Strategy -Responsible for setting the SMEcorners lending platforms vision and strategy.Their job is to clearly articulate the business value to the various teams, sothey understand the intent behind the new features or product release. Theproduct manager owns the roadmap and must prioritize building what matters mostto achieve the strategic goals and initiatives behind the lending platform.
Roadmap / Features - Prioritizes features by ranking them against the strategic goals andinitiatives. This requires making difficult trade-off decisions based on thevalue that new features will deliver to customers and to the business. Theproduct manager is also responsible for defining the requirements for eachfeature and the desired user experience. Product managers work closely withtechnology and data science teams on the technical specifications and ensurethat teams have all of the information they need to deliver a complete productto market.
Ideation - Ownsthe creative process of generating, developing, and curating new ideas. Theydetermine which ideas should be promoted into features to push the productstrategy forward - namely those that will achieve key objectives for thebusiness. To this end, they also ensure that feedback and requests areseamlessly integrated into their product planning and development processes.Product managers then communicate the status of ideas back to the customers,partners, and internal team members who submitted them
Releases -Defines the release process and coordinates all of the activities required tobring the digital lending platform to market. This involves bridging gapsbetween different functions within the company and aligning all of the teamsinvolved - namely marketing, sales, operations, credit and customer support.Responsibilities also include managing dependencies in and across releases tocomplete release phases and milestones.
Adoption -Ensures that the roadmap items and features released are being adopted withinthe teams and overall business benefits from the investment in the technologyplatform features and roadmap.
Requirements
- An ideal candidate will bring both deeptechnical and PM leadership expertise, strong business acumen and judgment,ability to define deep understanding of our customer markets and the strongdesire to bring clarity to ambiguity.
- Drive alignment with SMEcorner business andtechnical leadership through both verbal and written communication
- The position is of cross-functional nature andthis implies a high level of collaboration with different departments anddifferent levels. The candidate partners up with other departmental leaders inorder to align and execute product strategies and ensure that each departmentreceives the right level of support due from its colleagues.
- The candidate works very closely with theengineering department, sales, operations, credit, marketing, and otherdepartments to deliver on the roadmap.
Qualifications
- B.Tech and MBA from a premier institute
- Minimum of 7 years of experience, 3+ years ofwhich must be in product management position
- Financial Analysis skills
- C- Level communication skills, both written andoral/presentation
- Track record of using qualitative andquantitative data to prioritize and drive decision-making.
- Metrics-driven: Strong analytical and synthesisskills are a must, including the ability to absorb and process large amounts ofdata into actionable information.
PreferredQualifications
- Have Industry knowledge of lending / fintechdomain
- Have built and shipped enterprise lendingplatforms before