# Aditi Chalisgaonkar > Product Manager | Retail Media, AR VR, Emerging Tech Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/aditichalisgaonkar As a Staff Product Manager at Walmart, I lead innovation initiatives such as augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) solutions that enhance customer and enterprise experiences. With over 4 years of experience in product and service design, I have a strong background in user research, user experience testing, and user experience (UX) design. Most recently, I worked on an alpha prototype for Apple Vision Pro, an enterprise AR solution for retail planograms, with features such as life-size 3D visualization, contextual data, and collaboration features. I've also worked on Walmart customer shopping experiences on Meta Quest 3 and Magic Leap 2 that enable immersive and interactive shopping scenarios. I gained stakeholder alignment, established vision, strategy, and roadmap, conducted competitor research, and built prototypes for use cases across furniture, home decor, and entertainment. I am passionate about creating products and experiences that people enjoy, and that grow business value while I'm at it. ## Work Experience ### Staff Product Manager @ Walmart Jan 2024 – Present | San Bruno, California, United States Building Walmart's closed loop omnichannel ad measurement products for Instore and DOOH advertising. - Scaled Walmart Connect’s in-store ad measurement capabilities 4× in one year. - Defined the In-Store Incrementality measurement strategy; Driving productization of in-store Sales Lift. - Built correlations between Ad Creative attributes and marketing performance through large-scale data analysis to help marketers understand how design changes influence brand impact. - Partnered with research scientists to translate model architecture and experimental-design needs into product specifications; validated prototypes, tracked KPIs, and iterated on model performance. - Onboarded 7 PMs during an organizational transition while ensuring roadmap continuity. ### Staff Product Manager (Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Spatial Computing) @ Walmart Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | Seattle, Washington, United States Meta Quest 3, Walmart customer shopping application (upcoming 2024) - Identified new product opportunity for Walmart shopping app on Quest. Gained SVP stakeholder alignment -Established vision, strategy, and 1 yr roadmap. Conducted Competitor Research and designed UX Research. -Built prototypes on Meta Quest for use cases across Furniture, Home Decor, and Entertainment use cases. Apple Vision Pro, Enterprise augmented reality (AR) solutions for retail planograms - Product management for an alpha prototype on the Apple Vision Pro, with a 1-year roadmap and key metrics - Features - visualized life-size 3D planograms, visualized retail data contextually, 20+ person multi-editing. - Executed on accelerated development milestones (<3 months) aligned with the Apple Vision Pro launch. - Leveraged prior relationships with Laundry Detergent Buyers resulting in a strategic partnership with Procter & Gamble. Integrated Tide and Gain 3D models into the alpha prototype. - The alpha prototype received visibility and approval from Walmart's executive leadership. Customer XR Shopping Features for In-Store Retail shoppers - Developed a 1-year roadmap and user stories. Gained alignment from engineering, UX, and business. - Executed an industry-first, in-store testing program with 250+ qualitative tests across 4 shopping features on Magic Leap 2 - in-store navigation, shelf filtering, product search, and in-store AR Advertisements. - Achieved >90% CSAT and 18% increased purchase interest for a childrens’ toy - Elmers Squishies - Stakeholder management with Buyers and Newell Brands (Walmart Joint Business Partner, $8.3 B revenue) - Video showcased with Walmart’s booth at CES 2024 Mobile AR Advertising opportunity identification - Built a proposal for an AR Mobile Advertising Platform ($6.7B TAM) and validated with 5 stakeholders ### Senior Product Manager (In-Store Digitization) @ Walmart Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Bentonville, Arkansas, United States • Stakeholder Engagement - Managed relationships with my counterparts by researching stakeholders, understanding their business priorities, building and presenting pitch decks, and providing product updates. • Customer Research - synthesized research conducted by internal and external sources to establish the customer need fulfilled by our product ### Sr Data Scientist @ Walmart Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Bentonville, Arkansas, United States • Built formational product design through collaborative brainstorming and prototyping • Iterated for product-market fit by running pilots with early-stage MVPs in 2-30 stores • Built a Content Procurement Process and partnered with multi-billion dollar product suppliers in exclusive pilots and tests • Built product strategy and roadmaps by researching market segments, managing stakeholders (hardware, operations, software, design, suppliers, merchants, social media, etc.), understanding needs, building product requirements, participating in business priority decisions, and providing design direction • Managed a team of 3 designers for research, brainstorming, and design in a scalable and repeatable process ### Data Scientist @ Walmart Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Bentonville, Arkansas • First UX design hire (employee 14 for the team). Built formational experience design for the product to become a viable startup • A/B tested MVPs in physical stores. Significant Sales and Margin increases vs control • Executed research, design (strategy, UX, and UI), and prototyping for in-store digital experiences and apps • Informed the design of physical hardware using my electronics background • Managed client relations, cross-functional delivery teams, timelines and expectations in rapidly shifting environments • Managed the delivery of a high-quality product marketing video in a short time and on a small budget ### Programmer Analyst II @ Walmart Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Bentonville, AR • UX/UI design for core features of the Global Data Portal (Subscriptions, Profile and Settings, Content Management, etc.) • Conducted user research, built product requirements, and low and high-fidelity prototypes for the GDP Component Library • Designed marketing material for GDP at the Global Data Science Summit, resulting in domains expressing interest • Built a 4 minute video which explains GDP's value proposition (card sorting, story and script writing, and building all video and audio assets) • Worked collaboratively and iteratively with Product Management and Software Developers in an agile workflow ### Design Thinking Workshop Conductor @ Self Employed Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 • Conducted a workshop for the Women in Technology Summit at NITK for IEEE members from different Indian chapters to teach Design Thinking methods for product development. Solutions were produced on the problems of mental health on college campuses, home solar electricity, etc. • Single-handedly conducted a two-day workshop for >25 employees of the Research and Insights Team, Information Services Group, on methods used in the Design Thinking process • Conducted a two-day workshop for school students being mentored by Spark Career Mentors in collaboration with Koochie Play, culminating in them employing Design Thinking methods to successfully innovate for Koochie Play • Facilitated a workshop held by Social Innovation Club, Carnegie Mellon University to rapidly teach and use the Design Thinking process ### Innovator @ Store No. 8 Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Bentonville • Was a participant (35 selected of 200 applicants) in the iD8 Innovation program run by Store No. 8 • Built a prototype + business case - Conducted user research, built personas, empathy maps, user journey maps, and value proposition documents, and pitched the business case to senior leadership, receiving positive feedback ### Innovation Consultant @ Smart Hammer Innovation Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Greater Pittsburgh Area • Consultant for a large healthcare company - recommended innovation opportunities to provide better sleep to PTSD survivors ### Accelerated Innovation Intern @ Pitney Bowes Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Shelton, Connecticut • Recommended uses of future technologies in Pitney Bowes’ portfolio following an extensive Design Thinking process: • Understood the needs of Business Units from strategic planning documents • Identified opportunities for innovation in customer interactions and prioritized based on relevance to Business Units • Conducted research into future technologies and facilitated brainstorming sessions for product/service ideas • Conducted 10 remote interviews to understand user needs and reactions • Prototyped using AR for the key recommendation - enabling marketing mailers to utilize Augmented Reality easily • Tested the prototypes on users to gain feedback • Presented the key recommendation to the Chief Innovation Officer ### Product Designer and Young Mentor @ Spark Career Mentors Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | Bengaluru Area, India • Designed Spark Admit, a highly successful module which guides students as they apply to university • Mentored two students applying to design colleges • Provided key insights into engineering career choices in order to advise clients ### UX Designer @ Campus Connect Technologies Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Surathkal, India • Defined the brand identity and guidelines derived from corporate vision mission statements • Designed the user experience of the mobile application, which included choosing the color palette, making design decisions about information architecture and presentation, and working in a team alongside developers to ensure execution • Created content for marketing collateral such as videos, brochures, and presentations ### Data Science Intern @ Fractal Analytics Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Bengaluru Area, India • Helped to develop the Dcrypt Text Mining Module used by clients to perform quantitative user research through data analysis and natural language processing of text such as customer reviews ### Trainee @ Cadence Design Systems Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Bangalore • Received training on the tools developed by Cadence which enable the Automation of Electronic Circuit Design ### Marketing Coordinator @ NITK Racing Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Surathkal, India • Coordinated marketing activities and developed material to secure key sponsorships. • Presented a Business plan which secured a top-25 finish for the only Indian team at Formula Student China 2014. ## Education ### Master’s Degree in Integrated Innovation for Products and Services - Advanced Study Carnegie Mellon University - Integrated Innovation Institute ### Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in Electrical and Electronics Engineering NITK Surathkal ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/aditi-chalisgaonkar-95a5937a --- Source: https://flows.cv/aditichalisgaonkar JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/aditichalisgaonkar/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13