Product Director

About Us

We are seeking a talented and results-driven professional to join our dynamic team. As a Business Development Executive - Upwork Specialist(International Sales), you will play a pivotal role in expanding our presence on one of the leading freelance platforms. If you have a proven track record of success on Upwork and a passion for driving business growth, we’d love to hear from you!

Key Responsibilities

• Client Engagement: Identify and connect with potential clients on Upwork to generate new business opportunities.
• Profile Optimization: Strategically enhance our Upwork profile to attract high-quality leads and boost visibility.
• Proposal Crafting: Develop compelling, customized proposals aligned with client requirements to secure projects.
• Relationship Management: Build and nurture long-term relationships with clients to ensure repeat business and referrals.
• Market Analysis: Stay informed about market trends, Upwork algorithms, and competitor activities to maintain a competitive edge.

Requirements

• Proven Expertise: Demonstrated success in acquiring projects on Upwork with a track record of achieving revenue targets.
• Communication Skills: Exceptional verbal and written communication skills to interact effectively with clients.
• Platform Knowledge: Comprehensive understanding of Upwork algorithms, best practices, and optimization techniques.
• Self-Motivation: Ability to work independently, manage multiple client interactions, and meet deadlines.
• Adaptability: A proactive and resourceful approach to addressing client needs and challenges.

What We Offer

• Flexibility: Enjoy flexible working hours tailored to your needs.
• Supportive Environment: Collaborate with a talented and enthusiastic team dedicated to growth and innovation.
• Career Growth: Opportunities to enhance your skills and advance your career in a supportive organization.

We don't like to waste time.

We are:

• A profitable media company sharing the latest on AI and technology to business owners in the US.

• Our audience consists of 100,000+ top CEOs and leaders in the US.

• Profitable from day 1 and led by an amazing management team

• Hustlers, active, and we bring the fire everyday 🔥

Here's why you should join us:

• Completely remote team

• Working at the cutting edge of technology (artificial intelligence)

• The clients we/you work with in the US will be some of the nicest people in the world

• Our company has big plans to grow over the next 5 years. Join us if you want to be part of this journey :)

We're looking for a killer Sales Account Executive. Ideally, you have sold advertising before.

You understand: CPMs, CPCs, CPLs, advertising terms, sales, how to manage clients, and how to deal with US clients (proper English is required for this role).

Job Description:

Email communication: Build rapport with our current clients and create sponsorship packages for them in our newsletter. Here’s our sponsorship page.

Prospecting New Sponsors: Identify and engage potential sponsors for our newsletter through various channels, inbound, and outbound (cold outreach, warm intros etc.)

Closing and Processing Sponsors: Take charge of the entire sales cycle - from prospecting potential sponsors to closing deals and facilitating the processing of sponsorships, ensuring a seamless collaboration with sponsors.

Content Collaboration: Collaborate with the content team to integrate sponsorships seamlessly, ensuring a win-win for both sponsors and our audience.

Sales Strategy Development: Develop and refine sales strategies based on market trends and feedback, continuously improving our sales approach.

Qualifications

Experience in Ad Sales: Preferably 2+ years of experience in ad sales, preferably in the newsletter or media industry. Bonus points if you've closed $1M+ deals before (combined) and ideally $50k+ deals (singular). Not required!

Proactive Approach: A proactive approach to identifying and pursuing potential sponsors, with a knack for opening doors and establishing relationships.

Excellent Communication Skills: Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present sponsorship packages compellingly.

Team Collaboration: Experience working in collaborative environments, partnering with cross-functional teams to achieve business goals.

Tech Stack: familiarity with CRMs, Airtable, Superhuman (for email and follow ups)

Availability: Open to working during US timezone and available to dedicate 2 to 3 hours on weekends for promptly responding to client email inquiries.

Responsibilities:

• Designing and implementing Java-based applications.
• Analyzing user requirements to inform application design.
• Defining application objectives and functionality.
• Aligning application design with business goals.
• Developing and testing software.
• Debugging and resolving technical problems that arise.
• Producing detailed design documentation.
• Recommending changes to existing Java infrastructure.
• Developing multimedia applications.
• Developing documentation to assist users.
• Ensuring continuous professional self-development.
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Requirements

• Degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Experience with user interface design, database structures, and statistical analyses.
• Analytical mindset and good problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Good organizational skills.
• Skills required- Java , Springboot , Hibernate , Database

• Improve the look and feel of interactive computers and product software
• Create overall concepts for the user experience within a business webpage or product, ensuring all interactions are intuitive and easy for customers
• Analyze customer responses and website data to determine high traffic web pages and why some perform better than others
• Design the aesthetics to be implemented within a website or product, from the layout menus and drop-down options to colors and fonts
• Build storyboards to conceptualize designs and convey project plans to clients and management
• Account for and track the human-computer interaction (HCI) element of a design
• Create surveys for research through various social media platforms to gather feedback on user's ease of use
• Conduct testing of completed applications, websites and software to Assess user experience

Backend Engineer (Senior Role 7 Years) - 3 Positions

We are looking for an ambitious and self-driven Sr. backend Engineer to join JiT Finco. As a member of the core technology team, you will be working with the existing product development team and owning a few modules that are critical to our customer journeys.

We are looking for an engineer to join our front-end engineering team who has experience in Python (Django Framework)

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, or a similar field.
• Previous experience 6-8 Yrs working as a Python Developer
• Experience with owning and developing product modules in Django
• In-depth knowledge of Django Framework
• Built RESTful APIs and familiarity with Postman
• Sound familiarity with GitHub
• Exposure to aspects related to product architecture
• Has experience in architecting and building for scale
• Knowledge of AWS, CI/CD pipeline et al
• Knowledge of performance testing frameworks
• Familiarity with Celery would be an added advantage
• Experience with Agile development
• You write clean, concise, self-documenting code that both you and your team can still understand a year after. You test everything.
• You already master a few scripting languages, or easily find your way around a new one. You enjoy picking up new things and incorporating those in your skillset.

• Introductory call with (60 mins)
• Coding Assignments (150 mins)
• Follow up call with (Related to assignment - 60 mins)
• Closing call and offer (30 mins)

The entire process should take max 3 days subject to your availability.

AWS, Python (DJango), PostGres SQL, Celery, React, React JS

• Develop Proof-of-Concept and prototype applications using new technologies and frameworks. In addition to collaborating with internal teams and clients to create innovative solutions.
• Help establish GUI best practices and JavaScript frameworks for web development.
• Provide context and guidance for integration and implementation of Front-End Interfaces
• Translate wireframes, comps, and functional requirements into functional HTML/ CSS / Javascript.
• Develop standards-compliant mark-up and code for web sites and applications
• Develop JavaScript using standard Frameworks (jQuery, etc.)
• Develop small to medium size custom JavaScript libraries for reuse across the application
• Provide technology and implementation expertise to the domain, projects, or client
• Maintain leading-edge knowledge in emerging technologies and frameworks
• Participate in knowledge sharing and lessons learned sessions from project experiences

We are looking to hire multiple Technical Product Manager at different levels for our team in Bangalore. If you are excited about building products that will be used by millions of consumers worldwide, building products for brands that you can be proud to show to your family and friends - you need to join us! This position reports to: Director of Product and Program.

What you will be doing:

Building product strategy with a strong technology mindset.

Work closely with business team in their pitch and proposals through user research and evaluating emerging technologies to foster innovation in shaping product ideas.

Lead Product Definition phase by driving user research, story mapping, technical feasibility study to generate solutions for client's problems/user needs.

Define, develop and execute product roadmap through till delivery by ruthlessly prioritizing the backlog.

Leverage analytics and user research to envision and propose product improvements.

Define, analyze, and communicate product metrics to guide new features and enhancements.

Serve as the Scrum Product Owner for development teams, including all responsibilities like roadmap definition, feature prioritization, story writing with detailed acceptance criteria.

What You Will NOT Be Doing:

Project and people management.

Owning and driving engineering decisions.

Requirements.

A highly talented and driven technical product owner with 8+ years of overall experience and 5 years actively as technical product manager/owner.

Solid technical background with understanding and/or hands-on experience in mobile development and web technologies (CMS, Angular React).

Has excellent analytical and communication skills with proven ability to influence and negotiate with clients and internal stakeholders.

Experience defining product strategy from scratch with implementation success in previous roles is a must.

Proven experience one or more of mobile/healthcare/fintech domains or startup space.

Technical background in building mobile/cloud/ML/AI/SaaS products and bring own point of view in proposing the solutions to client requirements.

Act as product evangelist with deep curiosity on technology trends and being able to go deep into technology and relate technical enhancements to build product vision.

Experience with cloud ecosystem or related technologies.

Groom and prioritize the work in the backlog according to business value.

Nice to Have

Extensive experience working in an Agile Scrum methodology.

Multi-tasker with ability to support at least 2 products in parallel.

Experience with Rally/Jira/Azure Devops or similar Agile Project Management tools.

Proficiency with at-least in one language Python, Swift, Kotlin etc.

Ability to use story splitting techniques to break larger stories and deliver in small increments.

Experience using workshop techniques to foster story mapping and ideation sessions.