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Kapil Bansal

Kapil Bansal

Bengaluru

Summary

Strategic Product Leader with 13+ years of experience in digital transformation, AI-driven product innovation, and marketplace expansion. Successfully scaled UPI payments to 40 million monthly active users at Paytm, and generated $150 million GMV for Walmart Africa. Skilled in building and leading high-performing PM teams to deliver complex, global retail, and monetization solutions.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Group Product Manager

Flipkart Internet Pvt Ltd
Bengaluru
06.2020 - Current

Digital Commerce:

  • Owned the product strategy and launch of Marketplace and Supply Chain flows for Walmart, Africa.
  • Designed complex omni-channel workflows, including Buy Online and Pick Up In-Store, and unified B2B and B2C flows tailored to South Africa's retail operations.
  • Scaled the business to over 15,000 sellers and 600,000 listings, driving $150 million in GMV yearly.
  • Developed autonomous AI-powered seller support solution, automating 40% of seller queries.
  • Led a team of 8 product managers and collaborated with over 90 engineers and designers to oversee the product strategy.

Ad Monetization:

  • Launched a self-serve SaaS product for Display and Sponsored Product Ads, along with Audience Manager, growing the business to $10 million per year in SaaS revenue.
  • Achieved multi-fold advertising revenue growth for retailers like Walmart Canada, Walmart Chile, Myntra, Noon.com, and more.
  • Launched an LLM-based search query classifier for sponsored search ads, improving ad relevance and CTR by 7%.

Group Product Manager

Paytm Payments Bank
Noida
03.2018 - 06.2020
  • Scaled UPI payments from inception to 40 million monthly active users.
  • Optimized onboarding flow for UPI users, increasing the conversion rate by approximately 30%.
  • Enhanced merchant transaction flows for UPI, boosting the conversion rate by approximately 20%.
  • Collaborated with top merchants, such as Zomato, Hotstar, Reliance Jio, to facilitate seamless UPI payments.
  • Worked with a team of 30 engineers and designers to enhance the overall platform experience.

Product Manager

Goomo Holdings Pvt Ltd
Bengaluru
04.2017 - 02.2018
  • Optimized hotel search result page, reducing drop-off rate by approximately 30%.
  • Developed hotel recommendations based on user history, increasing the conversion rate by 10% for repeat users.
  • Launched an inventory and price management tool for the effective management of 50,000 domestic hotels.
  • Designed a content management tool to streamline static content and images of hotels.

Senior Product Manager

Times Internet
Mumbai
08.2015 - 10.2016
  • Launched a last-minute hotel booking app, ensuring a seamless customer experience.
  • Collaborated with 10 engineers and UX designers to enhance user interactions.
  • Optimized hotel search results and conducted A/B testing to improve usability metrics.
  • Enhanced mobile site for Coupondunia, increasing merchant page conversions by approximately 15%.

Co-founder and Head of Product

Buxoff.com
Bengaluru
10.2014 - 08.2015
  • Launched an online coupons platform in the US and India, attracting 2,000 merchants to buxoff.com.
  • Developed browser extensions for Google Chrome and Firefox to deliver relevant offers.
  • Implemented automated offer notifications to inform users of the latest promotions on visited e-commerce sites.

Software Engineer

Via.com
Bengaluru
07.2012 - 10.2014
  • Integrated PayU as a payment gateway for net banking transactions.
  • Merged hotel and flight APIs from leading providers to display real-time inventory and pricing.
  • Developed a backend interface for the product and operations teams to track consumer activity.
  • Automated campaign creation and marketing spend on Google through AdWords API integration.

Education

B.Tech - Electronics and Instrumentation

VIT University
Vellore
01.2012

Skills

  • Product strategy
  • Product management
  • Team leadership
  • Market research
  • User experience design
  • Agile methodology

Linkedin

https://www.linkedin.com/in/bansalkapil

Timeline

Group Product Manager

Flipkart Internet Pvt Ltd
06.2020 - Current

Group Product Manager

Paytm Payments Bank
03.2018 - 06.2020

Product Manager

Goomo Holdings Pvt Ltd
04.2017 - 02.2018

Senior Product Manager

Times Internet
08.2015 - 10.2016

Co-founder and Head of Product

Buxoff.com
10.2014 - 08.2015

Software Engineer

Via.com
07.2012 - 10.2014

B.Tech - Electronics and Instrumentation

VIT University
Kapil Bansal