Lakshay Kalra

Lakshay Kalra

Senior Product Manager at Grab

English
Lakshay is currently Product Manager at Carousell, one of the largest mobile classifieds marketplaces in SEA, with a presence in 8 countries, looking after payments & shipping products across SEA, to ensure buyers and sellers can transact conveniently. Previously, he was one of the earliest PM at Cleartax, a fintech startup backed by Sequoia and YC where he scaled up marketplace products and worked on building Cleartax GST. At the age of 22, he became analyst to CEO of IIFL, built and digitized the home loans business, where he found his love for product management. Outside of his work, he is a fitness enthusiast and an avid reader & regularly shares his views on LinkedIn related to technology, product management & strategy. He has won multiple national & international accolades while running a social sector enterprise.

My Mentoring Topics

Topics you can help others with -
Dirty and cheap ways to test the product
How to find your product-market fit
Nailing the PM Interview
How to lead by an example while working with the team which doesn't report to you
Working effectively with cross country team
The transition from investment banking/consulting/non tech to product management
Becoming a PM from a non-technical background
Enterprise vs Consumer product management
Marketplace Product Management
Managing stakeholders - Tips & Tricks
Ecommerce payments product localization in SEA