Riva - Product Manager - IIT/IIM

Riva (http://riva.co) is a Directi group company. At Riva, we believe that the way people communicate with each other should be richer, easier and cheaper than what it is today. With that goal, we are developing several products in the communications vertical. Our goal is to build the best real-time communication experience possible with today's technology. This is a large, complex problem and has the potential to impact millions of people in a positive way. We are already out with two products - http://ringo.co &http://flock.co - both of which are making waves. We have several more in the pipeline (checkhttp://riva.co for details)

We are looking for an experienced Product Manager. In this role you will work closely with the Director, Product Management and the CEO and be responsible for various facets of the product management lifecycle.

Responsibilities :

Your responsibilities will involve :

- Contributing to product strategy and defining what we should build and why

- Conducting research, performing measurements and determining the value of features in the pipeline to determine selection and prioritization

- Coordinating with the user experience team and assisting in the creation of mocks, wireframes and prototypes

- Implementing product analytics to derive behavioral insights on usage of each relevant feature

- Reviewing product analytics to arrive at relevant business conclusions concerning various features

- Growth hacking

- Optimizing flows of features to increase completion rates

- Interviewing users and gathering feedback

- Competition review, comparison and analysis

Who should apply for these roles :

- You have 3+ years of experience as a Product Analyst / Product Manager or any similar profession

- You have some software development / coding experience

- You have outstanding business acumen

- You have a good sense of User Experience and the ability to create, review and comment on mocks, wireframes

- You are comfortable with creating UI prototypes and wireframes on paper, PowerPoint, Visio, Axure, Balsamiq etc.

- Your oral and written communication and articulation skills are immaculate and you can always come up with the perfect text for any given interface

- You are a self-starter with demonstrated ability to manage complex dependencies

- You are an avid user of various Web 2.0 products and sites

- You have a keen interest in tracking the emerging trends and product offerings in the industry

- You use analytics not only to drive decisions on what gets built but also to measure the effectiveness of new feature rollouts

- You understand the nuances of integrating user interfaces into applications and have a decent knowledge of HTML, CSS, and Scripting. You also keep in touch with technology advancements and understand the impact of new standards on product design (for e.g. RIA or HTML 5.0).

Bonus Points :

- You have spent at least 1-2 years writing software (preferably web applications) and subsequently switched to a techno-commercial discipline involving marketing.

- You have an MBA from a top tier B-school and an engineering degree (preferably in IT)