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Aniruddh Sikarwar

Aniruddh Sikarwar

Senior Product Manager
Bangalore

Summary

Highly accomplished Senior Technical Product Manager with 14+ years of telecom expertise, driving innovation and user-centricity across the entire product lifecycle.

Proven ability to deliver customer-centric digital transformation products & capabilities, managing over 100+ customers across 80+ countries and a portfolio exceeding £800 million.

An expert in building tooling and technical services strategies for existing and new products, including B2B integrations, advanced monitoring solutions, AIOps, Automation, and AI/ML based services.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education
10
10
Certifications

Work History

Senior Product Manager - Digital Managed Services

British Telecom
12.2017 - Current
  • Senior Technical Product Manager: Led the business strategy and innovation for BT's Managed Services portfolio (~£800 Million, 200+ customers across 80+ countries).
  • Executive Stakeholder Management: Reported directly to Global IT & tooling director, MD, CTIO & CDIO, managing senior exco stakeholders internally and at external customer exco levels.
  • Digital Transformation Leader: Played a pivotal role in product modernization and digital transformation, providing product, tooling & digital services consultation to customers and internal teams with a successful track-record of onboarding 50new enterprise customers YoY on our digital platforms.
  • Product Innovation: Led the implementation of a customer-driven product vision and strategy, driving innovation for both underlay & overlay products (LAN/WAN/SDWAN/Core networks etc.) and customer experience through AI/ML (predictive analytics, AI-Ops, automation).
  • Revenue Generation: Focused on generating new revenue streams by monetizing existing and new solutions with tiered pricing and a modular catalogue for managed services.
  • Sales & Deal Management: Led new-deals, renewals, and prospecting through customer workshops, presentations, and demos. Heavily involved in RFPs and bids, collaborating with sales & marketing to secure contracts worth over £500 Million in FY23.
  • Agile Project Management: Led cross-functional teams (engineers, data scientists, researchers, UX designers) using Scrum/Agile methodologies to deliver exceptional user experiences.
  • Product Roadmap & Strategy: Defined the next-gen product & tooling capability roadmap and strategy, leveraging new and existing toolsets.
  • Go-to-Market Strategy: Worked closely with product marketing teams to develop and execute internal & external launch plans.
  • Process Improvement: Contributed to continuous improvement opportunities to enhance product management processes and ensure market competitiveness.
  • Thought Leadership: Advised thought leadership through ongoing product analysis, industry knowledge, and driving key service modernization streams.
  • Team Development: Mentored and coached experienced professionals to develop current and future team capabilities and ensure performance.

Technical Cluster Manager

Tech Mahindra
9 2016 - 12.2017
  • Technical Team Leadership: Managed and led a technical team of 20+ members for a critical Service Orchestration application, the backbone of a Dutch telecom giant's order management system.
  • System Optimization: Achieved system stabilization, automation, and cost reduction through efficiency and increased team productivity.
  • Transformation & Migration: Played a key role in system rationalization, migration, and team transformation programs.
  • Automation Implementation: Delivered various RPA & Python script based automations, simplifying the overall order management journey and reducing order management and fulfillment time by 85%, leading to revenue growth and efficiency gains.

Technical Lead

Tata Consultancy Services
01.2010 - 01.2016
  • Technical Program Lead: Led various business-critical B2B projects for a leading UK Telco company, serving both offshore and onshore locations.
  • Business Intelligence Expertise: Managed and led a Business Intelligence team, overseeing both BAU (Business As Usual) operations and consulting on systems transformation for a critical Wholesale Decision Support System.
  • Project Recovery: Played a pivotal role in stabilizing and achieving desired customer satisfaction for a critical "code-red" project.
  • Integration & Migration Leadership: Successfully led several high-impact integration transformation and migration projects.
  • Orchestration & Stakeholder Management: Demonstrated strong leadership by orchestrating project cutovers, managing stakeholders, addressing technical complexities, and collaborating seamlessly across all components to ensure successful project delivery.

Education

Executive Programme - Product Management

Indian School of Business
Bengaluru, India
04.2001 - 05.2009

Bachelor of Technology - Civil Engineering

Aligarh Muslim University
Aligarh
04.2001 -

Skills

Technical Expertise

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Certification

Certified Scrummaster (CSM )

Accomplishments

  • Executive Development: Selected for the prestigious Executive MBA program FY24 by BT Business School, demonstrating commitment to continuous learning and leadership development.
  • Emerging Leader: Recognized as a high-potential future product leader by BT's Accelerate program for FY21-22, positioning for C-suite roles.
  • Proven Innovator: Awarded the CTIO Superstar Award (FY2020-21) for driving innovation and strategy in BT Global Digital's product strategy & roadmap.
  • Project Delivery Excellence: Recipient of the CTIO Superstar Award (FY2019-20) for successfully delivering complex/critical projects, earning acclaim from global customers.
  • Social Responsibility: Actively involved with Mentor-to-go NGO, mentoring and coaching underprivileged female students, demonstrating a commitment to social impact.

Timeline

Senior Product Manager - Digital Managed Services

British Telecom
12.2017 - Current

Technical Lead

Tata Consultancy Services
01.2010 - 01.2016

Executive Programme - Product Management

Indian School of Business
04.2001 - 05.2009

Bachelor of Technology - Civil Engineering

Aligarh Muslim University
04.2001 -

Technical Cluster Manager

Tech Mahindra
9 2016 - 12.2017

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