Outplay

Who we are?
Outplay is building the future of sales engagement, a solution that helps sales teams personalize at scale while consistently staying on message and on task, through true multi-channel outreach including email, phone, SMS, chat and social media. Outplay is the only tool your sales team will ever need to crush their goals. Funded by Sequoia - Headquartered in the US. Sequoia not only led a $2 million seed round in Outplay early this year, but also followed with $7.3 million Series - A recently. The team is spread remotely all over the globe.

Perks of being an Outplayer :
• Fully remote job - You can be on the mountains or at the beach, and still work with us. Outplay is a 100% remote company.
• Flexible work hours - We believe mental health is way more important than a 9-5 job.
• Health Insurance - We are a family, and we take care of each other - we provide medical insurance coverage to all employees and their family members. We also provide an additional benefit of doctor consultation along with the insurance plan. 
• Annual company retreat - we work hard, and we party harder.
• Best tools - we buy you the best tools of the trade
• Celebrations - No, we never forget your birthday or anniversary (be it work or wedding) and we never leave an opportunity to celebrate milestones and wins.
• Safe space to innovate and experiment
• Steady career growth and job security

About the Role:
We are looking for a Senior Data Scientist to help research, develop and advance the charter of AI at Outplay and push the threshold of conversational intelligence.

Job description :
• Lead AI initiatives that dissects data for creating new feature prototypes and minimum viable products
• Conduct product research in natural language processing, conversation intelligence, and virtual assistant technologies
• Use independent judgment to enhance product by using existing data and building AI/ML models
• Collaborate with teams, provide technical guidance to colleagues and come up with new ideas for rapid prototyping. Convert prototypes into scalable and efficient products.
• Work closely with multiple teams on projects using textual and voice data to build conversational intelligence
• Prototype and demonstrate AI augmented capabilities in the product for customers
• Conduct experiments to assess the precision and recall of language processing modules and study the effect of such experiments on different application areas of sales
• Assist business development teams in the expansion and enhancement of a feature pipeline to support short and long-range growth plans
• Identify new business opportunities and prioritize pursuits of AI for different areas of conversational intelligence
• Build reusable and scalable solutions for use across a varied customer base
• Participate in long range strategic planning activities designed to meet the company’s objectives and revenue goals

Required Skills :
• Bachelors or Masters in a quantitative field such as Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Operations Research or related field with focus on applied Machine Learning, AI, NLP and data-driven statistical analysis & modelling.
• 4+ years of experience applying AI/ML/NLP/Deep Learning/ data-driven statistical analysis & modelling solutions to multiple domains. Experience in the Sales and Marketing domain is a plus.
• Experience in building Natural Language Processing (NLP), Conversational Intelligence, and Virtual Assistants based features.
• Excellent grasp on programming languages like Python. Experience in GoLang would be a plus.
• Proficient in analysis using python packages like Pandas, Plotly, Numpy, Scipy, etc.
• Strong and proven programming skills in machine learning and deep learning with experience in frameworks such as TensorFlow/Keras, Pytorch, Transformers, Spark etc
• Excellent communication skills to explain complex solutions to stakeholders across multiple disciplines.
• Experience in SQL, RDBMS, Data Management and Cloud Computing (AWS and/or Azure) is a plus.
• Extensive experience of training and deploying different Machine Learning models
• Experience in monitoring deployed models to proactively capture data drifts, low performing models, etc.
• Exposure to Deep Learning, Neural Networks or related fields
• Passion for solving AI/ML problems for both textual and voice data.
• Fast learner, with great written and verbal communication skills, and be able to work independently as
well as in a team environment

Outplay is looking for a motivated and talented Sales Development Representative to join our growing team. We’re looking for energetic, tech-savvy SDRs to join our fast-growing team. As part of the Outplay sales team, you will become a subject matter expert and advise new clients on sales best practices, technology, and process.

US Shift Only (6 PM - 3:30 AM) - Onsite (Chennai)

 

Responsibilities: 

• Represent our company’s products and services - starting with a comprehensive understanding and leading to consumer research to identify how our solutions meet needs.
• Generate leads and build relationships by nurturing warm prospects and finding new potential sales outlets.
• Manage and maintain a pipeline of interested prospects and engage sales executives for the next steps.
• Utilize cold calling, and email to generate new sales opportunities.
• Build long-term trusting relationships with prospects to qualify leads as sales opportunities
• Proactively seek new business opportunities in the market.

We are looking for someone who has: 

• 1-2 years experience in a Sales role and are eager to learn to become a great seller.
• Active on LinkedIn.
• Strong understanding of Sales and lead development best practices
• Proven ability to perform successfully given low oversight and limited process
• 100% reliable and detail-oriented. A drive to execute flawlessly.
• A positive can-do attitude and tireless work ethic. Driven and self-sufficient.
• Must live and breathe startups with broad responsibilities, crazy busy, dynamic environment, lots of responsibility, and lots of fun

Benefits:

•  Flexible work hours - We believe mental health is way more important than a 9-5 job.
• Health Insurance - We are a family, and we take care of each other - we provide medical insurance coverage to all employees and their family members. We also provide an additional benefit of doctor consultation.
• Workstation and Internet Allowances.
• Annual company retreat - we work hard, and we party harder.
• City meet-ups- You work with your team members in the mornings and party in the evenings.
• Safe space to innovate and experiment.
• Steady career growth and job security.

About the role:

As a Product Marketing Manager should own the positioning, messaging, and branding of the product. You will also gather and process customer feedback, and manage some aspects of customer relations after the launch.

Job Responsibilities:

• Product messaging and positioning – Develop product positioning and messaging that resonates with customers and differentiates our organization in the market
• Content Development – Conceptualize and create an educational product and solution content for a variety of platforms
• Market, customer, and competitive analysis — Be the expert on the customer, the industry trends, and the players in the market
• Sales enablement – Communicate value proposition and provide high-value sales tools, training, and collateral
• Product and feature adoption — Drive adoption of the product and features amongst the customer base
• Evangelism – Serve as a company spokesperson and go-to thought leader for the product
• Implement and support compliance to Outplay compliance and information security processes

We are looking for someone who has:

• Any Graduate degree (MBA preferred) with 3- 5 years of prior experience in a similar position.
• Experience in startup/enterprise software company preferred
• An ability to understand tech and business software including buyer behavior and ideal customer profiles and translate tech content into marketing material
• Ability to effectively lead, inspire, and mentor direct and indirect reports
• Proven experience creating marketing plans encompassing strategy, customer research, competitive analysis, product requirements, messaging, pricing, etc.
• Excellent English - written, verbal, and presentation skills, with an eye for quality and attention to detail
• Strength in collaborating with cross-functional teams, across geographies, including executive management, product management, operations, sales, and marketing

Benefits:

• Fully remote job - You can be in the mountains or at the beach, and still work with us. Outplay is a 100% remote company.
•  Flexible work hours - We believe mental health is way more important than a 9-5 job.
• Health Insurance - We are a family, and we take care of each other - we provide medical insurance coverage to all employees and their family members. We also provide an additional benefit of doctor consultation.
• Workstation and Internet Allowances.
• Annual company retreat - we work hard, and we party harder.
• City meet-ups- You work with your team members in the mornings and party in the evenings.
• Safe space to innovate and experiment.
• Steady career growth and job security.