Kae Capital - Product Manager - Requip

ROLE OVERVIEW:

Own product strategy and execution for Requip 360's phygital marketplace and IoT platform. This is a 0- 1 product role building India's fi rst textile maintenance, spares and lifecycle platform.

Location: Bangalore (first 6 months), then 50% Surat / 50% Bangalore

Reports To: Founder

Compensation: Competitive industry-standard package + ESOPs

Travel: 40-50% (frequent Surat visits for customer discovery)

Experience: 4-6 years in product management

ABOUT REQUIP:

Requip is a Bangalore-based seed stage startup backed by Tier 1 VCs. The company is reimagining textile machinery commerce through a full-stack approach. With commerce, the company is building Requip 360, our aftermarket and lifecycle platform integrating spares, AMC programs, service operations, and IoT-enabled machine intelligence - built to own the full lifecycle journey of every machine beyond the initial sale.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Parts Catalog & Marketplace Product (50%):

- Build comprehensive SKU database: 5,000+ parts with images, specs, pricing

- Design customer experience for walk-in and dark store fulfi llment

- Demand forecasting and inventory optimization

- Pricing strategy: Standard vs express delivery, bundle deals

IoT Platform Product (40%):

- Defi ne and launch IoT-powered predictive maintenance platform

- Design simple, visual dashboards for low-digital-literacy users

- Work with data scientists to productize ML models

- Build preventive maintenance scheduler integrated with fi eld service

Go-to-Market & Business Model (10%):

- Validate pricing and packaging across multiple tiers

- Create ROI calculators for sales team

- Build case studies and customer testimonials

- Design upsell journey from marketplace to IoT platform

SUCCESS METRICS:

Phase 1 (M1-M6): Comprehensive SKU catalog, strong gross margins, high customer NPS

Phase 2 (M7-M9): Successful IoT pilot with high adoption and weekly active users

Phase 3 (M10-M18): Strong platform adoption with proven predictive accuracy

REQUIREMENTS:

Must Have:

- 4-6 years in product management (B2B SaaS or marketplace preferred)

- 0- 1 experience: Launched products from scratch, not just optimized existing ones

- Technical depth: Can write SQL, understand API's, work effectively with engineers

- Customer obsessed: Spends signifi cant time with actual users

- Fast executor: Ships MVPs in weeks, not quarters

Ideal Candidate:

- IoT or industrial automation product experience

- Built marketplace or two-sided platform products

- Experience with predictive maintenance / condition monitoring

- Comfortable with ambiguity and rapid iteration

- Manufacturing/supply chain domain knowledge