Lead Games PM

Have you ever dreamed of being part of new product initiatives? Feel the energy and excitement to work on version 1 of a product, and bring the idea on a paper to life. Do you crave to work on SAAS products that can become the next Uber, Airbnb, or Flipkart? We allow you to be part of a team that will be leading the development of a SAAS product. 

Our organization relies on its central engineering workforce to develop and maintain a product portfolio of several different startups. Our product portfolio continuously grows as we incubate more startups, which means that various products will likely use other technologies, architecture, & frameworks - a fun place for smart tech lovers! 

We are looking for an Associate Project Manager to join one of our ChatBot engineering teams at our office in Hyderabad.

Our Program managers are multi-tasking ninjas. They rally internal and external teams with them with a single-minded focus on building the right solutions for the clients using the power of conversational AI.

Running scrums, handling client calls, unblocking teams, building conversational designs and flows, and measuring the performance of shipped bots are all the things you will do daily while making sure that all stakeholders are aligned and that communication flow is happening in all directions. You will be juggling multiple projects and priorities simultaneously which will make each day very different and exciting than the previous. 

What would you do? 

• Work with the Development & Implementation team to validate the business requirements.
• Test business goals within the framework of the platform, keeping the user experience at the center of the thought process. 
• Utilize project management tools to track progress, manage tasks, and communicate project updates.
• Develop detailed project plans, schedules, and timelines to ensure timely delivery of project milestones.
• Monitor project progress, identify risks and issues, and implement mitigation strategies to keep projects on track.
• Rigorously follow up with the internal team to unblock critical tasks, and be a mentor for the bot-building process. 
• Strong technical acumen to effectively translate client requests and requirements into actionable tasks
• Be a champion of communication and document project deliverables, timeline, status, and dependency matrix regularly. 
• Be a part of scrums and sprints and help the team communicate business goals.
• Give inputs in the development roadmap for the delivery team and provide relevant insights to the internal stakeholders.

Who Should Apply? 

• Fresher / 1 years of experience as a Project Manager, preferably on a consumer-facing product. 
• Bachelor's/Master's in Engineering, preferably from a Tier 1 institute. 
• Strong understanding of the consumer internet ecosystem. Previous experience of working in Chatbots/AI domain a plus. 
• High-level understanding of various tech platforms like Android, iOS, Web, Voice, etc. 
• Experience working in startups or successful entrepreneurial adventures. 
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills. 
• Self-driven, Multi-tasker, Comfortable with a fast-paced, always-on, highly ambiguous environment.

Requirements are such a strong word. We don’t necessarily expect to find a candidate who has done everything listed, but you should be able to make a credible case that you’ve done most of it and are ready for the challenge of adding some new things to your resume. 

About CAW Studios 

CAW Studios is a Product Engineering Company of 100+ geeks. We have built Interakt, CashFlo, KaiPulse, and FastBar products. And we still run their complete engineering. We are part of the engineering teams for Haptik, EmailAnalytics, HBits, Reliance General Insurance, Celito Tech, etc., We are obsessed with automation, DevOps, OOPS, and SOLID. We are not into one tech stack - we are into solving problems. 

Find us: https://goo.gl/maps/dvR6L26JUa42 

Website: https://www.cawstudios.com/ 

Know More: https://www.cawstudios.com/handbook 

Position Title:   Scrum Master 

Experience :    6-10 Years

Location :       Hyderabad

Working Mode:  Hybrid

Primary Skills:    Scrum Master, Agile, Enterprise SAAS Application

Qualification:    BCA, MCA, B.Tech, M.Tech

Job Overview:

• Experience : 6 to 9 years
• 4-5+ years of Scrum master experience
• Scrum Master Certification (SAFe certification preferred)
• 5+ years of Agile Software Delivery experience using methodologies like Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
• 5+ years of experience as a scrum master 
• 5+ years of experience in running agile teams delivering features/functions related to Enterprise applications such as Salesforce, Netsuite, Workday, etc.

Job Title:- Product Manager - SAAS/TECH

Job Location:- Gurgaon

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We are currently scouting for Product Manager - SAAS/TECH

My Client Story

My Client is an all-in-one ecommerce logistics platform using modern software to provide fast and affordable fulfilment. Brands of all sizes — use Company full-service solution to store inventory at warehouses near their customers and ship orders with the Company carrier network to improve transit times and shipping costs. Companies deep integration with sales channels enables brands to earn prime like badges to accelerate their sales

s an amalgamation of enthusiastic and genius people working on a remarkable concept, making headway in this industry. It would not only provide you a scope for professional and personal growth but would also provide you a lot of avenues to experiment with and expertise in your skills.

Job Description: -

Looking forward to onboard a committed Product Manager who is motivated enough to combine his analytical, communication and managerial skills in order to administer our customers in the best possible manner. The product manager would be responsible for the product planning and execution throughout the product lifecycle, including: gathering and prioritizing product and customer requirements, defining the product vision and working closely with engineering, sales, marketing and support teams to ensure revenue and customer satisfaction

What you will do:-

You are required to:

1. Responsible for the full product lifecycle, from writing specifications, working across multidisciplinary teams: design, art, and engineering to launch core features within our existing and new products

2. Manage the planning, scoping, execution and delivery across multiple projects

3. Over viewing the technical implementation of product development

4. Defining the product architecture, modules, interfaces, and data for a system to satisfy specified requirements

5. Exhibit sound product discernment, ability to formulate product strategy and present clear measurable objectives that will lead to achieving our business goals

6. Expected to provide valuable input into business cases based on in-depth data analysis and demonstrate how that analysis impacts key product metrics

7. Run prioritization and trade-offs among customer experience, technical constraints and business drivers

8. Expected to develop a deep understanding of our users: their problems, their needs, their desires

9. Creating product design prototypes

10. Writing and building rich content/user manuals help guides and documents

11. Leading and interacting with cross-functional teams, including product design and engineering

Skills you bring to the table: -

1. A very keen product sense exhibited through decisions in the past

2. Astute customer understanding; a very customer-focused approach to solving the problem

3. Long-term thinking around creating product and execution road maps

4. Data-oriented approach, a key eye for numbers, market insights and an appetite for business context and metrics. 5. Flawless communication skills, the ability to articulate and evangelize product vision, strategy priority and compellingly go to market plans

6. Owner mentality; willingness to take initiatives, the accountability to dive closure

7. Tenacity and grit; the ability to hustle and get things done even over a stretch

8. The ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams yet the assertiveness and and influence to rally people around the right products

What Makes you Eligible?

You are where our search ends, if you hold:

1. Excellent balance of organization and people skills, project management, and a “thirst for the new”

2. Technical Background with 1+ year of experience in the software industry, in roles relevant to project/ program management

3. Experience in working with software development with scrum methodology and Agile framework

4. Work experience on the IT industry is preferred

5. Good exposure to SaaS based tools

6. Hands on experience on Jira, Confluence or any other product management tools

7. Quick grasping and self-learning skills

8. Excellent communication and teamwork skills

The project Manager will own the facilitation of Wolken project efforts and be responsible for maintaining strong customer relationships. This role will oversee all project functions including but not limited to kickoff meetings, requirements gathering, design reviews, integration support, solution documentation, after-action reviews, and training. For each project, the Project Manager will indirectly oversee a team of one or more engineers supporting the integration of the client’s data with Wolken software, while maintaining accountability to SoW requirements.

What you'll do:

• Maintain resourcing requirements and understand resource availability & allocation
• Manage timesheets related to projects
• Maintain project budget, timeline, quality, and compliance with Wolken project management standards
• Develop detailed project plans that indicate key milestones and activities
• Maintain the scope of a project and identify tasks that are out of scope based on the project statement of work (SoW)
• Escalate issues that may result in negative financial or customer relationship impact
• Ensure supporting project documentation is submitted promptly
• Manage service engagements including interactions with the customer project team, technical analysts, and client stakeholders
• Host weekly project stakeholder meetings and drive initiatives to meet project goals
• Manage the delivery of project reporting for stakeholders to include burndown, RAG, and weekly status reports
• Contribute to the continuous review and build-out of project delivery standards and processes
• Define and develop metrics to measure key indicators including value, efficiency, and effectiveness
• Ensure customer expectations are met as identified in the statement of work

You'll be a great fit for this role if you have:

• 2+ years of experience in delivering customer-facing projects
• 2+ years of experience with task tracking or project management tools such as Asana or Jira
• Excellent communication, presentation, analytical, budgeting, interpersonal, and organization skills required
• Strong desire to learn and contribute
• High attention to detail and accuracy
• Experience managing a project through the full life cycle
• A proven ability to manage multiple projects across multiple clients and stakeholders

OBJECTIVE :

- The Product Development team within PayMate works with business to establish the overall strategy and priorities for the products and platforms. Based on the business strategy and overall priorities, the Product Development team creates product plan, including high level business requirements, solution designs, benefits definition and aligns with overall go to market rollout plan.

- We are looking to hire Product Managers with Payments background and Supply Chain Finance experience. You will engage existing and potential customers directly, and decide the future of the product based upon a strong understanding of the customer requirements. You will also collaborate with technology, marketing, sales and support to solve for the best customer experience.

- The candidate should be willing to accept a dynamic and multi-faceted role requiring to work across several teams and even geographies, while working with the core management team on the best way forward to help achieve our collective goals.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES :

- Build a scalable Payments Automation System

- Meet regularly with key customer facing teams to collect and analyse user feedback to shape new product ideas and user requirements.

- Implements usage tracking and analyse patterns to validate new feature requirement.

- Have strong solution skills in translating customer needs to product functionalities.

- Convert ideas to prototypes and demonstrate them to the key partners.

- Stay on top of the market and competition.

- Act like an owner for the success of your product.

- Will be responsible for the end to end product roadmap from features creation, prioritization, go live, onboarding process streamlining.

- Responsible for regular running of solutions and products - monitoring success through revenue

- Maintain communication among and between stakeholders - interacting with business managers to ideate the requirements , work with the technology teams to implement the solutions

- Collaborate and work with various internal departments and external vendors in the launch and implementation of the processing platform for specific clients in the specific markets and regions. This involves working with the technical teams for roadmap, feature and release management

- Definition of platform features include creating detailed user and process flows

- technical level designs and algorithms to satisfy the feature requirements

- Working with clients to define business requirements from the high level down to the detailed levels.

- Work with the technical development teams to review the solution and technical designs with an understanding of how the solution impacts the overall platform architecture

- Work with the technical testing teams to review the test cases and testing to ensure newly defined platform features are properly tested

- Some platform features require the development of new APIs for which field level designs are required.

- Collaborate and work closely with our external processing partners and vendors in the launch and implementation of the processing platform for all markets and regions.

- Work with our processing partners to ensure the card processor's platform has features that are needed for the specific markets in question and where there are gaps to draft up the solution in conjunction with our partners and have that delivered in a timely manner

- This role would require the person to work across geographies, time zones, cultures and competencies as well as internal teams who might not be very familiar with global payments & its intricacies

- Be willing to get your hands dirty - from writing feature stories, drawing swim lane diagrams to running sprint meetings, you will do it all

- You would be required to articulate & justify your vision & strategy behind you roadmap to domain experts & leaders again & again in a crowded & evolving payment stage

- Dealing with engineers & architects to design new flows, adapt systems to new market innovations while maintaining integrity & scalability of the platform is vital

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE :

- 5-7 years of experience in product management with 3 or more years in Payments background

- Strong customer centricity

- Ability to think creative and solve problem

- Familiarity in agile development framework will be preferable.

- Prior experience at fast growing fintech / B2B startups will be preferable

- Highly adaptable and aware. Comfortable in an evolving and dynamic environment.

- Good networker: persuasive with excellent interpersonal skills.

- You are comfortable working hands-on in a fast-paced start-up environment

- Problem-solving and detail orientation come naturally to you.

- Worked with banking & payments partners

- An engineering degree (a management degree is a bonus, not mandatory)

- Formal product management training - good to have

- Knowledge of Product Management tools like Trello, JIRA, Figma, MS Projects, Postman, etc.

•  Maintaining an updated status of projects that are underway.
•  Tracking utilization of resources and maintaining plan for them.
•  Manage Invoicing.
•  Prepare and track project progress and ensure all project activities are completed on-time.
•  Track project work times and keep accurate timesheets.
•  Run project status meetings, daily stand-ups, and other team   meeting.
•  Data collection and preparation of templates.
•  Coordinate between various internal teams/clients.
•  Document the needs for client.
• Change management if there are any new requirements or proposed changes.
• Knowledge of Project tracking software (Jira ) would be added advantage.
• Experience in handling large volume of data in Excel and Google Spreadsheets.
•  Adherence to the expected roles and responsibilities w.r.t ISMS and QMS.
•  Gathering and analyzing project data to identify its weaknesses and resolve any time-related or budgetary snags.

What is the Role?

• Role is responsible to define requirements and drive success of Ecommerce / Real Estate / Healthcare / Grocery / Food Online centric Tech Products.
• Responsible for overseeing and bringing products to market while meeting key business objectives.

Desired Candidate Profile

• Hands-on experience of building and managing consumer tech products
• Prior experience in Ecommerce / Real Estate / Healthcare / Food Delivery business
• Experience of 3+ years + of which 1.5 years + in product management
• Track record of driving and delivering large, complicated projects on time and within scope
• Entrepreneurial spirit / ability to roll up your sleeves and try different things with minimal direction
• Loves and understands technology. Stays current on competition and disruptors in the market
• Is organized, and can plan, forecast and manage a product backlog
• Possesses a unique blend of business and technical savvy.

We are looking for a passionate PMO Lead to be part of Enterprise PMO which responsible for the entire organization support function on compliance , adherence and Governance of Standards, Operations, Policies and Procedures. We are looking for very dynamic and energetic PMO Lead to drive the delivery governance and excellence  as per Business Objectives.  Looking of people with high level accountability and ownership to drive the things for very fast growing start-up services company in India.

The ideal candidate for this position will have at least 8
years of program management office (PMO)  with an ability to think tactically as well as strategically while leading cross functional teams in a matrixed environment. He is single point of contact for Delivery PMO and Process Governance. The primary goal of this candidate is to achieve benefits from standardizing and following project management policies, processes, and methods to be leveraged by multiple project owners. The candidate should have the ability to provide a decision support information for stakeholders (including executives) to make appropriate decisions. The candidate should also could underpin the project delivery mechanisms ensuring that all business change in an organization is managed in a controlled way.

Responsibilities:

• Transparency: providing information with a single source of the truth. Information should be relevant and accurate to support effective decision-making by stakeholders (including senior management).
• Reusability: stopping project teams from reinventing the wheel by being a central point for lessons learned templates and best practice.
• Delivery : making it easy for project teams to do their jobs by reducing bureaucracy, mentoring and process compliance. This includes the better coordination between two of delivery teams (One time Implementation and Managed Services) and other cross functional teams for SOP compliance and adherence.
• Governance: ensuring that communication to different stakeholders (including senior management) & decisions are taken by the right people , based on the right information presented. The governance role can also include audit or peer reviews, developing project and program structures, Standard Operating Procedures and ensuring accountability including of Information Security Management System as per ISO standards.
• Traceability: providing the function for managing documentation, project history and organizational knowledge.

• Create, Maintain and Own the PMO Delivery and Process Governance Metrics which includes Project Financials, Task and Ticket Metrics, Process KPI, Process Improvements, Delivery Governance and Excellence

Skills

• Gathering data about project progress and producing reports
• Developing standards and processes
• Encouraging (or enforcing where necessary) the use of those standards and processes
• Delivering training and mentoring Delivery and Process Governance PMO members and lead the team.
• Managing dependencies across multiple projects across delivery team

• MBA in Project/Operations/Systems/MIS or MCA Or equivalent
• 8-12 years’ experience in Service Desk/PMO environment, in a fast-paced though structured environment
• Strong Process and Agile Project Methodologies knowledge for managing multiple projects
• Superior verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills with both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Reporting on financial information such as Project Profitability, Claims and Invoicing
• Experience in working with agile lifecycle and/or tracking and process management tools, e.g. Zoho Projects & Desk or JIRA
• Identify and analyze opportunities and make tactical/strategic recommendations
• Hands on project management approach that includes a proven track record of project/program execution
• Need to have good understanding Competencies (AWS) and Industry specific foundations (ISMS, ISO 27001, GDPR) 
• Ability to quickly switch tasks, multi-task, be highly organized and detail oriented. 
• Ability to adapt communication style to effectively work with multiple levels within an organization 
• Experience preparing high visibility, executive level presentation materials 

What you would be expected to do:

• Gather, prioritize and refine requirements while keeping team members well informed
• Create Use Cases, Flow Charts, Mock Screens, PRDs for business requirements, user requirements, functional & non-functional requirements and system requirements
• Rolling out of new products/apps/automations and resolving stakeholder queries/issues
• Automate business processes using tools like Zapier/Google Scripts, other automation tools
• Collaborate with cross-functional groups and assist in the entire product lifecycle from design to development to launch
• Responsible for testing of applications/solutions/web panels at various stages of the lifecycle
• Working with the development team/or independently on integrations (using 3rd party tools to create mobile applications)
• Travel as per company requirement to places including but not limited to Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Myanmar and Tanzania

You might be a strong candidate if you:

• The ability to structure and analyze ambiguous problems
• The ability to communicate ideas clearly through workflows, feature descriptions etc.
• Proactive and willingness to get hands dirty
• Attention to detail

What we offer (in addition to compensation and statutory benefits):

• An opportunity to grow as a professional in a dynamic, fast growing, high impact industry; 
• The chance to work in an open minded, collaborative culture surrounded by enthusiastic Greenlighters who are driven by the challenge of continuously innovating and growing a smart, sustainable business with profound impact on the world 
• A truly multicultural experience: you will have the chance to work with and learn from people from different geographies, nationalities, and backgrounds 
• Structured, tailored learning and development programs that help you become a better leader, manager, and professional through the Greenlight Academy