Wishlink - Program Manager

Program Manager

About Wishlink:

Wishlink is a venture-funded, growth-stage startup, on a mission to redefine how people discover products and shop online - via creators and their content on social media.

Our Beliefs:

We strongly believe that creators are superhumans - they own attention, have a massive following, and influence the lifestyle choices of millions.

Lately, they've been playing a crucial role in helping users discover new products & make the right purchase decisions by:

- Curating the best products out of millions of choices available online

- Reviewing those products on quality and user affinities, adding a layer of trust

- Educating users around styling, ways of using those products etc

- Our vision is to enable lakhs of creators to truly express their lifestyle, monetize their content, and help crores of users discover & shop products from their favorite creators.

Team & Investors:

We're 3 founders, Chandan, Shaurya, and Divyansh, friends from college with a shared passion to solve real-world problems at scale and consume content for hours. We have raised a seed round of ~$3M, led by Elevation Capital (marquee investor with strong consumer tech and products portfolio) and an amazing cohort of 60+ angel investors.

Wishlink is a 65+ membered strong team, with exceptional talent from diverse backgrounds and solid past experiences.

Why Join Us?

- Work cannot get more exciting than this

- We scroll Insta Reels and watch YouTube videos for work (we do the same during our free time. Social media and e-commerce are evolving faster than ever - and are defining the way people spend time on the internet. The immense possibilities in this space keep us SUPER PUMPED. We assure you - work will never get boring. In case it does, just scroll reels. We won't mind!

We believe in rewards - and have the biggest rewards ready for you

We want to build a company where everyone has ownership and is rewarded well. We want everyone working with us to have a stake in the company and hence have a very liberal ESOPs policy, in addition to providing competitive fixed pay. It's top of our mind to make sure money doesn't come in the way of building!

Build a strong career path:

We are growing fast - and want you to ride this growth wave with us. You will own processes, drive results, and will be empowered to work with the founder's mentality. We will have multiple review cycles within a year and will make sure you - are handed bigger challenges and responsibilities as you grow!

Empathy, hard work, and a lot of fun:

We are team players and have been a part of phenomenal teams in our previous experiences. We have an extremely high bar for talent, and hence the quality of work is top-notch. And we assure you a great time and a lot of fun building!

What would you be doing?

Watch Reels and YouTube videos every day & level up on your lifestyle game!

Own impactful problem statements on the Business side of things, ultimately leading to scaling Wishlink to 5X in the next 5 months. Problems include,

BPC PM : Cold start problems (0 to 1) - establish new categories and verticals

Telegram PM: Scaling problems (1 to 10) - establish scalable processes and teams

Get deeper into pressing Business Problems by:

- Working closely with the founding team to understand business goals and own business initiatives in alignment with the overall company goals

- Coming up with an overall strategy and then EXECUTING! Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand and document existing business processes and identify areas of improvement

- Collect, analyze, and interpret data from various sources to identify trends, patterns, and insights

- Conduct market research to identify industry trends, competitive landscape, and emerging opportunities

- Discover creator problem statements and come up with possible solutions

EXECUTE end-to-end:

- Develop and maintain databases, reports, and dashboards to track key performance indicators (KPIs)

- Take learnings from data and iterate on the overall strategy with very short feedback cycles

What we are looking for?

- If you are a content creator yourself or have worked closely in the social media or eCommerce space - we like you already

- Bachelors/Masters degree from Tier-1 colleges Engineering, Finance, Economics, or a related field

- 2-4 years of experience as a Program Manager, Founder's Office, EIR, Chief of Staff at a fast-paced startup

- Strong ability to work independently, and build processes that scale

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

- Customer empathy & strong communication skills - the ability to get deep into how the customer thinks, understand their pain points and come up with solutions/ improve value proposition

- Very comfortable with handling large datasets and well-versed in data-driven decision-making - proficiency in Microsoft Excel, SQL is a plus

- Awesome communication skills, to ensure effective cross-functional collaboration

- Open to learning new stuff (super important)

- Humble, kind, empathetic and open to feedback (super duper important)

Industry : Internet Publishing

Employment Type: Full-time