Meesho - Associate Program Manager

About the Team

With almost 4 Lakh entrepreneurs aboard the Meesho app, we are all set to democratise internet commerce for everyone in India. Our primary responsibility, as the Business org, is to actively drive this mission from the frontlines.

As an Associate Manager, you will play a huge role in driving growth across all categories. Our team holds end-to-end responsibility to launch and scale-up categories, by ensuring the right selection, competitive pricing, and conversion. Each category team has Senior Business Managers/Business Managers and a group of Assistant Business Managers, Key Account Managers, and Business Development Executives.

Within the business team, you'll closely work with the category marketing team and other category teams. Beyond this, you will also work closely with the Product, Supplier Growth, User Growth, and Fulfillment & Experience teams.

We focus on personal growth and fun at work just as much as we do on working hard. That is why, we have regular 1-1s, monthly outings, and timely rewards and recognitions.

About the Role

As Associate Program Manager, you will be a part of the Business Strategy Pod and will work on key special central projects that aim to deliver high business impact. The role involves a mix of strategy, new opportunities identification, and program management. You will strategize and scale Meesho by developing collaborations between your team and product, tech, fulfillment, as well as other categories in business. You will also present findings and updates to the CEO and other senior leaders on a regular basis. Making impacts with data-backed innovative solutions is key to success in this role.

What you will do

Business Strategy and program management :

- Develop an understanding of key business problems and strategic priorities to provide insights on gaps and potential opportunities

- Drive end-to-end problem identification and solutions/execution to deliver impact

- Define goals against key metrics and track performance against them, manage end-to-end execution across functions

- Work closely with relevant stakeholders to achieve targets

Problem Solving and analysis :

- Work on special time-bound initiatives, requiring strong first principle thinking and domain/ functional understanding

- Be comfortable with ambiguity, conduct root cause analyses for key business metrics

- Conduct data analysis/impact of different initiatives on key business metrics (e.g. NMV, orders per DAU, etc.) and synthesize findings with implications that inform business decisions

Stakeholder management and communication :

- Communicate and advocate insights to relevant stakeholders to drive outcomes

- Frequent updates to leadership communicating business performance across different projects to facilitate discussions and track progress

- Coordinate with the respective stakeholders/cross-functional teams e.g. Product, category marketing, business finance, etc for monthly/weekly reviews

What you will need

- MBA Graduate/B.Tech Graduate

- 1-3 years of work experience having worked with a brand or in a role handling brand key accounts

- Experience working with cross-functional teams and stakeholder management

- Experience with startups is an added advantage

- Strong bias for action and creating impact

- Track record of delivering results across experiences

- Demonstrated quick career progression either within the same company or across companies

- Ability to develop first-principle thinking

- Proven skills in building and scaling processes

- Deep understanding of business and customers

- Experience in problem-solving using qualitative and quantitative data on consumer insights

- Proven skills in driving problems to solutions and opportunities

YOUR TOTAL REWARDS AT MEESHO

At MEESHO, we are focused on creating a high impact and high performance working culture where we value the contribution of each individual. We are a highly People Centric organisation and Employee Experience (eNPS) is a key focus area for us. We enable the growth of our internal talent by providing a range of experiences and opportunities that help you to achieve your career and personal goals and enable you to live a healthy and balanced life, with our intense focus on employee wellbeing. Your Total Rewards go much beyond your pay and here is what it entails:

People Centric Work Culture where we Hire & Grow Exceptional Talent Our 11 guiding principles or "Mantras" are inherent to our ways of working at Meesho. At Meesho, recognition, evaluation, growth or talent discussion of any kind is linked to the Mantras (each of them). Some of the day to day activities (rituals) that reflect some of our Mantras are Team Reflections, Kudos, Listen or DieOur culture enables people to thrive and excel through extensive focus on career development initiatives like Individual Development plans, Mentorship & coaching, Internal Mobility Program (IJP), Talent Reviews, Continuous Performance Management and feedback, Regular manager conversations, Learning & Development reimbursements & access to learning portals.

Market leading Compensation: We offer both cash and equity based compensation depending on various factors including your level of experience, knowledge and skills and the role being offered to you.

MeeCare: Employee Benefits at Meesho In addition to a competitive base pay, we provide all Meeshoites with a comprehensive set of people centric Employee Benefits, under Meeshos MeeCare Program. MeeCare focuses on holistic wellbeing of Meesho employees, and consists of benefits and policies in the spheres of physical, mental, financial and social wellness - which are industry leading and specifically designed to meet the varying needs of our employees:

Medical Insurance Benefits: Group Mediclaim for employee, parents, kids and spouse including LGBTQIA+ & Live-in partners with additional Top up option, Personal Accident Insurance and Term Life Insurance

Health & Wellness Benefits: MeeCare program focusing on physical, mental, social and financial wellness, dedicated Employee Assistance Program (EAP) which includes 24x7 counselling support & Telehealth, Wellness Events, Health Checkups, Vision care, Dental Consultations, Discounted Medicines & discounted gym memberships, OPD Program, Access to Advanced Medical Screenings

Work Life Balance Support Benefits: Hybrid working, Annual holidays, Earned & Casual Leaves, Reset and Recharge Leaves, Wedding leaves, Study leaves, Pet Adoption leaves, Infinite Wellness leaves for critical illnesses, Flexible Working

Parental Support Benefits: Gender Neutral Caregiver Support Leaves, Day Care Program, Child Adoption Assistance & Prenatal care leaves

Retirement Benefits: Provident Fund & Voluntary Provident Fund Contribution, National Pension Scheme and Gratuity

Learning & Development Benefits: Individual Budget for Capability enhancement & learning, Access to MYAcademy learning portals, Corporate library

Employee Delight: Gratitude for stretched work, personalised gifts, engagement & fun at work

Other Benefits: Salary Advance Support, Relocation Support, Car Lease, Flexible Benefits Plan for tax reimbursement, Recognition rewards

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