About

Karan Kakkar is a seasoned Senior Product Manager with over 6 years of experience in building and launching B2C and B2B products in the BFSI and Hospitality domains. He holds an MBA degree from the prestigious Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode and is currently working as a Senior Product Manager for Publicis Sapient in London. Karan's expertise lies in product management, client engagement, market research, business intelligence, customer reviews, and thought leadership. He is well-versed in software tools such as Jira, Confluence, SAP Hybris, Adobe Experience Manager, Adobe Analytics, Adobe Target, and Excel. He is also conversant in AI, ML, chatbots, voicebots, and cloud strategy. Karan is a cross-functional team leader with experience in Agile/Scrum/Kanban, user stories, product lifecycle, product roadmap, Lean Startup, A/B testing, quantitative data analysis, and stakeholder management. Karan's functional areas include product management, product strategy, release management, team management, innovation management, project management, product development, design management, and stakeholder & senior leadership management. He has worked with multi-disciplinary teams on customer-focused products and services, with significant industry knowledge and expertise within the financial services industry. Karan's past experience includes working as a Product Manager for Publicis Sapient, where he demonstrated success managing digital products, strategy, experience, and enterprise solutions/services from ideation to launch. He has experience working with senior client stakeholders and diverse teams as a servant leader and steward of economic and customer value. Karan has a Master of Business Administration degree from the Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, and an Engineer's degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University. His tech stack includes product management, test, AI, QA, Javascript, ML, Research Scientist, Mobile, UI, Web, Java, and AngularJS. With 6.87 years of relevant experience, Karan is a skilled and accomplished Senior Product Manager with a proven track record of delivering successful projects.