KDB/q Developer

Optiblack is a product growth firm that works with product leaders to drive revenue from data. Optiblack has worked with 50+ firms and created an impact of $300M+ USD

Optiblack is looking to add a product analyst that works with their clients on client engagement.

Job Descriptions

0. Monitoring

 Look at data from various sources daily to understand insights

 Identify areas of improvement

 Create the dashboards as per requirements

 Build tracking plan

1. Data Analysis

 Gather and analyze data from various sources to extract actionable insights.

 Use statistical techniques and data visualization to interpret trends and patterns.

 Identify opportunities for product improvements based on data analysis.

2. Product Performance Evaluation

 Monitor key product metrics and performance indicators.

 Conduct regular evaluations to assess product performance against goals and benchmarks.

 Identify areas of improvement and recommend strategies for optimization.

3. Market Research

 Conduct market research to understand industry trends, customer needs, and competitive landscape.

 Analyze market data and customer feedback to identify market opportunities.

 Provide insights on target market segments and potential customer segments.

4. User Experience Enhancement

 Collaborate with UX UI designers to improve the user experience of the product.

 Conduct user research, interviews, and usability testing to gather feedback on product usability and satisfaction.

 Recommend enhancements and features to improve user experience.

5. Requirement Gathering

 Collaborate with stakeholders to gather and document product requirements.

 Conduct interviews, workshops, and surveys to understand user and business needs.

 Translate requirements into clear and actionable user stories or product specifications.

6. A/B Testing

 Plan, execute, and analyze A/B Tests to evaluate the impact of changes or new features.

 Use data from A/B tests to make data-driven decisions and optimize the product.

7. Reporting and Presentation

 Prepare reports and presentations to communicate insights, findings, and recommendations.

 Present data analysis and product performance evaluations to stakeholders and cross-functional teams.

 Clearly articulate complex concepts in a concise and understandable manner.

Skills Required for a Product Analyst

1. Technical Skills

 Data Analysis: Proficiency in using analytical tools and techniques to gather, analyze, and interpret data.

 Tools: Mixpanel or similar

 Market Research: Knowledge of market research methodologies, including data collection, analysis, and competitor analysis.

 Product Management Tools: Familiarity with product management tools such as Jira, Trello, or Asana to manage product backlogs, roadmaps, and user stories.

 User Experience (UX) Design: Understanding of UX principles and the ability to work closely with designers to enhance the user experience of the product.

 A/B Testing: Experience in planning, executing, and analyzing A/B tests to measure the impact of product changes.

 SQL and Database Knowledge: Proficiency in SQL to extract and analyze data from databases.

2. Workplace Skills

 Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills to effectively collaborate with stakeholders, present findings, and document requirements.

 Problem-Solving: Ability to identify problems, gather relevant information, and propose practical solutions to improve product performance and user experience.

 Critical Thinking: Capacity to think analytically, assess situations, and make data-driven decisions.

 Stakeholder Management: Skill in managing relationships with stakeholders, understanding their needs, and balancing competing priorities.

 Teamwork and Collaboration: Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams, including product managers, designers, developers, and marketers.

 Adaptability: Flexibility to navigate in a dynamic and fast-paced work environment, adjusting priorities as needed.

 Attention to Detail: Strong attention to detail to ensure accuracy and precision in data analysis, documentation, and requirement gathering.

Required Skills:

• Proven work experience as an Enterprise / Data / Analytics Architect - Data Platform in HANA XSA, XS, Data Intelligence and SDI
• Can work on new and existing architecture decision in HANA XSA, XS, Data Intelligence and SDI
• Well versed with data architecture principles, software / web application design, API design, UI / UX capabilities, XSA / Cloud foundry architecture
• In-depth understand of database structure (HANA in-memory) principles.
• In-depth understand of ETL solutions and data integration strategy.
• Excellent knowledge of Software and Application design, API, XSA, and microservices concepts

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Advise and ensure compliance of the defined Data Architecture principle.
• Identifies new technologies update and development tools including new release/upgrade/patch as required. 
• Analyzes technical risks and advises on risk mitigation strategy.
• Advise and ensures compliance to existing and development required data and reporting standard including naming convention.

The time window is ideally AEST (8 am till 5 pm) which means starting at 3:30 am IST. We understand it can be very early for an SME supporting from India. Hence, we can consider the candidates who can support from at least 7 am IST (earlier is possible).

JOB DESCRIPTION

Position: Product Manager

We are looking for an experienced Product Manager with great technology background and impressive interpersonal skills. You need to be passionate about people and products. You will join a dynamic and fast-paced start-up environment and work with talented teams to design, build and roll-out products that deliver the company’s vision and strategy.

The Product Manager will be responsible 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 closely with engineering, to deliver winning products. It also includes working with sales, marketing, design and operations and support to ensure revenue and customer satisfaction. You also need to ensure that the product and marketing efforts support the company’s overall strategy and goals.

The Product Manager will need to act as the bridge between the CEO and the Team. He/She will act as a trusted advisor to the CEO. At the same time, you must build strong relationships with team members across the organization in order to maintain momentum and enable outcomes.

The Product Manager is expected to

• Support define the product strategy and roadmap and co-ordinate with various functions to translate product strategy into detailed requirements and prototypes. Run beta and pilot programs with early-stage products and prototypes.
• Improving the product innovation and management process and gaining consistency are top priorities. Needs to ensure the teams are not just aware of best-in-class approaches, but are also consistently following those frameworks
• Act as a leader within the company to work closely across teams and act as a champion for company culture. Should be able to drive home the culture and values of MMW.
• Work Closely with the CEO, to organize and align strategic priorities with members of the senior leadership team, act as a gatekeeper of tasks that can be resolved without direct involvement of the CEO. Organise follow up meetings to ensure that the decisions made in meeting rooms, make it into action. Language not in line with the rest of the document.
• Work closely with Engineering teams to optimize resources and deliver within turnaround time. Ensure smooth coordination amongst different engineering teams to deliver a seamless product
• Work closely with the Sales team to design product demos to be delivered to customers, deliver a monthly revenue forecast, develop sales tools and collateral, brief and train the sales force at quarterly sales meetings
• Work closely with the Operations team and propose an overall budget to ensure success. Ensure that the budget target is met.
• Work closely with the Marketing team to Develop product pricing, core positioning and messaging for the product. Brief press and analysts and go on press tours. Drive product launches including working with public relations team, executives, and other product management team members
• Gain a deep understanding technology, innovation and customer experience. Need to work with the Design team and identify and fill product gaps and generate new ideas that grow market share, improve customer experience and drive growth.

Requirements:

• Master’s degree from Tier-1 institute (IIT/IIM/BITS/ISB) in Business and/or Engineering. With a Bachelors degree of Engineering.
• 7+ Years of Experience in Product Management Roles
• Excellent teamwork skills. Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority. Skilled at working effectively in a matrix organization
• An analytical mindset driven by data, research and arithmetic. Not just by intuition.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Ability to build world class presentations, excel sheets and reports
• Ability to build easy to understand dashboards and reports from complex systems
• Displays high degree of discipline, confidentiality, integrity and trust.
• A thorough understanding of the Impact of technology and AI on Innovation and Product Development. Is updated about and able to keep pace with evolving technologies across the globe.
• Strong problem-solving skills and willingness to roll up one’s sleeves to get the job done.

• Strong knowledge of PHP for backend work (3+ years’ experience)
• Experience with an MVC framework (CakePHP, Laravel, Symfony, CodeIgniter, etc.)
• Strong knowledge of Javascript, HTML, CSS and related tools/packages (3+ years’ experience),
• Strong knowledge of MySQL (3+ years’ experience)
• Knowledge of React
• Though not required, experience with Python, Golang, DynamoDB, Elasticsearch.
• Strong English skills (written and verbal)

Desired Candidate Profile

• Minimum 6+years in Healthcare sales in TPA’s & brokers & has a network of corporates
• Experience in concept selling
• Excellent sales skills, preparing presentations, proposals etc.,  
• Strong team player and negotiation skills       
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Preferred from Insurance/ Insurance Brokers or TPA or Corporate Health benefits portfolio