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title: "Rahul Lal - Principal Product Manager in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet Rahul Lal, Product Leader @ Walmart | Leading AI Initiatives based in Bengaluru. AI stack includes claude, openai, and openclaw."
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# Rahul Lal on Tal

## Headline

Product Leader @ Walmart \| Leading AI Initiatives

## About

AI Product leader with 13\+ years of experience building and scaling products across Gen AI, LLMs, e\-commerce, SaaS, analytics and travel\. Proven track record in driving growth, launching AI\-first products, and leading cross\-functional teams\. Ex\-founder with strong product instincts, data\-driven mindset, and deep customer empathy\. Actively exploring product leadership roles in Gen AI, Tech, e\-commerce, and SaaS\.

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

claude

openai

openclaw

perplexity

replit

ChatGPT

## Work experience

Principal Product Manager at Walmart Global Tech, Apr 2026 \- Present · 7 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Staff product manager at Walmart Global Tech, May 2023 \- Mar 2026 · 2 yrs 11 mos, Hybrid, Leading AI initiatives for Walmart International

Senior Product Manager at Walmart Global Tech, Mar 2022 \- Mar 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, \*Led Walmart SA \(Massmart\) from a Merch standpoint and solved customer problems from a Catalog, Pricing and Promotions perspective \*Collaborated with different stakeholders from Business, Tech, Operations and Leadership to make sure every product information is properly planned, prioritised and communicated\. \* Managed 3 APMs directly for merchandising pillar there by setting up KRAs, execution plan and career growth for them\.

Product Manager at Walmart Global Tech, Jun 2020 \- Mar 2022 · 1 yr 10 mos, Greater Bengaluru Area, \* Led and Strategised big\-rock initiative of introducing Apparel category in ASDA by identifying customer needs\. \(Incremental sales $70M, ATC increased by \~8%\) \* Replaced legacy ATG and Designed PIM tool i\.e\. Agatha from scratch to manage \~2 million Products for 21 million customers\. \(Time savings for merchandisers \~50%\) \* Completed Integration with Uber eats to get products listed in their site/app and picked up from ASDA stores\. \(Annualised Sales \~$10\.5M\) \* Partnered with different squads to support in terms of executing there respective projects and contributed to their respective KPI's and metrics \(Cumulative sales \~$3\.2M\)

Manager Product Management at StreamzAI, Jul 2018 \- Jun 2020 · 2 yrs, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, \* Developed Zoom app from scratch which broadly includes Learning, Redemption and Market Insights for sales resulted in increasing efficiency by \~30%\. \* Designed recommendation system which helps sales person visit valid outlet and take orders from them\. \(Sales increased by 6% in India and 4% in Malaysia\) \* Launched Tribe app for Nokia sales channel which includes features like Product Scan, attendance, competitive analysis, Journey plan, order management etc\. \(Time Savings \~45%\) \* Managed 2 PMs directly both on customer and admin side of products \* Prioritized Product Roadmap with developers aligning product needs and business strategy\. \* Acted as bridge between internal and external business, sales and IT teams to refine product and incorporate features based on market demands\. \* Defined and analyzed various metrics to measure product performance\.

Lead Product Manager at Savaari Car Rentals, Aug 2016 \- Jul 2018 · 2 yrs, Greater Bengaluru Area, \* Initiated and Designed the Driver app from scratch used by the chauffeurs for requesting/ receiving bookings and generating the bills\. \(110K Drivers, CC reduced by \~27% in MVP phase\) \* Build the recommendation system which automates the booking process by reducing the number of calls and the manual intervention\. \(Call reduced by \~30%\) \* Increased the NPS from 29% to 41% by making necessary changes in the product\. \(By automating billing and booking process\) \* Prioritized and Developed internal products such as Feedback engine, Allocation Dashboards etc\. \* Conducted in\-depth consumer interviews to determine \- gaps and opportunities for the business\. \* Developed and implemented favourable pricing structures balancing firm objectives\. \(Based on the competitor analysis\)

Founder at Rideme cabs, Nov 2014 \- Aug 2016 · 1 yr 10 mos, Chhattisgarh, India, • Built and strengthened productive and valuable industry partnerships to drive collaboration, engagement and revenue stream development\. • Conducted target market research to scope out industry competition and identify advantageous trends\. • Tied up with big companies BSP and Chhattisgarh Cricket Association for a year and provided the service properly\. • Have built the website and partner app for drivers/vendors end to end with the developers\. \(Requirement to Deployment\)\. • Managed the fleet of approx 14000 vehicles across the central India and circulated them across relevant places \(B2B and B2C\)\. • Raised 20L seed funding from the angel investor for expansion and retaining the resources\. • Have led the company and made sure that the employees wont suffer even though company was going through a bad phase\.

## Education

kendriya vidyalaya

Bachelor of Technology \- BTech, Information Technology, Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical University, Bhilai

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