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title: "Karan Japee - Chief of Staff in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet Karan Japee, Product Marketing & GTM | $1M Preorder Launch to $8M Series A | Consumer Tech based in Bengaluru. AI stack includes claude, elevenlabs, and hermes agent."
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# Karan Japee on Tal

## 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

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