Looking For Business Consultant

Responsibilities

• Translate product strategy into detailed Requirement Documents and Prototypes
• Set up, gather, and analyze User data, conduct user interviews and competition studies to suggest the best ways to solve a problem.
• Articulate Customer Problems, create detailed scope documents, and groom them with the Tech team and Product Owner.
• Meet regularly with all stakeholders, including Product Managers, Account Managers, Developers, Marketing and Customer service to collate feedback on Product
• Drive adoption of Features in Beta at Client Side
• Conduct User Acceptance Testing for Product Releases
• Identify the need for new features based on customer feedback, industry trends, and business goals.
• Define the market research objectives, such as understanding customer preferences, identifying market gaps, or evaluating competitors.
• Identify the market need or customer pain point that the new module aims to address.
• Schedule meetings with clients to discuss their requirements, pain points, and desired outcomes.

You will be a good fit for this role if:

* B.E/B.Tech with a minimum of 2.5 years of overall experience with hands-on experience in a Product Role.

* Product Management Experience - min 2.5 years.

* Excellent Written & Verbal Communication & presentation skills

* Strong orientation towards data gathering, problem solving, experimenting, and iterating with the results, to arrive at the right solution

* Prior experience in a mobile/internet SaaS product startup preferred.

* User-centric and problem-solving mindset.

* Entrepreneurial mindset

Skillset Required:

* Product Management

* Problem Solving

* Google Analytics

* Product Development

* Business Analyst

Work Responsibilities 

- Lead, plan & execute new initiatives & projects 

- Work closely with the founders in scaling up the organization 

- Shaping the company's overall business strategy. Developing strategic plans and assessing company performance 

- Responsible for assisting the Founders with developing, communicating, executing, and sustaining corporate strategic initiatives 

- Building the new categories at the company and expanding the existing ones
- Conducting research and data analysis to inform business decisions 

- Responsible for supporting all special projects needs of the Founders, acting as liaison with key stakeholders, analysis of market trends and internal performance, the analysis of data in collaboration with experienced data analysts, and the production of written reports and oral 

What are we looking for? 

- Minimum 2 years experience in a Startup (B2B, SAAS, VC companies are preferred)
- Bachelor's degree for a Tier 1 institute (preferably IITs, BITS) 

- Structured thought-process 

- Experience in managing multiple priorities, administrative coordination, and logistics
- High Execution bias 

- Creative problem-solving skills

- Well organized, detail-oriented, ability to multitask with great follow-up skills
- Impeccable communication skills

Job Prerequisites 

- High-speed internet connection 

- Laptop with integrated camera & a pair of headphones 

- Quiet workspace

What’s in it for you? 

- Great Pay 

- Be part of a 100x growth story - The company has grown 10x in the last 18 months - High growth potential & impact - an early stage in Wishup’s journey 

- Work from home (or anywhere), forever!

Primary Skills & Criteria [Mandatory]

• Technology Business Analyst
• Experience with Finance IT, EPM IT, ETL Processes
• Minimum Work Experience: 12+ years

Other Requirements [Good to have]

• Exposure to tools like Jira, Confluence, etc.
• Exposure to development and production support processes
• Exposure to EPM tools [e.g., HFM, FMDEE, etc.]
• Candidate should be able to lead and track technical developments/tasks independently and present status to management
• Candidate should be self-motivated and self-sufficient to work independently without much supervision
• Strong verbal and written communication skills

Role Duties/Activities

The Technology “Agile Business Analyst” or “Business Analyst” is responsible for ensuring the team works within an Agile delivery method and that their backlog of requirements and analysis feed into Technology Projects and Programmes successfully.

This role will carry out some or all of the following activities:

• Assures delivery through the entire life cycle of the project of user requirements through to live
• Managing the capture, analysis, and documentation of business process (including IT processes)
• Designing solutions or change interventions
• Oversee change management activities which can include diverse tasks such as timeline planning to
• stakeholder engagement
• Manage or collaborate in change interventions such as training and communication
• Tracking and documenting progress and managing status reporting
• Managing implementation of solutions
• Risk identification, risk reporting and devising interventions to mitigating risks
• Budget management and forecasting
• Management of external service providers
• Support Technology teams to manage delivery proactively, balancing scope, schedule, resourcing, dependencies, communications, etc.
• Work with the Technology team and Product Owner to drive improvements in productivity through backlog management, maturity in the use of Agile methodologies (e.g. Scrum, Kanban, Lean), and corresponding management of dependencies
• Oversee the monitoring and reporting of progress, issues, dependencies, risks to the stakeholders
• Ensure adherence to standard controls and drives teams to achieve compliance and framework,
• capability management, Security controls and technology architecture designs

Attention: We are looking for Immediate joiners!

Executive Summary

Are you looking to level up? The Senior Product Owner (Digital Transformation) role at FirstPrinciples and the partner that you will be staffed with is a multi-million-dollar digital transformation initiatives on web and mobile with one of the largest Luxury Home Builders in the United States.

About FirstPrinciples & The Role

FirstPrinciples is a Tech Holding company with a Venture Studio as part of its holdings. One part of the Venture Studio business at FirstPrinciples is about working with large enterprises on long-term digital transformation initiatives within their organization. The position that we are currently hiring for involves a multi-million-dollar digital transformation initiatives for one of the largest Luxury Home Builders in the United States. Our scope involves working as expert consultants to advice and execute on upgrading the IT & Tech different internal and stakeholder facing systems within their organization. We are working on both web and mobile platforms.  

Who is This For?

This is for an experienced Product Owner/Manager who is looking to take their career to the next stage by working on a large-scale initiative that will challenge and extend their current capacities.

At FirstPrinciples, we truly act as a Tech Strategic Consultant along with having the operational capacity to implement the suggested recommendations. This role is for someone who is able to provide recommendations to the client while having the ownership of the end deliverables. While we have technical leaders also staffed within this partnership, we are looking for someone who can talk the talk with senior engineers and tech architects and understand their recommendations and its implications.  

Requirements

• One of the following certifications (PRINCE2, CSP, CAPM, CBAP (BABOK), Agile, CSP, CSPO, PMPO)
• Experience in independently managing, End-to-End Business Analysis, Product Analysis, Project Management for complex IT Projects and Products / Apps
• Working with Client to understand provide Consulting or Business Solutions, Problem Solving Approach and Skills, Strong Analytical Skills, should be able to read between the lines
• Managing scope via release management and planning and creating User-Stories, Running Sprints Cycle and Experience working with a team of 15-20 resources
• Requirements Gathering, Requirements Analysis, Requirements Management, Requirements Elicitation, Requirements Matrix (RTMs)
• Experience in Developing Low-Level and High-Level Prototyping using Wireframes tools (using any of the latest wireframing tools, such as JustInMind, Adobe XD, MockFlow, etc)
• Ownership of the Product Backlog & Deliverables and developing the User Stories & Release Planning
• Experience in Writing and Maintaining Business Requirement Documents (BRD) or PRDs and Functional Specification Document (FSD), Software Requirements Specification (SRS)
• Should have experience in creating Project Budgeting, Creating Efforts Estimations (EE), Presentation Decks, and Clean Documentation 
• Experience in Writing Test Cases and Managing UAT and Deployment 
• Analysis: GAP, Fish-bone Analysis, RCA (Root Cause Analysis), MoSCOW
• Experience in Consulting clients on Problem Statements V/s Solution Building based on AS-IS and TO-BE
• Experience converting Business Cases to Technology case and Building Products from scratch thus Translating Business Requirements into Software Requirement Specifications
• Interacting with the Technical team to ensure Delivery and Implementation of the Software Solution/Projects
• Client Relationship Management, Excellent at English Speaking, and Written Communication
• Understanding of Change Management, Risk Management and Project Management

Management Skills

1. Excellent Written and Oral Communication Skills and Etiquettes
2. Excellent Presentation Skills 
3. Experience in working with Onshore and Offshore Teams and Experience handling Cross-Functional Projects, Resources and Clients
4. Experience dealing with Pressure and Meeting strict Project Deadlines
5. Leadership and Motivational Skills to ensure the Work is being done by the Resources on time and within the specified budget
6. Conflict and Resolution Management
7. Prior experience in operations management - good to have 
8. Experience working with US Clients

TechStack & Platform

1. MEAN Stack (Web)
2. Native iOS & Android (Mobile)
3. AWS

• Define best strategies for product development 
• Product road maps 
• Wireframing 
• should have 15 plus years exp 

Amar Chitra Katha(ACK Alive) is launching a first of its kind learning program in the country for which we are inviting applications from interested people who would want to be a part of the team. Leo & Mike is the content, curriculum and operations partner for ACK Alive. You will be working closely with the Leo & Mike team as well as the Amar Chitra Katha team, which will be a one of a kind opportunity.

Role: Program Manager (Amar Chitra Katha Project)

Job Description

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for a Program Manager who can drive our programs across a maximum of 6 centers and ensure the seamless delivery of the programs in line with the organization’s objectives to the complete satisfaction of learners and their parents.

Duties/ Responsibilities:

The Program Manager will be responsible for 

• Effective implementation of program across 6 centers with regard to learner satisfaction,learning outcomes and parent satisfaction

• End to end training in content,learning system,operations and implementation

• Ensuring venue readiness in terms of room setup,material availability etc before the program starts and act as single point of contact for venue partner,parents and learners

• Coordinating kitting ,packing and transportation of materials to and from venues.

• Creating,Updating and maintaining a learner and parent database across all venues

• Creating schedules across venues and communicate the same to facilitators,parents,learners

• Rescheduling of classes at venues as required

• Observing the classrooms and documenting the observations for mentoring facilitators

• Conduct meetings with facilitators and teams to discuss the observations from classroom observation

• Collecting data/feedback from facilitators,learners,parents and classroom observations and loop it back to  Leo & Mike team for appropriate interventions in content and program improvement

• Initiating appropriate interventions wherever required with respect to learner and parent issues

• Managing the post sale communication to parents regarding the programs and communicating about learners to parents through the facilitators

     Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in any discipline

• Effective interpersonal and communication skills

• Sound knowledge on Project Management

• Proven experience to manage a team

• Problem Solving and troubleshooting skills

• A positive and proactive attitude

• Ability to take constructive feedback and work on it

• Proficiency in all Microsoft Office applications

     Details

• Compensation: Rs.40,000/- per month(6 month contract which may be extended)

• 1 paid leave per month

About Us       

ACK Alive (Amar Chitra Katha)

ACK Alive is a unique concept that brings alive the stories, the cultural learnings and the values that Amar Chitra Katha has always celebrated. The ACK Alive offers a wide range of learning programs to children that is rooted in Indian values and combined with modern skills to thrive in the 21st century. 

Amar Chitra Katha has been the first glimpse into our glorious heritage and culture for generations of Indians. Founded in 1967, today, Amar Chitra Katha (ACK) is a household name in India. Today, ACK is synonymous with the reinvention of quintessential Indian tales from the great epics, mythology, history, literature, oral folktales and many other sources.

Leo & Mike 

Leo & Mike is the content and curriculum partner for ACK Alive. Leo & Mike is a new-age learning company for 4 to 14 year old children. We create and facilitate after-school and summer camp programs where learning happens through interdisciplinary content, project-based activities and play. We work closely with parents, schools and other organizations with a similar mission while keeping children at the centre of everything that we do.