Senior Product Owner (Digital Transformation)

Job Description

Team Leadership: Lead and inspire a team of marketing professionals, fostering a collaborative and creative work environment. Provide guidance, mentorship, and support to ensure the team's success.

Marketing Strategy: Develop, implement, and oversee comprehensive marketing strategies aligned with business goals. Continuously evaluate and refine strategies to adapt to market dynamics.

Campaign Management: Plan, execute, and optimize multi-channel marketing campaigns to reach target audiences. Monitor campaign performance, analyze results, and implement improvements for maximum effectiveness.

Event Management and Industry Collaboration: Strategically plan, meticulously manage, and flawlessly execute diverse events, including hosted, participated, and sponsored activities.

Brand Management and Publishing: Ensure brand consistency across all marketing channels. Oversee the creation of compelling and on-brand content for various platforms.

Event Outcome / ROI Tracking: Effectively and systematically assess and track the ROI of an Event in line with the internal process with the respective team members.

Cross-functional Collaboration: Collaborate with sales, Creative, Technical, and other departments to align marketing strategies with overall business objectives.

Vendor Management: Oversee vendor management associated with various events and activities ensuring an on-time delivery.

Budget Management: Manage the marketing budget effectively, allocating resources to maximize return on investment.

Performance Analysis: Utilize data analytics to measure the success of marketing initiatives. Provide regular reports with key performance indicators, insights, and recommendations for improvement.

The Head - Artificial Intelligence & Embedded Systems plays a pivotal role in leading the labs strategic vision and operational excellence, fostering a culture of innovation and "learning by doing" among students. This individual is responsible for setting the labs strategic direction, managing a team of stream leaders, and ensuring the labs success in bridging the gap between academia and industry. As a thought leader and brand ambassador, the Head of the lab promotes the labs focus areas both internally and externally, embodying the qualities of leadership and innovation that inspire students and staff alike.

Key Responsibilities:

 Vision and Strategy:

 Develop and communicate a clear vision for the Innovation Labs, aligning with the institution’s strategic objectives.

 Set strategic goals for the lab, including defining key areas of focus, innovation strategies, and research priorities.

 Ensure the labs activities contribute to the broader academic and research missions of the institution.

 Leadership and Management:

 Lead and manage a team of stream leaders, fostering an environment of collaboration, innovation, and excellence.

 Drive a culture of "learning by doing", encouraging students and mentors to engage in hands-on, experiential learning. Impact key outcomes like placements, hackathon wins, patents etc.

 Oversee the labs operations, ensuring resources are effectively allocated and managed to support its goals.

 Ensure that the academia-innovation labs gap is bridged. 

 Innovation Lab - Industry Interface:

 Build and maintain strong relationships with industry partners, facilitating collaborations that enhance the labs research and innovation projects.

 Serve as a key liaison between the lab and academic departments, promoting interdisciplinary industry relevant research and learning opportunities.

 Lead initiatives to secure funding, sponsorship, and partnerships that support the labs activities and growth.

 Brand Ambassador and Thought Leadership:

 Act as a brand ambassador and thought leader, representing the Innovation Labs at conferences, seminars, and public forums.

 Promote the labs achievements and projects through various channels, enhancing its reputation and visibility.

 Foster a network of alumni, industry leaders, and academic peers to support and engage

with the labs work.

 Mentorship and Role Modeling:

 Serve as a mentor and role model for students and mentors, inspiring them to pursue innovation and excellence.

 Encourage the development of leadership skills among lab members, particularly stream leaders and emerging talents.

 Support a learning environment that values diversity, inclusivity, and personal growth.

Skills and Qualifications:

 Advanced degree in a relevant field (e.g., Engineering, Computer Science, Business

Administration) or equivalent experience in innovation management.

 Proven leadership experience in managing research or innovation labs, particularly in an academic or similar setting.

 Deep technical expertise in AI/ML and/or embedded systems with a passion for continuous learning.

 Strong strategic thinking and planning skills, with the ability to translate vision into actionable plans.

 Excellent relationship-building skills, with experience in academia-industry partnerships.

 Demonstrated success in securing funding, sponsorships, or partnerships.

 Exceptional communication and public speaking skills, capable of engaging a wide range of audiences.

 Deep understanding of the latest trends and technologies in areas relevant to the labs focus.

Job Location: Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu

Pay Scale: As per norms

Key Responsibilities:

• Rewrite existing APIs in NodeJS.
• Remodel the APIs into Micro services-based architecture.
• Implement a caching layer wherever possible.
• Optimize the API for high performance and scalability.
• Write unit tests for API Testing.
• Automate the code testing and deployment process.

Skills Required:

• At least 3 years of experience developing Backends using NodeJS — should be well versed with its asynchronous nature & event loop, and know its quirks and workarounds.
• Excellent hands-on experience using MySQL or any other SQL Database.
• Good knowledge of MongoDB or any other NoSQL Database.
• Good knowledge of Redis, its data types, and their use cases.
• Experience with graph-based databases like GraphQL and Neo4j.
• Experience developing and deploying REST APIs.
• Good knowledge of Unit Testing and available Test Frameworks.
• Good understanding of advanced JS libraries and frameworks.
• Experience with Web sockets, Service Workers, and Web Push Notifications.
• Familiar with NodeJS profiling tools.
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as Git.
• Good knowledge of creating and maintaining DevOps infrastructure on cloud platforms.
• Should be a fast learner and a go-getter — without any fear of trying out new things Preferences.
• Experience building a large-scale social or location-based app.

• Very strong knowledge in Embedded C including
• Data structures
• Function pointers
• Bitwise operations
• Experience with Finite State Machine (FSM) software design
• Required experience in AVR microcontrollers and projects to demonstrate it
• Familiarity with ARM 32 bit microcontrollers (Cortex M or any other)
• Required experience with common communication protocols like SPI, UART, I2C etc.
• Comfortable with reading datasheets and basic hardware schematics
• Comfortable with linux development environment including the use of GCC, gdb, makefile

Soft Skills

• Good communication skills
• Self-driven
• Passion for embedded engineering