Product Manager

We at Neysa believe that good software is one where you don’t have to (necessarily) read the full manual. Good software is intuitive, inviting and accommodating. Most importantly, good software should make life easy. Neysa is out to build the most intuitive network management software ever, and we are looking for an experienced Product Manager who is passionate about building products that customers love. You will join a dynamic and fast-paced environment and work with cross-functional teams to design, build and roll out products that deliver the company’s vision and strategy.

In this role, you will (Day in the life)

• Plan and execute products 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 to ensure revenue and customer satisfaction goals are met. 

Must-have skills (On day one, we'll expect you to)

• Create buy-in for the product vision both internally and with key external partners
• Develop product pricing and positioning strategies
• Translate product strategy into detailed requirements and prototypes
• Scope and prioritize activities based on business and customer impact
• Work closely with engineering teams to deliver quick time-to-market and optimal resources
• Drive product launches including working with public relations team, executives, and other product management team members
• Evaluate promotional plans to ensure that they are consistent with product line strategy and that the message is effectively conveyed
• Build and manage a team of Product Managers
• Act as a product evangelist to build awareness and understanding
• Define the product strategy and roadmap
• Deliver MRDs and PRDs with prioritized features and corresponding justification
• Work with external third parties to assess partnerships and licensing opportunities
• Be an expert with respect to the competition
• Develop the core positioning and messaging for the product
• Perform product demos to customers
• Set pricing to meet revenue and profitability goals
• Deliver a monthly revenue forecast
• Develop sales tools and collateral

Requirements and skills

• MS/BS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent preferred
• Proven work experience in product management 
• Proven track record of managing a team of Product Managers
• Proven track record of managing all aspects of a successful product throughout its lifecycle
• Proven ability to develop product and marketing strategies and effectively communicate recommendations to executive management
• Strong technical background with understanding and/or hands-on experience in software development, web technologies and network concepts
• Experience in defining networking products, ideally in a services setting
• Working with customers and service providers in the telecom and/or internet services domain
• Experience in creating software subscription products
• Defining and owning the P&L of a software product
• Strong problem-solving skills and willingness to roll up one’s sleeves to get the job
• Skilled at working effectively with cross-functional teams in a matrix organization
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

The Neysa Team

Neysa is founded by a team that has nurtured a multi-million dollar business from its inception and grown it to be the best in its industry. We are problem solvers at heart, and we get our kicks when our ideas are out there, taking a crack in the real world. Never accepting the status quo, we have always pushed the boundaries of what is possible. And changed our lives, the people we work with and the community in which we operate.

Product Analyst (Process Excellence Team, Episource)

Key Responsibilities and Deliverables 

• Ensure timely release of features and bugs. 
• Talk to development team and ensure all roadblocks are cleared.
• Participate in user acceptance testing and undertaking the functionality testing of new system 
• Do due-diligence (or innovative workshops) with teams to identify areas of Salesforce improvement 
• Interpret business needs and translating them into the application and operational requirement with the help of strong analytical and product management skills 
• Prepare requirements and act as a liaison between development team and ops  
• Create stories in JIRA and ensure they are discussed with dev team for proper sign offs. 
• Prepare monthly, quarterly and six months plan for product roadmap
• Create product roadmaps after discussing with business heads. 
• Ideate and define epics for the product and then define product functions. 
• Each feature or new product development should result in cost per chart optimization or in helping new business line       
• Work on other product lines associated with Salesforce
• Based on business need, work on other product line like retrieval, coding and HRA business on Salesforce
• Training about products and its usage to the customer
• Give proper training to end users on the product usage and its functionality
• Prepare product training manuals during roll out.  

Skills & Attributes required

• Technical Skills

• • Statistical Analysis Tools and techniques 
  • Process Definition, Process Designing, Process Modelling and Simulation, Process and Program Management and BPR 
  • Mid/Large Scale transformations and System Implementations Project 
  • Stakeholder Requirement Analysis
  • Should have good understanding of the latest technology like Machine learning, Natural language processing, & AWS.

• Strong Analytical Skills 
  • Data Exploration and Analysis
  • Has the ability of start from ambiguous problem statements, identify and access relevant data, make appropriate assumptions, perform insightful analysis and draw conclusions relevant to the business problems 

• Communication Skills 
  • Has the ability to communicate effectively to all the stakeholders
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical problems in simple plain stories
  • Ability to present information professionally and concisely with supporting data
• Creative Problem Solving and Decision Making
  • Needs to be a self-initiator and should be able to work independently on solving complex business problems
  • Needs to understand customer pain points and should have the ability to innovate processes
  • Inspecting process meticulously, identify value-adds thereby re-aligning processes for operational and financial efficiency 

What you need to have:

We are aiming to provide good digital learning solutions to K12 students. Providing Quality learning experience is our Motto.

You will be responsible for certain sections of the product, taking entire ownership. You should be proactive with the short term and long term vision for the product and should be able to lay the roadmap to deliver the same. Cross functional management is an important aspect of this role.

You are expected to do the following things

• Solve user problems and make the user’s life easier by providing value driving solutions.
• Collect requirements using multiple techniques and prioritize them according to the relevant factors contributing to the business vision.
• Make Product Roadmaps and plan the deliveries of the product features.
• Take user interviews for requirement gathering and taking feature wise feedback.
• Should be able to create design wireframes for clear communication with designers and other stakeholders
• Should get the high fidelity designs done with the help of the design team. Involve yourself in the UI/UX process.
• Ensure timely product deliveries and app releases.
• Work on Agile product development, create Product Backlogs and User Stories. Write proper PRDs.
• Prioritize user stories and discuss the same with the engineering and QA team
• Analyse the product/feature performance through metrics and follow a data driven approach.
• Interact with the Testing Team and facilitate the proper issue resolutions.
• Continuously interact with the management, stakeholders, marketing and operations team for various product related decisions.

• Should have strong analytical skills.
• Decent Technical knowledge of Client and Server Functioning.
• Good UI/UX knowledge.
• Should have good presentation skills.
• Should have good written and verbal skills.
• Should be passionate to take up challenges and try to provide apt solutions.
• Experience in Agile methodology for product development detailing Epic, User Stories,managing scrum etc.
• Cross functional experience and managing interactions with various teams
• Should have prior Product Management experience of 2 years.

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

• Collaborate with Product Managers, CTOs & Engineering Managers to plan a Technical Roadmap aligned with the company’s product vision.
• Collaborate with Tech leads, CTO, Engineering Managers to execute the technical roadmap using Agile methodologies for product development.
• Break down the technical roadmaps into epics & user stories for smooth execution. Facilitate the creation and maintenance of proper product documentation.
• Work with development leads so that product requirements & estimates are well-understood.
• Collaborate with product teams to jot down the technical implementation requirements & engineering aspects of user stories & PRDs.
• Conduct meetings with customer support, marketing & product teams to maintain a roadmap for the internal team’s technical requirements

Payments & Finance

• With the help of engineering teams, build secure & robust payment infrastructures & systems.
• Help the product & tech teams build useful payment experiences, lay down the foundation for introducing lending & other financial services on the platform. Be an expert on multiple payment mechanisms & institutions governing the payment flows in the country.
• Research about the technical feasibility & implementation of Escrow Use-cases.
• Be updated with the latest Payments & finance technologies and service providers. Act as a “Subject Matter Expert” on all things Payments & Finance for our Tech & Product teams. Monitoring & Analytics
• Understand and analyze the flow of payments on the platform, build dashboards to track Payments Conversion Rate & Payments Success Rate. Run A/B tests and experiments to improve PCR & PSR.
• Use database queries to analyze performance indicators, evaluate experiments, evaluate sprint reports & success, etc.
• Setup dashboards & systems to track crashes, errors, exceptions, and bugs on production. Formulate processes and workflows to reduce the same.

Qualifications: Experience

• Prior experience of working in/with Payments & Fintech industry, Payment Gateways, Nodal/Escrow Accounts, and Lending is a must.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent.
• 4+ years of experience in software architecture, design, development, and technical product management.

Technical Skills

• Working knowledge on public clouds such as AWS, GCP, Azure.
• Past experience with hands-on engineering, product, or QA is a strong bonus.
• Working knowledge with monitoring tools like New Relic, Sentry, Cloudwatch
• Very good knowledge of SQL/NoSQL is a must
• Should be familiar with Application App Release cycle
• Proficient in Internet standards & technologies including REST
• Experience with DevOps, CI/CD, Automation, etc.
• Robust and evolving knowledge of current web & mobile app technologies.

Soft Skills

• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple milestones and projects efficiently.
• Team spirit, good time-management skills, strong communication skills to collaborate with various stakeholders.
• Detail-oriented, advanced problem-solving skills with a customer-centric approach.

• Product planning and execution throughout the lifecycle, including: gathering and prioritizing product and customer requirements, defining the product vision, and working closely with engineering, sales, marketing and support to ensure revenue and customer satisfaction goals are met. 
• Define the product strategy and roadmap, and own MRDs and PRDs with prioritized features
• Work with external third parties to assess partnerships opportunities
• Run beta and pilot programs with early-stage products and samples
• Be an expert with respect to the competition
• Create and articulate product development, improvement & further innovation (occasionally in front of investors or analysts), across internal and external client community
• Build, manage and retain team of high performing product managers
  
  

      Requirements:

• At least 10 years of experience, at least 5 years of product management experience in a tier-1 product firm in fields related to e-Commerce, hyperlocal services, content, financial services, etc.
• Great people skills paired with a high level of assertiveness and very good communication
• Strong analytical, strategic and coordinating skills
• Sound knowledge and understanding of the current trends in lending business and technology
• Engineering training with additional training in business administration is a big plus
• Experience in Fintech technologies is an added advantage

About the team and Role

You are passionate about product management, finance and leadership. You consistently display outstanding commitment to delivering quality work and customer delight while being a transformational leader in the organization. You are comfortable working with multiple stakeholders, creating product backlogs, defining requirements from ambiguous needs, putting sprints together and delivering on the requirements. You are able to thrive in a highly collaborative, creative, analytical, and fast-paced environment. You are comfortable acting as a product manager/business analyst/project manager where required.

Primary Responsibilities

• Create and build product roadmap and strategy in collaboration with leadership team.
• Define Product Vision – Create product roadmap, identify the product market fit, areas for investment and potential for innovation in the market.
• Define Product strategy and market fit - break down the product vision and design product strategy to achieve vision.
• Business Requirements - Create and maintain business requirements for the technical teams.
• Execution of Product Planning and Development – Include customer goals and business requirements for product release, ensuring implementation is aligned with product goals and requirements.
• Document insights and interaction models based on user feedback.
• Conduct usability tests to validate business ideas.
• Work as a product owner as part of our agile teams, run sprints and lead product delivery.

Required Skill

• MBA or Master’s Degree in Finance Or Operations.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience as a Project Manager/Business Analyst/Product Manager.
• Strong experience in project delivery methodologies and business analysis methodologies.
• Possess good knowledge of agile project delivery and has experience working with agile teams.
• Strong experience in defining and documenting business requirements and functional specifications.
• Robust verbal and written communication skills with proven experience engaging and influencing senior executives.
• Ability to see the big picture, effectively evaluate trade-offs and drive consensus across business units and serve as an effective liaison between customers and engineering.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to use data and metrics to back up assumptions, recommendations and drive actions.
• High attention to detail, ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously while delivering results in a fast-paced, dynamic environment

Work Environment Details

• An opportunity to play a formative role in an ambitious financial services marketplace spanning investment banking, debt capital markets, institutional finance, retail lending and asset management
• A journey that will challenge and reward you in a manner few others will

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We provide our technology as a platform to motor insurance companies, and now expanding into fleets and ride sharing, to help them reduce accidents and get better visibility of their risk exposure.

We are looking for a product manager to own and manage the product, based out of our Bangalore location.

The key responsibilities we are looking for are:

1. Identifying consumer (drivers) and client (insurance and other partners) and inculcate that into our product roadmap
2. Work with the engineering leads to translate the product roadmap into technical specs
3. Work with the business team to define the product strategy and build and own the product roadmap
4. Define the product metrics and lead a team of product analysts to continuously evolve each feature for maximum customer adoption and growth.
5. Maintain a prioritised backlog and execute efficiently to deliver a great experience for customers
6. Gather feedback from customers and clients to continuously improve the product features.
7. Manage product release cycles

The key traits we are looking for are:

1. You should have the technical knowledge to understand how products are built and have a keen eye for product design and user experience.
2. You should be a master communicator to help the dev team understand the details of the product and ensure the product or feature shipped is as designed and envisioned.
3. You should be diligent and disciplined in your approach.

You must have:

1. 3+ years of product management at a software or mobile technology company
2. Demonstrated success in delivering compelling products in a fast-growing, dynamic environment
3. Strong business acumen, are customer focused, and results-oriented
4. Experience crafting easy to use, delightful user interfaces