Humza Tariq

Profile

I stay close to the technical decisions behind a program, from API dependencies and migration plans to how a new system behaves alongside the one it replaces. Outside work, I build games and developer tools. Working on the code myself gives me another perspective on the decisions I help teams make.

Experience

1. Senior Technical Program Manager, Operations Technology

   Amazon

   May 2022 — Present · Toronto, ON

   • Lead strategy and end-to-end delivery of Scenario Planning, a predictive planning product for approximately 100 North American robotics-enabled fulfillment sites and 1,000+ users; partner with Science, Engineering, and Operations to reduce planning workflows from hours to minutes per site.
   • Drove a phased production rollout contributing to approximately 54% relative year-to-date improvement in forecast accuracy as of October 2026 and improved downstream customer-order metrics; established a P0 metrics prioritization framework to align senior leaders on outcomes and investment priorities.
   • Own a 2+ year migration from a foundational third-party Time & Attendance platform to Amazon TimeHub as single-threaded program leader across 10+ teams, three VP organizations, and 100+ contributors in North America, Europe, and India, preserving business-as-usual operations.
   • Migrated 95% of network read/write traffic and operations to TimeHub as of October 2026, with fewer than 50 downstream dependencies remaining; built adoption dashboards, SOPs, and launch playbooks, and established monthly VP/Director, biweekly management, and weekly engineering reviews.
   • Designed locale-specific shadow testing to compare legacy and new scheduling outcomes ahead of pilots; helped drive event-driven subscriptions instead of polling, improving cache utilization, with a 50%+ latency reduction still expected after legacy retirement as of October 2026.
   • Resolved cross-organization technical ownership and capability gaps by assessing estimates, customer impact, duplicated effort, and maintainability; aligned solution ownership and influenced roadmap sequencing, engineering capacity, and multi-year investment planning.
   • Lead two major programs plus cross-cutting workstreams across 15+ business and technology teams, partnering with Directors, VPs, Product, Science, and a broader organization of approximately 140 engineers; translate complexity, dependencies, and trade-offs into accountable plans and executive decisions.

2. Senior Technical Project Manager

   Amdocs

   Mar 2021 — Apr 2022 · Toronto, ON

   • Led cross-functional product and technical delivery for a major U.S. sports and media network across Web, iOS, Android, tvOS, and Roku, aligning Product, Engineering, Architecture, UI/UX, DevOps, and QA.
   • Delivered a new sports and betting website, refreshed mobile and OTT experiences, and a direct-to-consumer implementation on schedule and budget; advanced roadmaps covering video-player modernization, 4K, and DRM.

3. Senior Management Consultant / Management Consultant

   Capco

   Sep 2016 — Mar 2021 · Toronto, ON

   • Led technology delivery and transformation engagements across banking, insurance, wealth management, and financial services, spanning digital transformation, process optimization, enterprise architecture, and M&A strategy.
   • Served as Project Manager, Business Analyst, Scrum Master, and Agile Coach, translating business strategy and customer requirements into technical delivery and guiding multidisciplinary teams through implementation.

4. Earlier experience

   Clearbridge Mobile · BDO Canada · McMaster University

   Aug 2016 and earlier

   • Clearbridge Mobile — Senior Project Manager
   • BDO Canada — Consultant
   • McMaster University — Teaching Assistant

Education

1. BASc, Computer Science

   McMaster University

2. Certificate, Software Product Management

   University of Alberta

Skills