Varun Khanna
Global Product Lead | AI/ML Product Development | Product Strategy | Product GTM , Mobile Apps at Google
- Role
- Product Lead at Google
- Location
- Redmond, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Varun Khanna
I\'m currently serving as the Global Product Lead at Google on the app ads team. With 12 years of diverse experience in consulting, investment banking, and product development, I have a proven track record of taking products from ground zero to success, often in fiercely competitive space.One of my standout achievements was spearheading development of a creative testing solution and persuading my leadership to pivot to a new approach to better suit customer needs and win market share where competition had a 3 year head start. This resulted in in incremental revenue. Beside, I have played a pivotal role in shaping our retail product strategy for app ads, leading to the creation of a portfolio of retail-first products that boosted our Share of Wallet with retail apps by xx%.
Experience
Product Lead
Apr 2021 — Present · US
Spearheaded industry and competitive analysis, to understand customer needs and led a multi-year project to launch Asset Uplift, Google\'s first creative testing tool for App Ads, resulting in ARR- Synthesized insights from 50+ surveys & interviews to prioritize user stories and identify customer pain points, resourcing x-functional teams of Engineers and UX professionals to assess directional creative testing solution\'s feasibility- Led from inception to launch, Audience signal, App ads version of similar audiences. The product saw strong adoption, hitting $xB ARR within the first year, a testament to achieving strong Product-Market fit- Crafted Go-To-Market (GTM) strategies and external narratives by collaborating with multiple PMs, marketing, and sales to ensure a better understanding and acceptability of our top-10 Gen AI launches.
Education
MFC, Department of Financial Studies, Delhi University
MFC, Finance
2009 — 2011
LPS
10+2
1997 — 2005
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
Bachelor in Engineering, Informtion Technology
2005 — 2009
Delhi University
Master of Finance and Control, Finance and Financial Management Services
2009 — 2011
Skills
- Valuation
- Financial Analysis
- Investments
- Management Consulting
- Financial Modeling
- Corporate Finance
- Private Equity
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Capital Markets
- Business Analysis
- Strategy
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