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Kasia Bartos

Technical Program Management | Agile & Digital Transformation | FinTech | Ex-Goldman Sachs

About Me

Strategic leader with 15+ years of experience delivering large-scale technical programs, Agile transformations, and organizational change initiatives for Fortune 500 companies across financial services, technology, and pharmaceuticals. Combines deep program management discipline with executive stakeholder alignment, governance design, adoption of emerging technologies, AI-enabled decision support and organizational change - operating both as an embedded leader and as an external consultant. At Goldman Sachs, led program governance and executive reporting across 20+ teams within Consumer & Wealth Management, bridging engineering, Risk, Compliance, and senior business leadership. MBA-educated, multilingual, and experienced driving change at scale in complex, matrixed organizations.

Jurisdiction

United States

Notable Employer

  • Vice President | Technical Program Manager and Agile Coach at Goldman Sachs
  • Agile Coach / Consultant at Incrementor (client: Johnson & Johnson)
  • Scrum Master / Consultant at Incrementor (client: Johnson & Johnson)

Experience

Seniority LevelDirector
Years of Experience15-20 years
Current StatusActive
Independent ConsultantSelf-Employed
2023 - Present

Consulting on delivery and operational transformation initiatives, while independently managing a personal portfolio of equities, options, futures, and cryptocurrencies, and continuously developing AI-assisted research and decision-support workflows for market analysis, risk management, and capital allocation decisions.

Vice President | Technical Program Manager and Agile CoachNotableGoldman Sachs
2018 - 2023

- Program Governance & Product Delivery: Led Agile program delivery and risk governance for the Credit Cards Platform (Cards SIE - Strategic Initiatives & Execution), coordinating strategy execution and executive reporting across a 20+ team portfolio within Consumer & Wealth Management. - Cross-Functional Leadership: Served as the primary cross-functional coordination point between engineering, Risk, Compliance, Legal, and senior business leadership for Apple Card and GM Card platform programs. - Designed and implemented Agile governance frameworks, risk-aligned compliance dashboards, and OKR tracking systems - providing senior leadership with real-time visibility into regulatory readiness, program delivery, strategic alignment, and data-driven decision making. - Led cloud infrastructure delivery for Apple Card DevOps teams (AWS), achieving a 30% reduction in deployment time through process optimization aligned to internal risk and governance standards. - Drove enterprise-wide adoption of SAFe and Scrum practices across Consumer & Wealth Management technology teams, improving on-time delivery and reducing operational risk exposure. - Coached 20+ teams and senior leaders in Agile ways of working, improving organizational efficiency by 25% while ensuring adherence to compliance standards in technology delivery.

Agile Coach / ConsultantNotableIncrementor (client: Johnson & Johnson)
2018 - 2018

- Engaged as external Agile consultant to provide coaching and governance oversight across large-scale IT implementation projects in a regulated pharmaceutical environment; liaised with pre-implementation audit team. - Ensured Agile adoption met compliance standards across multiple teams; administered Jira and Confluence across 3 concurrent projects.

Agile Coach / Scrum Master / ConsultantBrooksource (client: Scholastic Inc.)
2017 - 2017

- Coached Agile teams in scaling practices using SAFe, ensuring project alignment with compliance and governance frameworks.

Scrum Master / ConsultantNotableIncrementor (client: Johnson & Johnson)
2017 - 2017

- Scrum Master for Project Phoenix - a mission-critical executive compensation system integration at J&J global HQ, managing a multi-vendor team from IBM, Deloitte, etc. (Technologies: Workday, SAP, Informatica). - Facilitated all Scrum ceremonies, backlog refinement, and impediment resolution across a global development and testing team.

Project Manager, Agile Coach and Change Management TrainerLG Electronics
2009 - 2014

- Led a 70-person In-Store Management Project deploying market data collection systems across retail channels, achieving a 50% increase in customer recommendation rates. - Designed and implemented LG Academy e-learning and product training platform; certified as LG Internal Trainer in Change Acceleration Process.

Education

Masters of MBA - Master of Business AdministrationWarsaw University of Technology
1999 - 2001

Certification

Total Certifications1

ICAgile Certified Agile Coach (ICP-ACC)

IC Agile

2025

Skills

Core skills10
Interests4
Languages3

Skills

Technical Program and Portfolio Manageme
Agile Transformation (SAFe, Scrum, Kanba
Product Delivery and Strategic Execution
Organizational Change Management
Cross-Functional Leadership
Digital Transformation
Governance and Risk Control Frameworks
AI-Enabled Decision Support
Strategic Planning and OKRs
Agile Coaching and Team Development

Interests

AI
FinTech and Financial Services
Agile Transformation
Digital Transformation

Languages

English
Polish
Russian