Ankush Koul

Director of Engineering

London, United Kingdom18 yrs 5 mos experience
AI EnabledAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

  • Proven track record in Data & Analytics product growth.
  • Expertise in leading cross-functional teams for product strategy.
  • Successful pivot to AI-driven SaaS platforms.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Data Analytics expert with strong leadership in product strategy.

Contact

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Skills

Core Skills

Product StrategyArtificial Intelligence (ai)Insight And AnalyticsProduct DevelopmentData ManagementProject DeliveryManagement ConsultingData Strategy

Other Skills

A/B TestingAgile MethodologiesBusiness AnalysisBusiness-to-Business (B2B)Customer ExperienceCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)Digital MarketingDigital Product DevelopmentDigital StrategyGTMGen AIGenerative AILeadershipMachine LearningPresales

About

Experienced product director with experience leading cross-functional teams to design, build and launch Data & Analytics products in B2B & B2C space. Expertise in developing product strategy & roadmap, executing roadmaps & leading go to market strategy & commercialization plans. Proven record of driving product growth & improving product KPIs & managing Product budgets and P&Ls. Also, as a former management consultant, has advised & implemented Data & Analytics transformation and change initiatives across financial services, insurance & gaming industries

Experience

Kantar

Director - Data Strategy & Customer Analytics

Aug 2025 – Present · 7 mos

Sapiens

Product Director - Data & AI

Aug 2023 – Aug 2025 · 2 yrs · Greater London, England, United Kingdom

  • Lead the global product strategy & presales for Data & AI SaaS platform, including P&L, value proposition, market research, product market fit, pricing, and roadmap development.
  • Successfully pivoted the Data & Reporting platform to an AI-driven SaaS platform by embedding Machine Learning & Generative AI products
  • Collaborate with customers (including running user groups), industry analysts, partners & internal stakeholders across sales, marketing, legal & finance to build & align on the roadmap and quarterly releases.
Product StrategyBusiness-to-Business (B2B)Agile MethodologiesA/B TestingArtificial Intelligence (AI)Gen AI+2

Picsart

Director of Product - Data & Analytics

Dec 2021 – Jul 2023 · 1 yr 7 mos · Greater London, England, United Kingdom

  • PicsArt is a Softbank backed Series C creator platform (video & photo editing app), with 150 million monthly Active Users & multiple B2B clients
  • Led the Data & Analytics product function - products led included Data & Analytics Platform, AI / ML Products, Experimentation Platform, CRM & managed a team of cross-functional teams of PMs, analysts, designers, engineers and data scientists.
Insight and AnalyticsLeadershipStrategyDigital StrategyAgile MethodologiesA/B Testing+5

Kindred group plc

Product Portfolio Lead - Data & Analytics

Jul 2018 – Nov 2021 · 3 yrs 4 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

  • Led the Data & Analytics Product tribe, overseeing data strategy, roadmap development, stakeholder engagement & successful delivery & adoption of data & analytics products.
  • Acted as internal data evangelist & partner to senior stakeholders in securing investments for leveraging data/ML for marketing personalization and enhancing customer experience, compliance, and player safety.
Data ManagementInsight and AnalyticsProject DeliveryAgile MethodologiesA/B TestingBusiness Analysis+3

Domestic & general

Product Manager

Jun 2015 – Jun 2018 · 3 yrs · London, United Kingdom

  • Product Manager for Data & Marketing platform to build a single customer view & drive monetization of customer data by personalizing marketing campaigns.
  • Lead customer research, defining user personas, customer journey mapping and leading the product discovery & delivery processes including scrum ceremonies – refinement, prioritization & planning.
Data ManagementInsight and AnalyticsProject DeliveryAgile MethodologiesMachine LearningProduct Development+1

Capgemini

Management Consultant

Mar 2011 – Apr 2015 · 4 yrs 1 mo · London

  • Led Data & CRM transformation for clients across financial services, manufacturing & automobile industries.
  • Key engagements included: CRM Business Case for a leading manufacturer, Data & Digital Business Case for a large conglomerate and Product Master Data Management for a leading automobile company.
Data ManagementProduct ManagementInsight and AnalyticsCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)Project DeliveryProject Management+1

Cognizant business consulting

Senior Business Consultant

May 2007 – Feb 2011 · 3 yrs 9 mos · London, United Kingdom

  • Worked on various advisory & transformation initiatives across financial services, manufacturing, retail, insurance.
Customer Relationship Management (CRM)Management ConsultingData StrategyProject ManagementAgile Methodologies

Education

Indian School of Business

Jan 2006 – Jan 2007

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