Product Manager

Vice President (Product Management) - Y Combinator backed Shopify-like platform

 

About Merito :-

- Merito is a curated talent platform where we identify, assess, and connect candidates for matching job opportunities.

- We are working with the mission to change the way hiring is done.

 

- The company is founded by a team consisting of alumni from IIM Ahmedabad, McKinsey with more than 2 decades of experience in recruitment, training, and coaching.

About Our Client :

- Our client is headquartered in California and Y Combinator backed Shopify-like platform for creators & knowledge professionals (coaches, instructors, experts, artists etc.) to launch, manage and grow their business online.

 

- Founded by IIT/ IIM/ BITS/ Yale/ BCG Alumni and 3X Entrepreneurs, they are well funded and backed by top Indian VC firms along with start-up veterans like Kunal Shah (CRED). The company is founded by alumni from top IITs, IIMs, BITS, Yale including ex-entrepreneurs and from firms such as BCG, Hike, Dunzo and P&G.

- Since the launch of its first version in December 2020 they have grown 25X. Creators have earned more than $1 Million since launch through the platform.

- We have just closed our series A (yet to announce) and are looking to build out our leadership team across functions.

Job Description :-

Here we're shaping the future of the creator economy to realize our dream of creating a world with no boring jobs.

We are looking for an experienced Vice President, Product Management to lead and own our Product strategy and execution to drive our business goals. As our VP, Product, you will lead the product management team to determine priorities across PODs, develop the product roadmap, and lead its execution, in partnership with our Product Development, Engineering, Sales and Marketing teams.

Our work environment is fast-paced, with a collaborative atmosphere. We are passionate about delivering innovations that empower Creators to become Entrepreneurs and realize their full potential. We are looking for a Product leader to bring in and instill a philosophy for how we work and deliver world-class products.

Our Product Management team's core mission is to delight customers resulting in Product Led Growth. We obsessively seek to understand customers' perspectives, have a bias toward data-driven action, and can break down complex problems into steps that drive product roadmaps. Product managers also serve as product owners, leading product teams and driving cross-functional collaboration on a day-to-day basis.

We value the following traits in our product management leaders:

- Stewards: We put the needs of our customers and our business ahead of our own egos

- Leaders: We lead by example, inspiring and motivating those around us

- Hi-Lo: We are both strategic and hands-on, detail-oriented when necessary.

- Generalists: We are equally comfortable working on all parts of the product stack

- Evidence-driven: We base our ideas on data and measure the results of those ideas.

- Resource-aware: We are resource-efficient in everything we do.

Responsibilities :-

- Lead and evangelize as we execute on our product vision and product strategy across the company

- Set up processes that ensure smooth coordination between the Product team with other teams

- Drive growth product initiatives to existing services

- Review business and product results regularly with leadership, suggesting changes to the business or product plans.

- Manage, motivate, coach, and develop a team of product managers.

- Coordinate roadmaps across teams

- Manage requirement and design reviews

- Collaborate with cross-functional peers to solve complex problems.

Requirements :-

- Passion and alignment with our core vision of A world with no boring jobs

- 3+ years product management experience, ideally with previous VP-level responsibilities

- Work history in both core product development (e.g. product/market fit) and growth product initiatives (e.g. SEO, funnel optimization)

- Consumer SaaS product experience as well as experience in one of the following areas: E- Commerce and E-Learning, digital content and community.

- Experience with SEO, growth product execution, content strategy development

Product Manager - Astroyogi.com
Roles and Responsibilities –
The position offered is of a Senior Product Manager.
1. Business Vision:
a. Understanding the vision and related requirements of the product.
b. Evaluate the vision against metrics like pricing, risk, revenue etc.
c. Evaluate the business metrics associated.
d. Converting the business vision into a product/product feature which achieves the decided metrics.
e. Building a product roadmap in relevance to business objectives.
2. GTM Strategies:
a. Making B-Plan for Go to market strategies.
b. Evaluating numbers associated to the product and hence the pricing and revenue.
c. Create user personas w.r.t STP of the module.
3. New Product/Module Development:
a. Creating Wireframes
b. Defining details and flows of the module.
c. Defining the UX of the module.
d. Identifying the corner cases and handling them through alternatives.
e. Measuring the impact on existing flows.
4. Enhancements:
a. Creating features to empower the existing systems against defined metrics.
b. Wireframing, User flow diagrams and UX definition.
c. Identifying the corner cases and handling them through alternatives.
d. Measuring the impact on existing flows.
5. Documentation:
a. Translating the requirements and cases in Product Requirement Documents.
b. Creating User Stories.
6. Report Tracking and Decision Making:
a. Track whatever is build.
b. Measure the performance of the existing system.
c. Evaluate the quantum of impact to the metrics, defined against a feature.
By and Large, whatever happens in the product, for the product, and across the product is taken care of by the Product Manager and team.
Desired Abilities and Aptitude
1. A problem-solver who accepts every challenge as an opportunity to learn more and a window of improvement.
2. A persistent brain, that keeps up the struggle until the issue is resolved.
3. Excellent problem-solving, organizational and analytical skills, with the ability to evolve product strategy based on research, data and industry trends.
4. Thrives in a cross-functional and fast paced environment.
5. Strong communication skills.
6. Ready to roll up sleeves to spend time designing UI, analyzing data, setting up quality processes and guardrails.
7. A candidate who loves playing around data. One who depends on data for building up his product.
8. Basic knowledge of platforms like Google Analytics and Firebase is a great plus.
Above all, one must be sharp and possess immense zeal of making a world-class product and do whatever it takes for it. A product is the baby of a product manager and each member of our product team must feel the same way and act accordingly.
What we assure you other than your CTC
1. A super healthy learning environment where you would have the liberty of putting up your ideas and experiment around them.
2. A classic niche business segment where you would be having the opportunity of playing around the most trendy ideas, a product can have.
3. Working with an advanced technology product that would never restrict you as a product manager in terms of introducing a functionality.
4. A super active, energetic and super friendly tech team that not only develop awesome products but also helps you with deep technical architecture as and when needed.
Excited? You would feel this excitement each day working for Netway India, AstroYogi. We are growing each day and we need you to ensure it becomes higher each day.
- Ability to work independently under minimal direction with strong work ethic
- Team handling experience is a must
Responsibilities and Duties
- Contributing to product strategy and defining what we should build and why
- Conducting research, performing measurements and determining the value of features in the pipeline to determine selection and prioritization
- Reviewing product analytics to arrive at relevant business conclusions concerning various features
- Optimizing flows of features to increase transaction completion rates
- Competition review, comparison and analysis
- Guide user experience design planning and delivery with the UX team
- Write product requirements and user stories for features and enhancements
Qualifications and Skills –
- MBA/ B.Tech with at least 3- 4 years of Product Management experience.
- Good understanding of Google Analytics, Google Admob & Adsense also preferred.
- Good understanding of UI and UX best practices.
- E-commerce/ Startup experience preferred
Candidates from E-commerce/ Startup experience preferred

Responsibilities:

1.  Define the product strategy, roadmap, and own end-to-end product lifecycle.
2.  Be an good learner with respect to the competition
3. Understand the business problem/void and craft a fitting product.
4. Design, Develop and Deploy the product in close coordination with functional teams, with limited oversight.
5. Dissect the requirements into user stories, Prioritize the backlog based on business value, and define acceptance criteria.

Requirements:

• Relevant experience in software delivery, with a focus on product delivery and roadmap planning including experience in Agile Development methodologies.
• Knowledge and focus on superb user experience [UX], aesthetics, and visual communication (Figma).
• Experience bringing a product from idea through to customer use and maintenance.
• Minimum of 0 - 1  years experience as a Product Manager working for a tech product, preferably on a mobile app
• Demonstrated success defining and launching excellent products
• Excellent teamwork skills
• Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority

Job Description

 

• Understanding of product landscaping, product benchmarking, product feature prioritization and product development processes are a must in order to be able to create a roadmap and deliver on the same;
• Direct interaction with end customers, OEMs, Channel Partners and Sales Teams in order to understand the business needs and document the voice of the customer for new product features or offerings;
• Improving the product development planning process as and when required in order to boost the product portfolio of the company;
• Create consistent and continuous engagement through the product in order to ensure complete satisfaction;
• Grow customers internally and externally by identifying other areas where the company can add value in a scalable manner;
• Identify new customer needs, create product strategies around the new needs and build scalable product offerings;
• Be able to say “no” to certain feature requests and explain to the stakeholders and help them

understand the reason behind it;

• Create transparent, scalable and easy-to-understand prioritization processes so that the business scales;
• Ensure customers are engaged and develop key product features to measure customer engagement and success which can be monitored and tracked;
• Provide frequent progress reports, both casually and in written format;
• Document decisions, strategy implementation and outputs;
• Present methods and results to peers’ management and customers as necessary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Required qualifications:

 

 

We are looking for a smart, adaptable individual with a healthy mix of software product management experience, enterprise software products, product landscaping, great presentation/communication skills, and strong leadership/people management skills and the following qualifications:

 

• At least 5-6 years of continuous experience in product management at a software product company , IIT and NIT will be a special consideration
• Good understanding of B2B product development and its life cycle.
• Previous experience working in a team and leadership skills;
• Experience in setting targets and milestones and achieving them;
• A problem-solving attitude;
• Ability to communicate effectively and concisely, whether verbally, in writing, or through drawings, presentations and schematics;
• Knowledge of core engineering concepts that will allow road-mapping an enterprise technology product efficiently;
• Ability to innovate, outdo expectations and persevere to benefit the team as a whole;

 

 

Individuals who are creative, enterprising and attentive to detail will fit right in with our small, passionate team. We always run-on high energy and enthusiasm and are looking for that fire in the belly! We look forward to meeting you!

Thrive is currently looking out for a rockstar Product Manager. S/he will be a very important person in Thrive's growth story. An ideal candidate will be someone who is highly data driven and understands the Indian consumer well. This person will be involved in the entire product development life-cycle; from concept through release.This person will also work directly with the founders of the company.

 

Responsibilities

• Manage entire product development life-cycle from conception to design, development and roll-out
• Conduct market research, users survey's (qualitative & quantitative) to understand changes in market requirements
• Build & maintain Product Requirement Documents, and contribute to product road-map
• Liaison between Business Development, Design and Engineering teams to keep everyone up-to date on product road-map and release schedule's
• Conduct A/B testing of new features/updates launched within the product to identify the right path forward
• Co-ordinate with Design and Engineering team to ensure timelines are being met on both sides; whilst keeping all relevant stakeholders upto date; Utilize JIRA for work and workflow visualization to optimize work.
• Perform competitor analysis and bench-marking
• Track progress of market specific product improvements and measure impact

Skills & Requirements

• 3+ years of experience developing web products with a background in technical product management or web development.
• An academic background in Computer Science or related engineering discipline.
• Experience working in startups or successful entrepreneurial adventures
• Strong quantitative capabilities; an an ability to understand analytics platforms
• Strong communication skills and intuition for communication strategy at every level -- within teams, within the company, to users, and other audiences.
• Experience working with MySQL;
• Experience working with Google Analytics, HotJar, Google Tag Manager is a Plus!
• Self-driven, comfortable with a fast-paced, always-on, highly ambiguous environment

What you will do:

• Working closely with the engineering team to guide and drive the roadmap
• Driving superb execution against plan anticipating risk and leading discussions via frequent, clear communication (both internally and with customers)
• Owning the product metrics driving scale, efficiency and experience
• Working closely with business to build the growth road-map

 

Desired Candidate Profile

What you need to have:

• B.E/BTech and/or MBA
• At least 4 years of product management experience where you have played a significant role in the creation of new products or had end to end ownership of a product
• B2C product management experience, preferably in lending tech startups
• A strong technical background, enabling meaningful contribution to technically-driven features
• Previous development experience in some form is required    

Lead Product Manage
It’s an amazing time to join Pocket FM as we continue shaping the future of audio entertainment both in India and globally. We are India's leading audio OTT platform with the largest collection of OTT shows, podcasts, and audiobooks across a wide variety of genres and languages. We are reimagining the traditional radio to build an internet-scale platform to bring together communities to share stories and spread knowledge. Our mission is to give voice to Indian stories and wisdom. Pocket FM has grown to 40 Million + users in a short span of 3 years. We are backed
by some of the most prominent VCs in India and are the market leader in the audio space.

About the Summary
We are seeking an experienced Product Manager who is passionate about building and scaling one of the world’s most personalised audio content discovery platforms. You will be responsible for defining and delivering product roadmap and strategy that contribute to the retention of users. You’ll inspire teams of engineers to execute and deliver that best in class recommendation experience, and in the process have a substantial impact on the happiness of our users and success of our business. This is a strategically important role for Pocket FM and the opportunity for impact is high.
Responsibilities
● Build a roadmap and execution strategies with the team by understanding user and strategic needs, utilizing data insights and working closely with stakeholders
● Lead multiple projects across the entire product lifecycle. You’ll set the vision for the core user experience of the product
● Triangulate data and insights to develop a robust product strategy and inform decision-making
● Manage cross-functional relationships to keep stakeholders informed, receive input, and influence their thinking
● Demonstrate your expertise and product craft to successfully ship products that move our topline retention metrics
● Prioritize new features based on user needs, Pocket FM short term and long term business goals and technical platform scalability
Requirements
● You have 2+ years experience managing and developing well-loved software products as a product manager. You’ve had many experiences defining product roadmaps, building collaboratively with design and engineering peers, and shipping at scale.
● You have in product experience of using machine learning to solve recommendation and ranking problems
● You have delivered projects that have shown proven impact for your business
● You have good instincts but match that with deep analytical thinking to focus on the things that matter most, especially with expertise in large amounts of data. You are experienced in making hard data-informed decisions.
● You are able to distill complex information into easy-to-understand concepts, and understand how to lead a team through ambiguity.
● You consider the user in everything you do and love partnering with design, insights and engineering to turn a vision into reality.
● You are an excellent communicator, comfortable working with multiple stakeholders
Website: Free Hindi Audio Books | Kahaniya | Podcast & FM Radio App - Pocket FM

Responsibilities:
• You would work closely with business and technology teams to plan and execute the
product strategy of Mintifi. We are looking for individuals who can grow into future
product leaders - people with leadership, drive and a passion for software products and
design. Define with business stakeholders the product roadmap for Mintifi
• Focus on the – what/why elements of defining solutions
• Analyze end - end process flow and consumer journey of the product
• Handle product vision, product marketing, and client/partner management.
• Defining success metrics and analyzing product performance
• Creating elaborate mockups and wireframes with industry standard prototyping tools
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to understand the business processes,
formulate and complete end-to-end analysis that includes data gathering, analysis,
ongoingscaled deliverables and presentations.

Skills:
• Experience with creating and managing banking/fintech product
• Experience in designing and understanding consumer journeys
• Experience in designing wireframes and product requirement documents
• Excellent understanding of LOS and LMS
• Communication, Management skills
• Experience in digitization, automation of the business processes
• Market & Consumer Insights Research Skills

• 2-7 years of total experience in Product Development.

• BE/BTech or any relevant degree with a background in consumer internet products
• 2-4 years’ experience delivering highly successful and innovative products with your fingerprints all over them - you’re extremely proud of what you’ve accomplished
• You carry the optimum blend of business, creativity (UI/UX) and technology.
• You are hands-on and go-getter to build & enhance your product through team work.
• You are on a constant drive to expand the product through research & stitching new partnerships.
• Person from a travel & accommodation background will be preferred.
• You’re expected to be a polymath who can bring ideas and analogies from different domains to solve a problem. You should be able to understand third or fourth level metrics.
• Stellar design instincts and product taste
• Finger-tippiness with data: you just go get the data you need with no muss/fuss and can whip it into an insightful story with no help. You know how to leverage data to make decisions without getting stuck in analysis paralysis.
• Grittiness: You never hesitate to roll up your sleeves and tackle something hands-on, you persevere when others fall away.

• Hands on experience on MS Excel is preferred.
• Most importantly, you should be fun to work with.

• You’ll be responsible for absorbing all the complexities of the domain and make simple, elegant and polished products for our users. You’ll have to learn and unlearn fast across domains.
• You’ll be working closely with the engineers, designers and analysts who care deeply about their product. You should be able to quickly build rapport with them. Persuasiveness is more valued here than authority.
• You’ll be owning product charters and would be responsible for every delivery. Your product charter will change as we evolve.
• You should be able to understand macro changes in the market and identify potential opportunities and risks. You should be able to plan features in smaller sprints while keeping an eye on the larger vision.
• You’ll be extremely meticulous and prudent in testing every feature that goes out. We ship high quality software.
• You’ll be the internal evangelist of the product who will go to everyone and help them understand why we should build a feature.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills. 
• Ability to work independently and meet tight deadlines.
• Team player who can adapt to new and evolving processes.

We are a cutting edge AI startup working on workforce optimisation. Awarded Best of the Show (NVIDIA), Deloitte Fast 50, Emerge 50. Clients include Wipro, HCL, Dell, Microland to name a few. We are looking for a product manager experienced with designing and growing large-scale web apps. Should be conversant with different building blocks of modern web apps and should have a technical bent of mind. Hands-on with prototyping in Axure/Balsamiq/Sketch/Framer. You start your day with Hackernews and ProductHunt. Strive to learn about what the latest and the greatest is everyday. Understand UX and the power of perception in UI. Analytical outlook to discovering and motivating user behaviour and interaction.