Head - Product & Technology - Financial Services Group

We have an exciting opportunity for Head- Product and Technology role for a leading financial services group based out of Mumbai.

PFB JD for the role.

1. Build, manage and lead the Platform (product) management and technology team for wealth and trading platforms

2. Continuously improve existing platforms (products) and features to drive higher engagement and conversion.

3. Guide customer-facing platforms (product) strategy, identify key success metrics, and analyze the performance of new product launches and enhancements to existing features

4. Use data analytics, product metrics, user experience research, competitive and market analysis, and company goals to drive prioritization of product initiatives.

5. Act as a cross-functional leader, collaborating with design, engineering, and business teams to drive new platform (product) initiatives.

6. Define and manage the platforms (product) roadmap, setting expectations with all relevant stakeholders.

7. Drive platforms (product) development through the entire development cycle, from concept, design and development, through to launch and ongoing support in a fast-paced, agile environment.

8. Serve as expert on trend-setting practices, particularly in mobile space, including analysis of the competitive landscape.

9. Champion the adoption of platform (product) management methodologies for bringing profitable products to market effectively and efficiently.

10. Lead the creation of overall product roadmap across all platforms - web, mobile, apps -- based on consumer feedback, strategic priorities, analytics and market dynamics

11. Drive strategic innovation to generate new product ideas, research/ analyse them for feasibility and business impact, and lead implementation of those ideas

12. Employ a range of qualitative (user discovery research, focus groups, usability studies, etc.) and quantitative (surveys, analytics, market research, etc.) methods to better understand our users- needs.

13. Own and drive improvement in the key engagement and analytics metrics

Desired Background:

- 10 years+ experience in Platform (Product) Management with consumer-facing apps ideally in the finance domain

- Understanding of business fundamentals with a strong grounding in technology, preferably consumer internet technologies

- Hands on experience managing high growth internet products is a must

- Passion and understanding of exemplary user experience in content driven mobile apps and online platforms

- Keeping up-to-date with the latest technologies and changes is a must.

- BE/ B.Tech from top tier Engineering College is preferable, MBAs preferable

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