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Karan Japee

Product Marketing & GTM | $1M Preorder Launch to $8M Series A | Consumer Tech

Bengaluru

4+ years of work experience

BPG Group
Jan 20263 mosMar 2026

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

1. Built the CEO's first-ever Chief of Staff function from scratch, structuring 30+ decision briefs on new-business opportunities (several multi-million-dirham) — compressed leadership turnaround from days to hours. 2. Designed AI-driven research-and-synthesis workflows that translated complex, fast-moving inputs into executive-ready decisions, and built reusable prompt systems that took recurring analysis off HR, finance, and new-business research teams. 3. Drove sustained adoption of enterprise AI (WPP Open) across 100+ employees in 3 geographies through gamified challenges, cohort-based learning, and a role-based tool-allowance model matched to each function's actual workflow. **Role concluded early as the regional conflict escalated into direct strikes on the UAE; returned to India.
Career Break
Oct 20241 yr 1 moOct 2025

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Pursued a full-time MBA with SPJ Global to transition into growth, product marketing, and strategic leadership roles. Focused on global business dynamics across Singapore and Dubai, with a specialisation in Technology and Marketing Management. Key Achievement: Delivered multiple live consulting projects across consumer tech and fintech, including market entry strategy, customer segmentation, and GTM planning with companies such as Google and Crowe Consulting Core Competencies: Go-to-Market Strategy · Growth & Lifecycle Marketing · Consumer Insight & Segmentation · Cross-functional Execution · Structured Problem Solving · Executive Communication
Kaylir Canteen
May 20243 moAug 2024

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Led customer experience operations by redesigning service flows and feedback systems; collaborated on new menu items to enhance customer satisfaction
DNA Entertainment Networks
Mar 20243 mosMay 2024

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Managed LED screen operations during live IPL matches, ensuring seamless content delivery and real-time coordination with broadcast and production teams.
Posha (formerly Nymble)
Oct 20203 yOct 2023

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

1. Owned go-to-market from scratch for a first-of-its-kind consumer cooking robot — a category buyers had zero existing search demand or mental model for — building a preorder-led launch motion that generated $1M in pre-launch demand and validated product-market fit ahead of the company's $8M Series A. 2. Defined the positioning and messaging architecture for a category customers had never seen, translating an engineering-heavy product into a benefit narrative a non-technical household buyer would trust. 3. Reduced CPL by 87% by rebuilding targeting, channel mix, and funnel efficiency across acquisition campaigns. 4. Scaled owned community from 300 to 15,000 members pre-launch, turning community into a demand-generation and proof engine. 5. Designed lifecycle and re-engagement journeys that lifted lead-to-customer conversion by 28%; partnered with product/ops to lift onboarding funnel conversion by 11%. 6. Ran influencer-led awareness campaigns generating 30M+ views, opening category discovery where no organic search demand existed. Best Marketer Award, 3 consecutive quarters.

Karan’s AI Stack

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manus
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notion
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Education

SP Jain School of Global Management - Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore & Sydney

Master of Business Administration, Technology/Marketing Management

SP Jain School of Global Management - Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore & Sydney

20241 yr2025

Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science

Srm University

20154 yrs2019

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Headline

Product Marketing & GTM | $1M Preorder Launch to $8M Series A | Consumer Tech

About

I take early-stage consumer products from zero to demand-backed. At Posha, I built the go-to-market for a cooking robot in a category that didn't exist yet, taking it from a 300-person list to a $1M preorder book that helped close an $8M Series A. That meant defining the positioning, building the community, and running the funnel, not just one piece of it. Most recently, I built the Chief of Staff function from scratch for a Group CEO in Dubai. I turned multi-day decisions into multi-hour ones by building decision-ready briefs and AI-driven research workflows, and got enterprise AI adoption moving again across 100+ employees in 3 countries. Engineering background, Global MBA across Singapore and Dubai, and a habit of picking up high-ambiguity work (I've also run LED operations for live IPL matches and rebuilt customer experience for a restaurant) because range compounds. I'm at my best owning a launch end to end, in a founder-led environment where positioning, growth, and execution sit with the same person. Currently looking at Product Marketing, Growth, Brand, and GTM Strategy roles in consumer tech, SaaS, and AI-first companies.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

claude

elevenlabs

hermes agent

lovable

manus

notion

Work experience

Chief of Staff at BPG Group, Jan 2026 - Mar 2026 · 3 mos, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 1. Built the CEO's first-ever Chief of Staff function from scratch, structuring 30+ decision briefs on new-business opportunities (several multi-million-dirham) — compressed leadership turnaround from days to hours. 2. Designed AI-driven research-and-synthesis workflows that translated complex, fast-moving inputs into executive-ready decisions, and built reusable prompt systems that took recurring analysis off HR, finance, and new-business research teams. 3. Drove sustained adoption of enterprise AI (WPP Open) across 100+ employees in 3 geographies through gamified challenges, cohort-based learning, and a role-based tool-allowance model matched to each function's actual workflow. **Role concluded early as the regional conflict escalated into direct strikes on the UAE; returned to India.

Professional development at Career Break, Oct 2024 - Oct 2025 · 1 yr 1 mo, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Pursued a full-time MBA with SPJ Global to transition into growth, product marketing, and strategic leadership roles. Focused on global business dynamics across Singapore and Dubai, with a specialisation in Technology and Marketing Management. Key Achievement: Delivered multiple live consulting projects across consumer tech and fintech, including market entry strategy, customer segmentation, and GTM planning with companies such as Google and Crowe Consulting Core Competencies: Go-to-Market Strategy · Growth & Lifecycle Marketing · Consumer Insight & Segmentation · Cross-functional Execution · Structured Problem Solving · Executive Communication

Customer Experience at Kaylir Canteen, May 2024 - Aug 2024 · 3 mo, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Led customer experience operations by redesigning service flows and feedback systems; collaborated on new menu items to enhance customer satisfaction

Venue Manager - LED | Indian Premier League at DNA Entertainment Networks, Mar 2024 - May 2024 · 3 mos, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Managed LED screen operations during live IPL matches, ensuring seamless content delivery and real-time coordination with broadcast and production teams.

Marketing Manager at Posha (formerly Nymble), Oct 2020 - Oct 2023 · 3 y, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, 1. Owned go-to-market from scratch for a first-of-its-kind consumer cooking robot — a category buyers had zero existing search demand or mental model for — building a preorder-led launch motion that generated $1M in pre-launch demand and validated product-market fit ahead of the company's $8M Series A. 2. Defined the positioning and messaging architecture for a category customers had never seen, translating an engineering-heavy product into a benefit narrative a non-technical household buyer would trust. 3. Reduced CPL by 87% by rebuilding targeting, channel mix, and funnel efficiency across acquisition campaigns. 4. Scaled owned community from 300 to 15,000 members pre-launch, turning community into a demand-generation and proof engine. 5. Designed lifecycle and re-engagement journeys that lifted lead-to-customer conversion by 28%; partnered with product/ops to lift onboarding funnel conversion by 11%. 6. Ran influencer-led awareness campaigns generating 30M+ views, opening category discovery where no organic search demand existed. Best Marketer Award, 3 consecutive quarters.

Education

Master of Business Administration, Technology/Marketing Management, SP Jain School of Global Management - Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore & Sydney

Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science, Srm University