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We are seeking an experienced and visionary Product Strategist to lead the strategic planning and positioning of our products in the market. The ideal candidate will be responsible for identifying market opportunities, aligning product development with business goals, and delivering customer-centric solutions that drive growth and innovation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and communicate clear product strategies aligned with business objectives and market needs.
• Conduct market research, competitor analysis, and trend forecasting to identify growth opportunities.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Product Management, Marketing, Sales, and Engineering to ensure alignment on strategy and execution.
• Define product vision, positioning, value propositions, and go-to-market plans.
• Analyze customer insights and user feedback to inform product direction and improvements.
• Create strategic roadmaps, product lifecycle plans, and innovation pipelines.
• Work with data analytics teams to assess product performance and recommend strategic pivots when needed.
• Advocate for user needs while balancing business and technical constraints.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business, Marketing, Product Management, or a related field.
• 4+ years of experience in product strategy, product management, or business strategy, preferably in a tech-driven environment.
• Proven ability to build and execute successful product strategies and roadmaps.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a data-driven mindset.
• Excellent communication and storytelling abilities to articulate product vision and strategy to stakeholders.
• Experience working with agile teams and frameworks.
• Familiarity with tools such as Jira, Confluence, Productboard, Aha!, or similar platforms.

• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools(IaS) like Terraform and Cloud Formation.
• Proficiency in cloud-native technologies and architectures (Docker/ Kubernetes), Ci/CD pipelines.
• Good experience in Javascript.
• Expertise in Linux / Windows environment.
• Good Experience in Scripting languages like PowerShell / Bash/ Python.
• Proficiency in revision control and DevOps best practices like Git

Organisation: An Insurtech platform. It is an InsureTech player revolutionizing embedded insurance with its API based technology solutions.We embed relevant insurance offerings in the value chain of various industries ranging from e-commerce, retail, OTAs, NBFCs, MFIs, healthcare, and so on. Thriving on the B2B2C business model, we connect with insurance companies and facilitate bespoke insurance products for varied businesses.

We are a 11-year old organization, with key investors as Tiger Global, Blume Ventures, Creaegis, ICICI Ventures and Bessemer Ventures.

Today, we are present across the country. We are on a fast growth trajectory and hiring across roles and geographies.

Role Review

We are looking for ambitious and energetic Business Development Leaders for creating new B2B partnerships and alliances for our Insurtech-as-a-Service (IaaS) product suite. The goal for the individual is to hunt new businesses, develop strategic alliances, drive revenue sources and own end-to-end P&L of these accounts for our business expansion across the country.

The ideal candidate would have a proven track record as a business leader and well networked with CXOs, Directors, decision makers and influencers in BFSI and digital economy industries. S/He would be experienced in B2B/SaaS business models and have a thorough understanding of embedded finance use cases in these ecosystems esp. Insurance/Insurtech.

Roles and Responsibilities

● Executing our organization’s digital B2B sales plans by building and securing new partnerships and alliances with companies operating in the BFSI and digital economy industries domains esp Banking, NBFC, MFI

● Identifying, preparing, negotiating and driving deals to closure incl. documentation (Contracts/Agreements/MoUs etc.)

● Creating and managing business development pipeline and vetting B2B opportunities, deals and right partners.

● Launching business operations and expanding the company’s products and services in new markets/geographies across the partners’ ecosystem.

● Establishing sustainable financial growth of the portfolio through effective and efficient management of ongoing relationships.

● Proposals and solutioning for new and existing clients to maximize opportunity win rates.

● Working with internal and external stakeholders incl. Business, Product, Tech, Marketing

etc. teams on program launch, project management and associated initiatives.

● Chipping into the organizational thought leadership as a subject matter expert on

Insurance/Assurance/Insurtech trends in the BFSI and digital economy industries.

● Becoming an expert in the company’s products and services and where they sit in the larger

BFSI and digital economy ecosystems.

● Conducting Market Research, GTM and Competition Mapping studies.

Prerequisites

● Overall experience of 8 yrs with B2B Sales & BD experience of 3+ yrs.

● Experienced and accomplished in working closely with CXO/Executive/Management level

relationships for business development

● Good handle on P&L development, engagement planning, analytical problem solving and

client reviews.

● Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal), negotiation and interpersonal

skills.

● Willing to travel extensively to business development meetings, industry conferences etc.

across the country.

● Self-motivated, ambitious and open to working independently on organizational and

customer needs

● Understanding of SaaS/APIs/Tech based business models

● Graduate (Any); Post Graduate (Any)

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 2 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.

• Two years' experience as a Node.js developer.
• Extensive knowledge of JavaScript, web stacks, libraries, and frameworks.
• Knowledge of front-end technologies such as HTML5 and CSS3.
• Superb interpersonal, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving aptitude.
• Great organizational and time management skills.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain software applications.
• Go the extra mile to identify customer needs and pain-points. 
• Relentless focus on delivering high quality, bug-free code.
• Closely work with the SRE and DevOps team to set up microservices infrastructure. 
• Maintaining and auditing code/design quality as per set guidelines and standards in assigned projects.
• Testing of completed tasks in ongoing projects in the team before sending updates to reporting authority/client.
• Participate in application design, code reviews and documentation.

Requirements:

• Experience in agile development process.
• Excellent knowledge of HTML5, CSS3.
• Excellent knowledge of JavaScript.
• Experience with cross-browser, cross-platform and design constraints on the web
• Good understanding and experience of working on Vue.js/React.js.
• Prior experience building REST APIs
• Hands-on experience with Node.js/Golang/Java + Redis + Elasticsearch.
• Experience with AWS/GCP is a plus
• Knowledge of version control systems like GIT.
• Experience in developing automated unit and functional tests
• A minimum of 1 year of experience is needed.

• Manage all quality standards and ensure all the processes laid down are well executed and monitored
• Handle all RBI/Internal Audits
• Handle all customer grievances escalated to RBI
• Coordinate with various teams - Operations, Business, Finance, Treasury, Secretarial, Compliance, IT, Customer Experience, etc.
• Act as the first point of contact for all regulatory & compliance advice to the business
• Revise SOPs periodically to identify hidden risks or non-conformity issues
• Draft, modify and implement company policies
• Assess the business's future ventures to identify possible compliance risks
• Keep abreast of regulatory developments within or outside of the company as well as evolving best practices in compliance control
• Prepare and present reports for senior management and external regulatory bodies as appropriate.

Key Skills Required

• Chartered Accountant or MBA (Finance) with 7+ years of Audit and Compliance experience in the retail and institutional Lending domain
• In-depth knowledge of regulatory norms for Lending
• Should have strong communication (verbal written) presentation skills
• Should possess strong networking relationship building skills
• MIS & Analytical skills
• Strong interpersonal/ conflict management/ negotiation and feedback providing skills

• Own overall relationship with assigned clients, which include: Increasing adoption, ensuring retention, and satisfaction.
• Work with the internal delivery team to ensure delivery quality to exceed client's expectations.
• Establish a trusted/strategic advisor relationship with each assigned client and drive continued value of our products and services.
• Develop, prepare, and nurture customers for testimonials, references and case studies.
• Work with clients to establish critical goals, or other key performance indicators and aid the customer in achieving their goals.
• Work to identify and/or develop upsell opportunities.
• Ensure billing and collection of the assigned accounts is under control.
• Advocate customer needs/issues cross-departmentally.
• Manage account escalations.

• Proven ability to drive continuous value of solutions/products.
• Familiarity working with clients of all sizes.
• Impeccable written and verbal communication skills.
• Detail oriented and analytical.
• Strong team player but still a self-starter.
• Thrives in a multi-tasking environment and can adjust priorities quickly.