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Overview
Work History
Education
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Ankur Malhotra

Product Leader

Summary

Seasoned Product Leader (Director+) Profile Result oriented Product leader (13+years) working at the intersection of user behaviour, technology, design, and data. I have worked on 15+ products (social media e.g. social media products, platform products, mobile apps, web apps, ML based recommendations system, ML based classification, data platform / services, growth products etc.). Working with interdisciplinary teams (business, operations, marketing, sales, & technology), I have delivered 200+ features to satisfy customer needs & business objectives.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Product Manager

Amazon
Bengaluru
11.2021 - 03.2023

Description: Product lead for a data platform & service within the Amazon Private Brand world wide team. I work with seller, vendors, and business teams spread across NA, Europe, and Japan to understand problems, devise solutions, roadmap, and execute. Handled a 15 member technology & program team

Achievements: As Product lead for Private Brand Identification Service (PBID) [the authoritative source of truth for PB entities (ASINs, Brands, Accounts)], improved accuracy (Precision & Recall) from ~94% to 99%+.

Head of Product

Bajaj Finserv
Pune
03.2023 - Current
  • Head for new initiatives including personalization, chat/ AI chat bot, search, and gamification + immersive experiences
  • I lead a team of 4 product heads who manage 2 PMs each.

Product Manager & Deputy Product Manager

MakeMyTrip
Gurgaon
12.2013 - 11.2018

Description: 360* Product manager working on themes across Acquisition, Engagement, and Retention. Used First principles to identify base level problems of various stakeholders & holiday bookers. Prioritized problems, devised & roadmapped solutions. Worked with a 30 member tech & design team to build a new cataloging / packaging system, and micro-services to power holiday packages. Built & scaled web & mobile apps to improve discovery & conversions.

Achievements: As PM for online Holidays, grew online bookings share to 40% from < 5%. 0 - 5 Product management with ~4X conversion growth.

DGM

Paytm
06.2020 - 10.2021

Description: Managed two Product Managers to lead 6 different product lines within Paytm. Strategized the long term vision for these products, outlining & communicating top level metrics, creating roadmap, and overseeing execution. Scaled two PMs to enforce that they become data driven & independent in functioning.

Achievements: As PM for Parser data plaform, improved credit card bill payment conversions by 5%. As PM for Vernacular / localization platform, improved monthly conversions from 26% to 30%. As a PM for mWeb & dWeb, increased app downloads 3X. For Paytm app, revamped the search.

Sr. Product Manager

Snapdeal
Gurgaon
11.2018 - 06.2020

Description: Managed & built a seller ad-tech product & growth product for buyers. Worked with 15 member tech team and handled 2 analysts. Planned & executed 15+ experiments to test growth ideas. Worked with partnership teams to onboard external partners e.g. Hungama video, Zomato, zoomin etc.

Achievements: As PM for App growth, worked on themes of user rewards & content to improve conversion by 8%. As PM for Seller Ads, grew Cost per transaction (CPT) seller revenue by 9%.

Program Manager

Flipkart
Bangalore
01.2012 - 01.2013

Product Developer

Ibibo
Gurgaon
06.2008 - 06.2010

Education

MBA - Business Administration And Management

Faculty of Management Studies
Delhi

BE - Computer Science

Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology
Delhi

Skills

  • Product Management
  • Product roadmapping
  • Product Strategy
  • Data Driven Decision Making
  • Leadership
  • Creative Problem Solving
  • User Interface/ User Experience
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Experimentation
  • User Testing
  • Competitive Analyses
  • Product Launch
  • Product Team Leadership
  • Customer Needs Assessment
  • Project Management

Timeline

Head of Product

Bajaj Finserv
03.2023 - Current

Senior Product Manager

Amazon
11.2021 - 03.2023

DGM

Paytm
06.2020 - 10.2021

Sr. Product Manager

Snapdeal
11.2018 - 06.2020

Product Manager & Deputy Product Manager

MakeMyTrip
12.2013 - 11.2018

Program Manager

Flipkart
01.2012 - 01.2013

Product Developer

Ibibo
06.2008 - 06.2010

MBA - Business Administration And Management

Faculty of Management Studies

BE - Computer Science

Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology

Work Preference

Work Type

Full Time

Location Preference

On-SiteRemoteHybrid

Important To Me

Company CultureCareer advancementFlexible work hoursPersonal development programs

Certification

  • Activation and Retention Strategy , Udacity: December 2020 — January 2021
  • Monetization Strategy , Udacity: December 2020 — January 2021
  • Design Thinking and Innovation , IIT Delhi: June 2021 — December 2021
  • Certified Scrum Product Owner , Scrum Alliance: December 2014
  • Model Thinking , Coursera: May 2021 — July 2021
  • Gamification , Coursera: August 2021 — October 2021
  • Product Ideation, Design, and Management , University of Maryland: December 2021 — January 2022
  • Futures Thinking , Institute for the Future: November 2021 — December 2021
  • Blockchain Revolution , Insead: November 2021 — January 2022
  • Introduction to Psychology , Yale University: October 2021 — October 2021
  • Creative Thinking: Techniques and Tools for Success , Imperial College, London: October 2021 — October 2021
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