Ankita Mandal

AI Product Manager | Duke MEM’26 | Ex-Microsoft (Azure) | Ex-Quantinuum | AI/ML | Product Launch | Go-To-Market | Customer Lifecycle

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🔍 𝗢𝗯𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀, 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 I’m Ankita—a product strategist, cloud expert, and GTM storyteller with 3+ years…

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immersed in building AI-powered cloud solutions, diagnosing enterprise-scale problems, & launching customer-centric features in a hyperscale environment. Currently, I’m diving deeper into the art of empathetic product-building at 𝗗𝘂𝗸𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 that not only 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 - 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝘄, and leading the Duke Marketing Club. H𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲𝘀: Empathy & Gratitude 💖 💼 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴: • Crafting GTM plans, customer stories, and market differentiation • From concept to roadmap, defining feature priorities & cross-functional execution • Building efficiency through automation, data-driven decision-making, and agile methodologies. • Bridging AI/ML advancements with cloud solutions to create next-gen digital experiences. • Enhancing user adoption through CRM integrations, journey mapping, and VOC 📈 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 🔹At 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁, launched 18 Azure features using user feedback, GTM positioning, and cross-functional collaboration, driving adoption up by 32% 🔹 Built a real-time SLA compliance dashboard for quantum endpoints - improving visibility by 85% for clients like BMW and JPMorgan at 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘂𝗺 🔹 Prototyped a CoPilot-powered chatbot to enhance self-service enablement, reducing L1 response time by 40% 🔹 Boosted engagement via targeted campaigns and CRM redesign for promotional clients by 60% 🔹 Identified 20+ recurring issues through VOC analysis and partnered with PMs to strengthen product-market fit 🧠 𝗠𝘆 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱? 🚀 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆 & 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 | Agile & Scrum | GTM Execution | Feature Prioritization | Customer Discovery | VOC 💡 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱 & 𝗔𝗜 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀 | SaaS Product Dev | AI/ML Integration | Data Platform Strategy | Cloud-Native Architecture 📊 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 | Product Analytics | A/B Testing | User Research | Stakeholder Management 🚀 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗦𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜’𝗺 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹-𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗿 𝗚𝗧𝗠 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆, where I can blend AI, customer insight, and storytelling to build products that sell experince I enjoy meeting new people and hearing new perspectives.