Manish Kumar Sharma
Complex challenges.
Clear direction.
Meaningful impact.
Turning complex business problems into scalable digital products. Connecting strategy, customer needs, and engineering execution.
Strategy meets
execution.
Technology-driven.
Banking & financial services
✳Customer platforms
✳Digital commerce
An engineer’s mindset. A leader’s perspective.
I help organisations turn complex business challenges into digital experiences that make a difference.
My journey began in software engineering and grew into leading teams, shaping architecture, and delivering enterprise platforms. Along the way, one thing has stayed constant: a belief that technology works best when it serves people.
At Publicis Sapient, I bring hands-on technical depth together with product thinking and delivery ownership. I partner with stakeholders to create clear direction, help engineers do their best work, and guide solutions from design through production.
Years of enterprise delivery
Engineers · API Enabler team growth
From discovery to production
Growing through responsibility.
From building software to building the teams, platforms, and direction behind it.
Manager Experience Technology
Leading cross-functional engineering teams and enterprise banking delivery, aligning product priorities, architecture, and engineering execution.
Senior Associate Experience Technology L2
Growing into technical and track leadership across API platforms, Open Banking, and customer-facing digital experiences.
Senior Associate Experience Technology L1
Building frontend architecture, reusable components, and integrated customer experiences across enterprise programmes.
Associate Experience Technology L2
Delivering commerce and customer platforms, strengthening the foundations of engineering quality and user experience.
Software Engineering Foundations
Developing the hands-on engineering foundations that continue to inform my leadership today.
Depth in engineering. Breadth in thinking.
Four connected disciplines. One focus: moving the right outcomes forward.
Leadership
Creating the conditions for people and products to thrive.
- Engineering Management
- Team Building & Mentoring
- Stakeholder Management
- Agile Delivery
- Cross-functional Leadership
Built for real-world impact.
Enterprise delivery
Ownership from architecture through release and production support.
Digital transformation
Modernising banking and commerce through integrated digital platforms.
Customer experience
Simplifying account servicing, property services, and self-service journeys.
Secure ecosystems
Connecting account and payment services through API-led Open Banking.
Payments & servicing
Delivering payment, checkout, deposit, and account servicing workflows.
Engineering excellence
Reusable foundations, automated testing, mentoring, and AI-assisted delivery.
Complexity, turned into possibility.
A selection of programmes where engineering, customer experience, and business ambition come together.
Business banking, built around the customer.
Lloyds Banking Group · Engineering Lead
Customer-facing deposit and account servicing journeys for commercial and corporate banking clients.
My contribution & outcomes
Opening the door to an API ecosystem.
Lloyds Banking Group · API Enabler Lab · Engineering Lead
A self-service API marketplace connecting developers and partners with the bank’s API portfolio.
My contribution & outcomes
Connecting banking with new possibilities.
Lloyds Banking Group · Open Banking Lab · Frontend Track Lead
Secure third-party access to payment and account services supporting PSD2 requirements.
My contribution & outcomes
Giving customers more control.
Dubai Properties · Senior Developer
A customer portal bringing property services, payments, and amenity booking into one experience.
My contribution & outcomes
Engineering with AI. Leading with judgement.
Applying GitHub Copilot and PS Slingshot to development, refactoring, and engineering quality. Continuing to explore agentic systems through my 2026 Accelerate Agentic AI training.
Project visuals are conceptual illustrations. Descriptions reflect my contributions within client programmes at Publicis Sapient.
The principles behind the practice.
Value before technology.
The best technical decision is the one that moves the business forward. Start with the outcome, then choose the tools.
Understand people. Build better products.
Great experiences begin with curiosity about customers: their needs, their context, and the friction in their day.
Give teams ownership.
Clarity, trust, and space to make decisions help talented people deliver exceptional outcomes.
Stay a student.
Continuous learning keeps our thinking fresh. Experiment thoughtfully, share what works, and keep improving.
Always building.
Always learning.
Exploring what’s next while staying grounded in what creates value today.
People are the point.
Building better technology starts with helping people grow.
I find purpose in mentoring engineers, supporting emerging leaders, and learning alongside the people around me.
Outside work, family keeps me grounded. I care deeply about helping children develop confidence, empathy, and emotional intelligence—the foundations for a thoughtful, resilient next generation.
Great things start
with a conversation.
Have a complex challenge, an ambitious idea, or a shared interest in building better digital experiences? Let’s talk.