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Ankush Takyar

@ankushtakyar

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Product & growth leader driving 0-to-1 launches, retention, and expansion.

India

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What I'm looking for

I am looking for senior product or growth roles where I can lead cross-functional teams to build and scale 0-to-1 features, improve retention, and expand into new markets within data-driven, fast-moving consumer tech environments.

I am a product and growth leader with 9+ years of experience building 0-to-1 features, leading UX revamps, and executing international market expansions for consumer tech products.

At WinZO Games I launched an IPL-themed card-trading feature used by over 1M users and 1.5M daily trades, scaled referrals 3x across four countries, and built an influencer onboarding platform for Brazil and the US.

Previously at Uber I led driver operations and P&L for Uber Moto across 25 cities, delivering a 10x growth turnaround and improving profitability, and I designed critical pandemic payment systems disbursing ₹25cr to 95K drivers.

I began my career as an SDE II building applications used by over one million ATMs globally and I leverage data-driven decision making, cross-functional leadership, experimentation, and AI/no-code tools to speed delivery and improve retention and compliance.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Product & Growth Lead

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WinZO Games

Jan 2021 - Present (4 years 8 months)

Led 0-to-1 development of an IPL-themed card-trading feature engaging 1M users and driving 1.5M daily trades; launched influencer onboarding and referral products across multiple countries, tripling referrals in 4 months and improving sign-ups by 5 percentage points.

Product Management Growth Strategy UX A B Testing Analytics Roadmap Ownership Stakeholder Management No Code Tools

Regional Operations Manager

Uber

Jan 2019 - Jan 2021 (2 years)

Led driver operations projects impacting ~125,000 drivers and drove P&L for Uber Moto across 25 cities, delivering 10x growth in five months and improving profitability by 4 percentage points.

Operations Management P L Ownership Payments Vendor Management Risk Management

Software Development Engineer II

Diebold Nixdorf

Jan 2014 - Jan 2017 (3 years)

Developed and delivered end-to-end applications impacting over one million ATMs globally, owning requirements, design, coding, and quality testing for mission-critical systems.

Java Software Development System Design QA Application Development

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Indian Institute of Management Calcutta

Master of Business Administration, Business / Management

2017 - 2019

Activities and societies: Placement Preparation Head; Vice President of Music Club

Postgraduate management program with focus on product and growth; awarded the Scholarship for Organisational Ability and participated in placement preparation and music club leadership.