Lead Product Manager

Job Category: Information Technology
Job Type: Full Time
Job Location: Bangalore

Main Purpose:
Lead product management of the Farming application(s) product:
Be responsible for the retention, virality and engagement KPIs of Farming application(s).
Own and drive the product vision along with best practises in Product Management.
Drive production/execution being pragmatic and prioritising the best ROI features and sub-features for outcomes.
Hire, mentor, motivate and lead a team of product managers.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:
Responsible for the vision of the Farming app.
Accountable for the strategy of the product and/or product lines.
Responsible for acquisition, virality, retention and engagement metric targets for Farming application(s) product.
Tracking performance of metrics and communicating to internal and external stakeholders.
Empathize with our customers and deeply understand their pain points and diverse points of view. Use this customer knowledge to define, test and refine new product concepts.
Defining creative, high-quality roadmaps based on the team strategy and vision.
Owning the end-to-end product development cycle for large, complex product or multiple products.
Overseeing production for the Farming app throughout the feature development life-cycle and live-operations.
Manage prioritization and trade-offs among customer experience, performance and operational support load.
Working with Engineering and UX Design teams to drive execution of product improvement to deliver features.
Design user-flow of the product; work with Design to come up with the best user experience.
Build a cohesive team of Product Managers, lead and motivate the team for excellence.
Own outcomes that are delivered through multi-team efforts.
Influence the broader Farming app creation team to create large impacts broadly across the company.

Key working relations:
With Sr. Dir of Product – to maintain long term Farming app platform product and business strategy.
With Enterprise – to partner with  Digital leadership in India, APAC Regional business strategy team to define capabilities required to support companies business growth across India/APAC.
With other functions – to set and drives process cross-team and own outcomes that get delivered through multi-team efforts.

Key figures:
Direct Reports: 5-7
Managed Positions (R): Data/Product Analyst, Product Manager, Product Manager – 2, Sr. Product Manager, Design Lead.
Financial Figure: Leading a roadmap that costs $1 Million annually for execution overall.
Other: Responsible for driving Farming app to being a collaborative product, driving 15 weeks retention and 2.5 social acquisition factor.

Qualifications and competencies:
Bachelors in computer science/engineering (IT, electronics or information science), math or statistics.
Masters in business administration from a Tier 1 institute.
5+ years as a product manager in consumer internet space, preferably on web/app based products.
2+ years playing a managerial role managing a product management team.
Strong quantitative data analysis and critical thinking skills.
Passion for solving complex problems in a simple way.
Strong background in data focused environment. Experience in hands-on SQL and dashboarding is a big plus.
Deep experience with and understanding of virtual economies, gamification, and viral adoption.
Proven track record of launching large, complex products that have significant company impact.
Experience in creating products for an audience who are entrants to the mobile / internet space (non-tech audience).
Experience in driving high quality user experience and ability to build detailed wireframes.
Managerial experience with medium sized teams.
Ability to provide clear direction, set measurable goals.
Collaborative style and ability to influence without authority is a must.
A leader in the project management / production community and industry at large.
Outstanding written/oral, organizational, analytical skills, and attention to detail.
Good-to-have: Mobile and/or free-to-play games industry knowledge and experience.
Good-to-have: Product management experience in a startup and in an enterprise environment.

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