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Anand Sankar

Product Manager

Netherlands11 yrs 8 mos experience
AI EnabledHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 12+ years in product and marketing leadership.
  • Expert in building delightful product experiences.
  • Proven track record in scaling digital products.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Product and Marketing Leader in Fintech and Media sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementGo-to-market StrategyStrategic PlanningProject ManagementTeam ManagementEcommerceMarketingEntrepreneurshipClient Management

Other Skills

AI/ML CollaborationAdvertisingAnalyticsBrand ManagementBusiness DevelopmentCRMCampaign ManagementCommunicationCompetitive AnalysisConsumer Flow ManagementCross-functional Team LeadershipCustomer ExperienceDigital MarketingDigital MediaDigital Strategy

About

Product and marketing leader with 12+ years of experience shaping and scaling digital products across media, fintech, and mobility. This includes ~5 years of people management. I’ve led cross-functional teams and products at Spotify, TomTom, and Mollie building core platform products, driving global launches, defining go-to-market strategies and most importantly, building delightful product experiences. I’m at my best where product, design, and storytelling meet. I also try having fun where I work :)

Experience

Mollie

Senior Product Marketing Manager

Jul 2025Present · 8 mos · Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands · Hybrid

  • Leading GTM and growth at Mollie for the Business account product. Focused on turning complex fintech tools into simple, trusted experiences for businesses.
Go-to-Market StrategyProduct ManagementStakeholder ManagementDigital Strategy

Spotify

Senior Product Manager

May 2022Jul 2025 · 3 yrs 2 mos · Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

  • Led the Media Playback Platform owning the roadmap and strategy of the core system behind Spotify’s audio and video experiences. This platform underpins every stream, format, and surface across the app — from playlists to podcasts to music videos.
  • Was a part of multiple flagship launches - Music Videos, Lossless Audio, Mixing playlists etc.
  • Partnered with AI/ML teams to develop intelligent mixing features — enabling seamless transitions between tracks.
  • Partnered with engineering, design, data, and licensing to define long-term playback strategy and architecture, balancing scale, reliability, and new media innovation.
Product ManagementMedia Playback PlatformAI/ML CollaborationRoadmap StrategyStrategic Planning

Tomtom

Senior Product Manager

Jul 2019May 2022 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

  • Launched TomTom AmiGO, the company’s first fully online navigation app. This included partnering across platform teams—maps, routing, data, search, UX—to unify the navigation experience and modernize TomTom’s consumer stack.
  • Managed and mentored 3 PMs owning different functions such as Community Input, Voice and Omnichannel.
  • Built the product roadmap and operating rhythm that enabled AmiGO to scale across 40+ countries while maintaining real-time accuracy and trust.
  • (Was promoted mid cycle to Sr. PM.)
Product ManagementRoadmap DevelopmentTeam ManagementUX Collaboration

Tata health

Product Manager

Oct 2018May 2019 · 7 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

  • At Tata Health, I worked on two products - EMR (Electronic Medical Records) used by Doctors and the eCommerce (B2C) vertical which had consultations and lab tests. Both of these were different sides to the Tata Health App.
  • A major part of my work involved owning the consumer flow for labs, the largest in revenue driver among three business verticals.
Product ManagementConsumer Flow ManagementeCommerce StrategyeCommerce

Smytten

Head, Product and Marketing

Jul 2015Oct 2018 · 3 yrs 3 mos · Gurgaon, India

  • First hire and early leadership team member at Smytten, an experiential commerce platform.
  • Built and led teams across product, design, and marketing, translating a vision into a scalable business.
  • Led topline growth and managed acquistion budgets during hypergrowth.
  • Defined product roadmap, user acquisition strategy, and engagement systems that drove consistent growth and clear product-market fit.
Product ManagementMarketing StrategyTeam LeadershipMarketing

Springfinity

Co-Founder

Feb 2015Jun 2016 · 1 yr 4 mos · India

  • Bootstrapped a D2C gardening brand built on the idea of reconnecting city dwellers with nature.
  • Handled everything from product design and sourcing to digital marketing and customer experience.
  • Grew the venture profitably through community-driven content and repeat purchasing behaviour.
Product DesignDigital MarketingCustomer ExperienceEntrepreneurshipProduct Management

Saatchi & saatchi propagate

Key Account Manager

Sep 2013Apr 2015 · 1 yr 7 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

  • Key Clients: Amazon, Google, ESPN, Kindle, Google, Oberoi, Club Mahindra.
  • I was working on digital campaigns and digital strategy for a bunch of large and boutique clients. Notable work includes social and display strategy for Amazon.in, creative campaign creation for Google and monthly creative planning for Oberoi.
Digital StrategyCampaign ManagementClient ManagementMarketing

Google

Marketing Intern

Apr 2012Jun 2012 · 2 mos · Gurgaon, India

  • Part of conceptualizing and executing 'Chandni Chowk Chalo Online', an on ground activation aimed at getting one of the world's largest wholesale markets online.
  • Primary and secondary research project on eCommerce service providers in India
  • Execution of Direct Marketing and Telemarketing communication for Google AdWords.
Direct MarketingResearchTelemarketingMarketing

Education

MICA | The School of Ideas

PGDM(C) — Marketing Communications

Jan 2011Jan 2013

BIT

B.E — ECE

Jan 2007Jan 2011

HSVNS

Class XII — ICSE

Jan 1994Jan 2005

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