About

Abhishek Talnikar is a highly skilled Product Manager with over 6 years of experience in the payments industry. Currently serving as a Group Product Manager at Avenues, he oversees the work of 3 Product Managers catering to the entire bouquet of 15 plus payment methods available in CCAvenue product. He also leads, manages, and mentors a team of 5+ Associate Product Managers, responsible for team formation, hiring, and resource allocation. Abhishek liaises with C-level executives to devise new product development initiatives such as card tokenization for seamless credit card & debit card checkout experience. He has also created a product from scratch to support issuing banks of credit cards and debit cards for implementing subscriptions as per the guidelines of the regulator, which has been procured by all major card-issuing banks. Abhishek's past experience includes working as a Deputy Manager at HDFC Bank, where he managed product management for merchant acquiring products. He identified product fit based on market insights and prepared detailed product specifications, roadmaps, and user stories. He also managed the delivery of features on the product roadmap from conception through development to post-launch of the product. Abhishek was awarded the 'Silver-Star performer of HDFC Bank' Award in Oct-Dec Quarter of 2019 for managing the delivery of the 'SmartHub Merchant Solutions' product. Abhishek also worked as an Analyst at BillDesk, where he managed various products such as Unified Payments Interface, Post-paid Wallets, and Retail & Corporate Internet Banking. He enabled new payment options via Postpaid Wallets - PayTM, Ola Money on BillDesk payment Gateway platform, and enhanced existing Internet Banking as a Payment option product at par with the latest security protocols which reduced reported fraudulent transactions by 78%. Abhishek holds a Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) degree in Computer Engineering from Vivekanand Education Society's Institute of Technology. He is skilled in product management and tokenization. With his relevant experience and expertise, Abhishek is a valuable asset in the payments industry.