Product Manager

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain web applications using Laravel and Vue.js (PHP) framework.

Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and solve complex problems.

Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members.

Test and debug applications to ensure they meet functional and performance requirements.

Stay up-to-date with emerging trends and technologies in web development.

Optimize application performance and scalability.

Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues as they arise.

Create and maintain technical documentation for applications.

Communicate project status and progress to stakeholders.

Qualifications

Strong proficiency in PHP programming language

Experience with Laravel framework

Knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and jQuery

Understanding of MVC architecture

Experience with database management systems such as MySQL

Familiarity with version control systems such as Git

Ability to write clean, efficient, and well-documented code

Strong problem-solving and analytical skills

Excellent communication and teamwork skills

Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related field (preferred)

Relevant certifications such as CodeIgniter Certified Developer (optional)

This position demands strong banking /BFSI domain expertise,

precisely retail lending stack.

Senior Presales Manager / Leads.

Work Location : Hyderabad.

Pennant is looking for highly experienced and seasoned Senior Presales Manager to drive the presales function and to support the Sales and Business Development team from functional and solution perspective of Lending Factory which is Pennant's flagship product suite covers the complete loan life cycle. As a senior presales manager, you are accountable for driving the presales life cycle in client acquisition, revenue generation and growth. If you are seasoned professional with excellent understanding of the business application from the functional and technical perspective preferably in the BFSI area, this is an excellent opportunity with tremendous growth potential.

Growth Opportunity:

Banking is the biggest consumer of technology and the share is simply growing. Banks generate maximum profits out of Lending operations hence it’s imperative for them to ensure they use the right business driven technological platforms or solution right from the customer on-boarding, origination, servicing till the closure. In the past few years FI’s have not been able to refresh lending tech stack and that’s leading to challenges, higher operational cost and customer dissatisfaction. However the stupendous growth in lending activities across the segments, markets and LOB’s in the recent times has created once in a decade business opportunity for Pennant. Do you want to be part of our growth story?

Roles & Responsibilities:

·      You have to bring in domain and industry knowledge, share know-how gained through client interactions in a structured way to the product engineering, implementation, sales, marketing and senior management;

·      Role involves gathering market competition and customer information, responding to RFPs/RFIs- Functional/Technical compliances, Solution Preparation, Proposal preparation, as per the timelines of prospect/customer, coordinate with different internal/external teams to identify the business pains to offer a solution in line with the client requirement

·      Work closely with various internal teams to orchestrate the right technical, functional and commercial responses that create differentiated value for Pennant and help winning bids;

·      Take bottom line responsibility for highest possible quality of our responses, presentations and interactions with the prospect;

·      Prepare and present the company and its responses to CXO’s of the prospect;

·      Lead discovery workshops to determine customers business challenges and deliver product demonstrations to align solution with customer needs

·      Collaborate with marketing and take responsibility to build collaterals for specific LOB’s, personas and modules; refresh them on regular basis;

·      Write blogs, whitepapers and contribute content for website/social media as an when required; get noticed;

·      Mentoring and handholding the junior staff and build excellent presales capabilities

·      Deserving candidate would have worked in the past in technical solutions and presales capacity

Skills and Competencies:

·      Great presentation and communication skills is a must;

·      Hunger for world class quality work is expected;

·      Minimum of 5 years plus experience in handling multi-million USD international pursuits;

·      Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services to the highest possible quality;

·      Deep knowledge of banking applications, hardware and software, including lending business processes and programming;

·      Coordination, presentation skills, objection handling and effective written communication, questioning skills, influencing and personal impact;

·      Excellent intra personal skills and problem-solving skills;

·      Able to persuade client to buy our software;

·      Demonstrating integrity and transparency in the engagement;

Experience & Qualifications:

·      Experience : 8-15 years (I am open to consider Presales Consultants with 4+ years of experience also)

·      MBA graduate from a reputed institute or CA

Job Details:

·      Work Location : Hyderabad .. - 5 days, Work from office, no hybrid now.

·      Territory : Domestic and International Markets

• Attributes: Resourceful, Self-starter, Independent and Self-motivated, Ambitious, Entrepreneurial spirit, Collaborative, Focused

About Pennant:

Pennant Technologies is an agile, innovative financial technology company that powers the lending operations of global banks and financial institutions - HDFC, Bajaj Finserve, LIC HFL, Godrej HFL, RAK Bank, QNB to name a few.

Its suite of future ready lending products and solutions offer banks composable features and scalable capabilities to deliver differentiated loan origination, servicing and collections experiences for their customers. Trusted by leading banks and financial institutions in Asia, Pennant’s award-winning lending platform has managed more than 10 Million loans and facilitates 50 Million loan transactions per year.

Pennant is HQ in Hyderabad and have offices and/ business operations in India, ME, Saudi, Australia, Philippines and UK. We are aggressively expanding across the geographies and adding to our 450+ workforce, spread across multiple locations. Visit us at www.pennanttech.com

Requirements:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience as a UI/UX Designer with a strong portfolio showcasing innovative design projects.
• High proficiency in Figma is a must. The candidate should be able to create complex design systems, use auto-layout effectively, and leverage Figma's interactive components for prototyping.
• Strong knowledge and understanding of the design process from ideation to development; including wireframing, prototyping, user testing, and final implementation.
• Experience in conducting user interviews, surveys, and usability studies. The ability to empathize with users, understand their problems, and translate their needs into effective UI/UX solutions.
• Demonstrable skills in ideation, sketching, and creating low-fidelity wireframes for early-stage idea exploration.
• It is an added advantage to have familiarity with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for close collaboration with our development team.
• A keen understanding of mobile-first and responsive design. You should be able to create designs that work well on any device and screen size.
• Excellent visual design skills, including but not limited to, composition, layout, color theory, and typography.
• Ability to conduct user research, usability testing, A/B testing, rapid prototyping, heuristic analysis and assess user feedback to deliver world-class design solutions.
• Demonstrated experience using data, user feedback, and market analysis to inform design decisions.
• A deep understanding of user-centered design principles and best practices.
• Exceptional communication skills for articulating design decisions to team members and stakeholders.
• Experience using additional design tools such as Photoshop, Illustrator, or Sketch.
• Knowledge of prototyping tools.
• Certification in UX design from a reputable institution.
• Experience in a fast-paced startup environment.

The ideal candidate should be a proactive individual with strong communication skills and a team player. He or she should have an experience of at least 1-2 years in Java development.

1. Hands on experience in designing and developing applications using Java EE platforms and at least 1-2 years’ experience on the same.
2. Should have excellent in-depth knowledge on Core Java
3. Experience in multi-threaded server-side Java programming
4. Working knowledge on web services.
5. Working knowledge on hibernate and springs framework.
6. Added advantage if worked in any of the BPM tools
7. Should have worked in SDLC environment.
8. Good communication skills.
9. Experience in working effectively within a team.

• Needs to have clear, concise communication skills, both written and verbally, must speak slowly and clearly

• Needs to be able to answer incoming calls from customers and create tickets, assist with requests, be able to call third party vendors to open tickets and manage from creation to completion

• Needs to be able to follow multiple different processes depending on the circumstances

• Avaya Communication Manager including G650 – Triage alarms, Troubleshooting breakfix issues and simple/complex MAC

• Avaya Media Gateways: G430, G450, G700, G350 – Triage alarms, troubleshooting breakfix issues

• System Manager/Session Manager (SIP) – Triage alarms, Troubleshooting breakfix issues including SIP and simple/complex MAC • AES – Triage alarms, Troubleshooting breakfix issues

• Avaya ACSS certification

• Avaya SBC – Triage alarms, Troubleshooting breakfix issues

• CMS - Triage alarms, Troubleshooting breakfix issues and simple/complex MAC • Avaya One X Agent/Communicator- Troubleshooting breakfix issues

• AVST - Triage alarms, Troubleshooting breakfix issues and simple/complex MAC

• IX messaging - Triage alarms, Troubleshooting breakfix issues and simple/complex MAC

• AAM - Triage alarms, Troubleshooting breakfix issues and simple/complex MAC

• Intuity Audix - Triage alarms, Troubleshooting breakfix issues and simple/complex MAC MM- Triage alarms, Troubleshooting breakfix issues and simple/complex MAC

• CMM- Triage alarms, Troubleshooting breakfix issues and simple/complex MAC

• Utility Servers- Triage alarms, troubleshooting breakfix issues and simple/complex MAC

• Avaya Aura Media Server- Triage alarms, troubleshooting breakfix issues

• Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code.
• Perform Code reviews of other team members.
• Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications
• Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server-side logic
• Implementation of security and data protection
• Integration of data storage solutions.
• Liaise with the product management team and architect the application / improve the architecture wherever necessary.

Skills And Qualifications

• 7+ years of the overall experience.
• Strong Practical knowledge and understanding of RESTful API
• Excellent Python coding skills and understanding of Python best practices (PEP8)
• Should handle a team of minimum 4 members
• Excellent detail-oriented, problem-solving skills and the ability to quickly learn and apply new concepts, principles, and solutions
• 7+ years of good hands-on experience in Python, with knowledge of Django
• Good hands-on experience in SQL Database (MYSQL / Postgres)
• Familiarity of Front End Development ( ReactJS )
• Knowledge of user authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments
• Able to create database schemas that represent and support business processes.
• Strong unit test and debugging skills
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools GIT.
• Has experience of working in an Agile Environment.
• Fluent in English (written and oral) Fluency in a second language is preferred.
• Comfortable working remotely with great communication skills for a remote work environment.

Bonus qualifications

• Knowledge of any cloud. ( Especially Azure )