12+ years driving global enterprise IT transformations across Alphabet (Google, Verily), Apple, and Palo Alto Networks.
Google Tech Award recipient specializing in scaling IT infrastructure, accelerating delivery velocity, and championing Lean Six Sigma and Agile methodologies. A strategic leader who translates complex technology roadmaps into optimized corporate systems, unlocking $7.4M+ in enterprise efficiencies.
I'm a Senior Staff Technical Program Manager with 12+ years of experience leading SRE-partnered programs, enterprise platform modernization, and cross-organizational technical initiatives at Google, Apple, and Alphabet companies.
I was honored to receive the Google Tech Award for orchestrating Project Flywheel—a complex Alphabet divestiture that reduced architectural complexity by 81% while leading global SRE collaboration. Recognized as a top-tier performer (Top 5% for two quarters, Top 10% for two quarters), I've been called an "Operational Anchor" for driving program velocity through influence without authority.
My expertise spans Site Reliability Engineering practices, microservices architecture, cloud infrastructure, and data-driven operational excellence. I've delivered over $7.4M+ in measurable optimizations across 40K+ global users through strategic process improvement and governance frameworks.
Beyond the technical realm, I believe in leading with empathy, establishing clarity in complex environments, and maintaining momentum even through uncertainty. Whether it's implementing GDPR/SOC 2 compliance frameworks, architecting data warehousing ecosystems, or serving as an interim leader during organizational transitions, I thrive on solving hard problems at scale.
I'm an AI-native Technical Program Manager — I use Claude daily to synthesize cross-team updates into executive-ready briefings, Jira Rovo for cross-epic dependency mapping and sprint health diagnostics, Gemini to turn meetings into tracked action items, and Codex to review API schemas and technical specs. Beyond daily practice, I build my own multi-agent systems (see Projects below) to explore where AI can restructure how programs actually run, not just speed up the parts that already work.
Personal builds exploring multi-agent AI orchestration and governance
A git-native ticket router for a fleet of specialist AI agents. Deterministic tag-match routing with a Claude-assisted fallback for genuinely ambiguous cases, risk-tiered dispatch, and an append-only audit ledger — and it remembers every human correction so the next ambiguous ticket benefits from it.
A local-first visual control plane for teams of AI agents. Assemble reusable Planner/Builder/Reviewer agent teams, wire them into dependency-aware workflows, and choose exactly where humans stay in the approval loop — with a governed task lifecycle, GitHub Issues sync, and hash-verified snapshot recovery, backed by 114 automated tests.
Certificate, Data Analytics & Computer Science — Python, JavaScript, SQL, API Interactions, Tableau, Machine Learning (TensorFlow, scikit-learn)
2020-2021
Bachelor of Science: Industrial & Organizational Psychology
2012
What colleagues say about working with me
Navi and I worked closely together during our time at Verily Health, and I can say without hesitation that she is one of the most capable program managers I've had the privilege of partnering with. Navi consistently operates with the big picture and end goal in mind, and she has a rare ability to translate that vision into clear, actionable plans that teams can actually execute against.
What sets Navi apart is how she leads. She is bullish when it comes to holding people accountable, sets clear expectations and follows through on them, and doesn't shy away from the hard conversations that keep projects on track. But she pairs that rigor with genuine compassion — she takes the time to understand what her team members are dealing with, checks in as a person and not just a project manager, and creates an environment where people feel supported even when the bar is high.
Navi also goes well beyond what's asked of her. She doesn't wait to be told there's a gap; she finds it, raises it, and closes it, often before it becomes a real problem. That combination of ownership, foresight, and follow through is what makes her someone stakeholders trust and teams want to work for. Any organization would be fortunate to have Navi driving their programs — she's the kind of program manager who makes everyone around her better.
I had the privilege of working closely with Navi on a highly complex and critical project to separate Verily's HRIS from Google's infrastructure and stand up a new, fully customized, and right-sized HRIS system. Navi demonstrated exceptional leadership throughout this initiative, proactively guiding multiple work streams to successful completion. Her accountability was evident in every aspect; she owned the process from beginning to end, meticulously resolving every impediment and communicating risks and issues to executive leadership with proposed solutions. Navi's outstanding collaboration and partnership with a wide range of HR, IT, and Workday stakeholders was instrumental in ensuring the extremely strict deadlines were met. She served as the central point of contact, ensuring all teams were aligned and informed. Her can-do attitude and ability to accomplish things was a defining characteristic, consistently delivering high-quality results under pressure. I have no doubt that Navi will be a valuable asset to any team or organization and will thrive in an environment which challenges her.
Navi is a hard worker who is highly skilled in managing data, managing projects and an excellent team player. I have had the pleasure of working with Navi and she is someone I would always love to have on my team!
Nav is amazing. I worked with her in Bootcamp, and she picks things up quickly given the insane time constraint and the demanding workload. She can be fun to work with a she challenges everyone to do their best and grow with her. She is also exceedingly generous with her time and genuinely believes that teams grow together. Any team would be lucky to have her; and it was a pleasure to have studied and worked with her.
I highly recommend Novi Sohi because she is a diligent worker, detail oriented, works well with others, takes initiative, open to change and is an amazing person.
Navi is very detail oriented and hardworking. She always volunteers herself to improve any existing processes. Always a pleasure to work with her.
I've worked alongside Navi for more than three years now. In those three + years, I've seen her not only excel at the core elements of her job, as a compensation analyst and previously as a retirement specialist but also learn other tasks that extend well beyond the scope of her role, like initiating process improvement, acting as a reliable liaison between several departments and even championing our company's HRIS system. Navi has grown as quickly as our company has, and her willingness to learn and take on these new responsibilities is something to be desired in any professional atmosphere. Navi's mastery for both her core role, and the projects that extend beyond it, are truly admirable.
Navi was always willing to take on new tasks and learn unfamiliar processes. With her strong systems background, Navi was able to look at the big picture and how the pieces were connected. She worked with many different people in the organization up to and including C suite leaders.
I had the opportunity to work with Navi at Sutter Health from 2013 to 2018. She was always a team player with an enthusiastic personality who helped champion a culture of wellness by helping to promote the Live Well for Life health improvement program to fellow employees. Great person, great professional, and a great friend.
Navi was a hard-working student who always took the time to help out classmates when they had difficulties with the subject. She was dedicated and always had a positive attitude. She is an asset to any team.
I have the pleasure of working with Navi in her capacity of Sr. Corporate Administrator. During this time I have found Navi to be very detail oriented and competent in many capacities. She works well with the team and is willing to take on other responsibilities without hesitation, and has performed them all very proficiently and professionally. She works well with physicians and other staff members, and it has been a pleasure to work with her.
Navi is very Proactive in her performance. She is a great person to work with in a team. Navi is very responsible for her actions and always completes the work ahead of time. I would highly recommend navi and it would be a pleasure to work with her again.
I worked with Navi at Volterra Semiconductor. She is a hard working and very detail oriented person. I really enjoyed her pleasant personality, as well.
Navi and I were working on the same development products and we spent many long days and late nights in the lab and on the test floor. Navi was always creative, positive, fun to work with and exceptionally dedicated.
I highly recommend Navi Sohi to ANY corporation. She really embraced the culture at Yahoo! which requires everyone to be a "team player." She is highly organized, detail oriented and ready to jump right in and accomplish whatever needs to be done. I feel she would be a great asset to anyone.
Navi was a great person and was very effective in managing her tasks and duties.
As an engineering technician at Volterra Navjyot was a dependable and diligent worker. She was reliable and always delivered high quality results. She showed she was a fast learner and self sufficient. She was a pleasure to work with.
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