Business Analyst

About us

At Azent, we seek to revolutionize how students go to study abroad.

An international education advisory, backed by years of experience in education and technology, Azent is the brainchild of Atul Nishar (founder of Aptech and Hexaware Technologies). With an unprecedented investment in infrastructure and technology, we aim to create a one-of-a-kind experience for students aspiring to international education. We, at Azent, will ease the admission process by advising on university and course selection, the university application, and visa requirements, and will also enable an easy transition to the new environment with support service offerings extending right until the student's arrival on campus.

Key Responsibilities

• Create and maintain the product roadmap for the team, and conduct periodic roadmap reviews, re-prioritizing the roadmap based on evolving opportunities and priorities
• Act as the primary business contact for the development team, partner with the Development Team for timely delivery of features
• Work with the Design team on user research, creating and testing wireframes, prototypes, and designs for the products
• Build strong working relationships with the business teams (Counselors, Sales, B2B) to gather timely inputs across initiatives, and influence interdependent roadmaps

Basic Qualifications

• 1+ years of professional experience in a product management role in a consumer business
• Experience launching and scaling new features, in a large corporate or an entrepreneurial environment
• Experience in product, program, and/or project management in leading cross-functional teams in the delivery of major new products or services and their GTM strategy
• Strong data analysis skills; the ability to run and synthesize data in order to make on-point business decisions
• Excellent written communication skills in English, ability to communicate complex concepts clearly and persuasively to different audiences across various levels in the organization

Preferred Qualifications

• BTech in Computer Science or related degrees
• Experience in communicating with senior management and influencing decision making
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams with influence rather than authority
• Demonstrated ability to independently solve ambiguous problems.

Summary
• The project lead is a core member of the agile teams implementing EdTech solutions. These EdTech solutions, ranging across Learning Platforms, Assessment systems, Simulation Training, and Interactive content, are to be fit-for-purpose, efficient, and of high quality.
• The responsibility of the project lead is to guide the overall implementation of the solutions created by the Zeus Learning team and address day-to-day issues related to the client’s business processes

The essence of Role – key accountabilities
• Take charge of the project and help it succeed
• Work with cross-functional teams to create a shared vision
• Coordinate all activities to run the project
• Build product roadmaps, run agile ceremonies and manage stakeholder expectations
• Educate teams about software development processes.
• Be the interaction point between Zeus Learning teams and the client and set correct expectations
• Ensure the product shapes up as envisioned

Requirements
• Should have a history of managing large projects.
• Good understanding of agile software development processes.
• Should be able to run teams and keep people motivated throughout the project.
• Have great negotiation skills

What will you be doing at Enalo?

• Understand the problem statement and derive potential product solutions.
• Conduct market research, competitor analysis and user research.
• Collaborate with multiple teams to take the product forward.
• Participate in product strategy, build a roadmap and execute to bring products to life.
• Manage product requirement definition and feature identification for future initiatives, including documentation of prioritized feature sets and use cases.
• Lead the development and QA teams at the appropriate times to realise the goals of the product.
• Own scrum and all the related activities like sprint planning, and release.
• Create user stories and use cases for product features.
• Look for roadblocks and mitigate risks.
• Organize daily stand-ups, brainstorming and review sessions.
• Maintain backlogs and prioritize them effectively.
• Experience the product as an end-user and identify gaps to make the product better. And ensure users can see the value of the product!
• Craft product presentations and do demos.
• Define product metrics and speak through data.
• Be a driving force in assembling the resources necessary to ship high-impact products and features, and facilitate communication throughout the development process.
• Work with the release process and support teams to ensure that the product is released successfully and any issues in production are resolved quickly.
• Measure and analyse the success of a product or feature using internal tools as well as tools like Google Analytics
• Efficiently manage agile development of the product.
• Contribute to the product's 'Go To Market' Strategy.

Skills required :

• Strong familiarity with product development, user flows and UI experience.
• Proven ability to successfully manage all phases of the product development lifecycle.
• Expertise with web/mobile analytic tools.
• Excellent organizational, statistical, strategic thinking, problem-solving, analytical, written and oral presentation and communication skills.
• Strong understanding of agile management (Scrum).
• Ability to break the ground through research and data analysis.
• Good collaboration, design thinking and presentation skills.
• Affinity to marketing.
• Preferred experience in product development as an engineer
• Preferred experience in a product company
• Experience in building or working with an early-stage tech product startup would be a plus.
• Excellent organizational, statistical, strategic thinking, problem-solving, analytical, written and oral presentation and communication skills.
• Experience in B2B SaaS/Payments will be added advantage.

Objectives of this Role

• Drive the product and business-planning process across cross-functional teams of the company
• Analyze consumer needs, current market trends, and potential partnerships from an ROI and build vs. buy perspective
• Assess current competitor offerings, seeking opportunities for differentiation
• Analyze product requirements and develop appropriate programs to ensure they’re successful achieved
• Develop, implement, and maintain production timelines across multiple departments
• Appraise new product ideas and strategize appropriate to-market plans

Daily and Monthly Responsibilities

• Drive the execution of all product lifecycle processes for products, including product research, market research, competitive analysis, planning, positioning, roadmap development, requirements development, and product launch
• Translate product strategy into detailed requirements for prototype construction and final product development by engineering teams
• Create product strategy documents that describe business cases, high-level use cases, technical requirements, revenue, and ROI
• Analyze market data to develop sales strategies, and define product objectives for effective marketing communications plans
• Collaborate closely with engineering, production, marketing, and sales teams on the development, QA, and release of products and balance of resources to ensure success for the entire organization
• Develop product positioning and messaging that differentiates TrustCheckr and its features across primary market segments

Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in product design or engineering or MBA
• Strong experience in a SaaS/Identity Space/Fintech is a plus
• 1 to 2 years of experience

The Role

The Project Manager will be responsible for ensuring all projects are delivered using a ‘best-practice’ project delivery approach and are delivered within the agreed scope, time, cost and quality.

Deliver high-quality shippable products as per the scope of the program. He/She will understand the key requirements and scope of the project working with the Product Owner and Business stakeholders.

How You Will Make an Impact:

• Understand how the product works and how it is used by customers.
• Apply strong engineering principles to drive the development and delivery of the Hotfix and minor release. This role has the ultimate responsibility to manage customer satisfaction and team engagement.
• Technically hands-on and support and guide the team members in solutions to customers and driving the best engineering practices for developing software.
• Implement the Agile frameworks in its entirety in the capacity as a flow manager. Ensure the development teams are practicing the core agile principles
• Establish clear ownership for project tasks, ensure that team members have the tools needed and provide timely feedback.
• Report (or contribute in preparing the status report) to the Project Steering Committee as per the schedule and agreed-upon metrics. Track progress and review project tasks to meet project deadlines.
• Assess project issues and identify solutions to meet productivity, quality, and customer goals.
• Timely Interaction with customers on/ off-site to troubleshoot issues, suggests workarounds.
• Should be able to guide/work with the technical team for quicker resolutions and achieve productivity goals for the team.
• Should be able to drive initiatives for productivity and ticket resolution quality improvement.
• Work on providing innovative ideas to improve ticket closure quality.
• Should suggest functionality in the platform to provide ways to improve turn around time for tickets
• Should drive and provide efficient ways for resolution/fixes of common issues across the customers.
• Propose ways to reduce overall tickets, operational efficiencies, and features for product to reduce the support tickets
• Should suggest better implementation for product based on usage on Production
• Should be able to suggest/implement the optimum process for a ticket raised to fix on PROD cycle
• Propose optimum process across departments at interfacing points, do regular ticket analysis and fine-tune the process
• Work on increasing supportability to product, Lead on RED account working with various departments/stakeholders.
• Ensuring Ticket Hygiene with Goal of SLA adherence. Problem and backlog management
• Contribute to knowledge base articles for both customer and internal staff to reduce troubleshooting time and drive faster issue resolution.
• Own large customers for day to day interactions with customers as required. Ensure SLAs are adhered to the accounts
• Ensure successful transition from SE, have regular connection with customers team management and attrition management.

People Management & Recruitment:

• Recruit and manage the team - Coach and Mentor the team members on career growth including performance management discussions. Be the evangelist for a high-performance culture
• Responsible for Resource planning & Optimization driving with utilization to timely deliverables.
• Should engage the team with team building and motivational activities.

What You Bring to the Team:

• 5-7years of solid experience in software product development. Should be in a manager role for at least 4+ years.
• Bachelor’s Degree in IT or Computers Engineering or equivalent degree in Computer Science
• Demonstrated understanding of Project Management processes, strategies and methods
• Experience mentoring, coaching and developing rising talent in the technology department
• Excellent time management and organisational skills and experience establishing guidelines in these areas for others
• Strong sense of personal accountability regarding decision-making and supervising department teams
• Experience working in a high-level collaborative environment and promoting a teamwork mentality 
• Managerial experience applying analytical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Ability to predict challenges and seek to proactively head-off obstacles 
• SCRUM, APM and other agile certificates will be nice to have

Technical Ability:

• Should have experience in transitioning projects (Development and Maintenance).
• Past experience in Building and Managing high-performance teams.
• Exposure to the SAP Platform
• Strong Working Experience in JIRA
• Should have prior development background along with current support role.
• Strong and proven background with experience in Troubleshooting on the Mobile platform
• Knowledge and/or experience with widely successful Agile techniques: Scrum and Kanban.
• Strong orientation towards Technical and functional aspects of the product.
• Strong influencing skills and ability to prioritize the backlog.
• Understanding of customer support processes and tools.

Our client is a leading provider of specialised marketing services that enables businesses across different sectors to grow effectively. This decade old venture founded by a woman entrepreneur offers innovative solutions by leveraging cutting edge technology based on the individual needs of the client. Their services include market research, in- store promotions, store launches, road shows, retail merchandising, events and exhibitions, among others.

Headquartered in Mumbai, the company has presence in Delhi, Bangalore and Chennai as well as dedicated local teams across other metros and small towns in India. This agency has worked with more than 100 companies and 800 brands and delivered top notch marketing strategies through integrated BTL and digital channels. Some of its clients include ITC, Zydus Wellness, PnG, Crompton, HUL, Tata and Nestle.

• Building long-term relationships with clients
• Making presentations
• Planning and monitoring content calendars
• Addressing client queries effectively and in a timely manner
• Investigating and determining clients wants and needs
• Planning and implementing digital strategies for clients
• Presenting and training on social media strategies to clients, addressing queries
• Coordinating requirements internally within team
• Analyzing the effectiveness of digital campaigns
• Monitoring insights and analytics
• Setting up a list of KPIs to track for each client
• Preparing and presenting reports on their progress
• Keeping abreast with new trends in digital technology

Desired Candidate Profile

• Minimum 3+ years of working experience as a Digital Account Manager or field related to Client Servicing/Project Management/Customer Service
• 2 years of experience with Social Media and Google Adwords campaigns
• Strong communication skills to communicate requirements and updates with clients and internally with the team, over the phone, email and in-person
• Sense of ownership and pride in your performance and its impact on company’s success
• Ability to think critically and problem-solving skills
• Attention to detail
• Good time-management skills    

Interview Kickstart is one of the leading platforms helping Software Engineers prepare for tough technical interviews. Over the last 5 years we have helped over 3000 engineers Nail the toughest technical interviews on the planet. We are successful, profitable, and have a vision of building the world's largest Career Upleveling platform. 

We need a top-notch Product Manager to come join our growing team at IK to lead our product development initiatives across all our platforms. 

Who you are

• You have 7 - 12 years experience.
• You love the buzz of a highly productive and fast moving team.
• You’ve had 5+ years of experience developing and managing the product life cycle of world class products. 
• You have your ear to the ground on what competitors are doing and look for partnership avenues. 
• You work with Sales and Marketing to define our GTM strategy and the messaging around it. 
• You work closely with Design and the tech team to build simple and elegant products. 
• You integrate usability studies, market analysis and research into product requirements and your user stories and personas. 
• You are looking to grow fast with a company that's on a rapid growth path.

What will excite us

• Previous startup experience or experience being part of early teams.
• You are highly metrics driven and love defining and measuring the success factors of products. 
• You are a whiz at communicating with stakeholders, with users and with business partners and are deft at managing expectations. 
• You love simplicity - in design, in user stories and in integrations. 
• You love working with incredibly smart engineers. 
• You are good at working with cross functional teams
• You are an excellent problem solver

What will excite you?

• Complete ownership
• Experiment, fail and learn.
• High pedigree, high caliber team.
• Contribute to every area of our business. Have a real impact with your work.
• Top of the line compensation.