Ankit Bareja
Product & Business Leader
Mumbai
Summary
Product and Business Leader with 13+ years of experience, primarily across early to mid-size orgs. Built 0 to 1. Scaled 1 to 100. Set up Product, Strategy and Analytics teams from ground up. Problem Solver at heart. Enjoy long distance running and angel investing.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work History
CEO & Co-founder
PM School
06.2021 - 06.2024
- Bootstrapped PM School to ARR $300K
- Received strong interest from Sequoia, Matrix in the first year
- Led core team of 10 - Product, Marketing, Design, Tech, Biz Ops,
- 700+ PM School Alumni (greater than any VC-funded competitor)
- 400+ APM/PMs successfully placed via PM School (greater than any VC-funded competitor)
- Launched PM School Challenges - India's first/only product for PM hiring. Debuted at #7 on Product Hunt
- 100k+ followers on LinkedIn, 20k+ subscribers on YT
- Tied-up with 50+ India's top colleges - IITs/BITS/IIMs/ISB for up-skilling their students
Product Lead
Junglee Games
01.2021 - 06.2021
- Overall Product Lead for Howzat, RMG Fantasy Cricket product
- Led Beat The Champ campaign for Howzat, increased conversion by 1.5% and d7 ARPU by 5%
Director of Product
Shop101
09.2020 - 10.2020
- Drove overall Product roadmap for the seller side
- Left due to peak lockdown bringing a massive drop in the business/VC funding, resulting in org restructuring
Senior PM
Games24x7
10.2018 - 05.2020
- Led Early Retention for RummyCircle - 2 PMs and 2 Product Analysts
- Launched IMPS for instant withdrawal, increasing withdrawal success rate to 98% within 30 seconds
- Revamped Withdrawal journey, resulting in 9% increase in d14 ARPU and reduction of 30% in emails
- Owned iOS as a category - Grew revenue from iOS grew to $ 12mill p.a. Improved App Store rating improved from 3.1 to 4.5
- Led Card Drop Adherence for new players which increase D7 retention by 1.5%.
Senior PM
HDFC Life
09.2017 - 10.2018
- Led a team of 2 PMs, 5 Dev, 2 UX
- Led Customer 360, a responsive web based product for the sales and CS teams
- Led Data Engineering effort to create an org-wide Datalake
- Led development and deployment of Lead Attribution Engine, which helped save HDFC Life ~ $2 mill p.a.
Head, New Initiatives
TinyOwl Technology Pvt. Ltd.
10.2014 - 06.2016
- Started as the first PM, transitioned to head Strategy
- Led a team of 5 Strategy Managers and PMs
- On-boarded 3P logistics partners (Opinio, Grab, Runnr) onto TinyOwl Business to aid seamless order processing and delivery
- Launched North India as the Business Expansion Head for TinyOwl
- Achieved 76% automated order processing via Merchant App
- Piloted Dishes product. Achieved 50% orders per day via Dishes
- Assisted the CEO in Series B funding round of $16mill.
Education
B.E. (Hons.) Mechanical -
Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani
Pilani, India 08.2007 - 05.2011
Skills
Product and Business Strategy
Management Team Leadership
Analytical and Critical Thinker
Problem-Solving
Awards
BITS 30 Under 30, 2019 for excellence in the field of Music awarded by BITS Alumni Association
Timeline
CEO & Co-founder
PM School
06.2021 - 06.2024
Product Lead
Junglee Games
01.2021 - 06.2021
Director of Product
Shop101
09.2020 - 10.2020
Senior PM
Games24x7
10.2018 - 05.2020
Senior PM
HDFC Life
09.2017 - 10.2018
Head, New Initiatives
TinyOwl Technology Pvt. Ltd.
10.2014 - 06.2016
B.E. (Hons.) Mechanical -
Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani
08.2007 - 05.2011
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