Karishma Baijal

Karishma Baijal

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Chief Revenue Officer (LTV, Retention & Monetization)
San Francisco, California, United States

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  • BetterHelp
    Chief Revenue Officer (LTV, Retention & Monetization)
    BetterHelp
    May 2025 - Current (1 year 5 months)
  • IPSY
    Senior Vice President | Business Growth & Strategy
    IPSY
    Jan 2022 - Sep 2024 (2 years 9 months)
    As a member of the 9-person Senior Executive team at IPSY, reporting directly to the President, I was responsible for driving key business goals, with a primary focus on maximizing Lifetime Value (LTV). I led and managed a ~30-person Growth and Lifecycle Marketing team, in addition to spearheading a cross-functional team of ~30 (including product managers, engineers, marketers, and data analysts) dedicated to subscriber retention and monetization. My leadership enabled the execution of strategic initiatives that significantly enhanced customer loyalty, revenue growth, and long-term business sustainability.
  • IPSY
    Vice President | Business Growth & Strategy
    IPSY
    Jul 2020 - Dec 2021 (1 year 6 months)
    I led highly cross-functional teams focused on driving growth through acquisition, retention, and monetization, ensuring all marketing, product, and operational efforts were designed with a strong customer-centric approach. I drove growth by:
    - Designing customer experiences that solved key pain points.
    - Crafting marketing strategies that resonated with our audience.
    - Streamlining operations to enhance customer interactions.
    - Leveraging customer feedback to refine and improve offerings.
    - Optimizing lifecycle touchpoints to drive engagement, loyalty, and satisfaction.
  • IPSY
    Senior Director | Business Growth & Strategy
    IPSY
    Jul 2019 - Jun 2020 (1 year)
    I led a cross-functional e-commerce and subscription team of ~60, including marketers, product managers, engineers, data analysts, merchandisers, and operations specialists, to accelerate business growth. Together, we developed and executed strategies to enhance the customer experience, optimize operations, and achieve ambitious acquisition, retention, and monetization goals. Our collaborative efforts delivered measurable improvements across key business metrics and positioned the organization for sustained growth.
  • Gap
    Senior Director | Head of Growth, Product & Operations | Weddington Way @ Gap
    Gap
    Dec 2016 - Apr 2019 (2 years 5 months)
    I worked closely with Gap's Corporate Strategy team to facilitate the integration of Weddington Way at Gap.

    In this leadership role, I developed and executed the growth, product & operational strategy for Weddington Way, driving over 100% YoY topline growth. I built operational infrastructure to support rapid scaling, managed the product team (engineering and design) to achieve development milestones, and automated key processes to streamline workflows. Additionally, I implemented A/B testing platforms to optimize website traffic growth.

    I also successfully launched our retail channel, overseeing the opening of 13 Weddington Way shops within Banana Republic.
  • W
    VP | Head of Growth Marketing, Product & Operations
    Weddington Way
    Aug 2011 - Dec 2016 (5 years 5 months)
    As the second full time employee at Weddington Way and right-hand to the CEO, I led the Marketing, Product, and Operations teams, driving the company's growth from $200K to over $10M in less than five years (+100% CAGR). I developed and executed acquisition and retention marketing strategies, while also leveraging technology to scale operations and implement processes across fulfillment, vendor management, customer experience, accounting, finance, retail expansion, and human resources.

    I worked closely with the CEO on all fundraising efforts and board meeting preparations, ensuring alignment across key business initiatives. Additionally, I led the growth and development of our remote customer service team of 10+ members based in
  • Balsam Brands
    Performance Marketing and New Business GM
    Balsam Brands
    Aug 2009 - Jul 2011 (2 years)
    In this business management role, I led the company’s core business performance marketing efforts, surpassed stretch goals, and launched 3 new home décor brands. This latter effort required extensive vendor negotiations, development/execution of marketing/operational plans, managing our website’s development, and building/training team members.
  • Bottlenotes
    Summer Consultant
    Bottlenotes
    Jun 2008 - Aug 2008 (3 months)
  • Deutsche Bank
    Associate, Telecom Media & Technology Team
    Deutsche Bank
    Jul 2004 - Sep 2007 (3 years 3 months)
    I was an Analyst / Associate in the Mergers and Acquisitions team covering Telecom, Media & Technology. I was a member of several successful deal teams that included teams that worked on the merger of 2 US listed telecom companies, the IPO of a satellite company Eutelsat, debt offerings, private equity buyouts, and more.
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  • Stanford University Graduate School of Business
    Master of Business Administration - MBA
    Stanford University Graduate School of Business
  • Delhi University
    Bachelor of Arts - BA, Mathematics
    Delhi University
  • University of Oxford
    BA / MA, Philosophy
    University of Oxford
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