Project Manager

ABOUT THE ROLE:

As the Business Head, you will be a critical member of the senior leadership team, directly influencing the overall success and strategic direction of TartanHQ. You will be the driving force behind our revenue generation engine, formulating and executing comprehensive go-to-market strategies, leading all sales and marketing initiatives, cultivating strong and lasting relationships with our diverse clientele, and ultimately achieving ambitious revenue targets. This role demands a strategic thinker with a strong execution mindset, exceptional leadership capabilities, and a deep understanding of the [SaaS/Fintech/Banking] landscape. You will be empowered to build and lead a high-performing team and will play a key role in fostering a customer-centric culture within the organization.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Business Development and Strategic Partnerships:

• Identify and pursue new business opportunities: Proactively identify and qualify potential enterprise, startup, and mid-stage clients across relevant industries. This includes conducting thorough market research, identifying key target accounts, and developing tailored outreach strategies.
• Develop and execute strategic partnership initiatives: Identify, cultivate, and manage strategic partnerships with complementary businesses, technology providers, and industry influencers to expand market reach and create synergistic opportunities.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key decision-makers and stakeholders: Establish and nurture long-term relationships with C-level executives, procurement leaders, and other key stakeholders within target client organizations. This involves consistent communication, understanding their business needs, and positioning TartanHQ as a trusted advisor.
• Lead the end-to-end sales cycle: Take ownership of the sales process from initial contact and qualification through presentations, negotiations, proposal development, and contract closure.
• Negotiate and close complex deals: Skilfully negotiate terms and conditions to achieve mutually beneficial agreements that drive significant revenue growth for TartanHQ.
• Develop and manage a robust sales pipeline: Build and maintain a healthy and predictable sales pipeline, accurately forecasting revenue and providing regular updates to the senior leadership team.
• Represent TartanHQ at industry events and conferences: Act as a company spokesperson, building brand awareness and generating leads through active participation in relevant industry events, conferences, and networking opportunities.

2. Sales and Marketing Strategy & Execution:

• Develop and execute a comprehensive go-to-market strategy: Define target markets, ideal customer profiles, value propositions, and effective channels to achieve ambitious growth objectives.
• Formulate and implement effective sales strategies: Develop and refine sales processes, methodologies, and tools to optimize sales effectiveness and efficiency. This includes defining sales targets, territories, and incentive structures.
• Develop and oversee the execution of integrated marketing strategies: Collaborate with the marketing team (or lead marketing efforts directly initially) to develop and implement impactful marketing campaigns across various channels (digital marketing, content marketing, social media, public relations, etc.) to build brand awareness, generate leads, and support sales efforts.
• Oversee and guide the sales and marketing team: Provide clear direction, set performance expectations, and offer ongoing coaching and support to the sales and marketing teams to ensure they achieve their individual and collective goals.
• Analyse market trends and competitive landscapes: Conduct in-depth market research to identify emerging trends, understand competitor strategies, and identify opportunities and threats. Utilize this analysis to inform strategic decisions and maintain a competitive edge.
• Collaborate with product development teams: Provide valuable market feedback and customer insights to the product development team to ensure our offerings align with market needs and customer demands.

3. Team Leadership and Development:

• Recruit, hire, and develop a high-performing team: Identify talent needs, lead the recruitment process for sales and marketing professionals, and build a skilled and motivated team.
• Provide mentorship and coaching to team members: Offer regular feedback, guidance, and development opportunities to empower team members to reach their full potential and contribute effectively to the company's success.
• Set clear performance goals and conduct regular performance reviews: Define measurable KPIs for team members and conduct regular performance evaluations to track progress and provide constructive feedback.
• Lead by example: Demonstrate strong work ethic, professionalism, and a commitment to achieving results.

4. Operational Excellence and Performance Management:

• Implement efficient systems and processes: Identify opportunities to optimize sales and marketing workflows, implement CRM systems (e.g., Salesforce, HubSpot), and leverage technology to improve efficiency and productivity.
• Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs): Define, track, and analyze relevant sales and marketing KPIs (e.g., lead generation, conversion rates, customer acquisition cost, revenue growth, churn rate) to measure success, identify trends, and pinpoint areas for improvement.
• Generate and present regular performance reports: Provide insightful reports on sales and marketing performance to the senior leadership team, highlighting key achievements, challenges, and strategic recommendations.
• Drive continuous improvement: Proactively identify areas for operational improvement within the sales and marketing functions and implement solutions to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.

Requirements:

• Experience: Minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in business development, sales leadership, and marketing within the SaaS, Fintech, or Banking industry is mandatory. This includes a proven track record of exceeding revenue targets and building successful teams within these sectors.
• Sales Experience: Must possess significant Software Sales and Enterprise Sales experience, demonstrating a deep understanding of the enterprise sales cycle, complex deal structures, and value-based selling. A strong and established network of contacts within the target industries is crucial.
• Ready To Travel: This role will require frequent travel, up to 50% of the time, both within the city and to other locations, for client meetings, industry events, and team engagements. Candidates must be comfortable with this level of travel.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Leadership Skills: Proven and demonstrable ability to effectively lead, motivate, and develop high-performing sales and marketing teams. Strong influencing skills to build consensus and drive results across different organizational levels and with external stakeholders.
• Business Acumen: A deep and comprehensive understanding of core business fundamentals, including financial management, strategic marketing principles, and effective sales methodologies. Ability to connect sales and marketing activities to overall business objectives.
• Strong Communication Skills: Exceptional written and verbal communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills to effectively articulate complex ideas, build rapport with clients, and communicate effectively with internal teams and stakeholders.
• Problem-Solving Skills: Demonstrated ability to identify, analyse, and resolve complex business challenges in a timely and efficient manner, using a strategic and analytical approach.
• Data-Driven Approach: A strong analytical mindset with a proven ability to leverage data and metrics to inform strategic decisions, track performance, and identify opportunities for optimization.
• Technical Proficiency: Solid understanding of SaaS products and broader technology trends relevant to the [SaaS/Fintech/Banking] industry. Familiarity with CRM and marketing automation platforms is highly desirable.
• Relationship Building Skills: Exceptional ability to build and maintain strong, long-lasting relationships with clients, partners, and internal stakeholders based on trust, mutual respect, and a deep understanding of their needs.
• Entrepreneurial Mindset: A proactive, results-oriented, and innovative mindset with a passion for driving growth and a willingness to take on challenges and explore new opportunities. A strong sense of ownership and accountability is essential.

Benefits:

• Stock Options: We believe that all employees deserve to own a part of Tartan. Everyone should be rewarded for a successful company outcome. You will be granted stock options as part of your compensation package, aligning your success with the company's growth.
• Health Insurance: We believe you and your family deserve robust health coverage because we care about them too. A comprehensive health policy of 3 lakhs is provided, along with other health and wellness benefits for you and your immediate family. We are committed to supporting your well-being.
• MacBook: You will receive a company-provided MacBook for your work, irrespective of your specific role at Tartan. We believe in providing our team members with the best tools to succeed.

Founding Engineer:

As a Founding Engineer, you'll be responsible for designing, building, and launching our product to customers. Specifically,

• Since our team is lean and we plan to keep it that way - you’ll be one of the first five engineers in leading the zero-to-one journey of a product our customers are hungry for
• Lead technical design and implementation of the frontend and backend of the product with coaching and mentorship from world-class technical architects
• Have knowledge of (or learn) how to work with Shopify’s CLI
• Iterate quickly to create delightful user experiences, working closely with customers/ design partners
• Help us hire a world-class engineering team in the months ahead
• Our team is currently fully remote (with offices to be opened in Bangalore and Mumbai over next few months) and cross-border across San Francisco, Boston, and India - help us cultivate a remote-first, inclusive, diverse, and friendly culture
• Work directly with the founders with an ownership mindset

Skills and Experience:

• Prior experience working with backend tech stacks (e.g. Spring Boot, Ruby on Rails, Django, Laravel)
• Experience with service service-oriented architecture, writing REST APIs, unit testing, and architectural design
• Understanding of modern web stacks and architecture (HTTP, REST, GraphQL, WebSockets)
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases and other technologies (e.g. Mysql, Redis, Kafka)
• Prior experience working with frontend tech stacks (e.g. React, Angular, Vue.js)
• Prior experience working with frontend UI frameworks (e.g. Bootstrap, Tailwind CSS)

Elocity is a cleantech start-up striving to make the world a better place through technology innovations. We are building a global infrastructure for making the transition to electric vehicles viable, affordable, and sustainable by working closely with the utilities, governments, and public.

Headquartered out of Canada, we are a team of highly specialized domain experts and problem solvers enabling utilities, public and private sector entities to successfully manage the demands of electric vehicle charging and its infrastructure needs to pave the way for electromobility in future.

To know more visit https://elocitytech.com/

Responsibilities:

• Determines technical feasibility of features or solutions by evaluating problem, customer requirements, possible solutions and technology requirements.
• Exercises judgement in prioritizing tasks and selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.
• Create low-level design of modules of a software application through proper documentation and
• diagrams.
• Develops software solutions by studying requirements, clarifying customer/user needs, analysing data
• and processes and following established software development practices and processes.
• Develops proof of concepts for technical evaluation and early customer feedback
• Updates and shares knowledge by studying state-of-the-art development tools, programming
• techniques, and computing technology; reading professional publications
• Networks with internal and external personnel in own area of expertise.
• Skills:
• Good command in JavaScript/TypeScript. Knowledge of Java/Python will be a plus.
• Experience in Debugging/troubleshooting TypeScript code.
• Experience in API development (REST/GraphQL etc)
• Experience in development of Web and Mobile(android/iOS) applications
• Exposure of Parallel and Asynchronous programming
• Experience in writing Unit tests (Jest or any similar framework)
• Should be proficient in relational Database concepts (Postgres etc.)
• Knowledge of Non-relational Databases would be a plus.
• Good Understanding of Object-Oriented Programming Concepts.
• Good Understanding of Design Patterns.
• Good command of Data structures, Algorithms and Complexity.
• Good at problem solving and analytical skills.
• Experience with Source Code Versioning systems (Git etc)
• Understanding of Micro services Architecture would be a plus 

Company Description

Verboace is an innovative edtech platform that has developed India's first state-of-the-art AI Agent for education. The AI Agent provides personalized guidance to students, offers precise predictions, and adapts to individual learning paces. Verboace also integrates social media elements like following, reactions, comments, and peer networking, making preparation engaging. Additionally, the platform offers direct mentorship from CAT toppers and features unique tools like an analytics room and virtual classroom.

Role Description

Your main tasks will be:

● Managing the social media strategy across platforms for Verboace.

● Delivering an increase in social media engagement for the brand.

● Creating content and managing engagement, leading X%+ Growth on all platforms in timeframes.

What we are looking for?

● Someone with Digital/Social Media Marketing Experience.

● Strong background delivering results for other brands or own social media profiles.

● Previous social media experience is a must.

This is a remote internship role for a Social Media Manager at Verboace. The Social Media Manager will be responsible for managing social media marketing strategies, communicating with users, implementing content strategies, optimizing social media presence, and writing engaging content. Qualifications: Social Media Marketing and Social Media Optimization (SMO) skills Strong communication skills Experience in developing content strategies Excellent writing abilities Knowledge of digital marketing trends Ability to work independently and remotely A background in Marketing, Communications, or a related field Experience with social media analytics tools is a requirement.

Responsibilities:

• Expertise in back-end programming language JavaScript , TypeScript , NodeJs
• Writing HTML , CSS , and JavaScript
• Working with RDBMS such as Postgres or MySQL
• Experience implementing testing platforms and unit tests Proficiency with Git Appreciation for clean and well-documented code
• Understanding of microservices and distributed systems

Good to haves:

‍Experience working with AWS infrastructure Docker or Kubernetes Message queues such as Kafka CI/ CD tools such as Jenkins

Requirements:

• Proven work experience as a Back-end developer In-depth understanding of the entire web development process (design , development and deployment)
• Hands on experience with programming languages like Node.js , Javascript Familiarity with front-end languages (e.g. HTML , JavaScript and CSS)
• Excellent analytical and time management skills
• BE/Btech degree in Computer Science or relevant field

Required Skills:

Back-End Programming, JavaScript, TypeScript, NodeJs, Testing, Node.js, SAAS Product, IT Services, Profitability, ERP, SaaS, IT Service, Web Applications, B2B, Self-Driven, Writing, HTML, CSS, RDBMS, Postgres, MySQL, Git, Microservices, AWS, Infrastructure, Docker, Message Queues, Kafka, CI/CD, Jenkins

This person MUST have:

• BE Computer Science, MCA or equivalent
• Extreme CSS skills
• Experience with ReactJS or NextJS is a MUST
• Strong communication skills
• A strong passion for writing simple, clean and efficient code.
• Sound knowledge of clean code, no unused code, optimized code and more.
• Always starting with a document and then implementing in a systematic and organized manner
• Past experience as a frontend developer building modern JavaScript-based web applications
• Excellent verbal and written communication, teamwork, decision making and

influencing skills.

Experience:

• Min 5 years experience
• Not more than 15 year experience.
• Startup experience is a must. 

Location

• Remotely, anywhere in India

Timings:

• 40 hours a week but with 4 hours a day overlapping with client timezone.  Typically clients are in California PST Timezone.

Position:

• Full time/Direct
• We have great benefits such as PF, medical insurance, 12 annual company holidays, 12 PTO leaves per year, annual increments, Diwali bonus, spot bonuses and other incentives etc.
• We dont believe in locking in people with large notice periods.  You will stay here because you love the company.  We have only a 15 days notice period.