Head of Product

Position Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled React Native Developer with a strong background in the MERN (MongoDB, Express.js, React.js, Node.js) stack to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 2 years of professional experience and a proven track record of developing robust, scalable mobile applications using React Native. This role offers an exciting opportunity to work on innovative projects and significantly contribute to the growth and success of our startup.

Key Responsibilities

●     Develop High-Quality Mobile Applications: Create user-friendly mobile applications using React Native, ensuring high performance and responsiveness.

●     Collaborate with Cross-Functional Teams: Work closely with product managers, designers, and other developers to define, design, and deliver new features.

●     Maintain Clean and Efficient Code: Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code following industry best practices and coding standards.

●     Optimize Application Performance: Enhance application performance for speed and scalability.

●     Participate in Code Reviews: Engage in code reviews, discussions, and knowledge-sharing sessions to improve team output and code quality.

●     Troubleshoot and Debug: Identify and resolve application issues to ensure smooth functionality.

●     Stay Updated with Trends: Keep abreast of emerging technologies and trends in mobile development to incorporate best practices.

Requirements

●     MERN Stack Proficiency: Strong expertise in MongoDB, Express.js, React.js, and Node.js.

●     RESTful APIs and Web Services: Solid understanding and experience in integrating RESTful APIs and web services.

●     Version Control Systems: Proficient with Git for version control.

●     Mobile UI/UX Design Principles: Knowledge of best practices in mobile UI/UX design.

●     Problem-Solving Skills: Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.

●     Team and Independent Work: Ability to work both independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced startup environment.

●     Communication and Collaboration: Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with team members.

Nice to Have

●     GraphQL: Familiarity with GraphQL for efficient data fetching.

●     Cloud Services: Knowledge of cloud services such as AWS or Firebase.

Amagi Media Labs is rapidly disrupting the TV broadcasting Industry as we know it. Founded in 2008, Amagi is now the largest TV AD Network with over 30 million advertising seconds and more than 400 TV channels working on Amagi’s Cloud Infrastructure and managed playout servers. To know more about what Amagi does please visit http://www.amagi.com">www.amagi.com

Technical Program Manager Job Description

Amagi is looking to expand its project/program management team responsible for managing end to end development and delivery of various ongoing software development programs and initiatives within Amagi. We are looking for people who are process oriented, have a strong technology background, who have experience in executing and managing large software projects in the past. The software development projects under execution are largely in the intersection of media and cloud technology domains. 

Responsibilities

• End-to-end ownership of multiple short term and long term product development and delivery initiatives for Amagi's key products 
• Working closely with cross-functional teams like engineering, product, quality assurance, operations and customer success teams.
• Articulating and defining program milestones for  successful and timebound completion of initiatives by developing project plans in collaboration with all the stakeholders. 
• Identifying and resolving process bottlenecks, dependencies and related challenges
• Enterprise program management : Apart from standard product offerings, for enterprise customers, Amagi offers tighter integration and customization of their workflows over the core product offerings.  In this role you one manage end to end onboarding and going live for such enterprise customers.  This involves 
• Working with pre-sales/sales/onboarding/customer to get the requirements
• Prepare a detailed project plan & track it across teams; keep the stakeholders (Sales, ONB, Customer) updated on status and milestones
• Work with Enterprise Engagement Team in Broadcast Engineering closely to deliver according to the plan
• Get the customer trained on the platform before going live
• Formally hand off to support once the customer has gone live

• Create, publish and maintain well organised, comprehensive data and information about the initiatives to enable organization wide transparency and reporting
• Developing dashboards and success metrics to provide visibility to various stakeholders.  
• Ensuring consistent and clear status reporting 
• Prepare presentations and provide supporting data as needed

• Managing one or more programs involving product development initiatives belonging to various categories, like 
• Cutting edge cloud technology intensive SaaS products
• Software solution involving media technology (eg, audio/video streaming) 
• Web frontend and backend related products (built on latest web frameworks)

• Setting up processes, actively participating in improving and maintaining processes for product development and delivery initiatives to enable efficiency across organization
• Based on agile methodologies and project management best practices
• Training and evangelizing the participating teams on agile processes

• Managing executive stakeholders
• Helping the program management team as a whole to publish metrics, dashboards to bring visibility of various programs to the executive team.
• Helping the executive team to take directional calls on new and ongoing programs.  

Desired Skills and Experience

We'll need you to have a good foundation for establishing technical and non-technical enablement needs for internal and external teams.

Required Skills: 

• Communication skills: The candidate must be good at business communication, good at using all modern tools at disposal, be able to organize and lead meetings as and when required. 
• Technical Knowledge: The candidate must have a strong technical background and must be well aware of software engineering technology stacks popularly used in technology heavy companies. The candidate must be able to write and present tech heavy documentation.
• Process Knowledge: The candidate must have experience in running process oriented programs and projects, must have knowledge of agile frameworks, and should be able to set up agile processes for existing and new product development initiatives. 
• Data driven acumen: The candidate must be able to do qualitative and quantitative analysis on available data and metrics to take up calls and set directions for the team.
• Relationship management: The candidate must be able to maintain a good working relationship with various cross functional team members and key stakeholders.

Required Experience:

• Experience in running scrum ceremonies and managing related artifacts
• Hands on experience in project management tools (e.g. Jira)
• Domain experience: Prior experience in media technologies like OTT, audio/video technologies, AWS/GCP cloud based application or web application development

Formal Qualifications:

• Certifications (Preferable):  Agile certifications - CSM® / PMI-ACP® / SaFE® 
• Preferred Work Experience: 2 - 5 years 
• Enterprise Program managers: 5-7 years in Project/Program management
• Educational Qualifications: BE/BTech + MBA (From Tier I/II institutes) 

At PivotRoots we follow a user centred and value driven design thinking process. As a UX designer, 

1. You should be able to understand product specifications and know how to convert business requirements into user journeys and wireframes. 
2. Able to create personas through user research and data. 
3. Adept in developing wireframes and prototypes around customer needs.
4. Use various UX processes to fefine the right interaction model and evaluate its success
5. Work with UI designers to implement attractive designs
6. Communicate design ideas and prototypes to developers
7. Keep abreast of competitor products and industry trends

This is a pure UX role and does not require any prior experience in visuals and graphics. 

What you need to have:

• Administration and Management of Microsoft 365 environment
• Work in GMT time zone

Desired Candidate Profile

• Strong experience in Python scripting and automation frameworks (Pytest and Robot)
• Basic knowledge in SQL servers and queries, REST API calls.
• Jira, and any test management tools.
• Knowledge in data/ETL domain is an added advantage.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools like Jenkins.

• Administers overall setup, configuration and maintenance of the Salesforce.com platform for the various divisions
• Performs system administration functions such as user management (profiles and roles), field and validation rule configuration, record types, picklists, page layout management, mobile setup, data management, email templates, folder management, and public groups, as well as other configuration items
• Validation rules, Reports, Workflow, Process Builder as per business requirements
• Responsible to analyze, troubleshoot and solve the delivery/production (tier 2 or tier 3) team reported issues.
• Partner with Product Development to resolve customer reported bugs.
• Ability to reliably and correctly estimate your time to resolve technical problems and a clear understanding of your limitations for escalation purposes.
• Meet individual performance goals, including weekly and/or annual efficiency goals.

• Should have good communication skill.
• Experience Level – 5-6 years in similar profile.
• Team player willing to collaborate throughout all phases of development, testing and deployment
• Ability to solve problems and meet the deadlines within minimal supervision
• Excellent analytical skills

• We take transparency very seriously. Along with a full view of team goals, get a top-level view across the board with our monthly & quarterly town hall meetings.
• A highly inclusive work culture that promotes a relaxed, creative and productive environment.
• Practice autonomy, open communication, growth opportunities,while maintaining a perfect work-life balance
• Go on company-sponsored offsites, once a year and blow off steam with your work buddies! (Post Pandemic)

• Learning is a way of life. Unlock your full potential backed with cutting-edge tools and mentorship (Macbook for Engagers & reimbursement for your WFH setup!)
• Get the best in class medical insurance (with Covid Care facilities), programs for taking care of your mental health, and a Contemporary Leave Policy (beyond sick leaves)

• Expert in Python. Comfortable with Web frameworks, such as Flask or Django
• Familiarity with Object Relational Mapping Libraries and ability to Integrate with Multiple Data Sources into One System
• Understanding of Limitations of Python and Multi Process Architecture. Understanding of Design Principles of Scalable Application
• Has familiarity with data frameworks in Python - Pandas or
• Good object-oriented design skills and knowledge of design
• Knowledge of key-value stores, caching, search, messaging queues
• Minimum 5 years of experience in the above