Product Manager - FundRight

GradRight is an ed-fin-tech startup focused on global higher education. Using data science, technology and strategic partnerships across the industry, we are enabling students to find the “Right University” at the “Right Cost”.

We are on a mission to aid a million students to find their best-fit universities and financial offerings by 2025. Our flagship product - FundRight is the world’s first student loan bidding platform. We helped disburse more than USD 40 million in loans in 2020-21, and are growing aggressively.

Brief:

Obsession with customer needs, passionate about customer experience and thrive on data - if you resonate with these, then we’d love to hear from you. As a product manager on FundRight, you’ll work with all stakeholders to understand the business needs, translate them into amazing offerings and own the success for the product.

You’ll support the building of a fast-paced environment that encourages cross-functional collaboration to design and deliver products aligned with the company’s vision and strategy.

Responsibilities:

1. Collect and analyze customer needs, collaborate with key stakeholders to ideate and deliver compelling solutions that create incremental value for customers
2. Create buy-in for product vision across all stakeholders
3. Develop positioning strategies that can drive growth and improve market share
4. Create and maintain detailed product requirements and roadmap
5. Create and track product success metrics and use them to identify problems and opportunities to pursue
6. Work with designers to build wireframes, validate and translate them into full-blown designs
7. Collaborate with engineering teams to drive feasibility analysis and refine product requirements
8. Work closely with engineering teams to deliver the roadmap while optimizing for time-to-market
9. Own the design <> engineering teams hand-off, release timelines and work with business teams to plan and execute product launches
10. Evaluate marketing and sales strategies to ensure that they are in line with product strategy
11. Standardize the product design process and evangelize the same across all stakeholders

Requirements:

1. At least 3 years experience as a product manager at a startup, with war stories to share
2. Proven track record of managing all aspects of product development lifecycle
3. Strong understanding of software development workflows and ability to work with top-notch engineering teams
4. Strong problem-solving skills and willingness to roll up one’s sleeves to get the job done
5. Excellent written and verbal communication skills
6. Strong presentational and public speaking skills
7. Bias for experimentation and ability to ask the right questions

Good to have:

1. Both B2C and B2B experience, preferably on marketplace like initiatives
2. Exposure to edTech and/or finTech domains
3. Worked on products that addressed an international audience
4. Worked on products that scaled to millions of users

Location: Hyderabad 

Additional resources:

1. Our team - https://gradright.com/team.html
2. Customer testimonials - https://gradright.com/testimonials.html
3. GradRight on social media - LinkedIn, Instagram

Digital Marketing Manager

About us:

GradRight is an Ed-fintech startup focused on global higher education. We are committed to enabling global youth aspirations by helping students find the "right education" at the "right cost." We aim to assist students in discovering their best fit universities and funding plans.

Our flagship product - FundRight is the world’s first student loan bidding platform. GradRight won the HSBC Fintech Innovation Challenge supported by the Ministry of Electronics & IT, Government of India & was among the top 7 global finalists in The PIEoneer awards hosted by The PIE News, UK. Since September 2020, we have received over US$500 million in loan requests and successfully secured over US$75 million in loan approvals for more than 1600 students.

Our recently launched product - SelectRight brings together students and universities on one platform to provide an innovative approach to university selection and student recruitment. The product rests on the three pillars of data-science, transparency, and ethics to match students to their best fit universities and programs. 

GradRight's core team possesses extensive domestic and international experience in the launch and scale-up of premier higher education institutions. We are firm believers in the transformative power of education. The team culture balances hard work with play and thrives on team members fuelling each other’s learning and growth.

GradRight was founded in 2019 by Sasidhar Sista, an alumnus of BITS Pilani, and University of Pennsylvania; and Aman Singh, an alumnus of  the Indian School of Business and Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. 

Responsibilities:

1. Design and oversee all aspects of our digital marketing department including our marketing database, email, and display advertising campaigns.
2. Develop and monitor campaign budgets.
3. Prepare accurate reports on our marketing campaign’s overall performance.
4. Identify the latest trends and technologies affecting our industry.
5. Work with your team to brainstorm new and innovative growth strategies.
6. Ensure effective management and allocation of work between the digital marketing associates, copywriter, freelancers and brands team. 

Requirements:

1. 3+ years experience in a digital marketing or advertising position.
2. In-depth knowledge of various social media platforms, best practices, and website analytics.
3. Sound understanding of Marketing tools like WordPress, Unbounce, Zapier, etc. and a decent handle on HTML, CSS, and JavaScript is required.
4. Highly creative with excellent analytical abilities.
5. Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills.
6. Up-to-date on the latest trends and technologies in digital marketing