Product Manager

About Vakilsearch

Vakilsearch is India's largest online legal, tax and compliance provider. Vakilsearch, through its products and end-to-end workflow automation journey has revolutionized how Start-ups/ Small & Medium Enterprises register, seamlessly run and comply with Government regulations. On our mission to provide one-click access to individuals and businesses for all their legal and professional needs, we have helped over 4 Lac start-ups/ small and medium enterprises to date.

Why Join Us

Vakilsearch is a people-first organisation that thrives on the enthusiasm of our team to execute our mission to the satisfaction of our customers. Towards this end, we stress on creating an optimal work-life balance and inculcating a strong sense of team spirit that stems from enthusiasm and good vibes. When you work at Vakilsearch, you don't just become an employee, you become family, and we always coalesce around each other to ensure a strong sense of family.

We, at Vakilsearch, are strengthening our product team and below are the criteria's that are specific for this role.

As a product person at Signzy you will be helping bring futuristic ideas to reality. As a company we are today working on some of the most cutting edge ideas in the technology domain. You would not only be understanding these concepts in depth, but working with technology and sales teams to see them being adopted by customers. As you grow within the organization you will be leading some of these initiatives and moving towards a Senior product manager role.

RESPONSIBILITIES

-Reporting to the Product Manager and collaborating with the product development team. -Coordinate with the product manager and development teams and develop various products according to requirements and perform research on various issues to provide expert knowledge on products. -Coordinate with the Product Team to create product strategy including pricing plans, target segment, partnerships etc. -Perform design, development and management of new, existing or acquisition products. -Work with the business team and key stakeholders to define scope, costs and timelines for updating existing products and implementing new products. -Assist in the deployment of new products, for initial customers. -Work with the quality assurance team to ensure that delivered system is properly tested and meets the product requirements. -Work with distribution partners to identify sales opportunities and to position products on key platforms. -Identify product marketing ideas and opportunities based on industry trends, current market environment and competitive trends.

• Create campaign strategies and help in execution working with content and design teams -Facilitate changes to product portfolio to improve competitive position and optimal product performance

REQUIRED SKILLS

Original Research - The ability to take primary and secondary data to come up with original insights that can be defended with data or evidence Structured Thinking - Can think clearly under lot of data and make definitive choices along with pros and cons Empathy - Is able to understand different stakeholders within the company and outside, and hence put themselves in own shoes Communication - Is able to communicate ideas clearly through workflows, feature descriptions etc.

Preferred Experience: Someone with experience in design specially enterprise software. Candidate who has worked within operations of large enterprises is also a large value add. Someone who has built applications himself would also be preferred.

• Maintain, drive, monitor, and put in place dependable technological standards, systems, and procedures.
• With a high degree of skill and understanding, influence technology plans and choices.
• Provide guidance and help to ensure that necessary legislation specifications and standards are followed.
• Lead a team of product developers and handle training requirements as needed.
• Coordinate product testing on a regular basis to identify flaws and offer feedback in order to improve them.
• Assist clients with technical concerns as a key contact.
• Ascertain if the firm has adequate resources, including staff, materials, and equipment.
• Development, execution, and progress are all reported to management.
• Working with development teams and departments, as well as taking user feedback into account.
• Managing support teams and monitoring performance indicators are two of my responsibilities.
• Assuring timely and cost-effective delivery of products and services.
• Managing software and hardware updates and installs.
• Keeping the computer network infrastructure up to date and secure.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage and lead cross-functional project team to ensure delivery of complex development projects 
• Scope and requirements specifications
• Functional specifications
• Business/system analysis
• Resource planning and availability
• Program management of existing programs
• Maintain Project Schedules 
• Product/Application SME
• Provide pre-sales support by working closely with our sales teams to understand and define client’s key business drivers and requirements
• Propose product solutions which meet those requirements, ensuring they are technically viable and add value to the overall proposal
• Understand and demonstrate solutions/products to clients at the initial Deal stage
• Support sales teams throughout the contract lifecycle including at client review meetings and identifying opportunities to upsell into existing accounts
• Liaise with clients post sale to develop project documentation including Statement of Work and implementation plans

• Driving Project delivery through coordination with the Product and the Engineering Team
• Process improvement in terms of adoption of Agile framework in Project Delivery
• Closely work with and guiding the Engineering team from a feature/product development standpoint.
• Status Reporting at an Overall Program Level catering to both Internal and External communication
• Involvement in Post Production Support and coordination with cross Functional teams of Operations, Finance and Analytics

Objectives of this Role

• Drive the product and business-planning process across cross-functional teams of the company
• Analyze consumer needs, current market trends, and potential partnerships from an ROI and build vs. buy perspective
• Assess current competitor offerings, seeking opportunities for differentiation
• Analyze product requirements and develop appropriate programs to ensure they’re successful achieved
• Develop, implement, and maintain production timelines across multiple departments
• Appraise new product ideas and strategize appropriate to-market plans

Daily and Monthly Responsibilities

• Drive the execution of all product lifecycle processes for products, including product research, market research, competitive analysis, planning, positioning, roadmap development, requirements development, and product launch
• Translate product strategy into detailed requirements for prototype construction and final product development by engineering teams
• Create product strategy documents that describe business cases, high-level use cases, technical requirements, revenue, and ROI
• Analyze market data to develop sales strategies, and define product objectives for effective marketing communications plans
• Collaborate closely with engineering, production, marketing, and sales teams on the development, QA, and release of products and balance of resources to ensure success for the entire organization
• Develop product positioning and messaging that differentiates TrustCheckr and its features across primary market segments

Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in product design or engineering or MBA
• Strong experience in a SaaS/Identity Space/Fintech is a plus
• 1 to 2 years of experience