About Ankur
CPO & Head of Product, I help scale ups clarify their vision and create better products.
A seasoned product leader with a 12-year track record in developing and scaling B2B SaaS, Data, and consumer products. I am skilled in crafting product visions, roadmaps, team leadership, agile methodologies, analytics and managing backlogs with a data-driven approach based on customer insights. My mix of business, product, design and tech skills allow me to easily understand your needs and respond to them simply and quickly.
👉CPO / Head of Product
Clarifying your vision and goals
Recommendations in strategy and design
Development of an effective product strategy and roadmap that meets your business objectives
Transition to an agile process
Make these objectives transparent throughout your organization (OKR/KPIs)
Setting up a new Business Unit
👉Senior Product Manager
Creation of new products and an appropriate strategy
Development of MVPs
Agile Management
Discovery
Improved organization and productivity
Benchmark and market study
Recipe and project monitoring
Coordination with technical teams
👉Methodology
Agile and Scrum
Design Thinking
Design Sprint
👉Software
Figma
Sketch
Notion
Jira/Confluence
Airtable
inVision
Marvelapp
Principle
Adobe Suite
English
Native or bilingual
Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km)
Experience
- Sodexo SAHead of Digital Products & PartnershipsHOSPITALITYAugust 2021 - Today (4 years and 10 months)Issy-les-Moulineaux, France- Developed Digital & Data product vision and strategy to position Sodexo's Food business as consumer-centric, targeting 100M users in 56 countries.- Managed a global data pipeline for ingesting the data from diverse set of applications to build a unified dashboard with consumer domain KPIs- Scaled over 2M active digital consumers across 2K locations, utilizing on-site and in-product channels, driven by a data-led growth marketing- Managed data-products: retail pricing, footfall forecasting & operation KPIs throughout the product lifecycle from requirement to deployment- Led multiple squads with support from Product Owners to ensure roadmap alignment & timely delivery of milestones- Scaled a diverse portfolio of digital B2B4C products directing development, strategy, and marketing leading to over 2M active digital consumers- Fostered stakeholder alignment and strategic partnerships to enhance market penetration and local ecosystem integrations in 13 countries- Boosted consumer engagement globally locations including offices, hospitals, universities, stadiums, and airport lounges
- Chartbeat Inc.Analytics Product AdvisorSOFTWARE PUBLISHINGJuly 2021 - March 2023 (1 year and 8 months)New York, United States- Led design & development of Content Analytics products tailored for 5 different industries, defined use-cases, market potential, minimized risk- Collaborated with cross-functional teams—sales, customer success, and marketing to execute in-depth research to identify growth opportunities- Executed pilot programs across distinct industries with over 50 B2B clients to test product-market fit, willingness to pay and product's value- Onboarded over 100 clients in the first 6 months through early access program, enhanced onboarding & retention based on data & user insight
- Yara InternationalAgTech Product AdvisorRAW MATERIALS INDUSTRYMarch 2023 - March 2024 (1 year and 1 month)Paris, France- Reduced time-to-market by over 50% by managing a high-complexity ag-tech platform through a cross-functional team across 10 different time zones, implementing agile, enhanced QA and Deployment processes- Instrumented Analytics solutions: Segment, Amplitude, Hojar & Pendo for enhanced user insights and data-driven decision making- Led a thorough technical assessment, assessing tech-debt, code quality, architecture, team dynamics, laying the groundwork for future scalability- Developed a 12-month roadmap collaborating with stakeholders across 3 sub-regions and over 10 countries, ensuring overall alignment
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Education
- Master of BusinessSymbiosis Centre For Management and Human Resource Development2013MBA, Marketing
- B-Tech, Computer ScienceGuru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar2009B-Tech, Computer Science
Certifications
- Product Growth LeadershipReforge2023
- 6 Sigma Green BeltSCMHRD2012