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Ankur Sinha

Ankur Sinha

Chief Product & Technology Officer at Remitly

Bellevue, Washington, United StatesComputer Software
Company
Remitly
Title
Chief Product & Technology Officer
Seniority
C Suite
Department
Master Information Technology
Location
Bellevue, Washington, United States
Industry
Computer Software

About

As Chief Product and Technology Officer at Remitly, I lead the company’s product vision, technology and AI strategy to modernize cross-border financial services for millions of customers globally. Since joining in 2022, I’ve helped scale Remitly’s platform to support rapid growth in active users (4x), revenue (3x) and send volume (3x), while driving innovation across engineering, product development and global expansion. Prior to Remitly, I spent over a decade leading high-performance teams at Google and Microsoft, building large-scale commerce and cloud technologies that enabled enterprise-grade reliability and performance, as well as building consumer experiences and platforms customers loved at Xbox. I’m passionate about building inclusive, resilient technology organizations and products that create meaningful impact in people’s lives.I've also been a founder, co-founding a start-up in India when startups weren't cool in India yet :) and learnt how to build a meaningful business ear…

Experience

Chief Product & Technology Officer

Remitly

Present

As Chief Product & Technology Officer at Remitly, I lead the company’s product vision, technology and AI strategy to modernize cross-border financial services for millions of customers globally. Since joining in 2022, I’ve helped scale Remitly’s platform to support rapid growth in active users (4x), revenue (3x) and send volume (3x), while driving innovation across engineering, product development and global expansion. Manage and run the following areas globally: - Engineering - AI and ML - Product Management - Design & User Research - Security/Privacy - Technical Project/Program Management - CS and Operations - IT & Facilities for all our areas including Remittances, Platforms and New Products spanning >2500 employees

Engineering Director

Google · Greater Seattle Area

Managed a broad portfolio of teams and areas to build and grow the commerce capabilities for Google Cloud. • Managed the partner platform organization - conceptualized, and delivered a cohesive partner platform for Google Cloud spanning GCP, Workspace, Maps, Chrome and M&A products . Scaled the partner business, introduced distribution as a sales motion for google, while improving CSAT. • Managed engineering for the partner advantage portal, the primary program enablement portal for google cloud partners. • Managed cloud monetization for partners via billing models, rebilling, reporting & insights. Won cloud-wide awards for tech impact via the partner platform. Established and setup sites in India for cloud. Built & scaled inclusion frameworks within Org, enabled a culture of customer empathy & scaled organizations for continued growth. Drove Security/Privacy working groups across GCP & Anthos. Actively mentored CapitalG (Alphabet’s growth fund) driven startups via Google.

Advisor

CapitalG

Senior Director

Microsoft · Greater Seattle Area

Managed multiple Microsoft-wide services & experiences: • Microsoft Store – E-commerce experiences for all 1P MSFT products/services across web, app & Xbox surfaces • Microsoft.com – Web marketing & campaigns platform for all of Microsoft • Xbox.com – Web experience destination for all XXXM+ Xbox users • Xbox One (& Xbox 360) Console Purchase Flows Across these services, drove >$XX billion overall revenue with >XXX% YoY growth, handled >X billion page views per day from web experiences driving >XX% YoY improvement in page load times pushing CSAT up by XX% 2018-2019 - Productized the commerce platform built for MSFT 1P products into Dynamics 365 Commerce from inception, design through V1 launch, now being used by large retailers for their commerce platform – one of the fastest growing products in the Dynamics portfolio. Won division-wide awards for leadership excellence & delivering impact across orgs

Principal Software Engineering Manager

Microsoft · Greater Seattle Area

• Xbox Web & CMS (2011-2012): Managed engineering teams to deliver Xbox.com features, MSN games updates and Xbox Web Content Management System • Avatars on Xbox/Devices (2010-2011): Managed engineering teams across US & Slovakia to deliver 3D avatar rendering engine and associated experiences for Xbox & Windows/WP/iOS/Android • Xbox apps & services (2009-2010): Managed engineering teams for Xbox apps, Xbox.com features and Xbox social web services • Windows Games & Multi-player Platform (2008-2009): Managed engineering teams building Win7 inbox games, and the multi-player platform • MSN & Messenger Games (2007-2009): Managed engineering teams running the MSN & Messenger games business Impact: • Grew Xbox.com to XX+ million MAU (XXX% growth), drove a common CMS adoption across all Xbox properties in 18 months, grew transactional revenue by XXX% to $XXX million, and improved performance and web support experiences to grow CSAT by XX% • Avatars were the most popular feature at launch driv…

Co-Founder & Cto

R A Systems · New Delhi Area, India

Co-founded a start-up in India – Co-founder and CTO working on a portfolio of turn-key applications and products for various large organizations across India. Built & managed toll-management software for the Government of India across all toll plazas in India (some states use it even today). Additionally, managed a number of turn-key application projects for e-commerce, fashion management, and insurance management. Handled all aspects of technical direction and design, as well as handling customers, procurement and other roles.

Education

Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University

B.Tech, IT

Frank Anthony Public School (New Delhi)

Computer Science

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