Product Manager

Headquartered in Bangalore, our client is the world's first cross-border neobank that focuses on credit and banking requirements of those migrating from India to the US. This revolutionary startup helps you apply for a bank account and a high-limit credit card with minimal documentation and absolutely no application fee while you are still in your home country.

The company is truly simplifying the financial world by making global financial products easily accessible to global citizens. Their mission is backed by tier 1 VCs and they have already raised in excess of 55 mn dollars within the last one year.

As a Senior Product Manager, you will be responsible for managing and taking ownership of product end to-end including defining scope, developing requirements and product launch.

• Analysing customer needs/markets, competitive offering and user requirements in depth
• Coordinating with various functions to ensure product roll-out within defined timelines, understanding product priorities and implementing a product governance framework
• Conceptualizing innovative features, designing wireframes/ prototypes and documenting PRDs to enhance app usability
• Working collaboratively with various teams including marketing, business, UX, customer support and engineering teams etc.

What you need to have:

• MBA/ B.E from Tier 1 Colleges (IIM/ ISB/ IIT/ BITS)
• 8+ years of B2C product experience at a product company
• Prior experience in tech roles is a plus
• Comfort diving into data and deriving tangible insights
• Proven track record of shipping several high impact features end-to-end
• Fintech experience is a plus
• Prior startup experience is a plus    

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.

• Self-motivated personality with exquisite Interpersonal, communicational, and time management skills.
• Experience in software development lifecycle process (SDLC) and agile methodologies.
• Multitask professional with the ability to understand business processes, capture, analyze and document requirements and then support the communication and delivery of those requirements with relevant parties.
• Highly organized with the ability to manage projects and consistently meet deadlines.
• Ability to resolve business as well as technical issues and served as a liaison between business groups and technical developers.
• Flexibility to adapt to a changing environment, keeping current with new and updated processes and procedures
• Excellent Team Player

Technical Skills

• Languages: PHP, React
• DBMS: MYSQL
• Framework - MVC
• Methodologies: Agile, Waterfall
• Tools: Asana, Slack, GIT

Preferred Qualifications

• Graduation/Post Graduation degree in Computer Science, Finance, Management, or any similar discipline with a clear analytical bias
• 3+ years of exposure to project management and project planning activities.
• Should be from Financial or Fin-Tech background only
• 3+ years of relevant experience in a business analyst, data analyst or statistical analysis role
• Excellent time management skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to influence your stakeholders and manage expectations

• Full-time remote work (work from home)
• Quarterly appraisal and bonus
• Health insurance Benefits
• Flexible working hour

And much more...

Job Description – Product Manager (Fintech)

About US

Ula is reimagining how retail in emerging markets should work in the smartphone era. We’ve witnessed the rise of B2C e-commerce over the last decade in both India and Indonesia. But the small retailer, the heart and soul of retail, has been left largely underserved by e-commerce even though they’re spending hours every day on their smartphones. Ula provides a simple front-end app, powered by sophisticated back-end systems that determine everything from pricing to inventory to intelligent salesforce route planning. We are building many first of their kind technologies in the world and need your help in building the right systems.  

Ula is an under-the-radar, early-stage technology start-up with largest office in Jakarta and presence in Singapore and India, though we are quite flexible in terms of where our colleagues choose to work from. We are funded by Tier-1 Venture Capital — Sequoia Capital India, Lightspeed India, Quona Capital and B-Capital Group. It is also backed by prominent industry angels such as the founders of Udaan, Rahul Mehta of DST Capital and other established Indonesian angels.

We are a culturally diverse company with 38% women and 7 nationalities. We believe that the best minds are required to solve tough problems irrespective of where they come from.

About You

You are driven to solve tough problems with technology. Let’s take pricing for example. Imagine a world where each product in e-commerce were to be priced differently for each customer based on where they are located, how much they buy or where they prepay or pay-later. This leads to a massive optimization problem because pricing too low incurs opportunity cost while pricing too high means a competitor takes that business. This is just one example of how B2B and B2C e-commerce are different and why B2B offers the opportunity to innovate. Now couple this with routing for a sales agent. How should pricing work with a sales-person’s CRM app? Depending on how far you take it, it is a massive machine learning problem.

If you’re passionate about technology and its applications to business problems, you’re curious and imagine what a new world can look like, love working with global colleagues on global problems and don’t mind taking risks that move the needle and treat failure merely as an opportunity to improve and iterate, you’d be a good fit at Ula.

We are very ownership driven at Ula. We also believe in proactive mentorship. It’s an opportunity to learn and to mentor. Below is what we expect from you.

Responsibilities

• Be a voice of the customer; working to ensure the products we build solve a core unmet need, while exceeding their quality expectations to earn their trust
• Work collaboratively with engineering and business functions to launch features and iterate quickly
• Hands-on data-driven product development (understand the market, analyze the competition, empathize with your users through behavioural analytics)
• Ability to speak the language of business as fluently as the language of engineering
• Gain a deep understanding of customer experience, identify and fill product gaps and generate new ideas that grow market share, improve customer experience and drive growth
• Create buy-in for the product vision both internally and with key external partners
• Translate product strategy into detailed requirements and prototypes
• Scope and prioritize activities based on business and customer impact
• Drive product launches including working with stakeholder team, executives, and other product management team members
• Evaluate promotional plans to ensure that they are consistent with product line strategy and that the message is effectively conveyed
• Act as a product evangelist to build awareness and understanding
  
  

Requirements

• Proven work experience in product management
• Proven track record of managing all aspects of a successful product throughout its lifecycle
• Rich understanding of Indonesian consumer and B2B commerce markets
• Technical & data analysis background with understanding and/or hands-on experience in software development and web technologies preferred
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Skilled at working effectively with cross functional teams in a matrix organization
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Fluent in English and Bahasa.
• MS/BS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent preferred

What You’ll Work On

• You will be building fintech products enabling financial inclusion and growth for small businesses
• Example problem statements that you can expect:
  • Build fintech products to increase frequency of order and create stickiness of users with Ula
  • Improve customer NPS by fuelling growth using fintech products
  • Drive users to order higher basket size to reduce logistics cost

• As Director of Product, you are at the helm of the Product function of the organization. Your position overlooks the entire product organization right from cultivating a high growth team, overseeing the day to day management of ongoing projects to strategizing with CTO/founders, and planning the execution of upcoming projects/initiatives. 
• You are responsible for recruiting and mentoring product teams, setting up proper team structures, and keeping everyone aligned with the Vision at all times. 
• You are also required to maintain and oversee the design and data functions within the product org and build scalable structures for efficient output.
• You're expected to be involved in decisions (with Founders/CTO) that are to be taken in driving New Product initiatives and plan their execution and keep the management updated on the progress.

**Responsibilities**

1. Active management right from the initial stage till the end of the product life cycle to deliver high-quality products.
2. Write, prioritize requirements, manage and facilitate the product development lifecycle from inception to release.
3. Specify market requirements for current and future products by conducting market research supported by ongoing visits to customers and non-customers.
4. Lead the product strategy through to development and deployment, working with leaders in business from sales, marketing, operations, and development.
5. Develop and implement a company-wide go-to-market plan, work with all the departments to execute.
6. Analyze potential partner relationships for the product.
7. Work with an engineering counterpart to define product release requirements.
8. Discover products as per customer need with current marketing trends.
9. Work with the marketing team to identify the requirements from the sales and create product requirement documents.
10. Interact with clients and the technology team.
11. Work with external third parties to assess partnerships and licensing opportunities.

**Skills**

1. Must have Effective oral and written communication skills.
2. Must have Excellent interpersonal skills and presentation skills.
3. Must have Organizational skills and the ability to understand detailed information.
4. Must have Knowledge of current marketing trends.
5. Must have People management & leadership.
6. Must be resourceful, innovative, self-motivated, and confident in high-stress situations
7. Must have Product Management, Product Development understanding.
8. Must have good analytical and troubleshooting skills with end-users / customers.
9. Must have competitive intelligence.

Perks and Benefits

The company provides medical insurance and other benefits.