myNachiketa - Product Lead

myNachiketa Knowledge Foundation:

myNachiketa Foundation is inspired by Nachiketa, a character in the Upanishads, who asks philosophical questions to Yama in his childhood. We seek to bring the philosophical ideas and concept in Hinduism to children in creative ways. We are designing innovative products including books, games, workshops, etc. to bring this knowledge to kids. Our method is to encourage kids to question and think of various different ways of arriving at answers, than developing a regimented thought process. Our goal is to reach every Hindu kid globally with this knowledge, help them critically reason and develop their own understanding based on exposure to various schools of Hindu philosophy.

About the role:

We are developing our online platform to bring our content to our audience. The platform will combine ease of use with various growth hacks to scale our reach. We are looking for a young entrepreneurial person with strong product and analytical skills to join the team.The opportunity is to create products from scratch and lead design, marketing and growth for the product. The individual will wear various hats as one does, in an early stage startup, to make things happen.

Responsibilities:

1. You will be a part of the central team that works directly with the founders on solving interesting and large-impact problems across the organization.

2. Lead product development starting from R&D, building MVP to go to market strategies. Independently managing large projects and programs within the organization across various products, operations, partnerships and investor relations.

3. Understand the customer journey from an analytical standpoint, creating dashboards to understand the funnel and ways to optimize it.

4. Gain a deep understanding of customer experience, identify and fill product gaps and generate new ideas that grow market share, improve customer experience and drive growth

5. Scope and prioritize activities based on business and customer impact.

6. Work closely with engineering teams to deliver with quick time-to-market and optimal resources.

Skills Required:

1. Strong competency and demonstrable track record in thinking critically, solving problems and communicating effectively

2. Ability to build the product ground-up with small team using No Code solutions

3. Experience in defining, owning and executing the product roadmap

4. Experience in user research tools and go-to-market strategies for B2C products

5. Capability to benchmark the product with competitors

6. Strong data analytical skills

7. Experience in coordinating with relevant departments such as Design, Marketing, Tech and Sales

8. Entrepreneurial resourcefulness and strong self-motivation

9. Deep passion for building a mission-driven business