Business Development Manager

Vice President (Product Management) - Y Combinator backed Shopify-like platform

About Merito :-

- We are working with the mission to change the way hiring is done.

- The company is founded by a team consisting of alumni from IIM Ahmedabad, McKinsey with more than 2 decades of experience in recruitment, training, and coaching.

About Our Client :

- Our client is headquartered in California and Y Combinator backed Shopify-like platform for creators & knowledge professionals (coaches, instructors, experts, artists etc.) to launch, manage and grow their business online.

- Founded by IIT/ IIM/ BITS/ Yale/ BCG Alumni and 3X Entrepreneurs, they are well funded and backed by top Indian VC firms along with start-up veterans like Kunal Shah (CRED). The company is founded by alumni from top IITs, IIMs, BITS, Yale including ex-entrepreneurs and from firms such as BCG, Hike, Dunzo and P&G.

- Since the launch of its first version in December 2020 they have grown 25X. Creators have earned more than $1 Million since launch through the platform.

- We have just closed our series A (yet to announce) and are looking to build out our leadership team across functions.

Job Description :-

Here we're shaping the future of the creator economy to realize our dream of creating a world with no boring jobs.

We are looking for an experienced Vice President, Product Management to lead and own our Product strategy and execution to drive our business goals. As our VP, Product, you will lead the product management team to determine priorities across PODs, develop the product roadmap, and lead its execution, in partnership with our Product Development, Engineering, Sales and Marketing teams.

Our work environment is fast-paced, with a collaborative atmosphere. We are passionate about delivering innovations that empower Creators to become Entrepreneurs and realize their full potential. We are looking for a Product leader to bring in and instill a philosophy for how we work and deliver world-class products.

Our Product Management team's core mission is to delight customers resulting in Product Led Growth. We obsessively seek to understand customers' perspectives, have a bias toward data-driven action, and can break down complex problems into steps that drive product roadmaps. Product managers also serve as product owners, leading product teams and driving cross-functional collaboration on a day-to-day basis.

We value the following traits in our product management leaders:

- Stewards: We put the needs of our customers and our business ahead of our own egos

- Leaders: We lead by example, inspiring and motivating those around us

- Hi-Lo: We are both strategic and hands-on, detail-oriented when necessary.

- Generalists: We are equally comfortable working on all parts of the product stack

- Evidence-driven: We base our ideas on data and measure the results of those ideas.

- Resource-aware: We are resource-efficient in everything we do.

Responsibilities :-

- Lead and evangelize as we execute on our product vision and product strategy across the company

- Set up processes that ensure smooth coordination between the Product team with other teams

- Drive growth product initiatives to existing services

- Review business and product results regularly with leadership, suggesting changes to the business or product plans.

- Manage, motivate, coach, and develop a team of product managers.

- Coordinate roadmaps across teams

- Manage requirement and design reviews

- Collaborate with cross-functional peers to solve complex problems.

Requirements :-

- Passion and alignment with our core vision of A world with no boring jobs

- 3+ years product management experience, ideally with previous VP-level responsibilities

- Work history in both core product development (e.g. product/market fit) and growth product initiatives (e.g. SEO, funnel optimization)

- Consumer SaaS product experience as well as experience in one of the following areas: E- Commerce and E-Learning, digital content and community.

- Experience with SEO, growth product execution, content strategy development

• Exceptional writing and communication skills
• Proficient in G-suite (Sheets, Docs, Slides)
• Will be closely working with Engineering Manager.
• Organize, schedule, and prepare for meetings, including gathering documents and attending to the requirement of meetings.
• Ability to understand organizational workflows and processes.
• Transcribe source material, prepare documents, reports, tables, and charts; distribute as appropriate.
• Maintain confidential and sensitive information.
• Attend meetings and take notes of discussions; prepare the initial draft of minutes and summaries.
• Complete various special projects including creating PowerPoint presentations, financial spreadsheets, special reports, and agenda material.
• Other additional and/or alternative duties as assigned from time to time, including supporting other departments or Executives as needed.

• Sourcing for the region (Maharashtra and Gujarat)
• Working closely with business development team and operations team to ensure the client expectations are properly met in terms of time and quality of sourcing
• Building and developing the required team to achieve the targets
• Driving efficiencies to maintain sourcing service levels and expanding margins of the region
• Building and implementing processes to increase the overall efficiency and reliability of the region
• Participating in cross-functional projects for high priority initiatives and bringing process and data- driven focused approach to support the organization's goals
• Driving change management to ensure efficient implementations of any new strategic change
• Collaborating closely with stakeholders like Operations, Finance, Product, Sales and New initiatives with the objective of driving stakeholder success
• Ensuring excellent customer and partner experience

Desired Candidate Profile

• Graduates from Tier 1/2 Engineering colleges/Post Graduate from Tier 1/2 Management colleges with good academic performance
• 4-8 years of frontline Operation/sourcing/channel management experience or P&L Management
• Strong leadership qualities to lead a large geographically spread team
• Ability to manage conflicts and good stakeholder management skills
• Multi-tasking capabilities and inter departmental coordination
• Product first mindset and relevant experience is a useful plus
• Experience in channel management in B2C space will be very useful    

• You have a Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
• You have at least 7 years of DevOps experience.
• You have deep understanding of AWS and cloud architectures/services.
• You have expertise within the container and container orchestration space (Docker, Kubernetes, etc.).
• You have experience working with infrastructure provisioning tools like CloudFormation, Terraform, Chef, Puppet, or others.
• You have experience enabling CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, AWS Code Pipeline, Gitlab, or others.
• You bring a deep understanding and application of computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, and design patterns.
• You have a track record of delivering successful solutions and collaborating with others.
• You take security into account when building new systems.