Kalpesh Khandare

Product Manager

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India6 yrs 7 mos experience

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Key Highlights

MBA graduate specializing in Marketing from a prestigious institute.
Winner of 25+ B School competitions and multiple awards.
Proficient in driving business growth and optimizing operations.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Product Manager with expertise in Fintech and Marketing sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementDigital TransformationMarket AnalysisTeam ManagementProject ManagementMarketing StrategyBusiness Development

Other Skills

A/B TestingAgile MethodologiesAnalytical SkillsB2B MarketingB2CBFSIBenchmarkingBusiness Case PreparationBusiness LoansBusiness MetricsBusiness Process ImprovementBusiness-to-Business (B2B)CRMCampaignsCase Studies

About

A Product Manager with a strong background in Business Development and Marketing. MBA graduate from Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies, Pune, specializing in Marketing. Recognized as the SIMS Brand Ambassador and recipient of the Excellence in Marketing Award. Winner of 25+ B School competitions and the prestigious S B Majumdar Award for Best Outgoing Student of the Batch. Proficient in CRM, Team Management, Strategy Making, and Direct Sales. A results-oriented professional with a track record of driving business growth, optimizing operations, and delivering customer-centric solutions. Let's connect to shape the future of products together.

Experience

6 yrs 7 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 7 mos

Average Tenure

3 yrs 2 mos

Current Experience

Hdfc bank

2 roles

Senior Product Manager

Promoted

Dec 2025 – Present · 6 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · On-site

Product Management | Business Loans | Digital Transformation
Managing Digital Login Penetration via Loan App, Web App and Drive Disbursals Digitally.
Continuously Upgrading & Enhancing the journeys to keep up with end customer and market needs.
Developing an Innovation Lab to test offers based on bureau and banking data before launching them

Product ManagementBusiness LoansDigital Transformation

Product Manager

Apr 2023 – Dec 2025 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · On-site

Management ConsultingData InterpretationCommunicationMarket AnalysisGo-to-Market StrategyMarketing Strategy+42

Aditya birla capital

Summer Intern

May 2022 – Jul 2022 · 2 mos · Pune

Recognized and conducted a comparison of the benefits provided by Aditya Birla's Sun Life term insurance plans.
Did competitor analysis of the products offered by ABSLI & their competitors in the Term Life Insurance segment.
Analyzed the customer perception about Term Insurance plans.
Represented customer feedback on multiple parameters such as product advertisements, product and service videos, personalised illustrations, etc.
Concluded a detailed study on customer perception towards term plan of ABSLI in comparison to its competitors.

TeamworkMarket ResearchMicrosoft PowerPointInterpersonal SkillsEmail MarketingDigital Marketing

Cnear (previously yoursthatsenior)

Sales and Growth Head

Apr 2022 – Sep 2022 · 5 mos · Delhi, India

Created a Sustainable Sales Model for YoursThatSenior
Settled up the Pricing Strategies for the courses
Problem solving & Design Thinking
Market Research & Consumer Behaviour Analysis
Customer Acquisition by Promotion in multiple campaigns
Formation and Trainings of the Core Sales Team
Conducted Inductions and Weekly Sales Meet
Social Media Marketing by publishing paid advertisements on Instagram
Moment Marketing and Content Marketing
Working on SEO through Blogs

Product ManagementCampaignsGo-to-Market StrategyMarketing AnalyticsTeam ManagementTeamwork+21

Symbiosis institute of management studies

2 roles

Senior Coordinator - SMARK

Promoted

Mar 2022 – Feb 2023 · 11 mos

Managed the Junior Team
Hosted and Organized Events, Competitions, Talk Shows and Workshops
Organized, Conducted and Managed multiple D2C Dare2Compete Events

Team ManagementTeamworkInternal TrainingMarket ResearchMicrosoft PowerPointProject Management+6

Junior Coordinator - SMARK

Jul 2021 – Mar 2022 · 8 mos

Managed the Social Media Handles of SMARK
Created and posted content relating to the Marketing World
Organized Events, Competitions and Guest Sessions for the Marketing department of SIMS
Conducted Sunday Quiz on the Instagram Handle of SMARK

TeamworkMarket ResearchMicrosoft PowerPointProject ManagementInterpersonal SkillsEmail Marketing+5

Viral fission

Creative Associate - Intern

Mar 2022 – Feb 2023 · 11 mos · Remote

Built Creative Strategies for Brands like Spotify, Snapchat, Bajaj Autos, etc

TeamworkCreative Industries

Unschool

3 roles

Unschool Community Champion

May 2021 – Jun 2021 · 1 mo · Nashik, Maharashtra, India

1. Trainings and Management of Unschool Community Leaders
2. Team Revenue Generation
3. Conducted webinars and placement drives at different B-schools
4. Market Research and Analysis

Team ManagementTeamworkInternal TrainingB2CTeam LeadershipInterpersonal Skills+1

Unschool Community Leader

Mar 2021 – May 2021 · 2 mos · Nashik, Maharashtra, India

1. Unschool Community Influencer Recruitment
2. Team training and development
3. Team management and team sales contribution

Team ManagementTeamworkInternal TrainingB2CTeam LeadershipInterpersonal Skills

Unschool Community Influencer

Jan 2021 – Mar 2021 · 2 mos · Nashik, Maharashtra, India

1. Market research to identify the target audience for the products
2. Promotion (Sales and Marketing) of Unschool products through various marketing channels
3. Revenue Generation via Direct Sales

TeamworkB2CInterpersonal Skills

One stop solutions

2 roles

Sr Business Development Associate

Promoted

Dec 2020 – May 2021 · 5 mos · Nashik, Maharashtra, India

Converted passive clients into active through cross selling/ upselling strategies enabling business growth by 40% in a span of 10 months
Referential business from old clients benefitting 30% increment in insurance portfolio
Data compilation and creation of client's financial goal sheet for clearer prediction/forecast and targets
Supervised and working along subordinates
Continuous monitoring of the plans and feedback from time to time.

Analytical SkillsTeam ManagementTeamworkBusiness Process ImprovementInternal TrainingB2B Marketing+10

Business Development Associate

Dec 2019 – Dec 2020 · 1 yr · Nashik, Maharashtra, India

Referential business from old clients.
Data compilation and creation of client's financial goal sheet.
Continuous monitoring of the plan and providing feedback from time to time.

TeamworkCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)B2B MarketingB2CWritten CommunicationStakeholder Management+5

Byju's (think & learn pvt. ltd.)

Business Development Associate

Jul 2019 – Dec 2019 · 5 mos · Thane

Consulted with customers regarding their child's educational needs and made product recommendations
Followed latest trends in the industry to provide up-to-date information to customers
Contacted potential customers (parents and students) to set up meetings, counsel the students on learning pedagogies
Generated revenue through B2C sales (54L in 6 Months)
Working on Salesforce software : LeadSquared to organise and regulate the sales funnel
Completing Weekly and Monthly revenue targets assigned and presenting the revenue targets in the team meetings
Achieved the highest ticket closed of the month award 2.29L
Email Marketing and Social Media Marketing for improvement in lead attachment (Opened avenue for Additional engagement with 300+ new clients, converting 78; increased team revenue by 12% on average)