Damini Alisha Kalra

Overview

Director of Product at American Express, focused on AI features. Ran 197 customer interviews before writing the first spec. Before that: JPMorgan Chase and Persistent Systems. Travel slowly, usually by train.

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Experience

1. Director of Product

   Dec 2025 - Present
   American Express · 11 mo · Full-time · Hyderabad, India
   • Cut time-to-first-value for new AI products customers from 14 days to 4.
   • Launched the AI products product in 10 markets.
   • Ran 42 customer interviews before writing the first spec.
2. Associate Product Manager

   Dec 2022 - Dec 2025
   JPMorgan Chase · 3 yr · Full-time · Hyderabad, India
   • Took AI products activation from 26% to 48% in three quarters.
3. Product Manager

   Oct 2020 - Dec 2022
   Persistent Systems · 2 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Hyderabad, India
   • Launched the AI products product in 5 markets.
   • Cut time-to-first-value for new AI products customers from 16 days to 2.
4. Senior Product Manager

   Dec 2016 - Oct 2020
   Capgemini · 3 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Hyderabad, India
   • Cut time-to-first-value for new AI products customers from 21 days to 2.
5. Product Manager

   Sep 2015 - Dec 2016
   Walmart Global Tech · 1 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Hyderabad, India
   • Grew AI products revenue from $7 million to $25 million ARR.

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Education

1. VIT Vellore

   B.Tech, Business Administration
   2005 - 2009