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
Tools & Technologies
Customer & Stakeholder Management
Product Management
Revenue Growth & monetising Services
Product Strategy & Roadmap
Vendor Management
Growth Mindset & Thought leadership
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