Associate Director/Director - Product Management - Internet

Responsibilities :

- Understanding customer needs and consumer behavior through research, customer feedback analysis, click stream analysis, and direct interactions with customers.

- Analyzing product metrics regularly and use the learning for product innovations and improvements.

- Innovating and delivering products that differentiate us from competition. This will include new products as well as enhancements to existing products.

- Conducting regular competition analysis and recommending plan of action - should master the details of competitive landscape.

- Working closely with Engineering, Research, Quality Assurance, Design and Marketing teams to create synergies leading to a high quality product.

- Creating product specifications documents and conducting product specification reviews with key stakeholders such as Engineering, Quality Assurance, Design & others.

- Ensuring timely delivery of projects through proper planning, scheduling and execution.

Other responsibilities include :

- Providing product related inputs to marketing, sales and CRM teams.

- Training and mentoring teams as and when required.

Following professional traits are necessary requirements :

Strong consumer focus - Innovative and capable of out-of-the-box thinking

- Able to create value using good business judgment

- Detail oriented, however, does not lose the big picture of final product and time to market

- Strong results orientation - is able to focus and deliver results

- Excellent problem solving skills - coming up with simple solutions to complex problems

- Team Player - Ability to drive consensus, leverage synergies from cross functional teams

Good to have : MBA from top B School

- Experience in managing Internet based consumer products or services is an advantage