Product Manager

Job Title: Senior Product Manager (0–1 Products)

Location: Bangalore

Experience Required:

7+ years in Product Management (with 0–1 product experience preferred)

About the Role

We are looking for a highly driven Senior Product Manager who has hands-on experience building products from 0 to 1—taking ideas from concept to launch and scaling them. The ideal candidate combines strong product thinking with a technical background (programming experience) to work closely with engineering, design, and business teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end product lifecycle: ideation, validation, development, launch, and iteration
• Define product vision, strategy, and roadmap aligned with business goals
• Drive 0–1 product development, including identifying opportunities and building MVPs
• Work closely with engineering teams; leverage programming knowledge to influence architecture and technical decisions
• Conduct market research, user interviews, and competitor analysis
• Translate business requirements into clear product specifications and user stories
• Own product metrics, KPIs, and performance tracking
• Collaborate cross-functionally with design, marketing, sales, and stakeholders
• Prioritize features using data-driven decision-making frameworks
• Continuously iterate based on user feedback and analytics

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in Product Management
• Proven track record of building and launching 0–1 products
• Strong understanding of product lifecycle and agile methodologies
• Hands-on experience with at least one programming language (e.g., Python, Java, JavaScript)
• Ability to communicate effectively with engineering teams on technical topics
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience with product tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence, Mixpanel, Google Analytics)
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in startups or fast-paced environments
• Background in Computer Science or Engineering
• Experience with APIs, system design, or data-driven products
• Familiarity with UX/UI principles

Key Competencies

• Product thinking & customer obsession
• Technical acumen
• Strategic mindset
• Execution excellence
• Data-driven decision making
• Leadership & collaboration 

Job Description:

This is an exciting opportunity to come and lead growth for a fast scaling start-up and create meaningful impact in the education space. It will be a truly global experience in driving growth for company across all major geographies - United States, Latin America, Europe, Middle East & Asia Pacific. And also a chance to work with a very diverse and motivated team at the company.

You will be reporting to the COO and will be assisted in the role with a team of your own and cross functional teams such as sales, learning, product & design.

Your responsibilities will include:

Business insights
You will be the custodian for the generation of all insights be it market research, consumer
Insights or competitive landscape. These will be the power behind everything we do.

Growth

You will be responsible for defining our growth strategy, coordinating and executing growth
plans, and optimising our funnel to meet revenue targets. Our ambitions are big and so will be the scale of this role - from our current 25000+ educators to 60 million globally.
We've listed a few things you'll be responsible for below, but it will also be your call to
determine which of these we should spend resources on and which we should not.
• Identifying target geographies and schools for each business
• Planning marketing initiatives to generate leads, using below
• Content (key medium)
• Events (key medium)
• Partnerships
• Digital/Performance marketing
• Product marketing
• Website and other internal channels
• Email campaigns
• Programs such as referral and affiliate
• SEO

Brand
While the immediate focus will remain to grow the business, eventually you will also help build the company brand and lead key initiatives for it.

Is this someone that looks like you?

• A hands-on marketing leader who absolutely loves their craft
  • Experience: 7-15 years experience in driving demand in the B2B SaaS space
  • Have used content as a key medium for demand generation
  • Have a good handle on product, digital and performance marketing
  • Both right and left brained - can think of creative ideas and alongside crunch numbers
  • An exceptional communicator and can distill complexity and jargon into simple messaging our customers will resonate with
  • We deeply value building the right culture at company, and these are a few things that we look for in each hire - Coach-ability, Curiosity, Ownership, Hustle and Humility

• Establish positioning, identify target audiences, and develop marketing plans with specific objectives across different channels and segments
• Lead the execution of marketing programs from start to finish, leveraging internal support and driving collaboration
• Analyze customer insights, consumer trends, market analysis, and marketing best practices to build successful strategies
• Create, maintain, and conduct analytics reporting across multiple platforms and extract key insights for future campaign development and go-to-market strategies, complete with formal proposals and recommendations on tactics
• Partner with email, performance marketing and web teams to design, test and evolve lead nurturing tactics.

• Working in partnership with the creative team, develop creative briefs and guide creative direction to meet objectives for all advertising and public-­facing communications, including print, digital, and video assets
• Conceptualize and execute on multi-channel campaigns across the prospect and customer lifecycle, ensuring the alignment of communications and messaging across all channels
• Manage content and updates for customer and internal touch points, establishing budget guidelines, participating in events, documenting business processes, and providing additional sales support
• Gather customer and market insights to inform outreach strategies, increase customer conversions, and generate more qualified leads
• Identify effectiveness and impact of current marketing initiatives with tracking and analysis, and optimize accordingly
• Present ideas and final deliverables to internal and external teams, and communicate with senior leaders about marketing programs, strategies, and budgets

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business, or related field
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proven experience developing marketing plans and campaigns
• Strong project management, multitasking, and decision-making skills
• Metrics-driven marketing mind with eye for creativity
• Experience with marketing automation and CRM tools

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree a plus
• Proficiency with online marketing and social media strategy
• Proven experience designing interactive applications and networking platforms
• Willingness and ability to travel
• Established press and media contacts

What is the role?

As Product Manager for Compass, you will be responsible for the product portfolio, including all product planning and release execution throughout the lifecycle of the product portfolio. This includes defining and prioritizing product roadmap, listening to customers, creating business requirements, driving functional requirements, prioritization, driving this through development, and successfully launching new product features. To read more about the kind of qualities we are looking for in this role, please check this link <https://a16z.com/2012/06/15/good-product-managerbad-product-manager/>;

Key responsibilities

1. Strategic planning and managing all stages of Product Life Cycle
2. Develop business cases for each product feature to demonstrate feasibility including target pricing and margin, addressable and realizable market, SWOT analysis, estimated development, implementation, and support costs etc.
3. Planning execution of  roadmap & managing end to end product delivery
4. Work extensively on feature delivery and tradeoffs of a product
5. Help define the value proposition of the product for the Sales & Marketing teams and help with the GTM strategy
6. Research and understand competitive offerings in your sector

Who will you work with?

You ll report to the head of product development. 

What are we looking for?

1. 5+ years of product management function in a product company
2. B2B SaaS experience with multiple Stakeholder management would be preferred
3. Self-starter with a passion for independent, creative problem-solving, strong ownership, high commitment and strong business judgment.
4. Enjoy working in a startup environment, with a proven ability to innovate and work customer backwards
5. Ability to think strategically and prioritize in an ambiguous environment.
6. Analytical thinking, project management skills, attention to detail, and exceptional organizational skills are essential

What can you look for?

Challenging opportunity, tough problems and a very good growth path. An excellent opportunity to work with a team of highly talented young professionals. We also offer a whole load of benefits to make your stay enjoyable with Compass?.

We are,

We at Compass strive to make selling fun with our SaaS incentive gamification product.  Compass is the #1 gamification software that automates and digitizes Sales Contests and Commission Programs. With game-like elements, rewards, recognitions, and complete access to relevant information, Compass turbocharges an entire salesforce. Compass also empowers Sales Managers with easy-to-publish game templates, leaderboards and analytics to help accelerate performances and sustain growth.

We are a fun and high-energy team, with people from diverse backgrounds - united under the passion of getting things done. Rest assured that you shall get complete autonomy in your tasks and ample opportunities to develop your strengths.

Way forward,

If you find this role exciting and want to join us at Bangalore, India, then apply by clicking below. Provide your details and upload your resume. All received resumes will be screened, shortlisted candidates will be requested to join for a discussion and on mutual alignment and agreement, we will proceed with hiring.

• 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

Product Manager

Who we are?

At Edge, we believe simplifying employee data will help large corporates solve sub-optimal talent management problems. This data is more critical after the pandemic, as managing a remote workforce has shifted from optional to essential.

We have spent our last eight years understanding the workforce from the IT and BFSI industries. We have used this employee data to create a sophisticated intelligence. This brain behind our AI-based products is called EdGE graph™. We have used 11 million job descriptions and more than 30 million profiles to build the graph.

Our products like Pathfinder, Recruit and Mobility are deployed in IT companies like Wipro, HCL, UST Global, etc. and help them upskill, invest, and maintain their existing people. It has helped organisations improve their workforce availability, billing, allocations and drive straight bottom-line impacts. The new order of talent decisions helps us define, identify, and plan for a future-ready workforce.

We build end-to-end talent management products for organisations so that they have a 360-degree view of their talent supply chain. This helps them make informed talent decisions efficiently and build an intelligent workforce.

We built Edge Networks in 2012 in an apartment in Bangalore and soon, were supported by the National Skill Development Corporation of India (NSDC). We are a part of the NASSCOM Product Council and have been recognized by Gartner, Deloitte, Equidam, NVIDIA, Amazon as an innovative tech HR startup in various titles.

At Edge, we understand that modern companies that put the employees at the center of their workings, backed with data, will make their organisation productive. This is how we, at Edge, use tech for good.

Role: Product Manager

Experienced Product Manager to own product lines in the B2B2C space and work in tandem with the other products that we have, all of which derive intelligence from the underlying AI/ML services as well as a SaaS ready platform that we have built. You will use data to guide your decisions and develop solutions to make analysis easier for teams. You will develop a hypothesis, conduct in depth user research, and experiments to inform your product design and strategies. You will establish your product viewpoints and share them with senior leaders, partners, and customers.

Traits that you have

A team player – I know we only win if we all win. I recognise and value the different perspectives and skills my squad mates bring. It is not about being a hero but jumping in and contributing to the successful delivery of our mission.

Data Driven – Build different metrics to evaluate the product performance.

An excellent communicator – I know and understand the importance of clear, on-time communication. My spoken and written communication skills stand out for clarity and conciseness.  

The customer’s biggest fan – I demonstrate a thirst for better understanding the customer and define the problem and develop solutions through their eyes as well as through the eyes of the Sales guys in the organization

 A collaboration champion – I work closely with my colleagues to ensure alignment and champion the    sharing of learning across teams.

Comfortable being uncomfortable – I am comfortable with uncertainty. I have the ability to effectively manage myself through ambiguity by making meaning, building relationships and creating clarity with my peers. I also have a willingness to unlearn where needed.

Continuous improvement focused– I constructively challenge the status quo, I look for better ways of doing things and passionately advocate continuous improvement, and I am able to re-pivot fast.

A problem solver – I am energised by tackling complex problems. I use my critical thinking, network, skills, knowledge, and available data to drive better outcomes for our customers and the product.

Commercially and Technologically curious – I have a wide-angle lens. I am curious about what is happening in the external market and in emerging trends and innovations (technological and otherwise) and how we use this information to better inform our decisions and actions.

Risk savvy – I build sustainable solutions that protect stakeholders and customers and proactively address risks by role-modelling improvements in the product’s overall risk and control environment.

Habitual Experimenter  – I learn by running experiments on a very frequent basis, with a framework to learn from these experiments and absorb the learnings into product management.

Responsibilities:

• Define the product roadmap and ensure its execution through cross-functional and cross-platform collaboration
• Work closely with horizontal product managers and align the product roadmap within the broader product framework.
• Closely monitor & analyze the product metrics and present related hypotheses to help make data-driven decisions.
• Work closely with engineering platforms to create data flow pipelines that aggregate the relevant data and present a holistic view of product performance.
• Work with the MIS & Reporting team to create relevant dashboards that provide transparency across the board

Role Skills:

• 2+ years in software product management, post MBA, with a consistent record of timely and quality delivery of products.
• Experience with Agile Project Management tools like JIRA.
• Familiarity with Wireframing tools like Adobe XD, Maze, so that the interactions with the UX Designer can be efficient
• High bias for action with demonstrable history of identifying and resolving cross-project interdependencies
• Ability to juggle several initiatives and shift priorities as needed
• Exceptional communication skills (verbal and written communication) with a knack for storytelling connecting the story to the underlying quant
• Data Driven with proficiency on data querying and analysis. Experience with tools like Analytics tools (i.e. Google Analytics ), SQL, Excel, Tableau, etc. is preferred.
• Experience in one or more of the following is a plus: SaaS, Marketing Automation, Data Analytics etc.
• MBA/equivalent courses from Tier -I institutes.