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Gaurav Dang

Product Leader | Omio | Ex- Target, Open & TEKSystems AI | Growth | Travel | Fintech | Retail

Bengaluru

8+ years of work experience

Omio
Mar 20251 yr 7 mosPresent

Bengaluru

• First Product Manager based in Bangalore for leading South East Asia expansion. • Owned 0→1 South East Asia expansion across bus, train, and ferry verticals, launching 6+ strategic integrations (Easybook, Vexere, RedBus, Direct Ferries), scaling to 350+ daily bookings, and driving €1.2M+ annualized GBV. • Unlocked supply scalability by launching Delayed Booking, enabling onboarding of ~140 carriers, increasing available inventory by 3×, and generating 150+ incremental daily bookings. • Improved discovery-to-booking funnel by 25%+ cumulatively by launching dynamic seat availability on SRP (+10% SRP→TCP), ratings & sorting (+5% SRP→TCP), and carrier images on TCP (+15% CVR). • Drove a 13% uplift in end-to-end conversion by strengthening trust, urgency, and transparency signals across SRP and TCP, partnering closely with Engineering, Design, Data, and Commercial teams. • Led a hackathon project launching AI-powered ratings & review summaries, increasing SRP → TCP engagement by ~5–8%.
Stealth Startup
Oct 20246 mosMar 2025

Bengaluru

• Built and scaled a clothing brand from the ground up, growing it to ₹XX lakh+ in revenue. • Led product development, branding, marketing, operations, and customer acquisition while establishing a strong market presence.
Target
Apr 20246 mosSep 2024

Bengaluru

AI & New Initiatives
Open Financial Technologies
Jan 20231 yr 3 mosMar 2024

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Successfully launched 'Open Accountant' (0 to 1) for chartered accountants, driving efficiency improvements for CA firms by offering features like email integration, document storage, and task management. • "Open Accountant" introduction led to a significant XX% increase in new accounts, generating valuable user data and insights for further new sign ups on Open Money. • Led the development and launch of "Expense Cards," an expense management product for startups, resulting in a XX% increase in user acquisition and a XX% improvement in user retention, driven by continuous A/B testing and performance analysis. • Achieved a XX% increase in Expense Management acquisition through pricing revamp. • Managed and mentored a team of 2 Product Managers, ensuring clear alignment with product goals and objectives. • Implemented UPI integration within the Expense Management Product, resulting in a XX% increase in user adoption and a XX% rise in transaction volume. • Collaborating with ONDC to lead the launch of a B2B e-commerce platform catering to diverse businesses, with a strategic emphasis on optimizing product listing and sales procedures. • Providing strategic consultation to IDFC Bank in the development and launch of a Card Management Portal. Key features include MCC level restrictions and category-wise spending insights, empowering administrators to efficiently issue cards to their employees.
Open Financial Technologies
Jun 20227 mosDec 2022

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Improved Virtual Card acquisition by XX% through the introduction of a Rewards program via "Open Circle." • The Rewards program contributed to a XX% increase in user sign-ups and a XX% increase in average transaction frequency, resulting in a XX% overall boost in Virtual Card acquisition. • Transformed Expense Management (1 to n) by introducing enhanced features, including Budgets, Policies, and Multi-Level Approval Flow, resulting in a XX% improvement in customer retention. • Implemented the reimbursement flow, resulting in a XX% decrease in reimbursement request processing time for the startups. Launched card statements for credit and prepaid cards, leading to a 12% increase in users actively reviewing their card activity.
Sep 20211 yr 1 moSep 2022

A community of 100 diverse Product Leaders on Clubhouse and collaborated with various industry leaders across different organisations to mentor aspiring PMs. https://www.clubhouse.com/club/product-simplified
Open Financial Technologies
Jun 20211 yrMay 2022

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Introduced a tracking mechanism for cards, which led to a XX% reduction in user-reported lost or misplaced cards. • Implemented recurring payments, resulting in a XX% increase in recurring transactions, contributing to higher user engagement. Launched card communications and drip emailer campaigns, resulting in a XX% increase in card activations within the first 30 days of acquisition. • Improved the user journey by reducing the number of steps required for card activation, leading to a XX% increase in immediate card activations. • Enhanced product discoverability, which contributed to a 10% increase in the number of users discovering and applying for cards.
Teksystems Global Services
Jul 20182 y 10 moMay 2021

Bengaluru

Gaurav’s AI Stack

claude
claude
gemini
gemini
lovable
lovable
notion
notion
openai
openai
perplexity
perplexity

Education

Chitkara University

Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Science

Chitkara University

20144 yrs2018

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Headline

Product Leader | Omio | Ex- Target, Open & TEKSystems AI | Growth | Travel | Fintech | Retail

About

Founder turned Software Engineer turned Product Manager 👨‍💻 Skilled in: Product Roadmaps Product Strategy Product Led Growth Requirement Gathering and Analysis A/B Testing Market and Competitor Research SDLC JIRA SQL Google Analytics Balsamiq Metabase Clevertap Want to discuss about Product Management? Feel free to DM me. 🤠 To know more about me, search #journeyofdang on LinkedIn 🙋‍♂️ Also, you can reach out to me at grvdng@gmail.com

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

claude

gemini

lovable

notion

openai

perplexity

Work experience

Product Manager 2 at Omio, Mar 2025 - Present · 1 yr 7 mos, Bengaluru, • First Product Manager based in Bangalore for leading South East Asia expansion. • Owned 0→1 South East Asia expansion across bus, train, and ferry verticals, launching 6+ strategic integrations (Easybook, Vexere, RedBus, Direct Ferries), scaling to 350+ daily bookings, and driving €1.2M+ annualized GBV. • Unlocked supply scalability by launching Delayed Booking, enabling onboarding of ~140 carriers, increasing available inventory by 3×, and generating 150+ incremental daily bookings. • Improved discovery-to-booking funnel by 25%+ cumulatively by launching dynamic seat availability on SRP (+10% SRP→TCP), ratings & sorting (+5% SRP→TCP), and carrier images on TCP (+15% CVR). • Drove a 13% uplift in end-to-end conversion by strengthening trust, urgency, and transparency signals across SRP and TCP, partnering closely with Engineering, Design, Data, and Commercial teams. • Led a hackathon project launching AI-powered ratings & review summaries, increasing SRP → TCP engagement by ~5–8%.

Founder at Stealth Startup, Oct 2024 - Mar 2025 · 6 mos, Bengaluru, • Built and scaled a clothing brand from the ground up, growing it to ₹XX lakh+ in revenue. • Led product development, branding, marketing, operations, and customer acquisition while establishing a strong market presence.

Product Manager at Target, Apr 2024 - Sep 2024 · 6 mos, Bengaluru, AI & New Initiatives

Senior Product Manager at Open Financial Technologies, Jan 2023 - Mar 2024 · 1 yr 3 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Successfully launched 'Open Accountant' (0 to 1) for chartered accountants, driving efficiency improvements for CA firms by offering features like email integration, document storage, and task management. • "Open Accountant" introduction led to a significant XX% increase in new accounts, generating valuable user data and insights for further new sign ups on Open Money. • Led the development and launch of "Expense Cards," an expense management product for startups, resulting in a XX% increase in user acquisition and a XX% improvement in user retention, driven by continuous A/B testing and performance analysis. • Achieved a XX% increase in Expense Management acquisition through pricing revamp. • Managed and mentored a team of 2 Product Managers, ensuring clear alignment with product goals and objectives. • Implemented UPI integration within the Expense Management Product, resulting in a XX% increase in user adoption and a XX% rise in transaction volume. • Collaborating with ONDC to lead the launch of a B2B e-commerce platform catering to diverse businesses, with a strategic emphasis on optimizing product listing and sales procedures. • Providing strategic consultation to IDFC Bank in the development and launch of a Card Management Portal. Key features include MCC level restrictions and category-wise spending insights, empowering administrators to efficiently issue cards to their employees.

Product Manager at Open Financial Technologies, Jun 2022 - Dec 2022 · 7 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Improved Virtual Card acquisition by XX% through the introduction of a Rewards program via "Open Circle." • The Rewards program contributed to a XX% increase in user sign-ups and a XX% increase in average transaction frequency, resulting in a XX% overall boost in Virtual Card acquisition. • Transformed Expense Management (1 to n) by introducing enhanced features, including Budgets, Policies, and Multi-Level Approval Flow, resulting in a XX% improvement in customer retention. • Implemented the reimbursement flow, resulting in a XX% decrease in reimbursement request processing time for the startups. Launched card statements for credit and prepaid cards, leading to a 12% increase in users actively reviewing their card activity.

Community Representative at Product Simplified, Sep 2021 - Sep 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo, A community of 100 diverse Product Leaders on Clubhouse and collaborated with various industry leaders across different organisations to mentor aspiring PMs. https://www.clubhouse.com/club/product-simplified

Associate Product Manager at Open Financial Technologies, Jun 2021 - May 2022 · 1 yr, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Introduced a tracking mechanism for cards, which led to a XX% reduction in user-reported lost or misplaced cards. • Implemented recurring payments, resulting in a XX% increase in recurring transactions, contributing to higher user engagement. Launched card communications and drip emailer campaigns, resulting in a XX% increase in card activations within the first 30 days of acquisition. • Improved the user journey by reducing the number of steps required for card activation, leading to a XX% increase in immediate card activations. • Enhanced product discoverability, which contributed to a 10% increase in the number of users discovering and applying for cards.

Product Engineer at Teksystems Global Services, Jul 2018 - May 2021 · 2 y 10 mo, Bengaluru

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Science, Chitkara University