Ankit Bargale

Product Manager

Pune, Maharashtra, India10 yrs 6 mos experience

AI EnabledAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

Over 10 years of experience in IT product management.
Led innovative projects in cybersecurity and telecom sectors.
Expert in product strategy and customer engagement.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Product Manager specializing in Cybersecurity and Telecom solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product StrategyCybersecurityTelecomBusiness AnalysisSoftware DevelopmentSoftware Testing

Other Skills

AI-powered solutionsAI/ML use casesApplication SupportAutomation TestingCloud-native productsCompetitive analysisContainerizationCustomer engagementFulfilmentGTM messagingHP Quality CenterJIRAJavaKubernetesManual Testing

About

Accomplished Product Manager with over 10 years of experience in IT product development and management, specializing in telecom and cybersecurity domains. Currently leading strategy and product initiatives for IBM QRadar SIEM at IBM Pune, with a proven track record in driving innovative solutions like AI-powered Gen AI Assistant app and cloud-native products. Skilled in competitive analysis, business case development, customer engagement, and product launch activities, including GTM messaging, pricing, and packaging. Adept at collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure timely delivery of products and conducting PoCs to showcase product features. Holds an Executive MBA and a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science.

Experience

Ibm

2 roles

Senior Product Manager

Jul 2025 – Present · 8 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India · Hybrid

Advisory Product Manager

Jul 2023 – Jul 2025 · 2 yrs · Pune, Maharashtra, India · Hybrid

Product Name: IBM Security QRadar – SIEM (Security Information and Event Management)
Domain: Cybersecurity
Description: IBM Security QRadar Suite - SIEM is a threat detection and response solution designed to unify the security analyst experience and accelerate them across the full incident lifecycle.
Key Initiatives:
Responsible for launching the Gen AI Assistant app powered by watsonx.ai for offering competitive assistance features such as Incident and Event Summarization, Query Generation, Rule Building, Parser Building, Threat Intel Summarization, etc
Responsible for managing other key workstreams such as Data-Sync app, UI/UX enhancements, UEBA, and Threat Detection Content workstreams for QRadar On-Prem
Responsible for the SIEM component - ‘DRC’ (Detection and Response Center) in QRadar Cloud-Native SIEM, which allows security analysts to detect and respond to threats in real-time
Demonstrate the MVP version of new features and present the product roadmap to customers
Participate in weekly product launch cadence with product leadership to ensure correct product naming, GTM messaging, pricing, and packaging for QRadar Cloud-Native SIEM

Product StrategyAI-powered solutionsCompetitive analysisCustomer engagementGTM messagingPricing+2

Tibco

Senior Associate Product Manager

Apr 2021 – Jun 2023 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

Product Portfolio:
Product Name: TIBCO Fulfilment Orchestration Suite (FOS)
Domain: Telecom - OSS/BSS
Description: TIBCO FOS is a suite of products designed to cater to the needs of telecom customers for Order Management and Fulfilment; and Product and Service Catalog Management.
Key Initiatives:
Launch a new product named ‘TIBCO Product and Service Catalog powered by TIBCO EBX’ which allows Telecom domain customers to configure their products and services using master data management platform named TIBCO EBX
Give strategic direction for making products cloud-native by supporting Containerization (Docker), Kubernetes Cluster Deployment, and Helm Charts on various popular cloud vendors like AWS, Google Cloud Platform, OpenShift, and Azure
Analyse AI/ML-based use cases for TIBCO Offer and Price Engine
Other Products (Domain): TIBCO Streaming for 3GPP (Telecom - NFV), TIBCO Reward (Loyalty)

Cloud-native productsAI/ML use casesContainerizationKubernetesOrder ManagementFulfilment+2

Netcracker technology

Business Analyst

Apr 2019 – Apr 2021 · 2 yrs · Greater Bengaluru Area

Requirement gathering and analysis, maintain product backlog and create epics and user stories in JIRA for Telecom OSS/BSS domain products
Participate in solution designing for Netcracker CRM and Identity and Access Management (IAM) modules
Participate in sprint planning sessions and review features implemented by development team

Requirement gatheringJIRASolution designingBusiness AnalysisTelecom

Amdocs

2 roles

Software Developer

Promoted

Jul 2017 – Apr 2019 · 1 yr 9 mos

Client-Side and Server-Side Development using Java for Telecom OSS/BSS domain products
Write Interface Agreements and Detailed Design documents
Perform Production Support Activities and provide Tier-3 Application Support to resolve Production Incidents

JavaProduction SupportApplication SupportSoftware Development