Associate Product Manager

Profile:

·      Head the product management for the 3rd party products including Smallcase, Mutual Funds, IPO, Insurance, Loan, Credit cards, Bank accounts, Gold, Bonds, etc.

·      Lead a team of 7-10 Product Managers

·      Responsible for revenue, market share, vol. of these products from 3 channels – online platforms, digital marketing, offline channels

·      Own process and product development for these products

·      Continuous competition tracking

·      Training the various channels on products

·      Coordinating with various teams to ensure timely completion of dependent activities

·      Responsible for timely responding and resolving client queries / complaints

·      Preparing volume/revenue/usage data reports

·      Work closely with; & manage expectations of; multiple stakeholders like Business, Marketing, Compliance, Risk, Design, Technology, Program, and External vendors

·      Single handedly take couple of product features from vision to launch stage

·      Preparing short-term and long-term roadmaps of the products/features

·      Define KPIs and set up benchmarks, to measure the performance of the product

·      The candidate should have an analytical mindset who should be able to use data at ease – in finding hidden patterns and for understanding user behavior

·      We are looking for someone who has deep empathy for the end customer

·      Our candidate is the one who is extremely passionate about making his product a market success – a growth hacking mentality is what we are looking for

·      The candidate should have hands-on experience in owning the complete product cycle – having taken multiple products from ideation to launch stage

·      Past experience in industries like Fin-tech, AI/ML, Health-tech, Food-tech, Content-tech, Edu-tech, Gaming-tech, Social-tech etc. is an add-on but not at all mandatory

Qualification:

·      Min. 3 years of product management experience in owning/growing 3rd party products

·      Awesome communication and relationship building skill

·      Able to solve complex problems in an structured manner

Reporting to: Product Head                                                                           Location: Mumbai

Experience: 

6+ years of experience in project management large and medium sized engagements 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Demonstrate excellent project management skills, inspire teamwork and responsibility with team members, provide project management expertise and leadership in the execution of complex software projects. 
• Accountable and responsible for managing and reporting project schedule, cost, quality, human resources, communication, risk and procurement for the project. 
• Consistently apply the defined project management standards and methodologies defined by the organization to assigned projects. Establish project management principles, processes, and artefacts as necessary. 
• Drive appropriate organizational change influencing stakeholders as required to ensure the successful program/project execution. 

• Ensure appropriate involvement of all stakeholders on the project as necessary 
• Plan and direct schedules, monitor budget/spending, resource allocation and utilization for the project from initiation through closure.  
• Manage project schedule and budgets – Track project metrics data (e.g., completed and in-progress work, schedule and cost variances, resource health, risks and issues etc.) and other project specific information and regularly communicate it to the project stakeholders 
• Report progress and health of the project and incorporate feedback from all stakeholders 
• Manage project communications and meetings (Daily Stand-Up Meetings, Project Reviews, AdHoc Requests) 

• Proactively manage or project risks, action items, issue resolutions, key decisions and stakeholder feedback 
• Understand dependencies and organize the activities ensuring successful completion of the project  
• Communicate regularly with the project sponsor and the team 
• Proactively identify and manage risks and issues pertaining to the project. 
• Ensure project governance practices are in place to monitor and control the project 

Experience/ Qualifications 

• PMP or similar certification with good understanding of project management and methodologies such as Waterfall and Agile 
• Strong stakeholder management skills 
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) 
• Solid decision making and prioritization skills 

• Good understanding of budgeting, estimation, and project financial management 
• Experience of working in shared resources environment with teams based across different time zones 
• Knowledge of MS Project for overall project tracking, Jira for tracking agile development and SharePoint as collaboration tool 
• Bachelors degree 

Vakilsearch is the leading Legal, Tax and Compliance (LTC) company in India. We are here to revolutionize the way business work with the Government. We are working on exciting and transformative products to revolutionize the LTC space. At Vakilsearch, we believe the future of legal in India lies in great products. 

If you're passionate about real change, love building products and are curious about marketing and the overall customer experience, this is for you.

The product manager (PM) will manage the direction and market delivery of existing products and identifying new products, product features, product strategy, and relevant services.

In This Job, You Will:

• Work with Senior Engineers across multiple teams and business stakeholders to design and build highly available and scalable systems
• Use Lean Software Development processes such as Agile, Scrum, and Kanban
• Drive strategic upward product communications internally and externally
• Drive alignment on product features, business metrics, and business strategies
• Work and collaborate effectively with tech teams and launch to production
• Understand business context to decisions made within and across the organization

This Role Might Be for You If:

• You have experience in owning a suite of products and defining long-term product strategy and vision
• You possess strong business acumen with strategic, analytical, and critical thinking
• You understand technical software development life cycle and have knowledge on how to drive teams towards business solutions
• You excel in owning and driving the development of technical products
• You drive strategic product communications across organizations providing clarity in decisions

Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Translate business strategy into product strategy.
• Understanding user needs, knowing the difference between ‘wants’ and ‘needs’ and
  converting these into Products.
• Own the product roadmap and execute product strategy.
• Collect, manage and maintain traceability of requirements from all stakeholders across product releases.
• Write requirements – typically as user stories and epics.
• Maintain and prioritize the product backlog.
• Track releases.
• Building lean and agile Products, know how to accurately test hypotheses in the
  lightest way possible and be comfortable using lean UX techniques.
• Driving new features forward in weekly sprints.
• Balancing internal stakeholders’ requests & bugs.
• Monitor, report and improve product performance.
• Participate in scrum meetings, planning, reviews and retrospectives.
• Support the development team with any questions they may have.

II Experience:

• Nature of Experience:
• Experience in Agile development.
• Proven track record bringing innovation to on-demand SaaS software.
• Should be able to work and remain calm even under pressure situations, and should be able to address and resolve any relevant issues.
• Should be able to work with a diverse range of people and communicate with them effectively.
• High levels of confidence, maturity, and competence are required.

• Length of Experience: 4 - 8 years.
• 4+ years in Software or Saas Industry with 4+ years in Product Management.
• Formal Agile Training
• Programming, UI/UX, or QA experience preferred.
• Experience in Legal Industry or Legal Technologies is an added advantage.

III Skill Set & Personality Traits required:

• Good communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills.

• Organizational skills and ability to manage deadlines.

General Description:

Safety Connect is a leading company in the domain of enterprise field force safety. We are looking for a high-energy and dynamic Sr. Product Manager to join our growing team.

The Senior product manager will manage the successful development and implementation of the product from beginning to end. This person will see strategic ideas from design and testing to implementation and market introduction.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Build and share product strategy: Help distil the ideas and needs of stakeholders into clear quarterly and annual goals that meet the needs of Picnic and our users
  • You will also ensure stakeholders have a solid understanding of the product and its capabilities to ensure company-wide success
• Guide new feature creation: Draft, distribute, validate and update product briefs and product requirement documents
  • Answer questions and troubleshoot issues throughout the release lifecycle, communicating with engineers through our ticket management and knowledge base tool
• Increase Safety Connect’s focus on the user: Help establish a metrics-driven analysis of user behaviour and solicitation of user feedback.
  • Work with clients to understand their unique needs and pain points
  • Capture and share client feedback with the team to best investigate ways to create a solution
  • Report the success of the products and strategize improvements needed
• Be the glue: A senior product manager at a startup like Safety Connect has unique visibility across teams, allowing them to see problems and solutions that might otherwise be missed
  • Spotting problems and managing their resolution in an ongoing, ad hoc way is a critical part of product management success at Picnic

Qualification required:

• 5 year’s experience in product management
• Experience in product management in Enterprise SaaS
• A strong individual contributor who can also lead people and teams
• Impeccable analytical mindset, project management, and organizational skills
• Experience working directly with engineering teams to deliver valuable features and capabilities

Delivery Manager

Job Description

1. Review customer orders and plan and coordinate in the execution of projects and manage the client accounts
2. Develop scope and budget for projects
3. Ability to understand all technical aspects of the project and its requirements, articulate and communicate the same to internal stakeholders
4. Work with the Presales team to define the technical specification for features and functionalities and also determine the effort associated
5. Hands-on experience in creating SDD, SRS, Gantt Charts, etc.
6. Work closely with Engineering, Solutioning and Platform teams during requirement gathering and documentation phase to understand establish the scope of development work in projects
7. Provide suggestions on implementation approach, limitations/complexity around implementation with respect to the platform used, and recommendations for alternative solutions
8. Perform resource allocations and workload assignments according to project requirements.
9. Report project status to customers and develop required project documentation.
10. Serve as primary contact across all the projects being handled and concerns in assigned accounts

Must have skills:

1. 8+ years of experience leading and delivering projects to high standards and managing high-value accounts
2. Basic understanding of application development technologies like Python, ML, API Integration, etc.
3. Good understanding of server/storage configuration, API Integration, Cloud deployment, and configuration
4. Should have experience working with large government clients and/or large enterprises in BFSI, eCommerce, Healthcare, Retail, and other such verticals
5. Proven track record of building positive and productive working relationships with customers for business growth
6. Ability to analyze and troubleshoot issues in a timely fashion
7. Ability to identify process improvements to achieve cost-effectiveness and time-saving
8. Proven ability to operate with authority and take critical business decisions to meet customer expectations.
9. Should have exceptional communication skills (verbal and written) in English

Essential Personal Attributes:

1. Must be a strong relationship builder with experience within managing all stakeholders
2. Interest in emerging technologies and how they can be applied to drive business outcomes
3. Demonstrated commercial and business focus
4. Negotiation and influencing skills utilizing a consultative approach
5. Ability to multitask and prioritize work to meet timeframes
6. Ability to take ownership of tasks as allocated and raise issues or request resources as appropriate
7. Ability to communicate technical information to non-technical colleagues and clients.
8. Excellent stakeholder management and reporting skills
9. Must be able to translate technical environments into business language
10. Strong commercial acumen

VP engineering would be leading the technology (engineering) team of 25 (and counting) to build a world-class SAAS product that is serving 7000+ businesses (or 50,000 users) across the globe. The person would be responsible to oversee the product development and technology research ensuring scalability and effectiveness. The core role would involve leading development, managing team & processes leading to effective technology products as an outcome.

The person would be responsible for leading the product development to scale to a million businesses over the next ten years or 25K businesses in the next 3 years. The person should be able to build a team & process accordingly to ensure a smooth growth path for the product and company. The mission would be to build fully horizontal architecture & micro services with robust security.

• Leading the technology development by learning and researching the best upcoming technology. Analyzing current technology gaps in the system and evangelizing for better state of art technology development.

• Evaluating technology architecture, gaps, and improvisation requirements. Building new architectures for further product development along with elaborated documentations.

• Leading the team of software engineers to guide them with the best technology and process practices. Coaching and motivating the team to ensure enhanced performance across teams. 

• Engaging with Product teams to shape the product roadmap. Working with the tech support team to analyze open issues and bugs and ensure an efficient process for fixing the same.

• Building processes for product development, security audits, new recruitment, technology research, technical documentation, etc.