District Sales Manager

What we're looking for
We are looking to hire a smart product manager who is passionate about taking up ideas and bringing them to life. You will engage with our customer base directly, and decide the future of the product by working closely with founders. You will also collaborate with marketing and growth teams to ensure that word gets out to people and they get to see what you are building

Responsibilities
Work with founders to define product strategy and roadmap
Prioritise and plan features for development. Come up with prioritisation framework suited to company needs and balancing impact vs effort
Build strong customer empathy and incorporate same while working with UX and Design teams
Convert ideas to prototypes and demonstrate them to the key partners
Own product lifecycle from idea, design, research , competitive analysis, positioning, roadmap, development, go to market, launch and success
Define and measure success metrics for the product
Talk to customers, gather business insights and come up with new product ideas for a multi-product strategy
Be a product evangelist inside and outside the organisation. Represent company in product or domain specific conferences and events


Qualifications
Over 3 years of hands on experience in Product Management
Good understanding of web based architecture and APIs
Good understanding of UX framework and experience on UI design
Good analytical and problem solving skills
Ability to work independently and drive product with minimal direction
Collaborative approach with clear communication
Strong analytical and problem solving skills
Familiar with agile product development processes
Background in consumer apps is a plus


Benefits
An exciting and enriching work environment
Ability to work directly with founders to shape the company
Opportunity to become an expert in sustainability tech (expected to be redefine every industry over next 2-3 decades)
Opportunity to participate in the zero to one journey of building a startup
Ability to articulate and work on the most core problems that the customer faces
A competitive salary and comprehensive medical insurance coverage
Significant upside through an employee friendly ESOP policy

Looking out for Product Marketers -2023 MBA Passouts who can join immediately.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and identify new ICPs, IBPs, potential buyer-in-market signals and more for new products and services we or our clients offer to the market
• Responsible for the creation and execution of end-to-end marketing campaigns to position our products as solutions for our customers and partners worldwide.
• Communicate the value of new products and services to the sales and marketing team Speak and present both internally and externally to promote the story of our or our client's offerings
• Develop and implement promotional activities such as promotions and product launches
• Understand the market, target customers, their needs, the competition landscape to identify growth opportunities
• Build highly engaging campaigns across user funnels to increase conversion rates
• Create messaging and hooks for the entire customer journey, top of the funnel, middle of the funnel, bottom of the funnel
• Representing the customer voice in product development, marketing and all related communications.
• Develop comprehensive marketing plans for sales and marketing teams.
• Work closely with the product/service development team to determine the most profitable course for each existing and new product.
• Help the marketing team to generate strong momentum ahead of new product launches.
• Focus on implementing programs that consistently generate new, high-quality leads for our company
• Increase our digital presence with meaningful content, messaging, and tactics

Key Requirement:

• Data-driven with keen creative capabilities
• Ability to decode, grasp, and complex technical domains and convert it into customer problem statements
• Incredible ownership, accountability, follow-up/follow-through skills
• Strong collaboration across teams
• Strong numerical and analytical aptitude.
• Ability to think and react in a high-energy, fast-paced environment.
• Good People Management skills -Good organizational skills including prioritizing, scheduling, time management, and meeting deadlines.
• Technical aptitude and agility to learn web-based tools
• Very strong written communication and presentation skills
• Project ownership and using customer data to identify and prioritize opportunities
• MBA degree is preferred

PlanetSpark is on a mission to build the next generation of confident speakers and creative writers. We are a global company impacting over 13 countries through live 1:1 personalized classes on Public Speaking and Creative Writing through handpicked top 1% of teachers. Our kids participate in gripping debates, create viral YouTube videos, start their own podcast channels, perform stand-up comedy, write nail-biting mystery stories, and become confident and fearless speakers. PlanetSpark is on its journey to becoming the global leader in the large and untapped communication skills segment. We are Series B funded by some top VCs and are on a 30% month-on-month growth curve. We have our footprint in India, the Middle East, North America, and Australia. Join a passionate team of over 500 young and energetic members and 400+ expert and handpicked teachers on this roller coaster ride to build the most loved brand for kids who will move the world! For more updates, please subscribe to our Instagram handle:

https://www.instagram.com/planetspark/

Roles and Responsibilities:

1. Conduct demo classes as per the PlanetSpark content and methodology

2. Ensure amazing demo experience for the child and parent

3. Conduct regular classes (post enrolment) using in-house curriculum

4. Ensure timely feedback to the child

5. Adhere to the schedule for the demo as well as regular classes

What are the behavioral attributes that we are looking for?

1. Excellent Teaching skills

2. Excellent attention to detail, strong communication skills both written and verbal

3. Ability to build strong relationships with the child/ learner and make the class fun-based learning.

4. Tech savvy

Eligibility Criteria:

1. Excellent Verbal and written communication

2. Willing to work 6 days a week (should be available on Saturdays & Sundays)

3. Willing to invest 3-4 Teaching hours every day

4. At least 1 year of English Teaching experience (Freshers from BA English and MA English are eligible)

5. Should have good Wi-Fi and a Laptop with Webcam

Benefits:

1. Flexible working hours

2. Work from home

3. Exposure to teaching international students

Shifts you can opt for:

- 3pm to 10 pm IST (India kids)

-6pm to 11 pm IST (India kids)

-6pm to 11 pm IST(Europe/UAE kids)

-10 pm to 2 am IST(US/Canada Kids)

-4 am to 8 am IST(US/Canada Kids)

Role Objectives 

• Participate in complex design and software development tasks within an appropriate schedule, task, and quality guidelines set in conjunction with the Senior Platform Specialists and Platform Architect  

• Hands-on development and implementation of solutions including configuration of our platform components and custom development 

• Tasks associated with testing and documentation of solution implemented 

Academic Qualification
B.E/B.Tech/MCA in computer science Engineering or a related field. 

Experience Profile  

4 to 10 years of experience in development or platform implementations. 

Required Technical Skillset for Java Development
Java/J2EE, HTML, CSS. JavaScript, SQL, Servlets, Spring Boot, Hibernate, Web services, SOAP, Restful API

Good to have:
Knowledge in Liferay themes & hooks, Ant, Maven, CI/CD, AWS/GCP/Azure, Docker experience 

Must be capable of coding and unit testing their own code
Team player with good interpersonal skills
Should have strong analytical skills                                                     
Good communication skills
Capable of juggling several priorities and delivering results on time in a high-pressure, dynamic environment.

The ideal candidate is a self-motivated, multi-tasker, and demonstrated team-player. You will be a lead developer responsible for the development of new software products and enhancements to existing products. You should excel in working with large-scale applications and frameworks and have outstanding communication and leadership skills. 

Responsibilities

• Writing clean, high-quality, high-performance, maintainable code
• Develop and support software including applications, database integration, interfaces, and new functionality enhancements
• Coordinate cross-functionally to insure project meets business objectives and compliance standards
• Support test and deployment of new products and features
• Participate in code reviews
• Technical Lead experience exploring other open source frameworks and technologies and integrating with project

Qualifications

• 5+ years of development experience at least two or more of the following languages (Python, Ruby, javascript and Java)
• Expertise in object oriented design and design patterns
• Experience releasing highly scalable enterprise products full lifecycle
• Experience mentoring and training others on complex technical issues
• Experience with implementing algorithms to solve complex real world problems
• Solid coding practices including good design documentation, unit testing, peer code reviews
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• A proven ability to learn and adapt to new, complex development environments with deep dive analytical skills
• Strong object-oriented programming skills, knowledge of design patterns, and an uncanny ability to design intuitive module and class-level interfaces
• Experience in algorithm design and problem solving
• Experience leading small teams of engineers
• Experience with technologies like MongoDB, DynamoDB is highly desirable
• Experience developing full stack web applications using Perl, Java, Python or PHP
• Experience in any of the top JavaScript MVC frameworks, like Backbone, Angular, Ember, Spine or Knockout
• Passion for creating efficient, scalable, highly usable web interfaces
• Candidates from  Product Start-up companies would be highly preferred.

• Design, develop and manage multiple secure and reliable web applications that process and manage transactions.
• Collaborate with UI/UX and Research teams to further improve current systems.
• Adapt technical trends in web applications to support product quality.
• Manage product compatibility across devices.
• Create peer learnings for team members and build context for new team mates
• Help with building the company's tech team and iterating on the hiring framework.
• Provide regular feedback to your team (peers and managers) to ensure continuous improvement.
• Keeping abreast with the latest technologies and working on your skills regularly.

Skills & Requirements

• At least 1 year of experience working in frontend for desktop and mobile web.
• Hands-on experience with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript plus experience with a modern framework (ReactJS is preferred).
• Well-versed in other non-vanilla languages (ex. TypeScript)
• Understanding of GraphQL APIs.
• Possess a deep understanding of basic security aspects on the frontend and how to mitigate them
• Deep understanding of web technologies in various mobile systems
• Have empathy for the users you build for

Good to have

• Experience in the fintech industry
• Experience working with cybersecurity and compliance