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title: "Ankush Takyar - Senior Product Manager in Gurugram | Tal"
description: "Meet Ankush Takyar, Building AI Products | SPM @ PayPay | Ex Uber, WinZO | IIM C, BITS Pilani based in Gurugram. AI stack includes opencode and claudecode."
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# Ankush Takyar on Tal

## 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

opencode

claudecode

## Work experience

Senior Product Manager at PayPay India, Mar 2026 \- Present · 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 · 4 yrs 6 mos, Gurugram, Was an integral part of 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐙𝐎'𝐬 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐈𝐍𝐑 25 𝐂𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐍𝐑 1000 𝐂𝐫\. Worked on Product, Growth, Influencer Marketing, User Research, Design overhauls and everything in between\! 1\) 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 \- Owned end\-to\-end strategy and roadmap for referrals product, scaling 3x through targeted product interventions – 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\) 𝐔𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 Led multiple user research exercises / FGDs to crystallise the product development roadmap during international expansion, new vertical launch and design overhauls 3\) 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: \- 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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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