Sandeep Kumar Aggarwal

Background

About Sandeep Kumar Aggarwal

Seasoned Engineering Director with 19 years in technology and 10+ years of engineering leadership. Built and scaled high-performing global teams across personalization, recommendations, search, content, and customer engagement. At Lowe’s, I lead a 60+ member org. Currently, I lead content & recommendations products whereas also got opportunities to build personalization and digital twin products, directly influencing X% of digital sales. My core focus has been on digital transformations, technology roadmap alignment with business goals, people's growth and operational excellence. This has resulted in YoY incremental revenue and multi-million-dollar platform savings while elevating customer experiences. Trusted by senior leadership as a strategic advisor, I bring a proven record of shaping multi-year strategies, executing at scale, and inspiring teams through innovation, culture, engineering excellence and transformational leadership. Core Competencies 1. Global Leadership – Built and led multi-continent orgs; 60+ engineers (SEMs + architects) delivering enterprise AI/ML platforms at scale. Enterprise Strategy – Translate OKRs/KPIs into roadmaps; align funding and portfolio bets to digital transformation priorities. Transformational Leadership – Partner with senior leadership on multi-year plans; drive cross-functional change and measurable business outcomes. I am expert in combining transformational leadership with democratic leadership. Operational Excellence – Establish governance, cadences, and delivery rigor; improve predictability, quality, and time-to-value. Growth Leadership – Create high-trust, high-performance culture; 99% engagement; mentorship, recognition, and succession programs. Engineering Excellence – KPI-driven, cloud-native platforms across personalization/recommendation/content/search powering millions of touchpoints. Crisis Leadership – Resolve high-severity incidents and organizational conflicts quickly; mitigate multi-million-dollar risks. Technology Depth & Mentorship – Hands-on with architecture; coach senior engineers/architects to align strategy with execution. Innovation & Customer-Centricity – Incubate GenAI/Agent use-cases; convert prototypes into scaled, customer-first capabilities.