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Shantanu Kumar

Sharpshooter · DISC type CD
Director of Product Management at Coupang
📍 Greater Bengaluru Area, India

Shantanu is a product leader with over 15 years of experience in e-commerce, SaaS, and AI/ML. Currently a Director of Product Management at Coupang, he leads an AI team focused on LLM-powered solutions. He holds an MBA from the University of Michigan and a BTech from IIT Kharagpur.

Outside of his primary role, Shantanu is an advisor to Z21 Ventures, a fund for early-stage companies. His interests include the dynamics of the semiconductor industry, the future of education post-pandemic, and the evolution of autonomous vehicle technology, which he has shared perspectives on.

He is a co-inventor on a patent for "Virtual Shelves for Amazon Search, " a shelf-level search innovation.

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Experience
10 Years
Current Role
Director of Product Management
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Greater Bengaluru Area, India
Personality Overview

How Shantanu shows up

Fast But Analytical
Rigorous & Demanding
Thorough Evaluator

They like to act fast and expect others to do the same. They are very proud of what they do. More than the product, they care about the effectiveness of the product.

Priorities

Topics Shantanu cares about

AI in E-commerce
He leads teams building LLM-powered solutions at Coupang and previously led search science and AI product teams at Amazon, focusing on ranking and relevance.
Cold-Start Problems
Recently co-authored a research paper on a framework for cold-start relevance matching in new e-commerce markets, demonstrating his expertise in this specific challenge.
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Career

Work history

2-2024
Director of Product Management
Coupang
7-2022
Advisor
Z21 Ventures
2-2023 - 2-2024
SVP
Unacademy
2-2021 - 1-2023
Vice President
Huawei
8-2015 - 2-2021
Product Leader @ Search Science & Artificial Intelligence
Amazon
In the press

Media appearances

Engineering Management Impact Meet – Shantanu Kumar (Director of Product Management, Coupang). Featured in Yale Engineering (Facebook)
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Education
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business
B.Tech and M.Tech
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

C

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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