Director - Product Development/Management - Tech/eCommerce

Director - Product Development/Management (Tech/e-Commerce)

- The team's vision is to create an easy to adopt Core Operating System (Core O/S) for commerce & logistics applications. This approach enables expedited development, through shared common services and infrastructure, while removing the complexities of business logic from the Core O/S. The Core O/S integrates well-fitted solutions to address the needs of the business with the reduced time, cost, and overhead to drive business with technology. We are seeking a Product Director/ Product Lead to help bring this vision to life

- As part of the team, your job will be to identify and define the underlying components/ primitive services within the Core O/S, determine development approach to ensure a high degree of reliability, consistency and universal applicability, and seed/ nurture a 3rd party developer ecosystem that will leverage the Core O/S to build business and functional applications on it. 

- The role is an inherent blend of technology, product management, and product marketing. To succeed, you need to be a highly analytical, first principles thinker who is resourceful, goal-driven, is able to convert abstract thoughts/ ideas into tactical developer-friendly documentation, and has the ability to marry technological competence with an in-depth understanding of customer requirements. Above all - you should enjoy getting your hands dirty, and thrive on end-to-end ownership

What you will do :

- Create the vision, define the product roadmaps, and own execution of all Core O/S components

- Identify and define associated integration services and solutions required to ensure universal applicability of Core O/S components

- Determine GTM strategy to enable and engage with a robust 3rd party developer ecosystem building business applications on Core O/S

- Develop feedback loops to ensure continuous evolution of Core O/S components

- Lead cross-functional teams in close partnership with engineering and design to bring the Platform vision to life

What we are looking for:

- Degree in engineering or a related technical discipline from a Tier-I institute, MBA preferred

- 10+ years of product management experience in internet startups/ Enterprise-grade SaaS products/ supply chain organization or e-commerce

- Strong communication and organization skills, as well as the ability to think clearly, analyze quantitatively, problem-solve, multi-task and prioritize

- Sound business judgment, attention to detail, proven ability to influence others, demonstrated experience engaging and influencing senior executives, and a strong analytical mindset

- Experience in managing technical software products from kick-off to ship, building APIs, SDKs and complex integrated systems at scale is a plus

- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment, along with the tenacity to develop ideas independently and the conviction to drive them to completion is crucial for this role

- Experience in building product and/ or platform-based integration technology suited for high scale and performance is a big plus

- Domain knowledge of supply chain/ logistics is preferable, but not required