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# Apurva Prabhakar on Tal

## Headline

Product Leader \| Ex\-Google, Microsoft, ADP \| ISB

## About

I lead product strategy for AI\-powered consumer and platform products\. Most recently, I helped shape Google's transition to AI\-first Search by leading the strategy and execution for top\-of\-the page structured experiences for language\-intent queries globally, serving >300M daily active users and \~2B monthly active users — operating at the intersection of Search and GenAI, and translating ambiguous, first\-of\-its\-kind AI bets into shipped experiences at global scale\. Previously at ADP, I led a team of 12 Product Managers while owning the vision, strategy and roadmap for the Workforce Management products portfolio within ADP's next\-generation HCM platform\. I helped build the flagship WFM product from 0→1 and scale it to its first 18 enterprise customers\. I enjoy creating clarity in ambiguous spaces, aligning organizations around a shared vision, and building products that scale globally\.

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

claude

gemini

notebooklm

ChatGPT

## Work experience

Product Manager, Google Search at Google, Nov 2022 \- Nov 2025 · 3 yrs 1 mo, Bengaluru, Owned language\-intent products on Search, serving \~5% of global Search queries \(>300M daily active users, \~2B monthly active users\)\. Highlights: o Led the strategy and launch of Gemini\-generated definitions for meaning\-seeking queries on Search, replacing third\-party dictionary providers across 18 languages and scaling the structured answer experience to 70\+ languages; increased engagement by 2\-3% and reduced manual refinements by 3\-4% in non\-native English\-speaking markets, particularly India\. o Launched one of the earliest multilingual GenAI audio experiences on Search, across four Indic languages, defining quality evaluation framework from scratch; achieved >90% positive user sentiment\. o Identified a strategic opportunity to personalize Search notifications using a reusable User Language Preference platform; and secured executive funding for the initial cross\-org pilot by building a data\-backed business case projecting \~300K additional daily Search visits in India\. o Diagnosed the shift in user expectations driven by LLM\-native translation experiences and defined the next\-generation product strategy for Translate on Search, informing executive roadmap planning for future AI\-powered translation experiences\.

Principal Product Manager \| MSAI at Microsoft, Feb 2022 \- Oct 2022 · 9 mos, Part of the Search, Assistant & Intelligence organization, contributing to the Search Intelligence platform powering Microsoft 365 experiences\. Authored a strategy recommendation for deprecating a legacy Outlook email intelligence feature, presenting the business case to Platform and Outlook leadership\.

Group Product Manager at Lifion by ADP, Feb 2021 \- Feb 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, Owned the Workforce Management \(WFM\) product portfolio for ADP's Next Generation HCM platform, leading product strategy across six product areas while managing and mentoring a team of 12 Product Managers\. Highlights: o Scaled Next Gen HCM's native WFM product from a 20\-employee pilot client to a marquee upmarket client with 20K\+ employees within 1 year, through significant improvements to performance, scalability and configurability\. o Defined the global rollout strategy for integrating Next Gen HCM with ADP's Workforce Management suite, successfully piloting the solution in APAC and identifying the first enterprise customer for LATAM expansion\. o Grew the PM team from 7 to 12 while improving team engagement scores by 18 points within the year\.

Lead Product Manager at Lifion by ADP, Nov 2018 \- Feb 2021 · 2 yrs 4 mos, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, Drove the product strategy & roadmap for Next Gen HCM's integration with ADP's flagship Workforce Management products\. Highlights: o Conceptualized a fully configurable, client self\-service feature for associate lifecycle management \(hire to retire\), eliminating a manual process responsible for \~15% of quarterly incidents\. o Reduced client\-reported incidents by 55% within a year by combining product improvements with structured customer feedback loops, enablement programs, and stronger release quality processes — shifting overall customer sentiment to "Green\." o Rearchitected the product's core integration within 6 months of joining, delivering 10x performance improvement and enabling the first marquee client launch, adding \~$0\.6M in annual revenue — scaling the product to 18 enterprise customers within the following year\.

Product Manager \| Platform Compliance at Entain India, May 2015 \- Nov 2018 · 3 yrs 7 mos, Hyderabad Area, India, Worked at Ivy Comptech during the bwin\.party / GVC era \(now Entain\) \- one of the world's largest gaming and sports betting companies\. Owned the roadmap for product and platform features that enabled Entain's products to comply with gaming regulations across global jurisdictions \- directly unlocking expansion into new markets while sustaining business in existing ones\. Highlights: o Led the design and launch of compliant registration, login, KYC and responsible gaming experiences across Bulgaria, Denmark, South Africa brands; enabled the market entry into 3 new regulated jurisdictions\. o Automated identity verification process of the platform \- a critical regulatory requirement of registration user journey in all gaming jurisdictions; Resulting in \~40% of documents being verified without manual intervention & reducing the minimum ‘free\-to\-paid’ conversion time to <5 min from \~2 hours\. o Identified and corrected an overly\-compliant definition of 'UK jurisdiction' player in the platform; increasing revenue by 1% in UK brands\. o Identified a critical player pain\-point in the registration flow in the US\-brands and re\-designed the workflow \- resulting in reduction of registration page drop\-outs by \~50%\. o Discovered that regulator\-mandated default deposit limits were constraining players unknowingly, and designed a proactive login prompt that enabled \~60% of affected players in Spanish brands to review and adjust their limits within two months\. o Conceptualized a real\-time performance monitoring and alerting dashboard for critical regulatory services; shifting incident management from reactive to proactive in key markets\.

Asst\. Manager, Pre Sales at KritiKal Solutions, Sep 2013 \- Mar 2014 · 7 mos, Noida Area, India, Provided single point of interface between cross\-functional stakeholders – Technical, Client, Business Development Team\. Highlights: • Submitted 25\+ techno\-commercial proposals recording 50% conversion rate, earning \~INR 5Cr revenue \(in 3\.5 years\)

Assistant Manager, Marketing & Corporate Communications at KritiKal Solutions, Jan 2010 \- Sep 2013 · 3 yrs 9 mos, Noida Area, India, Founded firm's marketing division & headed 3\-member team, formed & owned annual marketing plan & coordinated day\-to\-day marketing operations\. Highlights: o Increased number of website visitors by 23% within one year; modified content & look both, introduced SEO techniques o Organized the first major product launch event for the firm; collected over 500 leads in the first week\.

Lead Design Engineer, Embedded Group at KritiKal Solutions, Jan 2010 \- Sep 2013 · 3 yrs 9 mos, Noida Area, India, Led technical development teams through entire project lifecycle, and managed relationships with clients, vendors & design\-partners\. Highlights: o Enhanced product performance by 33% for the firm’s US\-based client, saving 2 years worth of client’s re\-engineering costs \-\- Led to further expansion of the client account, generating \~INR 4\.5Cr in 2\.5 years for the firm

Hardware Design Engineer at UTStarcom Inc\., Jul 2005 \- Jul 2007 · 2 y, Gurgaon

## Education

Post Graduate Programme in Management, Marketing \| Strategy & Leadership, Indian School of Business

Bachelor of Engineering \(B\.E\.\), Electronics & Communication Engineering, Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology

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