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Job Title: Product Manager

Company Overview:
India's first sustainable, size  inclusive brand for athleisure, activewear & essentials for women. our  brand’s  aim is to blend the boundaries between function, fashion, comfort, size and fitness.

Responsibilities:

• Manage e-commerce website and supporting web applications.
• Develop and follow product roadmap.
• Participate in project & release planning.
• Analyze, monitor, test, document & configure applications.
• Must be a self-starter & be able to work with minimum supervision.
• Take complete ownership of product streams, create a roadmap and maintain backlogs.
• Own the entire product life cycle for products from inception, strategic planning, delivery to live launch, post-launch tracking, and ongoing product management, enhancement, and development.
• Conceptualize new business initiatives by working with business stakeholders and creating business impact through effective planning, business analysis, and operational data metrics, and by driving execution with the operations and technology team.
• Collaborate with the engineering team and business owners to identify problem statements, and define the business goals and metrics.
• Will work closely with different teams to create synergies leading to a high-quality product.
• Analyzing product metrics regularly and using the learning for product innovations and improvements.
• Ensuring timely delivery of projects through proper planning, scheduling, and execution.

 

Qualifications & Skills:

• A Full-Time Bachelor's/Master's Degree in Engineering (IT/CS) is mandatory.
• A Master's in Business Administration or equivalent experience in a high-growth tech company or startup is a plus.
• Experience in developing a website on Shopify is required.
• 2 to 5 years of product management, IT, e-commerce, operations, or related experience on a digital product/platform.
• High proficiency with JavaScript libraries like Nodejs/React, GraphQL/PHP, AWS, and MongoDB development.
• Experience as a generalist working on the front and a fair understanding of APIs to build products that delight users both internally and externally.
• The ability to stitch together many different services and processes together even if they have not worked with them before.
• Ability to think about systems and services and write high-quality code.
• Prior experience in a startup is mandatory.
• Good working experience with Data Structure, Algorithms, Low-Level Designing, and Object-Oriented Design.
• An entrepreneurial spirit and enjoys moving quickly on new, green-field products.
• Able to manage complexity with simplicity. Able to manage multiple, complex projects/features simultaneously with cross-functional teams.
• A go-getter who isn't afraid to get their hands dirty and dives into a project to achieve success by problem-solving.
• Open-minded team player with excellent communication skills.
• Agile and innovative with the tenacity to thrive in a constantly changing environment.
• Ability to resolve meaningful business and technology problems creatively.
• Highly analytical and strong attention to detail with a bias towards action.
• Thinks strategically, but stays on top of tactical execution.

Summary of Role

We are looking for a passionate and skilled Product Manager, we expect you to bring a fresh pair of eyes for both product planning and product marketing. This includes managing the product throughout the Product Lifecycle, gathering and prioritizing product and customer requirements, defining the product vision, and working to deliver winning products. 

Must Have Background for this Role:

• Min 4-6 years of strong experience in product management role.
• Bachelor’s degree (MBA preferred)

Required Skills for this Role: 

• Define the product strategy and roadmap
• Build innovative financial products in a cross-functional team. Deeply understand the needs and problems of our users. 
• Develop product positioning strategies.
• Work closely with engineering to ensure developers understand the required functionality and are building the right functionality to meet the market need and are easy to implement and maintain.
• Recommend and drive implementation of improvements to the product development process
• Document and manage the user experience.
• Proven problem-solving capabilities.
• Deliver a monthly revenue forecast.

Also Nice to Have Skills and Background: 

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills 
• Excellent teamwork skills
• Demonstrated success defining and launching excellent products

About Us:

Kapture Cx is an Enterprise-grade SaaS-based Customer Support Automation platform that provides businesses across industries with all-in-one customer service software. It's a cloud CRM that’s more than just a helpdesk designed to meet the needs of any industry. At Kapture, we believe that daily customer operations should be made simple and efficient to meet up with all the endless demands of customers.

 

Kapture is the preferred choice of leading brands including Nykaa, Meesho, Bigbasket, Unilever, Zepto, Ajio, Netmeds, Jio, Prestige and many others to build a world-class customer support ecosystem. Kapture Cx is headquartered in Bangalore and we have offices in Mumbai, Delhi/NCR and Florida. Our channel Partner network spans across 12 countries and powers 500+ businesses globally to automate their sales and support.

Position Overview:

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Project Manager / Implementation Manager to lead and oversee the successful implementation of our SaaS CRM solution for our B2B customers. As a Project Manager, you will be responsible for managing all aspects of the implementation process, including team handling and people management, to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest level of customer satisfaction.

Key Skills:

• 5+ years of experience in an IT services / Software product company with B2B SAAS implementation. 
• Strong project management skills with a proven track record of successfully managing complex software implementation projects, preferably in the SaaS CRM domain.
• Excellent leadership abilities to effectively manage and motivate cross-functional teams throughout the implementation lifecycle, including team handling and people management experience.
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of B2B customer needs and challenges related to CRM systems.
• Proficient in utilizing project management tools and methodologies to plan, track, and report on project progress.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate with customers, stakeholders, and internal teams, ensuring clear and consistent communication throughout the implementation process.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills to identify and address project risks and issues proactively.
• Strong customer focus with the ability to build strong relationships, understand customer requirements, and deliver solutions that meet customer expectations.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Lead and manage end-to-end implementation projects of our SaaS CRM solution for B2B customers, ensuring successful delivery within scope, schedule, and budget.
2. Build and manage a high-performing implementation team, providing guidance, support, and mentorship to team members, and fostering a collaborative and productive work environment.
3. Collaborate with sales and pre-sales teams to understand customer requirements and create project implementation plans that align with customer expectations and business objectives.
4. Develop and maintain project schedules, work breakdown structures, and resource allocation plans to effectively manage project timelines and resources, including team members' workloads and assignments.
5. Define project deliverables, milestones, and success criteria, and monitor progress against these throughout the implementation process.
6. Manage project risks and issues, proactively identify potential obstacles and implement mitigation strategies to ensure successful project outcomes.
7. Coordinate and communicate with cross-functional teams, including development, testing, quality assurance, and customer support, to ensure seamless integration and alignment during the implementation process.
8. Conduct regular project status meetings, providing updates to stakeholders and customers on project progress, risks, and issues.
9. Ensure a high level of customer satisfaction by managing customer expectations, addressing concerns, and providing timely and effective solutions.
10. Contribute to the continuous improvement of implementation processes, tools, and methodologies, identifying opportunities to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.

 

Responsibilities:

• Responsibilities will include understanding requirements, helping to define a product vision and strategy, and working with world-class engineers to execute it. Assume ownership of products including defining scope and developing requirements for new and advanced products as well as upgrades and progressive releases for existing products.
• Ownership of front end platforms – Android, iOS, msite and website. Have worked extensively in frontend and need to be able define and analyse numerous product metrics and know when and how to apply each in order to influence the success of the product.
• Conceptualize and build innovative Financial Products in Lending for platform users. Most of the products are being developed for the first time in India
• Proven ability to work in cross-functional environments including sales, marketing, business management, customer support and engineering teams.
• Track record of successful collaboration with a product development team or organization.
• Ability to solve complex issues to achieve objectives and deliver results on multiple projects in a complex, fastmoving environment.
• Strong business management and analysis skills.
• Contagious can-do attitude and self-sufficient work style
• Ability to manage a team of 6-10 smart product managers 

Experience:

• Overall 12-14 years of experience.
• Minimum 7 years of strong consumer internet related Product and 2 years in fintech. Management background preferably in eCommerce /Technology/ Fintech / Banking industry. Understanding & having gone through the pain of what it takes to build a great product
• Passion for Results: High degree of commitment with bias for execution excellence
• Excellent academic background and records.
• Extra-ordinary skills in crisis management, inter-personal communication, collaboration and team work.
• Master of multiple tasking. Takes on initiatives and challenges.
• In short, we are looking for superstar leader to join a superstar team.

• Build hypotheses: It starts with identifying the problems by doing in-depth research with customers and cross-validating it with data analysis. We are razor-focused on solving the right problems:
• Identify solutions: You will be defining the requirements and working with a cross-functional team from design, engineering, business, marketing, and support. You will identify solutions that truly solve the user problem keeping business interests in mind
• Launch and iterate: No product is truly world-class in the first launch. Your job is not just to launch new products but also to work closely with other teams to ensure the go-to-market is completed from all sides. Additionally, you will also balance new product launches with iterating on existing products ensuring that you pick the ones that are most impactful
• Build roadmap: You will always have a roadmap for your product and you will constantly update the roadmap taking into account the rapid change of business dynamics as well as user behavior and segments that we would go after
• Help build the team: Participate in hiring cross-functional team members for different roles

You are a right fit if:

• You understand technology, but love customer-first & business-first thinking
• You are comfortable working hands-on in a fast-paced start-up environment
• You are good at problem-solving and have an analytical and data-driven approach to day-to-day work
• You have prior work experience in the tech-driven lending business
• You have at least 3 years of experience in Product Management
• You are in love with Bangalore weather and would enjoy working here :)

Why should you work with us?

• Work in one of the most exciting start-up sectors
• Opportunity to create impact for the blue-collar workforce
• Unique and unsolved problems for the unique customer segment to work on
• The non-hierarchical, flat, and transparent culture where we also have lots of fun
• Pay at par with market salaries

 

Reporting to: Founders

Key Responsibilities

• Build Products for Factories that help them in improving their Customer Retention on the Platform
• Drive the Customer Retention Metric both at a Platform and at the Factory Level
• Improve Product Discovery on the Retailer App to enhance new retailer Acquisitions for factories
• Drive the execution of all product lifecycle processes for the growth of Factory
• Distribution product, including product research, market research, competitive analysis, planning, positioning, roadmap development, requirements development, and product launch
• Assess current competitor offerings, seeking opportunities for differentiation
• Analyze consumer needs, current market trends, and potential partnerships from an ROI and build vs. buy perspective
• Create product strategy documents that describe business cases, high-level use cases, technical requirements, revenue, and ROI
• Translate product strategy into detailed requirements for prototype construction and final product development by engineering teams
• 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
• Implement, and maintain production timelines across multiple departments
• Appraise new product ideas and strategize appropriate to-market plans

Key requirements:

• Engineering or an MBA graduate from a reputed university
• 4+ years of product management experience, preferably with consumer and/or b2b startups that have attained scale
• Experience identifying business opportunities, building a product strategy, and influencing deliver against a multi-year roadmap
• Understands core technologies utilised in their product domain and is fluent in pros and cons of technical alternatives
• Good understanding of acquisition and retention funnels
• Demonstrated ability to achieve goals in a fast paced and an unstructured environment. Thrives in ambiguity and rapidly changing environment
• Hands-on experience of both qualitative and quantitative research methods such as AB testing, data analytics, and user research
• Robust understanding of complex and scalable technical architecture for web and mobile applications
• Problem solver with strong analytical skills and comfort with data
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

About Peppo

https://www.peppo.co.in">Peppo is a fair food ordering utility. It helps restaurants manage both the demand and the delivery sides of their business, on the cloud.

The simplest way to think of Peppo is that it is a backend for restaurants that takes them online, not on just one channel but on all of them. App publishers that integrate with Peppo, will see every restaurant that uses Peppo and can enable food ordering through their own front-end.

On the fulfilment side, Peppo allows restaurants to plug into an aggregated delivery fleet on which it helps restaurants choose between various providers to optimise between delivery costs and performance.

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Business Development Manager with first-rate system administration and cloud systems management skills to join our retail platform team. In this role, you’ll be making some of the most significant decisions for the company. You need to have strong problem solving capabilities, be a team player and have great communication skills. You also need to be goal-oriented, have the ability to understand the core architecture and take up responsibility of product deployment and scaling. You must be a highly technical, hands-on system admin with passion for devops and scaling.

We value those with an entrepreneurial spirit and those who bring experience from established organizations. You ought to be comfortable in dealing with lots of moving pieces. You must have excellent attention to detail; and you should be flexible and  comfortable to learn new technologies and systems.

The opportunity is ideal for someone early in their career who learns by doing. This is a high-exposure role and you will learn what it really looks like in the early days of a startup.

We offer a friendly, casual, collaborative working environment that is mission-driven and results-oriented. Our small office is in a great space in Bangalore. Due to the COVID situation, we are committed to having a fully remote engagement.

Responsibilities 

• Collaborate with the Tech Lead on product deployment and scaling
•  Responsible for communicating and reporting to the tech lead
•  Setup new environments as well as maintain existing ones
• Participate in technical design and architecture reviews from the deployment and scaling point of view
•  Write technical documentation
• Automate stuff
• Infrastructure as code
• Be aware of costs and skilled enough to squeeze

Skills and Requirements

We are looking at your experience not just in terms of the years you’ve clocked but the aptitude to get things done. Here’s the skills that your job would entail, so please make sure you highlight the following in any capacity you have demonstrated - professional, freelance or hobbyist.

• 2+ years of software development experience (professional, freelance or hobbyist). Github profiles matter.
• Strong proficiency in AWS products with certifications
• Deep understanding of Infrastructure as code tool like Ansible
• Understanding of tools like Gitlab, Jenkins etc required for code management and continuous delivery 
• Python or Bash scripting skills
• Experience with deployment frameworks, practices and processes
• Demonstrated skills in deploying, releasing, and maintaining highly scalable web applications
• Bonus if you know AWS CloudFormation or Terraform
• Good communication skills and ability to work independently or in a team.

Employment Type

• Full-time
• Remote/On-Site 

Our Preferred Resume Format

• Polished resume with list of projects clearly listed (with responsibilities you held)
• Links to interesting projects that you worked on (professional, freelance or hobbyist)
• Blogs written and any other public contributions you made

1. Resume evaluation: We will screen all incoming CVs and invite candidates for next round, fitting our job profile description.
2. Case study:  If you are one of the shortlisted candidates, you will be sent a case study to solve.
3. Phone screening: we will follow up with a phone screening round for better understanding of the CV, technical proficiency, experience etc.
4. F2F Round(s): The next round is a direct face-to-face discussion over a video call.

• Small team with an opportunity to have a steep learning curve. 
• Have a meaningful impact on end customers and sellers on their experience with digital tools.
• Work on redefining the e-commerce experience by building cooperatives for the micro-services era. This makes Peppo a perfect home for those looking to pursue compassionate capitalism.
• Train under a diverse and accomplished set of team leads, mentors and investors who have worked in government and big tech.
• Holistic development guaranteed as you will grow in an environment that prizes lateral thinking allowing you to supplement your core responsibilities with additional functions.
• Competitive compensation and flexibility to work from anywhere since Peppo uses the best of productivity tools.

Peppo is an equal opportunity employer. We're excited to work with talented and empathetic people no matter their race, caste, color, gender, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, physical disability, mental well-being, or age. Our code of conduct reflects the kind of company we strive to be, and we celebrate our diversity for that truly makes us create products that cater to the world.

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