Gaurav Tandon (GT)

CEO

Singapore, Singapore21 yrs 3 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 20 years of experience in product and business scaling.
  • Led teams of up to 150 across multiple industries.
  • Expert in launching high-impact consumer products.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned product leader in E-commerce and Telecommunications with a strong focus on user experience.

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GrowthIntrapreneurshipPMFNew Venture DevelopmentHypothesis TestingA/B TestingAnalyticsUser growthProduct Road MappingProduct StrategyProduct LeadershipCustomer ExperienceTeam LeadershipBusiness StrategyManagement Consulting

About

Entrepreneur, strategic venture & product builder with expertise in identifying & unlocking high leverage products to supercharge revenue & profitability for growth-stage startups (1mn-40mn MAUs). 20 years of experience in building & scaling products & new businesses across marketplaces, e-commerce, food delivery, ride hailing, grocery, payments, telecom & logistics in 20+ countries. Led & scaled teams of 5-50 product managers & product designers.

Experience

Circles

3 roles

Vice President, Product Management and Product Design

Promoted

Jan 2024Present · 2 yrs 2 mos · Singapore · Hybrid

Director, Product & Design

Jan 2024Jan 2024 · 0 mo · Singapore · Hybrid

Director, Product (B2C)

Jan 2023Jan 2024 · 1 yr · Singapore · Hybrid

  • We’re making telcos lovable again. With industry leading NPS and customer LTV, we’re redefining the way users connect with each other and the world around them. So, if you have thoughts on what you’d like to see your telco offer, drop me a DM (hopefully, we’ll create something lovable to get you to switch to Circles).
  • Circles offers B2C products in Singapore, Australia, Indonesia, Taiwan and Japan. In addition, our CirclesX B2B2C platform is at the cusp of powering a new user-centric experience for telcos around the world.

Grab

Head of Product, Consumer Experience and Consumer Verticals

Jan 2022Jan 2023 · 1 yr · Singapore · On-site

  • Led and scaled all consumer product teams at Grab (excl Grab Financial Group) - core experience, growth, subscriptions and business verticals across ride hailing, food, mart, supermarket, express, gifts and Grab for Business.
  • Launched and scaled innovative products across delivery and transport to drive higher efficiency and higher adoption, laying the foundation for Grab's profitable growth in 2023.

Carousell

Senior Director, Product

Jan 2020Jan 2022 · 2 yrs · Singapore

  • Led product teams across Seller Experience, Trust (platform, user) and community, E-commerce (transactions, payments, shipping, certification/ authentication) and Monetization/ Revenue (internal ads, subscriptions, merchant tools)
  • Product + Launch Business Head for the e-commerce business unit - launched and scaled a new business vertical, reaching product-market fit in 4 months

Lazada group

Vice President, Product - Marketplace and Logistics (Supermarket/ RedMart)

Jan 2019Jan 2020 · 1 yr · Singapore

  • Led product teams across marketplace (seller experience and operations), transport capacity, routing, location intelligence, transport operations for Lazada's supermarket/ groceries business (RedMart). Led all product initiatives for RedMart’s path to profitability in FY20.
  • Led product teams for Lazada's regional cloud logistics platform across Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore

Zomato

2 roles

Product Head - Subscriptions, Rewards, Bookings

Jan 2017Jan 2019 · 2 yrs · Gurgaon, India

  • Subscriptions
  • Scaled Zomato Gold to the largest F&B subscription in the world
  • Drove industry leading benchmarks in organic user acquisition and engagement
  • Table Reservations
  • Redeveloped the B2C table bookings product - drove multifold volume growth while drastically reducing costs
  • Loyalty and Payments
  • Drove product vision, roadmap and development across all loyalty and payments products at Zomato, including
  • Zomato Pay, a loyalty-linked mobile payment solution for in-restaurant payments

Global Business Head - Table Bookings

Jan 2017Jan 2018 · 1 yr · Gurgaon, India

  • Scaled the business to the 2nd largest player globally, with 10 million bookings and 18,000 restaurants across 14 countries
  • Led a team of 150 across sales, marketing, operations, analytics & product/ platform

Yummade

Founder & CEO

Jan 2014Jan 2016 · 2 yrs · Mumbai Area, India

  • Built India’s first & Mumbai’s largest online D2C commerce and logistics platform
  • Scaled the business to 100k+ unit sales & USD 200k revenue run rate with over 50% monthly repeat rates
  • Developed a base of 500+ sellers & built a technology platform for sellers to standardize quality – 99.8% user quality scores
  • Built India’s first milk run delivery network for quick commerce, achieving over 80% network efficiency

Cachet innovation & transformation pvt ltd

COO

Jan 2013Jan 2014 · 1 yr · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

  • Founding team member; established Cachet as the exclusive Indian licensee for Innosight, the world’s leading consultancy for disruptive innovation
  • Scaled & led pan-India operations across the firm, including project planning & delivery, vendor management & training
  • Helped FMCG majors identify opportunities, develop MVPs and pilot businesses worth over USD 100M

Kearney

3 roles

Senior Consultant

Promoted

Jan 2009Jan 2013 · 4 yrs

  • Senior Consultant with over 6 years of project delivery and management experience leading teams
  • across market-entry strategy, growth strategy and business planning topics
  • focus on FMCG, retail, logistics, automotive and process industries
  • across India, Africa and the Middle East
  • Rapid progression from Business Analyst to Senior Consultant during this period. Select experience from over 20 engagements:
  • India portfolio innovation and launch strategy for a global packaged and processed food major
  • Market-entry strategy for a leading fashion & lifestyle player
  • India market-entry strategy for one of the world's largest online travel agencies
  • E-commerce strategy for a global logistics major
  • Breakthrough growth strategy for a global agro-products leader
  • Portfolio and pricing strategy for Indian automotive leader

Senior Business Analyst

Jan 2007Jan 2009 · 2 yrs

Business Analyst

Jan 2006Jan 2007 · 1 yr

Zs associates

Associate

Jan 2005Jan 2006 · 1 yr · Pune (India), New Jersey (USA)

  • Sales force effectiveness strategies for global healthcare majors

Tata motors

Project Intern

Jan 2004Jan 2005 · 1 yr · Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

  • Dynamic Stability Control Systems. In short, I put the 'sports' back in SUVs!

Maruti suzuki india

Summer Intern

Jan 2002Jan 2002 · 0 mo · Gurugram, Haryana, India

  • Zero Emission Powertrain and Fuel Cell Study

Education

INSEAD

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) — Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies

Jan 2009Jan 2010

ArtCenter College of Design

Joint program on Strategies for Product & Service Development (INSEAD)

Jan 2009Jan 2010

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

Dual Degree — Mechanical Engineering

Jan 2000Jan 2005

Industrial Design Center (IDC), IIT Bombay

Joint program on Interaction Design

Jan 2004Jan 2005

The Army Public School

Jan 1990Jan 1999

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