G. Kalra (GK)

Director of Engineering

Toronto, Ontario, Canada8 yrs 9 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Over 10 years of experience in product management.
  • Awarded 'Best MBA Team of the Year' during MBA.
  • Championed mobile app development from concept to delivery.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Product Management expert in e-Commerce and Automotive sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementAgile MethodologiesUser Experience

Other Skills

AC NielsenAPI IntegrationAutomation ToolsBrand StrategyBusiness StrategyCommunicationCompetitive AnalysisConfluenceConsumer InsightCross-functional Team LeadershipCustomer Advisory BoardsCustomer ExperienceCustomer Experience ManagementCustomer InsightCustomer Satisfaction

About

I’m a user-obsessed Product Management professional with over 10 years of experience in product strategy, roadmap and delivery using Agile & Hybrid methodologies. I have owned and delivered both Enterprise and Consumer products from concept to release in cross-functional collaboration with engineers and designers to enhance the user experience for both web and mobile applications in Automotive, Retail and e-Commerce industries. My Queen's MBA experience in 2018 aided me to sharpen my business and team leadership skills through the year while working with 6 teammates from different professional and cultural backgrounds. Our team went on to win the "Best MBA Team of the Year" award. This, combined with "Teamwork Champion" award won at my previous company is a testament to my team management skills in a high performing environment.

Experience

Mejuri

3 roles

Director, Digital Product & UX

Promoted

Nov 2024Present · 1 yr 4 mos · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Group Product Manager

Promoted

May 2024Nov 2024 · 6 mos · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Senior Product Manager

Jun 2023May 2024 · 11 mos · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Hellofresh

Senior Product Manager

Jun 2021May 2023 · 1 yr 11 mos · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Maxsold

Director of Product Management

Mar 2019Jun 2021 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  • In this role, I led the Product team, while steering the roadmap with further breakdown into epics and user stories, guiding the development and ensuring successful deployment.
  • Key Highlights:
  • ✔ Championed mobile app development, optimized for iPad/tablet (both iOS and Android), from concept to delivery
  • ✔ Integrated separate legacy systems through APIs to automate back-end processes, providing
  • a fundamental pillar for the company to scale up
  • ✔ Established a streamlined process to capture continuous feedback from users to constantly refine the product backlog and release enhancements with 2-week Sprints
Product ManagementRoadmap DevelopmentUser StoriesAPI IntegrationUser FeedbackAgile Methodologies

Smith school of business at queen's university

MBA Candidate '19

Jan 2018Dec 2018 · 11 mos · Ontario, Canada

  • In a quest to advance my Management skills, I decided to pursue MBA at Queen's University as a part of Class of 2019. The fast-paced nature of this program challenged me to step out of my comfort zone. However, working collaboratively in an international and a multi-cultural team environment enabled me with skills to thrive in a dynamic environment.
  • Both team and individual consulting projects provided huge learning opportunities.
  • Key Highlights:
  • ✔️ President, Marketing and Sales
  • ✔️ Recipient of Dean's Entrance Scholarship for previous work and academic excellence
  • ✔️ Recipient Team Member of Best MBA Team award
  • ✔️ Consulting Project with Canadian Tire: ‘Enhancing Digital Experience with Canadian Tire’
  • ✔️ Successfully complete the 36-hour Smith-Reticle Resiliency Challenge
  • ✔️ Goalkeeper for Queen's MBA Soccer Team; 3rd place in Intramural League
  • ✔️ Volunteer at Habitat for Humanity
  • ✔️ Active member for Women in Leadership Club

Apollo tyres ltd

3 roles

Associate Product Manager, Passenger Vehicle Tyres

Promoted

Apr 2016Oct 2017 · 1 yr 6 mos · Gurgaon, India

  • Spearheaded product management for Asia, Middle East and Africa (AMA) region, managing a $200MM+ business with 2 brands: Apollo and Vredestein.
  • In this role, I was entrusted with strategizing short and long term product roadmap, managing product portfolio, formulating annual product budgets and leading new product launch events.
  • Key Highlight:
  • ✔ Awarded with 'Teamwork Champion' award by Global Chief Marketing Officer
  • ✔ International Introduction of Apollo Altrust in Moscow, Russia

Senior Product Marketing Associate, Passenger Vehicle Tyres

Promoted

Apr 2014Mar 2016 · 1 yr 11 mos · Gurgaon, India

  • With this role, I switched gears from supporting to leading projects.
  • I conceptualized and led partnerships with market research firms, agencies and vendors, managed marketing performance dashboards, and ensured all branding and marketing material adheres to quality.
  • Key Highlights:
  • ✔ Oversaw research methodology for ‘Brand Tracker’ and ‘Path to Purchase’ studies in partnership with Milward Brown and presented results to Senior Management
  • ✔ Led country-wide launch of Amazer 4G Life
  • ✔ Institutionalization of Annual Customer Advisory Board

Product Marketing Associate, Passenger Vehicle Tyres

Aug 2012Mar 2015 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Gurgaon, India

  • After joining as a fresh graduate, I was responsible for updating relevant stakeholders on market research, competitive analysis, pricing and trends in sales.
  • Moreover, I was responsible for managing relationships with research agencies and commissioning studies to understand the consumer, analyzing reports and presenting insights/data to the Senior Management
  • Special Project:
  • Key member of a cross-functional team and managed end-to-end execution of launch of Vredestein brand at former F1 circuit in partnership with Audi India.
  • Key Highlights:
  • ✔ Vredestein Launch in partnership with Audi India
  • ✔ Long-term partnership with GFK-Nielsen for quarterly market research reports, covering top 10 players
  • ✔ Rated "Excellent' by company's President and promoted

Education

Smith School of Business at Queen's University

Master of Business Administration - MBA — Marketing

Jan 2018Jan 2018

Amity University

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) — Mechanical & Automation Engineering

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