Ritesh Bhakre

Product Manager

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India9 yrs 3 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Led product initiatives driving 70% user engagement.
  • Successfully launched platforms with over 300K subscribers.
  • Expert in AI-driven product management and analytics.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Product Manager with expertise in EdTech and AdTech, focusing on user engagement and analytics.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementUser ExperienceUser AcquisitionUser EngagementConsultingAnalytics

Other Skills

Technical UnderstandingBuild Strong RelationshipsPerformance MetricsProduct MarketingBusiness InsightsProduct DesignOral CommunicationNew Product IdeasCross-functional CollaborationsUser AdoptionData AnalyticsCustomer ExperienceBusiness RequirementsCustomer AcquisitionPresentations

About

I'm a Product Manager with 7+ years of experience scaling B2C and B2B products across Gaming, AdTech, and EdTech Currently at Microsoft, I manage the game buying experience (activation & purchase funnels) and seller tools for Xbox.com Previously at Allen Digital, I built a 0-1 Mentorship & Scheduling platform adopted by 300K+ subscribers, driving +70% engagement and +6% renewals. Prior to that at Media.net, I launched AdTech tools that lifted campaign revenue and improved ROAS at scale My toolkit spans CRM, personalization, A/B testing, and AI-driven automation. I started my career in engineering and consulting, bridging tech depth with business strategy MBA from IIM Lucknow, BE in Computer Engineering from Mumbai University

Experience

9 yrs 3 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 9 mos
Average Tenure
5 mos
Current Experience

Microsoft

Product Manager

Dec 2025Present · 5 mos · Noida · Hybrid

  • Managing game buying experience and seller tools on Xbox.com
Product ManagementUser Experience

Allen digital

Product Manager

Apr 2023Nov 2025 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

  • Led User Personalization, CRM & Scheduling Platform for a $500M revenue B2C EdTech unicorn
  • 1) Mobile Product Lifecycle Management
  • ▪ Launched 0-1 Mentorship platform for 300K+ subscribers, achieving 70% adoption, 75% CSAT and 6% renewal increase
  • ▪ Improved app engagement by 30% through community-driven survey loops that reduced user friction
  • ▪ Drove 10% WAU increase via CRM-led personalized push notifications for segmented user cohorts
  • ▪ Collaborated with cross-functional teams — Analytics, Data Science, User Research, Design, Marketing & Operations
  • 2) Scheduling Platform Management
  • ▪ Built class scheduling platform from scratch, saving 110K+ hours/year and enabling 3M+ meetings annually
  • ▪ Designed Group and 1:1 live session experience for mentorship, achieving 70%+ user engagement
  • ▪ Owned roadmap for cross-platform calendar & scheduling solutions across Android, iOS, and Web (mobile & desktop)
  • 3) AI-based App CRM and Engagement
  • ▪ Boosted WAU by 20% via A/B-tested contextual feature entry points for 70K subscribers
  • ▪ Utilized Gen AI to analyze 5K+ Google Play store reviews, reducing issue tickets by 90%; also coached 2 APMs
  • ▪ Led Gen AI automation, generating 10K NEET questions and saving INR 10M in content development costs
  • ▪ Reduced app crashes by 80% and ANRs by 84% by revamping prioritization and bug triaging workflows
Technical UnderstandingBuild Strong RelationshipsPerformance MetricsProduct MarketingBusiness InsightsProduct Design+25

Media.net

Product Manager

Oct 2021Mar 2023 · 1 yr 5 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

  • Sole Product Manager responsible for a $50 million annual revenue product (50 Mn+ users) in Search engine monetization team for Ads marketplace. Handled the entire customer journey funnel including User Acquisition, Engagement and Monetization
  • 1) Revenue enhancement:
  • ▪ Reduced CAC by 5% & increased revenue by 6%; optimized Facebook ad templates and enhanced CTR on website pages by A/B testing
  • ▪ Enabled notification-based auto pausing of low RPC campaigns; increased annual profit by $260k
  • 2) User engagement:
  • ▪ Reduced avg. launch time of 15k monthly campaigns on Facebook ads marketplace by 85%; 20% turnaround time reduction
  • ▪ Integrated 5+ enhancements in Facebook campaign launcher tool; 15% increase in daily campaign launches
  • 3) Search optimization:
  • ▪ Designed a bulk keyword research tool; 90% tool adoption and 10x daily keyword research increase
  • ▪ Coordinated with multiple teams to improve keyword research results accuracy; 8% efficiency enhancement
  • 4) Search Monetization:
  • ▪ Designed & integrated APIs for contextual ad images; improved ads traffic quality & conversion by reducing spam
  • ▪ Click fraud/spam detection systems
  • ▪ Search results page (SERP) optimization
  • 5) Reporting:
  • ▪ Multi-source data feed compilation, aggregation and reporting system
  • 6) Leadership:
  • ▪ Created monthly Product roadmaps with priorities to align with Business and Tech leads on deliverables
  • ▪ Managed a team of 8 Product Analysts (PA); directly responsible for the day-to-day activities of 2 PAs
  • ▪ Worked with Web developers, Database developers, Business development, Design, and Operations teams
  • ▪ Interviewed candidates across top B-schools (IIMs and ISB)
Technical UnderstandingBuild Strong RelationshipsPerformance MetricsProduct MarketingBusiness InsightsProduct Design+25

Accenture strategy & consulting

Consultant

Aug 2020Oct 2021 · 1 yr 2 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

  • 1) Product Management:
  • ▪ Spearheaded development of Project management tool across full product lifecycle; drafted 10+ PRDs
  • ▪ Coordinated with team of 20+ developers for 10+ feature launches; identified 50+ bugs via UAT testing
  • ▪ Conducted Value Architecting & Tracking for 5+ business use cases; increased client conversion by 8%
  • 2) KPI Tracking (US Telecom client):
  • ▪ Tracked & reported 100+ KPIs/week; automated generation of 5+ reports to save 20+ manhours/week
  • ▪ Collaborated with team of 50+ including Partner, Marketing function to report on 5+ campaign launches
  • ▪ Devised 4 campaign strategies & increased project revenue by $180k+: Microsegment level targeting
  • 3) Organizational Analytics:
  • ▪ Designed 5+ dynamic Power BI pages to provide risk & productivity analyses across 10+ parameters
  • ▪ Integrated Power BI with visualization tools and analytical models; provided Business intelligence support
  • 4) Digital Transformation (Saudi Arabian Telecom client):
  • ▪ Transformed and adapted organization processes to Agile methodology. Created templates for documents like BRD
  • ▪ Increased accountability and transparency by bringing in tracking mechanisms. Introduced SLAs and KPIs for processes
Technical UnderstandingBuild Strong RelationshipsPerformance MetricsProduct MarketingBusiness InsightsProduct Design+23

Google

Management Intern

Apr 2019May 2019 · 1 mo · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

  • ▪ Benchmarked 3 phased Google Cloud user journey with Amazon, Microsoft & Alibaba across 25+ parameters
  • ▪ Collaborated with cross-functional teams (Google Ads); recommended a dedicated detection engine
  • ▪ Determined buyer remorse as major defaults reason & advised improvements in after-sales support services
  • ▪ Appreciated by Director, Trust and Safety and 15+ Managers for proposing holistic policy improvements
Oral Communication

Indian institute of management, lucknow

Placement Coordinator

Jun 2018Mar 2020 · 1 yr 9 mos · Lucknow Area, India

  • ▪ Conducted 3 recruitment events; hosted 500+ recruiters; Highest Day 0 & Day 1 offers in Finals & SIP
  • ▪ Achieved 100% Placements in record time of 3 days for the largest IIM batch: 30% increase in avg. stipend
  • ▪ Achieved 41% increase in Laterals offers; 75% increase in E-commerce roles; Onboarded 60+ new firms including Gartner and Ola
Oral Communication

Bosch

Intern

Apr 2018Jun 2018 · 2 mos · Coimbatore Area, India

  • ▪ Worked on a consultancy project for Indian railways to assess IOT implementation for asset management
  • ▪ Conducted secondary research to understand the viability & scope of IOT based solutions
  • ▪ Researched similar projects across 5+ countries to analyze the benefits and repercussions involved
  • ▪ Recommended IOT solution to track water levels in carriages| Reduced expected waiting time by 1+ hour
Technical UnderstandingOral CommunicationCross-functional CollaborationsData AnalyticsComputer Science

Directi

Database Developer

Jul 2015Jun 2017 · 1 yr 11 mos · Mumbai Area, India

  • ▪ Coordinated with 10+ business teams to develop a tool to automate client related processes
  • ▪ Improved efficiency of Yahoo Domain Monetization’s analysis by 92% by developing a framework
  • ▪ Implemented an algorithm to annually archive important data of 1+ TB from reporting database
  • ▪ Created a framework to weekly backup data of 500+GBs for clients like Forbes, Elle| 24x7 availability
  • ▪ Reduced server load by 60+ % by scheduling daily log shipping backups of reporting database
  • ▪ Instrumental in setting a process to archive 1+ TB data daily to avoid losing it when deleted/updated
  • ▪ Employed a mechanism single-handedly to track 1000+ queries/minute along with hostnames
  • ▪ Achieved 99% accuracy in a crucial hourly revenue reporting process by refining code & fixing bugs
  • ▪ Appreciated by Director of Software Engineering for being a good team player & communicator
  • ▪ Recognized by Tech Lead of Database Operations for being an exceptional Database Developer
Technical UnderstandingOral CommunicationCross-functional CollaborationsData AnalyticsComputer Science

Education

Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow

MBA - Master of Business Administration — Marketing & Systems

Jan 2018Jan 2020

University of Mumbai

BE - Bachelor of Engineering — Computer Engineering

Jan 2011Jan 2015

D. G. Ruparel College of Arts, Science and Commerce

HSC — Science

Jan 2009Jan 2011

Gopal Sharma Memorial School

SSC

Jan 2000Jan 2009

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