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title: "Ankit Saha - Category Manager - Payments in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet Ankit Saha, Payments @ PhonePe | Ex - PayU, MakeMyTrip, PepsiCo - VBL based in Bengaluru. AI stack includes claude code, claude, and gemini."
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# Ankit Saha on Tal

## Headline

Payments @ PhonePe \| Ex \- PayU, MakeMyTrip, PepsiCo \- VBL

## About

PGDM in Marketing & Operations \| Fintech \| Online Payments \| Business Strategy \| GTM Strategy \| Category Management \| Key Account Management \| Growth Driver \| Revenue \| P&L \| FMCG \| B2B \| eCommerce

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

claude code

claude

gemini

openai

perplexity

ChatGPT

## Work experience

Category Manager \- Payments at PhonePe, Dec 2024 \- Present · 1 yr 11 mos, Bengaluru

Senior Manager \- Strategic Partnerships at PayU, Apr 2024 \- Nov 2024 · 8 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Manager \- Enterprise Business at PayU, Nov 2022 \- Mar 2024 · 1 yr 5 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Manager \- Affordability Business at PayU, Sep 2022 \- Oct 2022 · 2 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Area Sales Manager at PepsiCo \- Varun Beverages Ltd, May 2021 \- Sep 2022 · 1 yr 5 mos, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

National Key Accounts Manager, Domestic Hotel Chains at MakeMyTrip, Mar 2020 \- Apr 2021 · 1 yr 2 mos, Gurgaon, Haryana

Key Accounts Manager \(North & East India\), Domestic & International Hotel Chains at MakeMyTrip, Mar 2018 \- Mar 2020 · 2 yrs 1 mo, Gurgaon, Haryana

Key Accounts Manager \- S&ME Business at iimjobs\.com, Apr 2017 \- Feb 2018 · 11 mos, New Delhi Area, India

## Education

Post Graduate Diploma in Management, Marketing, Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management

Bachelor of Technology \(BTech\), Mechanical Engineering, Jalpaiguri government engineering college

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