Kavita P.
5.0
Studied at Haas School of Business (Berkeley)
Worked at LinkedIn
Available June 1 at 10:00 PM UTC
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About Kavita
Have you ever been told that your dream job or career move was out of reach? I’ve been there! Throughout my career, I’ve navigated unconventional paths (transitioning from non-profit to for-profit) and broken through closed doors (entering BCG and Dalberg outside of traditional recruiting cycles). With the right support and strategy, I've proven that “unlikely” doesn’t mean impossible, and now I want to help others prove that the impossible is possible.
Work Experience
Strategy & Operations Leader, Partnerships
Airbnb
April 2025 - Present
Partner with the global head of business development and partnerships to drive strategy and operations at Airbnb.
Business Operations & Strategy Manager
2020 - 2024
Acted as Chief of Staff to multiple product leaders, managing BizOps teams to partner with cross-functional senior leaders, drive strategy, identify growth opportunities, build new products, and increase overall operational efficiency Key Achievements - Took LinkedIn's DEI product strategy from 0 to 1, partnering with co-founder and VP of Social Impact - Led teams to drive 20+% year-over-year revenue growth for Premium and 15+% growth in member engagement - Achieved 2x improvement in notifications quality Product Strategy & Innovation - Secured funding for DEI product solutions, aligning senior stakeholders across LOBs and functions - Identified new product opportunities through market and customer data analyses - Developed standardized go-to-market process for Premium products Operational Excellence - Led teams driving product strategy & roadmap, KPI definition, and operational processes for Premium, Growth, and DEI Product - Managed planning processes, aligning roadmap across departments with senior leaders - Improved efficiency in resolving product performance issues Cross-Functional Collaboration - Partnered with data science and product teams to enhance notification quality - Aligned product roadmaps across engineering, design, marketing, and data science teams Team & Talent - Co-created BizOps DEI team, facilitating bias & microaggression trainings - Updated recruiting process to reduce bias - Recruited and managed junior employees, all of whom were promoted Professional Growth - Promoted to Senior Manager (September 2021) - Covered Director-level parental leaves (January-March 2022, March-September 2023) Cross-functional Team Leadership, Business Analytics and +10 skills
Management Consultant
Boston Consulting Group
2018 - 2020
Advised C-suite and other senior-level executives at small non-profits, mid-market, and Fortune 500 companies to build long-term strategies, drive operational efficiency, and understand the competitive landscape. Key Achievements - Re-vamped the recruiting, onboarding, and internal mobility processes for a large insurance provider to reduce attrition - Managed the post-merger integration of 2 healthcare companies - Developed the brand strategy for a large life insurance company Strategy & Innovation - Analyzed competitive market and customer data to expand a life insurance company into a new market segment; conducted & analyzed customer survey data - Conducted due diligence on the travel industry, interviewing travel agents to understand the competitive positioning of potential PE firm acquisition targets Operational Excellence - Analyzed existing technical sales team model for a Fortune 100 tech company to identify opportunities for optimization across geographies and skills - Developed a playbook on setting up a non-profit, including the benefits of different organizational structures to determine the best path forward for a new non-profit focused on reducing homelessness in SF Cross-Functional Collaboration - Led 2 cross-functional teams of 13 and through an agile process to redesign the recruiting, onboarding, and internal mobility processes, partnered with a CHRO to ensure alignment on roll-out plan - Collaborated with PMO and senior-level executives to develop a post-merger integration plan - tracking key decisions and dependencies to ensure adherence to deadlines Team & Talent - Recruited MBA candidates and served as a mentor for summer interns - Part of the planning committee for annual West Coast BCG conference Business Analytics, Due Diligence and +12 skills
FP&A Analyst
Yelp
2017 - 2018
Managed financial forecasting and reporting of 90% of Yelp's revenue (Local Sales, Account Management, and Revenue Operations) Key Achievements: - Updated our financial model to reflect Yelp's shift to a SaaS model for local sales - Increased client and partner satisfaction with FP&A through improved communication on metric trends and business implications - Assessed the potential implications of shifting from RSU bonuses to cash bonuses for all employees for the CFO - Built a new partnership with the Facilities team to understand the cost implications of growing Yelp's sales team to ensure long-term ROI Business Analytics, Financial Modeling and +9 skills
Management Consultant
Dalberg
2015 - 2017
Advised Fortune 500 companies, major bilateral and multilateral donors, and government agencies on strategies to improve the lives of billions of people living below the poverty line. Key Achievements: - Identified opportunities for a Fortune 500 company, global philanthropy, and large US government agency to improve water, sanitation and hygiene, services for 10 million women living in rural areas and urban slums through on-the-ground ethnographic interviews - Developed a clean energy strategy for a Fortune 500 company in Indonesia by conducting an in-depth market analysis - Recommended early childhood educational models to expand into Hong Kong for Hong Kong's largest education philanthropy Business Analytics, Nonprofit Organizations and +10 skills
Education
Haas School of Business (Berkeley)
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)
Critical Thinking
George Washington University
Bachelor's, Economics, International Affairs
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Overall Rating
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