Product Manager - Mobile App

we are looking for a resilient, emphatic Business Development Executive to contribute to the company's growth.

Role:  Product Marketing Manager

Experience:  5 to 12 years

Job Location: Chennai

About us:

OJ Commerce (OJC), a rapidly expanding and profitable online retailer, is headquartered in Florida, USA, with a fully functional office in Chennai, India. 

We deliver exceptional value to our customers by harnessing cutting-edge technology, fostering innovation, and establishing strategic brand partnerships to enable a seamless, enjoyable shopping experience featuring high-quality products at unbeatable prices. Our advanced, data-driven system streamlines operations with minimal human intervention. 

Our extensive product portfolio encompasses over a million SKUs and more than 2,500 brands across eight primary categories. 

This role involves driving the marketing efforts for a product line with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 70% to achieve the targeted revenue run rate of US$ 200 million in three years. 

With a robust presence on major platforms such as Amazon, Walmart, Wayfair, Home Depot, and eBay, we directly serve consumers in the United States. 

As we continue to forge new partner relationships, our flagship website, www.ojcommerce.com, has rapidly emerged as a top-performing e-commerce channel, catering to millions of customers annually.

Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will manage all aspects of pricing, promotions, channels, and advertising for the product line, with responsibilities including: 

• 1.Assessing the strengths and weaknesses of our product line, promoting it across all major channels 
• 2.Identifying essential product features to be promoted and tracking the effectiveness of the campaigns across channels to boost the product line against competitors. 
• 3.Recognizing opportunities for expanding the product line by pinpointing consumer gaps, search trends, and competitors' strengths 
• 4.Collaborating with key channel managers to ensure alignment with budgets, fostering success in both ad-driven and organic growth to achieve sales targets within the product line's cost budgets. 
• 5.Developing and maintaining relationships with stakeholders in online marketplaces and digital channels 
• 6.Comparing products against competitors in terms of features, pricing, and listing quality 

Skills

• 1.Demonstrated experience in e-commerce, including listing, digital ads, and organic search across one or more major channels. 
• 2.Proven expertise in digital marketing strategies that drive sales, such as paid advertising across various media and channels, email marketing, and affiliate marketing. 
• 3.Experience in launching new products and comprehensive knowledge of product marketing, including managing listings, pricing, promotions, and positioning. 
• 4.Exceptional qualitative and quantitative analytical skills 
• 5.Ability to navigate a dynamic and complex ecosystem 
• 6.Adept at building relationships with both internal and external stakeholders 
• 7.Advanced proficiency in Excel and outstanding written and verbal communication skills 

What we Offer

       1.A fast-paced startup environment with limitless opportunities for impact 

       2.A supportive culture that encourages personal growth and development 

       3.Competitive salary 

       4.Medical benefits and accident coverage 

       5.Flexible office working hours 

Job Description

Position Summary:

We are looking for a Mobile application developer responsible for the development and maintenance of applications aimed towards iOS, including mobile phones and tablets. Your primary focus will be the development of such applications and their integration with other services. You will be working alongside other engineers and developers working on different layers of the infrastructure. Therefore, a commitment to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and creating quality products is essential. You will be responsible for the product development with quality and by following the engineering practices. The candidate should be a team player who should be able to code, do the peer code review, defect fixes wherever needed on the existing product.

Responsibilities:

 Design and build applications for iOS

 Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications

 Collaborate with a team to define, design, and ship new features

 Innovative thinking for problems solutions. Solid implementation

 Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs

 Achieving Code, module delivery dates within time

 Help maintain code quality, organization, automatization, and documentation

 Uses Agile Scrum Methodology for software development

 Develops unit tests for all new code

 Has all code changes peer reviewed and must peer review code when required

 Provides input for documentation of new or existing programs

 Well versed with usage of debugging tools to analyze and solve complex problems independently

 Diagnose and resolve complex level issues of application

 Participate in interactions with all levels of personnel with different teams Skills:

 Proficient in all versions of Swift, with a good knowledge of its ecosystems

 Solid understanding of object-oriented programming

 Experience in App Store distribution process and Enterprise distribution of Apple

 Good knowledge of performance limits and characteristics

 Knowledge of memory management and multi-threading, background thread handling and iOS file systems

 Knowledge of private framework in swift and objective C languages

 Experience with embedded databases and other system datastores

 Experience of automated testing platforms and unit tests for Mobile applications

 Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect to back-end services

 Good sense of UI design and a user-oriented focus  Knack for benchmarking and optimization  Proficient understanding of code versioning tools e.g. Git

 Hands on experience in using Jenkins

 Familiarity with continuous integration

 Good Knowledge in design patterns

 Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills in English

 Good time management skills

 Certification of iOS development, swift language will be value added  Experience with Cocoa APIs on iOS and Apple frameworks AR, ML and swift UI is good to have

 2-4 years of work experience in Mobile application development.

Pay/compensation: Benefits: Health Insurance (including for Parents); Personal Accident Cover.

6+ years of experience developing on Shopify’s eCommerce platform including customization of various themes using Liquid

● 6+ years of experience in front-end technologies including JavaScript, AJAX, HTML, CSS, SCSS, and GraphQL.

● Superb troubleshooting & debugging skills.

● Interest in staying current and applying the most current best practices.

● Able to work effectively in a fluid, fast-paced environment. ● Experience working with many cross functional partners to drive complex projects forward. ● Experience working with agile teams and making rapid decisions in a dynamic and disruptive environment.

● A disciplined approach to testing and quality assurance.

● Positive Attitude, high energy, and love for broadening web development skill set. ● Proficient in co-coordinating with teams and clients across different time zones. ● Familiar with JIRA, ConfluenceKnowledge in other ecommerce platforms such as BigCommerce orCommercetools is big plus

Desired Candidate Profile

• Bachelor's degree in Food Science/ Food Technology/ Diploma in food production or a similar discipline
• Certification in HACCP or FSMS    

We're looking for someone having 4-6 years of total work experience with strong managerial and leadership skills. The manager will be responsible for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control and completion of web and mobile development projects, ensuring consistency with company strategy, commitments and goals.

**Responsibilities**

• Ensure that all projects are delivered on-time, within the scope and within budget.
• Develop a detailed project plan to monitor and track progress.
• Manage changes to the project scope, project schedule, and project costs using appropriate verification techniques.
• Coordinate internal resources and customer team members for the flawless execution of projects.
• Lead the project scope definition and objectives ,involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility.
• Ensure resource availability and allocation through appropriate forecasting.
• Keep your knowledge and the company’s products up to date with the latest web industry trends.
• Report problems and escalate to management as needed.
• Perform risk management to minimize project risks.
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation.
• Plan and oversee the preparation and dissemination of project communications.
• Create learning opportunities for the team through training, conferences, hands-on training and mentorship in projects.
• Oversee recruitment of new team members when required.
• Maintain and develop relationships with existing customers and reach out to potential customers for new business.
• Establish and maintain relationships with third parties/vendors.
• Screen potential business deals by analyzing requirements, financials and market strategies.
• Track & monitor project cost as per the budget.

    **Skills**

• Must have project planning, project monitoring project management skills
• Must have Schedule Management, Project Budgeting, expense monitoring, Project reporting skills.
• Must have basic knowledge of Web, iOS and Android development technologies.
• Must have excellent client-facing and internal communication skills.
• Must have Customer communication on Project status & reports.
• Must have strong leadership and team management qualities.
• Must have strong management and organizational skills.
• Must have good analytical and troubleshooting skills with end-users / customers.
• Must have competitive intelligence.
• Must have experience in using tools like JIRA etc.
• Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Must be resourceful, innovative, self-motivated, and confident in high-stress situations.