Associate Product Manager

Altera Institute; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Altera Institute is seeking an Associate Product Manager to collaborate with Product, Engineering, Design, and Business teams in Gurugram. You’ll guide product discovery, define requirements, and drive execution across the lifecycle, delivering value to users in a fast-paced startup environment.

You will learn, experiment, and progressively take ownership of key product initiatives, balancing user needs with technical feasibility and business impact.

Qualifications

• 1-3+ years of experience in Product Management or related roles.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities.
• Understanding of product lifecycle and prioritisation.
• Ability to derive insights from data.
• Familiarity with Excel, SQL, or similar analytics tools.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management.
• Proactive ownership and initiative.
• Attention to detail and passion for impactful products.

Responsibilities

• Understand user needs and translate into product priorities and requirements.
• Collaborate with Engineering and Design to drive feature development and launches.
• Track progress, dependencies, and resolve execution challenges.
• Monitor product metrics, engagement, and feature adoption.
• Analyse product performance and user behaviour to identify improvements.
• Use data and insights to drive continuous product iteration.

Skills

Product management

Analytical thinking

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Tools

Excel

SQL

Job description

At Altera Institute - Digiaccel Learning, we are building technology-led learning experiences that help professionals acquire relevant digital skills and accelerate their careers.

As an Associate Product Manager, you will work closely with the Product, Engineering, Design, and Business teams to conceptualise, build, and improve products that solve real user problems. You will be involved across the product lifecycle - from understanding user needs and identifying opportunities to defining product requirements, driving execution, and measuring outcomes.

This role is ideal for someone who is curious about technology, enjoys solving complex problems, and is excited about building products that create tangible value for users. You will have the opportunity to learn, experiment, and progressively take ownership of key product initiatives in a fast-paced startup environment.

Key Responsibilities

Product Discovery & User Insights

• Understand user needs, pain points, and behavioral patterns through research, feedback, and product usage data.
• Identify opportunities to improve existing product experiences and introduce new features.
• Translate user problems and business requirements into actionable product insights.
• Work with the Product team to define product priorities, feature requirements, and development roadmaps.
• Assist in translating product ideas into clearly defined problem statements, user stories, and product specifications.
• Evaluate opportunities and prioritise initiatives based on user impact, business objectives, and feasibility.

Product Development & Execution

• Collaborate with Engineering and Design teams to drive the development and launch of product features.
• Coordinate across stakeholders to ensure timely execution and delivery of product initiatives.
• Track development progress, identify dependencies, and proactively resolve execution challenges.
• Monitor key product metrics, user engagement, and feature adoption.
• Analyse product performance and user behaviour to identify areas of improvement.
• Use data and insights to recommend product enhancements and drive continuous iteration.

Cross-functional Collaboration

• Work closely with Business, Operations, Engineering, and Design teams to ensure alignment on product priorities
• Communicate product requirements, timelines, and updates effectively across stakeholders.
• Ensure product decisions balance user experience, technical feasibility, and business outcomes.

What We're Looking For

• 1-3+ years of experience in Product Management, Product Operations, Business Analysis, or a related role.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities, with the capability to break down complex problems into structured solutions.
• Understanding of product development processes, feature prioritisation and product lifecycle management.
• Ability to work with data and derive meaningful insights to support product decisions.
• Familiarity with tools such as Excel, SQL, or other data analytics tools (preferred).
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to collaborate across teams.
• A proactive, ownership-driven approach with a willingness to learn, experiment, and take initiative.
• Intellectual honesty, attention to detail, and a strong passion for building impactful products.

Good to Have

• Prior experience working in a startup or technology-driven environment.
• Exposure to product management frameworks, user research, or product analytics.
• Experience participating in hackathons, product-building initiatives, or technology-led projects.
• Familiarity with tools used for product documentation, wireframing, and project management.

Why Join Us?

• Build from the Ground Up: Get hands-on exposure to building and improving products in a growing, technology-led education company.
• Meaningful Ownership: Work on real product challenges and take increasing ownership of initiatives that directly impact users.
• Learn & Experiment: Collaborate with experienced professionals across functions and develop a strong foundation in product management.
• High-Ownership Environment: Be part of a fast-paced, intellectually stimulating workplace where initiative, execution, and problem-solving are valued.

About the Company

Digiaccel Learning & Altera Institute is a Gurgaon headquartered education company that is redefining the gold standard of management education for the digital and AI first world. By doing so, it is building the next generation of business leaders in the country. The mission of the company is to build employability through education.

Education is a hard and important problem to solve for. India needs to double its higher education infrastructure in order to serve its large demographic of youth. Within what exists, quality is a large problem with studies reporting that 50% of Indian graduates are unemployable. Add to this the shift in the skills ecosystem at the workplacewith AI and digitization. All of this has led to a higher-education infrastructure that is unable to serve the aspirations of its students. So, you have MBA students from legacy institutes who are unplacedand professionals who are struggling to level up in their careers because they don’t have the skills to progress.

The secret sauce at the company is its instructional design, a learner centric ethos and a bar for quality that runs across touchpoints. This reflects in a 80%+ NPS across all programs since inception.

We are looking for smart passionate folks to join us in this mission of building a better, smarter and more outcome orientededucation system. We are a young companyand each role has the ability to makea large impact. We can assure of a very talent dense, intellectually honest,action oriented and collaborative environment. We are sure that you will join for the opportunity and stay for the impact of seeing your work help thousands of others.