About

Tarun Kumar is a Lead Product Manager at Target, with rich experience in building and managing digital products in companies like Alibaba, Ola, and Redmart. He has been instrumental in building technology-enabled high-growth, scalable, and customer-centric businesses, one product at a time. He has worked on projects like Ola Play (IOT/connected cars), Lazada E-Commerce, Online Supermarket/Grocery shopping, Virtual Reality/3D enabled Real estate Experience Center, Competitive Intelligence Platform for Target.com, Ride-sharing Pricing platforms, and Consumer App UI/UX for Ola. Tarun has an MBA and a Computer Engineering degree from prestigious Indian institutions like IIM Ahmedabad and Delhi University. He is an expert in UI/UX, Human Computer Interaction, Design thinking, Data Analytics, Agile methodologies, Enterprise Technologies, Mobile Apps, and Web. He is also currently pursuing an M.A. Psychology degree alongside work in distance learning mode. Apart from his profession, Tarun enjoys learning psychology, photography, realistic sketching, and writing about Product Management Strategies on his own website Prodbee.com. In his own words, he is passionate about using technology to help people and businesses win together. Tarun is currently working at Target as a Product Lead, where he is responsible for Competitive Intelligence (Digital Pricing, Assortments) - Pricing and Promotions Center of Excellence, Target.com, and Target stores, US. He is also a Founding Member of the Product Fellowship at Target in India, mentoring talent in Product roles. Tarun has also worked as a Contributing Writer at Hackernoon and founded Prodbee, which delivers a knowledge base and consultancy on digital products. He has also undertaken consultancy projects like Community E-learning to democratize Higher Studies, which reached 0 to 6000+ students across India in 4 months during Covid. Tarun's education history includes an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad, a Bachelor of Engineering from Delhi University, and an MA in Psychology from Indira Gandhi National Open University. He also has a Master's Degree in Business Management, Aviation business & Related Support Services from TBS Education and an Online Certification in Digital Product Management from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business. Tarun's tech stack includes product management, UI, Mobile, and Web, and he has relevant experience of 9.79 years.