Role: Product Manager (Content Research and Design)

Position Overview :

The Product Manager owns the process of content research and design for Aspiring Minds- proprietary assessments.

The Product Manager will manage a team of 30+ associates and managers in designing high quality assessments which make a business impact. This includes developing test blue-print, questions with audio/video content and interfacing with technology team for roll outs. S/he will be actively involved in research and development of new tools. The person will work with technology team to improve question delivery formats, develop new question/answer formats and also define formats for different media - mobile/tabet/PC. S/he will interface with customers to understand requirements and deliver the best solutions. The candidate will also keep abreast with major trends in job/skills to keep Aspiring Minds' products cutting edge. The person will get exposure to work for international customers.

Job Responsibilities :

Managing and owning the process of content design for Aspiring Minds - proprietary assessments.

Managing the content development team and being responsible for their work productivity

Understanding client briefs and requirements, conducting a detailed primary and secondary research to define test framework for tests.

Interfacing with technology team for design of new formats and rollouts.

Developing a comprehensive test blueprint, with learnings drawn from different knowledge based instruments.

Identifying and engaging external consultants and industry experts for item construction in niche topics.

Working on content analytics and studying the quality of test items basis candidate endorsement data.

Desired Candidate Profile :

Four year college degree from an accredited institution followed by a top tier post-graduation degree.

Minimum 3 years work experience with atleast 2 years of team management experience.

Analytical and logical thinker. Ability to inductively and deductively predict outcomes and plan in advance for them.

Organized and systematic way of working with high attention to detail.

An interest in learning and assessment theories and a desire to learn constructs and proactively provide suggestions for improvement.

Product development experience/interest and technical background

ABOUT ASPIRING MINDS

Aspiring Minds is a global leader in assessments and certifications with presence in India, US, Middle East, Africa and South Asia. Started 7 years ago by alumni of MIT, HBS and IIT, Aspiring Minds has established itself as a global thought leader in employability assessments.

Pre-dominantly a tech-backed company, Aspiring Minds aims to strengthen the labour ecosystem in India by offering assessment tools than help students enhance their employability and match talented individuals to the right employment opportunities. The company caters to information technology, small and medium enterprises, hospitality, life sciences, banking, financial services and insurance, knowledge process outsourcing and information technology enabled services business segments. Using statistical analysis, research and technology, Aspiring Minds conducts computer-adaptive recruitment assessments to match the right talent to the right opportunity.

Aspiring Minds- flagship testing product AMCAT not only has more than 1,100 corporate clients including the likes of Cognizant, Daimler, Amazon, Bank of America, Accenture, Deloitte, Tata Motors, Genpact, and many other large corporations, but also works directly with over 4000 colleges and over a million job seekers every year. myamcat.com is among the top 200 education/ career related websites globally. The company has partners such as LinkedIn, edX and Monster among others.

Aspiring Minds key executives, board members and advisors include individuals affiliated with MIT, IIT, Harvard Business School, and Omidyar Network. The company had recently floated a US$1 million fund to provide seed capital to startups in educational technology and employment space and earlier this year, had acquired Mizcoin, a NCR-based mobile software development firm.

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