Operations Manager

• Mandatory (Experience 1) : 3+ YOE in digital illustration, concept sketching, and storyboarding for advertising or commercial production
• Mandatory (Experience 2) : Must have experience creating visual assets for advertising and marketing campaigns
• Mandatory (Core Skill 1) : Must be proficient in Adobe Photoshop for digital painting, image compositing, and photo manipulation
• Mandatory (Core Skill 2) : Strong storyboarding and animatic creation skills for video/commercial pre-production
• Mandatory (Core Skill 3) : Strong digital illustration and vector art skills using Adobe Illustrator
• Mandatory (Company) : Advertising Agencies (Pharmaceutical Ad Agencies highly preferred)

Nielsen, a global company specialising in audience measurement and analytics, is currently seeking a proficient leader in data engineering to join their team in Bangalore, Gurgaon, or Mumbai.

This is a manager of managers role that involves managing multiple scrum teams and overseeing an advanced data platform that analyses audience consumption patterns across various channels like OTT, TV, Radio, and Social Media worldwide. You will be responsible for building and supervising a top-performing data engineering team that delivers data for targeted campaigns. Moreover, you will work with AWS services (S3, Lambda, Kinesis) and other data engineering technologies such as Spark, Scala/Python, Kafka, etc. There may also be opportunities to establish deep integrations with OTT platforms like Netflix, Prime Video, and other.

Hardly are we searching for professionals with experience in the travel and tourism industry alone.

Responsibilities:

• Respond promptly and professionally to client inquiries via phone, email, or live chat.
• Handle a high volume of incoming emails and prioritize them based on urgency and importance.
• Provide accurate and timely information to clients, resolving their issues and addressing their concerns effectively.
• Demonstrate leadership qualities by assisting junior team members, providing guidance, and fostering a positive work environment.
• Manage backend processes related to customer support, ensuring smooth operations and timely resolution of issues.
• Collaborate with other departments, such as Sales and services Development, to address client needs and improve overall customer satisfaction.
• Proactively identify opportunities for process improvement and implement solutions to enhance the efficiency of the support team.
• Maintain a high level of activity and engagement, ensuring that all client inquiries are handled promptly and efficiently.

• Call Customers with Overdue Accounts.
• Understand and Explain Benefits of Repayment and Credit History of Customer.
• Correct Customer Misunderstanding On Product Policy and Terms.
• Set Up Payment Plan and Follow-Up Schedule.
• Educate Customer On Consequences for Late Payment.
• Escalate Difficult or Unusable Case to Team Leaders.
• Provide Feedback On Reason for Default to Team Leader.

RESPONSIBILITY

·        Determine and define project scope and objectives

·        Predict resources needed to reach objectives and manage resources in an effective and efficient manner

·        Prepare budget based on scope of work and resource requirements

·        Track project costs in order to meet budget

·        Develop and manage a detailed project schedule and work plan

·        Provide project updates on a consistent basis to various stakeholders about strategy, adjustments, and progress

·        Manage contracts with vendors and suppliers by assigning tasks and communicating expected deliverables

·        Utilize industry best practices, techniques, and standards throughout entire project execution

·        Monitor progress and make adjustments as needed

·        Measure project performance to identify areas for improvement

Requirements

·        4 years of Project Management and related experience

·        Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred

·        Proven ability to solve problems creatively

·        Strong familiarity with project management software tools, methodologies, and best practices

·        Experience seeing projects through the full life cycle

·        Good analytical skills

·        Strong interpersonal skills and extremely resourceful

·        Proven ability to complete projects according to outlined scope, and timeline

MUST have skills (not just a class room training experience please) –

1. Hands on experience on Postman/ SOAP UI/ REST ASSURED/JUnit framework for API testing
2. Hands on experience on GIT, JIRA, Jenkins
3. Good Understanding of REST API types (GET, PUT, POST, DELETE) an it’s working
4. Good understanding of HTTP, JSON protocol and syntax
5. Good understanding of Message Schema, RAML, Message Request-Response mechanism
6. Working experience in Agile methodology.
7. Strong written and verbal communication skills (English).
8. The candidate should be good with communication as he/she will be interacting with global teams very often.

GOOD to have –

1. Understanding of STUB/Service virtualization
2. Understanding of any API testing tools like –Rest Client, Anypoint etc.
3. Been able to understand Retail Banking functions/requirements.

Key Activities

• Primary responsibility for test automation within Agile delivery streams
• Experience with building test automation frameworks and Continued Integration
  • Some amount of manual exploratory testing
  • Test preparation, test design, execution and reporting
  • Defect management lifecycle exposure (using Jira) from defect reporting to tracking to closure
  • Writing test plans and test completion reports
  • Active in Agile meetings when required for planning, retrospectives

• Required education qualifications: MBA
• Past experience: Consumer Tech companies with 1-3 years experience/ 5-7 years’ experience
• Exp. level -5-8 Yrs/MBA from Premium institute and from Consumer tech companies only

Customer Obsession:

• Understand the customer needs and personas
• Seek input from users and Identify stated/unstated needs and opportunity areas
• Deep dive on identified opportunities to establish Product Market Fit
• Develop mechanisms to have a regular connection with users of the product
• Active listener who pays attention to detail

Innovation:

• Use data/anecdotes to generate new product/feature ideas against organizational goals
• Translate intangible ideas in ambiguous environments to tangible product definitions
• Curious to try a host of features; rigor to iterate even if ideas do not pick up

Execution excellence:

• Manage the Product roadmap and strive to meet key milestones
• Ability to slice ideas into epics and stories
• Prioritize the stories into backlog
• Partner with Design for product/feature definition & Engineering to deliver stories in a timely manner
• Track launched features against intended objectives/metrics and drive adoption
• Continuously iterate to improve the product incrementally but rapidly

Stakeholder Management-

• Seek inputs from relevant stakeholders for backlog creation and prioritization
• Align internal stakeholders on product prioritization, backlog and roadmap
• Anchor the Go-To-Market planning along with internal stakeholders to manage a smooth launch

• Manage sales operations in assigned district to achieve revenue goals.
• Supervise sales team members; the BSMs, on daily basis and provide guidance whenever needed.
• Identify skill gaps and conduct trainings to sales team.
• Work with team to implement new sales techniques to obtain profits.
• Assist in employee recruitment, promotion, retention and termination activities.
• Conduct employee performance evaluation and provide feedback for improvements.
• Contact potential customers and identify new business opportunities.
• Stay abreast with customer needs, market trends and competitors.
• Maintain clear and complete sales reports for management review.
• Build strong relationships with customers for business growth.
• Analyze sales performances and recommend improvements.
• Ensure that sales team follows company policies and procedures at all times.
• Develop promotional programs to increase sales and revenue.
• Plan and coordinate sales activities for assigned projects.
• Provide outstanding services and ensure customer satisfaction.