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Ankush Takyar

Building AI Products | SPM @ PayPay | Ex Uber, WinZO | IIM C, BITS Pilani

Gurugram

10+ years of work experience

PayPay India
Mar 20266 mosPresent

Gurugram

Leading the Risk & Fraud charter at PayPay Using AI-native development workflows across the product stack - from PRDs and prototyping to development and iteration - to ship products with significantly higher velocity and leverage.
WinZO
Sep 20214 yrs 6 mosFeb 2026

Gurugram

Was an integral part of ๐–๐ข๐ง๐™๐Ž'๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ˆ๐๐‘ 25 ๐‚๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ˆ๐๐‘ 1000 ๐‚๐ซ. Worked on Product, Growth, Influencer Marketing, User Research, Design overhauls and everything in between! 1) ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ - Owned end-to-end strategy and roadmap for referrals product, scaling 3x through targeted product interventions โ€“ leaderboards, refining loyalty levels & automated retargeting - Pioneered the 0-to-1 development of an IPL-themed card-trading feature, engaging over 1.5M+ trades daily, significantly boosting retention & engagement - Led the Product Excellence POD to overhaul critical UX flows (sign-up, add-cash, cash- withdrawal), leading 20+ member cross-functional team of designers & engineers 2) ๐”๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก Led multiple user research exercises / FGDs to crystallise the product development roadmap during international expansion, new vertical launch and design overhauls 3) ๐ˆ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ : - Led the influencer marketing vertical and mobilised a community of micro and macro creators continuously churning out WinZO themed content - Created an in house tool to track each deal and measure ROI for each partnership
Uber
Sep 20201 yr 1 moSep 2021

Gurgaon,India

Responsible for P&L and growth of Uber Moto in 25+ cities - Increased profitability by 4% points - Developed turnaround-strategy to achieve accelerated 10x growth in Uber Moto in 5 months (~2.5X Uber India growth)
Uber
Apr 20191 yr 6 mosSep 2020

Gurugram

One of the most meaningful opportunities of my career - building social-impact programmes within one of the world's largest gig-economy platforms. Led Uber Care, Uber India's flagship driver welfare programme across India & South Asia. Select Projects: - Led the partnership across 10 states for access to free schooling under RTE for drivers' children - Managed the disbursal of Uber Care COVID Relief Fund worth 25 Crores to 1L+ driver partners - Initiated and closed the deal with a major Fintech firm to provide Fastags to Uber DPs across India - Managing a bouquet of vendors from different industries (education NGOs, leading online education players, medical aid startups, micro credit players, government agencies) - Created a model to evaluate Uber Care's impact on the core business metrics using advanced analytics
Uber
Apr 20182 mosMay 2018

Hyderabad

Experienced and fell in love with data backed, fast paced execution in this stint with the Hyderabad City Operations Team! Intercity Launch Oversaw the successful launch of Intercity in Hyderabad, enabling Hyderabad riders to book long distance trips to other locations in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Ancillary revenue: Laid the foundation of Ancillary revenue function (now Uber Marketing Solutions) in Hyderabad by setting up funnels for demand side (advertisers) and supply side (drivers interested to advertise on their car)
Diebold Nixdorf
Jul 20142 yrs 11 mosMay 2017

Mumbai

Responsible for end to end application development (Requirement gathering, Analysis, Estimation, Technical Design, Coding and Quality testing)

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Education

Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta

Master of Business Administration - MBA

Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta

20172 yrs2019
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

20104 yrs2014

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Headline

Building AI Products | SPM @ PayPay | Ex Uber, WinZO | IIM C, BITS Pilani

About

For the last 9 years I've built products across marketplaces, gaming, fintech and consumer internet. Recently I've become fascinated by a new question: How does product management change when software can reason, generate and execute? Over the past few months, I've been building AI products and agents in public (Nag Bot, Nibbles AI - meal planning, Spend Analyser etc.) I'm particularly interested in: - AI-native product design - Agent workflows - Consumer AI products Currently working as a Senior Product Manager at PayPay India. I have previous stints at WinZO Games and Uber. MBA from IIM Calcutta and B.E. (Hons.) in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from BITS Pilani. GMAT '16 - 770 | CAT '16 - 99.84 | XAT '17 - 99.95

Location

Gurugram

AI stack

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Work experience

Senior Product Manager at PayPay India, Mar 2026 - Present ยท 6 mos, Gurugram, Leading the Risk & Fraud charter at PayPay Using AI-native development workflows across the product stack - from PRDs and prototyping to development and iteration - to ship products with significantly higher velocity and leverage.

Product and Growth at WinZO, Sep 2021 - Feb 2026 ยท 4 yrs 6 mos, Gurugram, Was an integral part of ๐–๐ข๐ง๐™๐Ž'๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ˆ๐๐‘ 25 ๐‚๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ˆ๐๐‘ 1000 ๐‚๐ซ. Worked on Product, Growth, Influencer Marketing, User Research, Design overhauls and everything in between! 1) ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ - Owned end-to-end strategy and roadmap for referrals product, scaling 3x through targeted product interventions โ€“ leaderboards, refining loyalty levels & automated retargeting - Pioneered the 0-to-1 development of an IPL-themed card-trading feature, engaging over 1.5M+ trades daily, significantly boosting retention & engagement - Led the Product Excellence POD to overhaul critical UX flows (sign-up, add-cash, cash- withdrawal), leading 20+ member cross-functional team of designers & engineers 2) ๐”๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก Led multiple user research exercises / FGDs to crystallise the product development roadmap during international expansion, new vertical launch and design overhauls 3) ๐ˆ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ : - Led the influencer marketing vertical and mobilised a community of micro and macro creators continuously churning out WinZO themed content - Created an in house tool to track each deal and measure ROI for each partnership

Regional Operations Manager - Marketplace & Categories at Uber, Sep 2020 - Sep 2021 ยท 1 yr 1 mo, Gurgaon,India, Responsible for P&L and growth of Uber Moto in 25+ cities - Increased profitability by 4% points - Developed turnaround-strategy to achieve accelerated 10x growth in Uber Moto in 5 months (~2.5X Uber India growth)

Operations and Logistics Manager - Driver Ops at Uber, Apr 2019 - Sep 2020 ยท 1 yr 6 mos, Gurugram, One of the most meaningful opportunities of my career - building social-impact programmes within one of the world's largest gig-economy platforms. Led Uber Care, Uber India's flagship driver welfare programme across India & South Asia. Select Projects: - Led the partnership across 10 states for access to free schooling under RTE for drivers' children - Managed the disbursal of Uber Care COVID Relief Fund worth 25 Crores to 1L+ driver partners - Initiated and closed the deal with a major Fintech firm to provide Fastags to Uber DPs across India - Managing a bouquet of vendors from different industries (education NGOs, leading online education players, medical aid startups, micro credit players, government agencies) - Created a model to evaluate Uber Care's impact on the core business metrics using advanced analytics

Operations & Logistics Intern at Uber, Apr 2018 - May 2018 ยท 2 mos, Hyderabad, Experienced and fell in love with data backed, fast paced execution in this stint with the Hyderabad City Operations Team! Intercity Launch Oversaw the successful launch of Intercity in Hyderabad, enabling Hyderabad riders to book long distance trips to other locations in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Ancillary revenue: Laid the foundation of Ancillary revenue function (now Uber Marketing Solutions) in Hyderabad by setting up funnels for demand side (advertisers) and supply side (drivers interested to advertise on their car)

Software Developer at Diebold Nixdorf, Jul 2014 - May 2017 ยท 2 yrs 11 mos, Mumbai, Responsible for end to end application development (Requirement gathering, Analysis, Estimation, Technical Design, Coding and Quality testing)

Education

Master of Business Administration - MBA, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

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