Product Manager

Product Manager

Experience - 2 - 3 years 

Job Location - Vashi, Navi Mumbai

Skills Required - Product Management, Product Strategy, Product development, Business Analysis, Agile/Scrum, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) 

Role description: Primary responsibility of the role would be to define the product roadmap & backlog, work with business and functional teams to design and implement changes that drive user acquisition, user experience & monetization.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead a development team to implement product changes while working collaboratively with multiple stakeholders like Design, Sales, Operations & Management.
• Analyze data to derive product & business insights and use them to strategize changes. 
• Analyze data to derive product & business insights and use them to strategize changes. 
• Iteratively improve on the product by running tests.
• Be responsible for prioritization of features based on an assessment of business impact & effort.
• Report findings & periodic reviews with Management. 
• The ideal candidate would have the following qualities   
  
  
• Understanding and experience of Digital Product Development Life Cycle.
• Excellent business analysis & problem-solving skills.
• Result-driven, goal-oriented work ethic.
• Customer empathy, ability to think from the user's point of view.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, including technical writing skills.
• Understanding of technology and exposure to software coding.
• Experience in Business Requirement Specification documentation/product backlog (Epics, User stories).
• Experience of working in an agile environment is preferred.
• Understanding of user experience (UI/UX).
• Product development experience including experience in digital product building/tech delivery is preferred. 

Kwalee is one of the world’s leading multiplatform game publishers and developers, with well over 750 million downloads worldwide for mobile hits such as Draw It, Teacher Simulator, Let’s Be Cops 3D, Traffic Cop 3D and Makeover Studio 3D. Alongside this, we also have a growing PC and Console team of incredible pedigree that is on the hunt for great new titles to join TENS!, Eternal Hope and Die by the Blade. 

With a team of talented people collaborating daily between our studios in Leamington Spa, Bangalore and Beijing, or on a remote basis from Turkey, Brazil, the Philippines and many more places, we have a truly global team making games for a global audience. And it’s paying off: Kwalee games have been downloaded in every country on earth! If you think you’re a good fit for one of our remote vacancies, we want to hear from you wherever you are based.

Founded in 2011 by David Darling CBE, a key architect of the UK games industry who previously co-founded and led Codemasters for many years, our team also includes legends such as Andrew Graham (creator of Micro Machines series) and Jason Falcus (programmer of classics including NBA Jam) alongside a growing and diverse team of global gaming experts. Everyone contributes creatively to Kwalee’s success, with all employees eligible to pitch their own game ideas on Creative Wednesdays, and we’re proud to have built our success on this inclusive principle. Could your idea be the next global hit?

What’s the job?

As a Product Manager in the Casual Games team you’ll be responsible for ensuring the games you work on are commercially successful. You’ll be working closely with assigned game teams to ensure the titles are a commercial success. 

What you tell your friends you do

“I’m the treasure map that keeps our game heading towards the right destination”

 
What you will really be doing

• Working collaboratively with disciplines across development and publishing to help make sure our games are a commercial success

• Help us to define and understand the target audience for a game and use this knowledge to better guide our feature and content roadmaps

• Measure a games results and use game data, industry data, our Insights team and internal tools to improve those results

• Analyze competitors and market trends that can have an impact on your games success and be prepared to react to changes in the status quo

• Communicate to a diverse range of stakeholders the status of the game and it’s future plans

How you will be doing this

• You’ll be part of an agile, multidisciplinary and creative team and work closely with them to ensure the best results.

• You'll think creatively and be motivated by challenges and constantly striving for the best.

• You’ll be a champion for the game at every opportunity - always willing to share news, updates, progress and successes

Team

Our talented team is our signature. We have a highly creative atmosphere with more than 200 staff where you’ll have the opportunity to contribute daily to important decisions. You’ll work within an extremely experienced, passionate and diverse team, including David Darling and the creator of the Micro Machines video games.

Skills and Requirements

• At least 3 years of experience in a relevant role (e.g. Production, Business Performance Management) in a gaming studio. 

• Business mindset and understanding of commercial thinking

• Willingness to drive results and deadlines based on targets and KPIs

• A creative spark and familiarity with high-quality marketing assets

• Passion for games and knowledge of industry trends and key players

• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with excellent interpersonal skills

• Highly organised, with strong attention to detail

We offer

• We want everyone involved in our games to share our success, that’s why we have a generous team profit sharing scheme from day 1 of employment

• In addition to a competitive salary we also offer private medical cover and life assurance

• Creative Wednesdays!  (Design and make your own games every Wednesday)

• 20 days of paid holidays plus bank holidays 

• Hybrid model available depending on the department and the role

• Relocation support available 

• Great work-life balance with flexible working hours

• Quarterly team building days - work hard, play hard!

• Monthly employee awards

• Free snacks, fruit and drinks

Our philosophy

We firmly believe in creativity and innovation and that a fundamental requirement for a successful and happy company is having the right mix of individuals. With the right people in the right environment anything and everything is possible.

Kwalee makes games to bring people, their stories, and their interests together. As an employer, we’re dedicated to making sure that everyone can thrive within our team by welcoming and supporting people of all ages, races, colours, beliefs, sexual orientations, genders and circumstances. With the inclusion of diverse voices in our teams, we bring plenty to the table that’s fresh, fun and exciting; it makes for a better environment and helps us to create better games for everyone! This is how we move forward as a company – because these voices are the difference that make all the difference.

• Drive the product and business-planning process across cross-functional teams
• Analyse product requirements and develop solutions which are scalable, efficient and brings success to merchant base Develop, implement, and maintain production timelines across multiple stakeholders Appraise new product ideas and strategies appropriate go-to-market plans
• Create product strategy documents that describe business cases, high-level use cases, technical requirements, revenue, and ROI
• Translate Technical integration documents from various Fin-tech partners (Banks, Card Networks) into User Stories
• Collaborate closely with engineering, production, operation and sales teams on the development, QA, and release of products 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 Define and measure Success metrics of product post launch

• Bachelor's degree in Computer or Information Technology Engineering
• Min 2-4 years of strong experience in product management role
• Highly effective cross-functional team management
• Understanding of Web based architecture and API, Network protocols is must
• Exceptional in writing and editing skills combined with strong presentation and communication speaking skills
• Proven experience working as a product developer
• Previous experience in #Fintech and #Payments is a must

About Company

Our client is a luxury home décor brand. It’s nothing less than a revolution in home décor industry- where technology enables world class home interior design.  

They are looking for someone who can build an e-commerce system which will give their clients all developments on their projects in a more systematic and organized manner.

Roles & responsibilities:

• Manage product lifecycle from ideation to launch and beyond, use data, creativity, and experimentation to constantly improve the product
• You will be responsible for leading a team of high performing individuals who own the entire product lifecycle from strategy to evaluation
• You will also work cross functionally to complete product roadmaps and discover new opportunities
• Create business models and analyze competitive landscape
• Develop and monitor data-driven analytics
• Mentor team to help them achieve individual & team objectives

• Create and manage a process that drives toward a scalable product portfolio that will in turn drive the organization’s product profitability

• Transforming the product ideas from their most formidable stages into actionable concepts, timelines, and projects while maintaining a serious consideration of the financial implications, and the overall objectives of the business
• Building and executing of new initiatives and roadmaps on the store front, understand the market, customers and build business cases for new product opportunities

Requirements:

• Master’s/Bachelor’s in software/computer engineering from a premier institute
• Well-versed with state of the art tech and its trends
• Must have 3-6 years of hands-on product experience working on building products or problem-solving in start-up e-commerce companies 
• One who understands products and working of the commerce ecosystem in depth and have a good understanding of funnels, sprint & agile ways of working, PRDs & wireframes.
• Are comfortable with ambiguity, believe in first principles and have the skill to transform broad ideas into action plans
• Proven record in product development, analytics, computer programming, and design.
• Superior ability to conceptualize, prioritize, and manage multiple projects with ease
• Critical thinker, Problem solver
• Should be a technical expert with an Entrepreneurial mindset

• 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

Product Manager

Location : Gurgaon

Education Qualification : B.Tech/M.Tech, MBA from Tier 1 institute preferred

Skills Required : Define product line, identify market requirements, define the product vision, creating preliminary design concepts and drive the implementation of the product roadmap.

Experience : 3 to 6 years

We are looking to hire a smart product manager who is passionate about taking up ideas and

bringing them to life. You will engage with our customer base directly, and decide the future of the product by working closely with key partners. You will also collaborate with marketing, sales and support to ensure smooth product roll out and user engagement.

Responsibilities:

• As a product manager, you will take end to end ownership of a product line, identify market requirements, define the product vision, creating preliminary design concepts and drive the implementation of the product roadmap.
• The perfect candidate has to be a strategic thinker who is extremely analytical and detail oriented and great at multitasking and prioritizing.
• Analyze the effectiveness of the current features and define ways to improve them in order to reduce failure rates, increase usage and improve booking conversion rates based on analytics data and good understanding of customer needs.
• Work closely with the design & development teams to explain requirements of new features and change requests for current features.
• Closely manage roll out of all product requirements with focus on both quality and time to market.
• In charge of competitor analysis, market analysis, product analysis, business cases, product evolution, feature prioritization, high level requirement gathering, and product marketing.

Requirements :

• Works well under pressure has the ability to work within stringent timelines and to collaborate across departments to achieve results.
• Must be a true problem solver with outstanding skills in discovery techniques and the proven ability to translate the underlying business needs of requests into actionable items.
• A strong focus on detail, with the proven ability to ensure data and related reports are thorough and totally reliable.
• A demonstrated enthusiasm for learning and working with new tools and technologies is essential.
• Experience with business users and able to translate business requirements into software requirements.
• B.E./B.Tech a must. MBA from premier institutes preferred

• Overall 9-16 years of experience.
• Minimum 7 years of strong consumer internet related Product and 2 years in fintech.
• Management background preferably in eCommerce /Technology/ Fintech / Banking industry.
• Understanding & having gone through the pain of what it takes to build a great product
• Passion for Results: High degree of commitment with bias for execution excellence.
• Excellent academic background and records.
• Extra-ordinary skills in crisis management, inter-personal communication, collaboration and team work.
• Master of multiple tasking.
• Takes on initiatives and challenges.
• In short, we are looking for superstar leader to join a superstar team.

Designation: Product Manager

Experience: > 5 years with minimum 3 years as Product Manager

Work Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka

About the role:

Product Manager in Bizongo will set the vision for the product. He will be responsible for guiding teams toward a common goal - shipping high-quality products and features on time. He will be responsible for both business: through market research as well as the users: through timely user studies.

The ideal candidate is an analytical, customer-focused team player who will own the entire product lifecycle from strategy to launch. This candidate will also work cross-functionally to complete product roadmaps and discover new opportunities.

Key responsibilities:

• Forming vision, roadmap, and goals for the product 
• Writing specifications, manage project execution, A/B testing, UI/UX wireframe, and define product roll-out strategy
• Process, review and interpret data on customer usage patterns to uncover new product insights
• Work with engineering, design and marketing teams to plan, build and launch high quality product experiences in line with the overall vision of the company
• Conduct extensive customer engagement and validation 


 Job Requirements:

• B. Tech or BE in computer science or experience as a Software Engineer, Designer or start-up Founder
• 3 years or more working as a Product Manager 
• Ability to make data driven informed decisions
• Deep understanding and empathy for the customers
• Strong written and verbal skills
• Ability to lead teams and work cross-functionally in a highly collaborative environment

 Why work with us? 

• Opportunity to work with "India’s leading B2B" E-commerce venture. The company grew its revenue by more than 12x last year to reach to a 200 Cr annual revenue run rate scale. We invite you to be part of the upcoming growth story of B2B sector through Bizongo.
• Opportunity to work with most dynamic individuals in Asia recognised under Forbes 30 Under 30 and industry stalwarts from across companies like Microsoft, Paypal, Gravitas, Parksons, ITC, Snapdeal, Fedex, Deloitte and HUL.
• Working in Bizongo translates into being a part of a dynamic start-up with some of the most enthusiastic, hardworking and intelligent people in a fast paced and electrifying environment.
• Bizongo has been awarded as the most Disruptive Procurement Startup of the year - 2017.
• This year ,Bizongo was awarded the highly prestigious & internationally acclaimed 'The DieLine Award' under the Sustainable Packaging category.
• Being a company that is expanding itself every day and working towards exploring newer avenues in the market, every employee grows with the company.
• The position provides a chance to build on existing talents, learn new skills and gain valuable experience in the field of Ecommerce.

 About the Company: 

• Company Website: www.bizongo.com

• Any solution worth anything is unfailingly preceded by clear articulation of a problem worth solving. Even a modest study of Indian Packaging industry would lead someone to observe the enormous fragmentation, chaos and rampant unreliability pervading the ecosystem. When businesses are unable to cope even with these basic challenges, how can they even think of materializing an eco-friendly & resource-efficient packaging economy? These are some hardcore problems with real-world consequences which our country is hard-pressed to solve.

• Bizongo was conceived as an answer to these first level challenges of disorganization in the industry. We employed technology to build a business model that can streamline the packaging value-chain & has enormous potential to scale sustainably. Our potential to fill this vacuum was recognized early on by Accel Partners and IDG Ventures who jointly led our Series A funding. Most recently, B Capital group, a global tech fund led by Facebook co-founder Mr. Eduardo Savarin, invested in our technological capabilities when it jointly led our Series B funding with IFC.

• The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private-sector investment arm of the World Bank, cited our positive ecosystem impact towards the network of 30,000 SMEs operating in the packaging industry, as one of the core reasons for their investment decision. Beyond these bastions of support, we are extremely grateful to have found validation by various authoritative institutions including Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia. Being the only major B2B player in the country with such an unprecedented model has lent us enormous scope of experimentation in our efforts to break new grounds. Dreaming and learning together thus, we have grown from a team of 3, founded in 2015, to a 250+ strong family with office presence across Mumbai, Gurgaon and Bengaluru. So those who strive for opportunities to rise above their own limitations, who seek to build an ecosystem of positive change and to find remarkable solutions to challenges where none existed before, such creators would find a welcome abode in Bizongo.