Project Manager - Tech

JoVE is the world-leading producer and provider of science video solutions with the mission to improve scientific research and education. Millions of scientists, educators and students use JoVE for their research, teaching and learning. Our institutional clients comprise over 1,000 universities, colleges, and biopharma companies, including such leaders as Harvard, MIT, Yale, and Stanford. As a rapidly growing company, with offices in the USA, UK, Australia, and India servicing clients in over 60 countries, we are seeking talented and ambitious individuals to join our company.

The Role

We are looking for dedicated sales professionals to drive the adoption of our product at Higher Ed institutions, universities, and colleges in North America. If you're eager to advance your career in sales and grow with a dynamic team, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Responsibilities

• Own full sales cycle, from prospecting to close.
• Present the product, online and in person, to researchers, teaching faculty and academic librarians.
• Proactively build & nurture relations with clients and users through emails, calls and in person.
• Analyze trends and make data-driven decisions based on priorities in your work.
• Work effectively with other team members to deliver on sales targets, team projects and campaigns.
• Attend trade shows and participate in other marketing activities.

Requirements:

• Willingness to work in 9 AM to 5 PM EST (New York time zone) shift.
• A college degree.
• 2+ years of sales experience, ideally in business development or account management roles
• A drive to succeed and a passion to build a career in sales.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and negotiation skills in person and online.
• Experienced with Salesforce or similar platforms.
• Confidence in dealing with clients and product users.
• Self-motivated, initiative, results-oriented, and willing to learn new skills.

Why Join JoVE?

• A competitive compensation package including unlimited commissions on your sales
• You will make a direct impact in accelerating science research and education.
• Opportunity to work with global teams and in an environment that promotes innovation and collaboration.
• Our strong promotion from within culture draws a clear path to advance your career with us

About us

We are building new-age billing and pricing infrastructure for SaaS companies. As SaaS pricing evolves from vanilla subscription-based models to more granular usage-based models, billing and pricing infrastructure needs to be completely reimagined.

Founders who sold their previous startups to Snapdeal and Gaana respectively. They have experience at organizations such as Google, Basepair, Elevation Capital, IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi and Harvard Business School. We are funded by marquee global investors, including Bessemer Venture Partners.

We are building our founding team, and are looking for:

1. engineers who can optimize for quick iteration, fast deployment and having a great developer experience.
2. sales, marketing and growth folks who are excited to push the envelope on GTM (go-to-market) innovation

You should be excited about learning and meaningfully shaping the trajectory of an early-stage startup from Day 0 in its journey.

What you can expect

• Ownership and autonomy: As a founding team member, you have immense responsibility. You own and drive the execution.
• Learning: You will work on challenging problems and engage in some of the most meaningful work of your life.
• You will have to figure out our Go-To-Market playbook from scratch - channels, messaging, discovery, demos, sales cycle, personas, nurturing, partnerships etc. Expect a whole lot of iteration and first principles thinking.
• Culture:
• We don’t take ourselves too seriously, and know how to have fun
• The health of our team is most important to us. Balance work with life - be productive, not busy.
• Being remote first, we thrive via async communication.
• Flexibility: Remote - work from wherever you are in the world; If you prefer coming to the office in person, we have a physical space in Indiranagar, Bangalore 
• Compensation: We offer competitive salaries with generous ESOPs
• Benefits (for full-time roles):
• Health insurance
• Generous vacation policy
• Learning and development budget
• Team events and company offsites
• Maternity and Paternity benefits
• Company laptop

About this role

We are building our founding team and are looking for folks who are excited to get their hands dirty in a 0 to 1 journey. If you are expecting a working playbook that you can execute, we are probably not the right fit for you at this point. However, if you are excited about creating the playbook from scratch, we would love to hear from you 

You will directly work with the founders.

Outbound sales are critical to generating meetings with qualified prospects. You will lay the foundation for and execute our outbound sales strategy.

The primary objective is to generate meetings with qualified prospects by optimizing our outbound sales machinery - iterating on channels, messaging, ICP (ideal customer profile), tooling etc.

• Outbound prospecting
• Find leads from databases (Apollo, ZoomInfo, etc.)
• Reach out to them (manual + automated) via different channels (email, LinkedIn, cold calling, etc.) to generate new sales opportunities
• Identify the needs of prospects, and build long-term, trusting relationships with to qualify leads as sales opportunities
• Iterate to maximize qualified meetings set up
• Experiment with different databases
• Experiment with messaging, level of personalization, length of sequences etc.
• Experiment with channels (email, LinkedIn, cold calls etc.)
• Experiment with different types of collateral
• Experiment with the recipient being targeted - industry, persona, intent signals etc.
• Loop in feedback from prospect responses to emails and cold calls to refine messaging further
• Inbound follow-ups - Respond to inbound leads and automate follow-up communication; iterate on messaging/channels to maximize conversion rate
• Run custom campaigns e.g., writing to VCs for intros to their portfolio companies, writing to conference attendees, scraping forums and job descriptions for relevant leads etc.
• Set up in-house tooling to ensure email deliverability, monitor open rate/reply rate, track domain reputation etc.
• Owning the CRM: Create and update leads, set up pipelines, email templates, and automation. Fully utilize CRM capabilities to nurture leads and deliver timely and relevant content

Key Qualifications

• 1-2 years of experience working as a sales development representative at a B2B SaaS company
• The solid hustle and entrepreneurial mindset; Thrive under the uncertainty that comes with an early-stage setup
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Experience working with lead databases, sales engagement tools etc
• Familiarity with CRM systems and proficiency in managing leads, pipelines, and automation
• Willingness to get your hands dirty and do the grunt work in the early days
• Strong first principles understanding of business fundamentals; Ability to empathize with the end user, and understand their pain points; Ability to understand the product at a granular level
• Adaptable to work across time zones to cater to a global customer base
• Self-driven individual with high ownership and a strong work ethic
• Ability to build, manage and motivate a team
• Previous entrepreneurial experience is a huge plus
• Experience catering to the CFO persona is a plus
• Familiarity with billing systems, CPQ and accounting systems is a plus
• Not taking yourself too seriously :)

Knowledge of database languages such as SQL, NoSQL, AWS services, linux or Python

• Knowledge in PowerBI
• Good to have knowledge in Kibana (visualization) and Kibana Development tools
• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel
• Data visualization (simple aggregation-based charts to complex geo-based visualizations)
• Accuracy and excellent attention to detail
• Strong written/verbal communication skills

Qualifications and Experience

• 3+ years’ experience in Data Analysis or relevant working experience

We’re looking for a seasoned technologist proficient with frontend development.

Is that you?

We are looking for a Senior Frontend Web Developer with 5+ years of solid experience. We work in a variety of front-end technologies including React, Angular, ReactNative, and native apps. We’re looking for someone who is hands-on and can also lead our teams and put in place best practices for software engineering for Web UI development.

Responsibilities:

1. Technical strategy and guidance for clients

2. High-level & low-level software design

3. Hands-on development & deployment of applications

4. Mentoring fellow UI developers

5. Putting in place good practices for robust, pixel-perfect UI development in all our projects.

Skills And Qualifications:

● Proficient in modern JavaScript frameworks – React, Angular, AngularJS, and others.

● Experienced in product quality maintainable code with good practices for CSS style sheets and HTML.

● Expertise in asynchronous request handling, partial page updates, AJAX, and CORS with a strong understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and

ways to work around them

● We prefer hands-on developers who can architect for modularisation and are adept at creating reusable frontend components

● We would love to have someone who is a follower and practitioner of good coding conventions in Javascript

● We require someone who understands code versioning tools, such as Git.

● We enjoy working with people who have impeccable written and verbal communication skills

What you will work on

● You will build robust and secure web apps using REST/JSONAPI/GraphQL APIs

● You will write elegant code, come up with clearly articulated designs and even get a chance to dabble with the architecture of large systems. Once you join, the

opportunities are open and you can rise to the level of your capabilities quickly.

● You will provide code architecture and componentization guidance to team members

● You will mentor team members in best practices and conventions used in frontend development

● We expect you to hit the ground running with your knowledge and your skills

● We have a stable software lifecycle methodology which includes Git, Ansible, Docker and more. You will get to adopt and adapt this for the projects. Being part of a team that serves start-ups means that you must think on your feet, apply your knowledge, and learn interesting technologies. It also means having fun.

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Market Research and Analysis:

Identify potential markets, niches, and segments for the travel company's services.

Conduct market research to understand customer preferences, trends, and competition.

Analyze data to identify growth opportunities and gaps in the market.

Lead Generation:

Generate leads through various channels such as cold calling, networking events, online platforms, and referrals.

Qualify leads based on their potential as clients and align them with the company's target customer profile.

Client Relationship Management:

Build and maintain strong relationships with existing clients to ensure customer satisfaction and repeat business.

Address client inquiries, concerns, and feedback promptly and professionally.

Partnerships and Alliances:

Identify potential partners, collaborators, and suppliers within the travel industry.

Establish and nurture partnerships to enhance the company's service offerings and value proposition.

Sales and Revenue Generation:

Develop and execute sales strategies to achieve revenue targets and company growth objectives.

Present the company's services to potential clients, highlighting unique selling points and benefits.

Proposal Development:

Prepare and present proposals to potential clients that outline the company's services, pricing, and value proposition.

Customize proposals to address the specific needs and requirements of each potential client.

Negotiation and Closing Deals:

Negotiate terms and conditions with clients to reach mutually beneficial agreements.

Close deals and secure new business partnerships.

Networking and Industry Events:

Attend industry conferences, trade shows, and networking events to expand the company's presence and connect with potential clients and partners.

Reporting and Analysis:

Track and report on sales activities, lead generation, and revenue performance.

Analyze sales data to identify trends, areas for improvement, and growth opportunities.

Collaboration with Marketing:

Collaborate with the marketing team to develop promotional materials, campaigns, and content that align with business development goals.

CRM and Database Management:

Up-to-date records of leads, clients, and interactions

Continuous Learning:

Stay informed about industry trends, emerging technologies, and the competitive landscape to adapt strategies accordingly.

Feedback Loop:

Provide valuable feedback to the company's management based on market insights, customer feedback, and competitive analysis.

About the Company

Xerago is a 15-year-old Private Limited company that helps brands with their Marketing Transformation by providing integrated marketing services through its Marketing Centres of Excellence.

We are looking for a Full Stack Developer who will work on a broad range of cutting-edge technologies.

Go Xerago!

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Experience Required – 2 to 6 years

What you’ll do

• Developing front end website architecture.
• Designing user interactions on web pages.
• Developing back end website applications.
• Creating servers and databases for functionality.
• Ensuring cross-platform optimization for mobile phones.
• Ensuring responsiveness of applications.
• Working alongside graphic designers for web design features.
• Seeing through a project from conception to finished product.
• Designing and developing APIs.
• Meeting both technical and consumer needs.
• Staying abreast of developments in web applications and programming languages.

What you’ll need

• Strong organizational and project management skills.
• Proficiency with fundamental front end languages such as HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
• Familiarity with JavaScript frameworks such as Angular JS, React and Amber.
• Proficiency with server side languages such as Python, Ruby, Java, PHP and .Net.
• Familiarity with database technology such as MySQL, Oracle and MongoDB.
• Excellent verbal communication skills.
• Good problem solving skills.
• Attention to detail.

• Extensive experience in developing Java EE application
• Hands-on experience working with Spring, Spring Boot
• In-depth knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases.
• Experience working with Java Web Services, RESTful services 
• Experience using Redis, Memcached or any other caching system
• Experience working with message brokers– preferably RabbitMQ
• Experience with infrastructure automation technologies like Docker, Kubernetes.
• Experience with build automation technologies like Maven, Gradle.