Job Title: Product Manager

Job Location: Bangalore

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Role Description

Product Growth- Drive Growth at scale for existing product portfolio and launch New Product

• Identify key growth avenues for existing suite of products in the Digital Business & Operations category
• Drive market research: a mix of quantitative-primary (surveys, segmentation, positioning research, product proposition/ concept tests etc.), qualitative-primary (focus groups, in-depth interviews, market research online communities, etc.), and

secondary/desk research to identify new product opportunities (product market fit) and develop a point of view

• Keep abreast of the market and competitive landscape globally and be tuned into the new developments/growth opportunities
• Own the product strategy; Understand customer requirements, market gaps/ need gaps and drive execution approach
• Ensure timely launch of product and monitor post release metrics to ensure optimal PFM
• Optimize the positioning for new products
• Develop sales enablement tools, drive GTM and align, train all stakeholders

User Experience

• Track user experience & engagement of regular frequency
• Proactively tackle possible escalations and align delivery process
• Give service design inputs to ensure high CSAT/NPS
• Assist academic and industry partnerships for product success
• Conduct focus groups, feedback sessions, etc. to get customer feedback and identify pain points
• Address the pain points in a productised manner
  

Optimizing Existing Products

• Monitor product performance metrics and identify red flags – perform regular Pre Mortems
• Create proactive measures and align stakeholders to mitigate the red flags and optimize the product
• Ideate and conceptualize the the scaling of existing products
• Ensure process excellence to achieve the right mix of cost and optimal delivery
• Work closely on the product update and sunset process, with scrum team to create low wastage roadmaps

Desired Skills:

• Cross functional leadership, Stakeholder management, Prioritization understanding
• Bias towards action and data driven
• Product marketing & driving product initiatives
• Ability to manage healthy conflicts
• Collaborative with external stakeholders such as influencers, subject matter experts, partners

Qualifications requirement:

• A Skilled expert, with a total of 3+ years of Professional experience
• MBA – Product/Strategy is preferred
• 3+ years of work experience into product/category management
• Prior exposure to emerging technologies and project management is preferred.