Vishesh Gandhi

Commercial and GTM Leader | Programmatic & AI-driven Advertising| Amazon Ads | Ex-Uber GM | ISB

Gurugram, Haryana, India1.7k followers
Amazonex-NEC Indiaex-Housejoy

16+ years of experience scaling product-led technology businesses in India across consumer and enterprise. Deep operating experience across 0→1 and 1→10 mandates, launching new businesses from the ground up and scaling them to meaningful revenue in complex and ambiguous

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11+ years of P&L leadership experience spanning GTM, sales, operations and people leadership. I combine strong product thinking with commercial acumen and execution Currently leading Amazon India’s programmatic self-serve advertising business. My role spans GTM and Customer Success, driving adoption and revenue growth of Amazon DSP across 200+ enterprise and mid-market advertisers, including the adoption of AI-driven advertising Masters in Business Administration from ISB, Hyderabad and Bachelors in Engineering from PEC, with Dean’s List honors at both.

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  1. AMAZONJOB
    1. Head, GTM and Customer Suc…
      6Y 2M
  2. UBERJOB
    1. General Mgr - Telangana/An…
      2Y 1M
  3. HOUSEJOYJOB
    1. Associate VP, North business
      2Y 11M
  4. NEC INDIAJOB
    1. Senior Mgr - BD
      11M
  5. INDIAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESSJOB
    1. MBA Graduate Student (Fina…
      1Y
  6. FREESCALEJOB
    1. Product Eng Team Lead
      3Y 10M

Time in market 17Y 5MOpen 3Closed 5Stints 8

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  1. Job: NEC India — Senior Manager - Business Development · 2014-06 – 2015-05 · 11 mo — Worked in the MD’s Office, driving business development and GTM for emerging enterprise technologies across NFC payments, biometrics and POS solutions.
  2. Job: Amazon — Head, GTM and Customer Success, Programmatic Advertising, Amazon · 2020-08 – present · 6y
  3. Job: Housejoy — Associate Vice President, North business · 2015-06 – 2018-05 · 2y 11mo — Housejoy was one of India’s early consumer services marketplaces, offering on-demand services across home repair, appliance servicing and beauty-at-home. Joined at the seed stage as part of the leadership team to build the North India business from zero. Owned P&L, GTM, operations and customer experience across multiple cities, and helped scale the business through Series A and Series B. This was my first 0→1 operator role, building and scaling a two-sided services marketplace in a highly unstructured ecosystem. Key highlights: • Built and scaled the North India business across Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida and Chandigarh, spanning 8 service categories. Hired and led a 40+ member cross-functional…
  4. Job: Indian School of Business — MBA Graduate Student (Finance & Marketing) · 2013-04 – 2014-04 · 1y — • ISB Dean's List for exceptional academic performance (top 5%)
  5. Job: Freescale — Product Engineering Team Lead · 2009-05 – 2013-03 · 3y 10mo — Worked across the semiconductor product development lifecycle, responsible for testing and quality of chips designed in India and meeting cost and quality targets ahead of production.
  6. Job: Uber — General Manager - Telangana/Andhra Pradesh/Punjab · 2018-06 – 2020-07 · 2y 1mo — Joined Uber during a critical phase leading up to its IPO, with a dual mandate to drive growth and profitability amid intense competition and a complex regulatory environment. As General Manager for the ride-hailing business, owned P&L and business performance for Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Punjab, representing ~30% of Uber India’s rides business. Led a 90+ member cross-functional team across rider and driver growth, marketplace, operations, partnerships and government engagement. Key highlights: • Delivered 1.4x revenue growth and 2x trip growth while improving contribution margin by 20pp. • Launched and scaled Uber Auto and Uber Moto across multiple cities, building the GTM from fir…
  7. School: Indian School of Business — Master of Business Administration, MBA, Marketing & Finance (Dean's List)
  8. School: Punjab Engineering College — B.E, E & EC (Honor's List)

Skills

Category ManagementConsumer InternetOnline MarketplaceEnterprise Technology SalesBusiness TransformationTechnical ServicesStrategic PartnershipsE-CommerceDigital MediaAdvertisingOnline AdvertisingP&L ManagementFinancial ModelingBusiness ValuationArtificial Intelligence (AI)Enterprise Account ManagementRevenue & Profit GrowthCustomer SuccessLeadershipBusiness Development

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