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Arjun Kiswani

Arjun Kiswani

Business Development Specialist

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  • About me

    Product Management, ex-Amazon

  • Education

    • BSMS

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    • Alliance Francaise de Bombay

      2011 - 2011
      French Language

    • 2007 Mumbai University (College Topper)

      2004 - 2007
      Bachelor Management Studies; Marketing

      BMS CCEE Score 81 (Rank 13 in India) CAT Score 99.86

    • Narsee Monjee College

      2004 - 2007
      BMS Management - Marketing

      Graduated Top of the Class among 120 studentsGMAT - 740All-India CAT 2006 Percentile – 99.27 [GD/PI Calls from Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore, IIM Lucknow, SP Jain Mumbai.All-India CAT 2007 Percentile – 98.51 [GD/PI Call from Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore, Admission offer from SP Jain, Mumbai.All-India CAT 2008 Percentile – 99.85 [GD/PI Call from Indian Institute of Management (IIM) A, B, C, L, I, K, Admission offer from IIM I, K.

    • HEC School of Management / HEC Paris

      2011 - 2013
      MBA Management, Marketing, Digital Business 3.88 on 4.0

      • MBA Student at HEC Paris, Ranked #1 Business School in Europe (Financial Times)• MBA Dean's Honor List Awardee• HEC Excellence Scholarship Award Winner• HEC Leadership Award Winner• Completed a certificate program in Digital Innovation for Business• President of the Organising Committee for MBAT 2012 (MBA Sports Tournament involving 14 European Business Schools with a self-funded budget in the €'000, 000s, managed by a team of 150 MBA students)

    • Mithibai College

      2002 - 2004
      HSC Science

  • Experience

    • Skenzo, Directi

      May 2007 - Jan 2010
      Business Development Specialist

      Skenzo is a business unit of Directi that offers domain portfolio management, web traffic monetization, and online advertising services. It is among the top 3 largest companies worldwide in this sphere.Account Management• Managed multi-million dollar key accounts• Delivered 50% revenue increase a sought-after international client in 6 monthsTeam Leadership• Directly led a team of 40 employees• Saved 20% in hiring expenses by creating a specialist team that used automation techniques to improve efficiency• Hired, trained, and reviewed over 100 full-time employeesAdditional• Managed the ideation and re-design of TargetedTraffic.com , website of industry’s #1 conference• Developed intensive training curriculum used to formally coach over 200 employees Show less

    • BigRock.com, Directi

      Jan 2010 - Jul 2011
      Product Marketing Manager

      Directi is a $300M company selling website products and services globally, employing over 800 people in 5 countries. BigRock.com is a business unit that sells web services such as domain names, web hosting, website builders, etc. It is India’s largest such provider.Project Management• Increased product revenues by 23% through revamping purchase flow and design of BigRock.com website• Doubled search engine visitors to BigRock.com in 3 months by liaising directly with the external consultant. Oversaw SEO activities for all six of Directi’s high-profile websitesCommunication and Coaching• Managed a team responsible for all product marketing, pricing and business intelligence activities for the business• Liaised with heads of 5 departments, strategised and implemented 6 product re-launches in 6 monthsBusiness Development• Initiated BigRock.com’s social media presence; was public face of corporate activities on Blog, Facebook, Twitter Show less

    • Feeligo.com

      Oct 2012 - Jan 2014
      Head of Business Development and Marketing

      • Sales - Build long-term relationships with medium-large social networks• Marketing - Launch online advertising, email marketing, affiliate marketing, SEO• Product - Use market knowledge to enhance product features and improve product portfolio

    • Amazon

      Jan 2014 - Jan 2025

      • Managed Amazon UK Outbound Marketing channel (email and push notifications) across all business categories.• Managed allocation of content on Amazon.co.uk homepage to different internal businesses.• Designed, executed and analysed A/B testing over email.• Shared best practices in outbound marketing with senior marketers in regular sessions.• Worked with offshore email platform team to develop new automated email programs.• Created weekly and quarterly reports with actionable recommendations on email performance presented to senior leadership team.• Manage traffic drivers for seasonal and promotional events (e.g Chistmas Gift Guide, Black Friday, Prime Day). Show less

      • Sr Strategy Manager, Prime Video Live Sports EU

        Sept 2022 - Jan 2025

      • Manager Program Management

        Feb 2020 - Oct 2022

      • Manager Account Management

        Sept 2019 - Feb 2020

      • Sr Product Manager

        Sept 2017 - Sept 2019

      • Email and Cross Site Product Manager

        Jun 2016 - Oct 2017

      • Digital Marketing Manager

        Jan 2014 - Jun 2016

  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Arjun Kiswani
      HEC MBA Dean's Honor List HEC Paris Jun 2013 This distinction, given to the top 1% of the graduating MBA class and of the MSc class, is the top academic honor at HEC Business School. It rewards outstanding academic and leadership achievements.
    • Awarded to Arjun Kiswani
      HEC Leadership Award HEC Paris Nov 2012 The HEC Leadership Award is presented to students who have displayed outstanding leadership skills during their MBA Programme at HEC Paris.
    • Awarded to Arjun Kiswani
      HEC Excellence Scholarship HEC Paris Sep 2011 The HEC Scholarship for Excellence is designed for exceptional applicants who understand the value proposition of an MBA from a top-ranked business school. Candidates have demonstrated academic excellence, career progression, leadership skills and management potential. It is a merit-based scholarship.