail
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50k+
Participants
Critical Campaign Launch
Managed the successful launch of a critical engagement campaign handling traffic bursts with zero downtime.
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1.5M+
Users
Global Platform Scaling
Multi-market SaaS operations and launch governance across Europe, Asia, and North America.
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50%
Faster
Onboarding Redesign
Restructured API and white-label client integration frameworks to accelerate time to market.
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60%
Waste cut
Lean IT Transformation
Lean program for the 50–60 person IT department, cutting non-value-added time by about 60%.
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02Recommendations
In their words
6 from LinkedIn
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From LinkedIn recommendations03Experience
Fifteen years, three companies
2010 — 2026
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Technical Program Manager / Technical Account Manager
dacadoo · Zürich, Switzerland
At dacadoo, a Swiss digital health SaaS company, I ran 12 to 15 enterprise platform implementations for insurers, banks and retailers in 10+ countries, from pre-sales through go-live, leading teams of up to 14 people across DevOps, product, support and the client side. I owned the technical launch plan (API testing, sandbox access, UAT, go-live and release coordination), halved onboarding time by splitting delivery into API and white-label tracks, and built the support model for a platform with 1.5M+ users on 3 continents: SLAs, KPIs, escalation and a client tiering model. After launch I was the main contact for 4 to 6 strategic accounts, turning client feedback into product requests and identifying upsell potential in about a third of them. I also coordinated cross-functional readiness for ISO 27001 certification and served as the primary lead for critical escalations.
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IT Governance & Process Transformation Lead
Mettler Toledo International · Greifensee, Switzerland
At Mettler Toledo, I took over the ServiceNow program while adoption was still low and scaled it in phases: Incident, Change, Problem, Project, self-service and CMDB, rolled out to more teams and countries until thousands of employees used self-service. I ran the vendor selection for automated infrastructure discovery (4 to 5 vendors), chose BMC Discovery and managed the implementation through go-live in 2019. Alongside, I ran a Lean program for the 50 to 60 person IT department and introduced ITIL incident, change and problem management with KPIs, cutting non-value-added time in mapped processes by about 60% and lowering ticket volumes and resolution times.
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Senior Account Manager (promoted)
HP Enterprise Services (now DXC Technology) · Sofia, Bulgaria
At HP, I managed multi-vendor technical service delivery for Ericsson, where HP was the service integrator, across complex global environments. Leading a team of eight delivery managers, I established performance reporting and service governance frameworks that helped take the account to #1 of 20+ EMEA accounts on customer satisfaction, SLA performance and service maturity. My focus was on bridging engineering execution with client business priorities, driving strict SLA compliance, and managing complex cross-provider escalations.
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Incident Process & Transformation Manager
HP Enterprise Services (now DXC Technology) · Sofia, Bulgaria
At HP, I governed incident management processes for Ericsson, one of the company's largest enterprise accounts. I redesigned incident workflows and introduced real-time KPI dashboards, cutting a backlog of several hundred open incidents by more than 60% while cutting resolution cycle times in half. Acting as a trusted advisor across HP and client executive leadership forums, I established service transparency, aligned multi-vendor delivery teams, and optimized operational escalation paths under high-pressure conditions.
04Competencies
What I'm hired to do
Program & leadership competencies
- Technical Risk & Dependency Management
- Platform Scaling & Operational Readiness
- Stakeholder & Executive Alignment
- Cloud & Enterprise Architecture Collaboration
- Process Transformation & Lean Delivery
- Operating Model Design
- Agile & Hybrid Delivery Governance
- Vendor & Contract Management
- Continuous Process Optimization
Tools I use every week
Tooling
AI in practice
At dacadoo I defined the requirements for and tested an internal AI assistant: a retrieval-augmented (RAG) model that answers staff questions from Notion, Confluence and SharePoint. Instead of searching three tools for an API reference or a process, you ask it and get the answer from the source. It was adopted across most of the company. I also built feature prototypes for client demos and a small tool that simplified gamification campaign setup, using Cursor and Lovable.
05Education
Studies
Academic background
- Dec 2025 Strategies for Behaviour Change ETH Nadel
- Feb 2025 Health Data & AI: Responsible Innovation, Ethics & Regulatory Strategies ETH Zürich
- 2019 – 2020 CAS, Applied Machine Learning & Information Processing ETH Zürich
- 2012 – 2015 Master of Business Administration (MBA) New Bulgarian University
Certifications
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (HP)
- Lean IT Foundation (AXELOS)
- ITIL v3 Certified (EXIN/AXELOS)
- Agile Software Development
- Member, PMI Switzerland: occasional volunteering and mentoring