Group Product Manager

Flipkart; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Flipkart is seeking an experienced Product Manager to drive the product management function for a key business line in Bengaluru. You will own the product lifecycle, work closely with engineering on feature specs, and make informed decisions on implementation and delivery.

You will evaluate technologies and identify opportunities to innovate and improve our features. You will be responsible for storytelling that clearly communicates project motivation, goals, and the path to success, while

Qualifications

• 8+ years of product management experience with BE/BTech/MS in CS or related technical field, or an MBA or equivalent.
• Strong analytical and data-driven decision-making abilities.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and partnering with engineering, design, and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Spearhead and manage the product management function for the respective business line.
• Own the product life cycle from roadmap to feature specification and delivery.
• Evaluate technologies and identify opportunities to innovate and improve features.
• Be a compelling storyteller to articulate project motivations, goals and success paths.
• Strengthen partnerships with industry and lead a high-performing team.

Skills

Product management

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Leadership

Storytelling

Education

BE/BTech/MS in CS or related technical field

MBA or equivalent

Job description

Product Managers play a pivotal role in leveraging technology for providing an exceptional customer experience. With the analytical and problem-solving mindset, they get deeper into the function/problem space, work with stakeholders and partners to develop a wider perspective, take Outside-In view of the problems and create a vision, strategy and roadmap of how software can solve immediate needs/wants, setting the stage for the right disruptions/innovations of the future. Once envisioned, they inspire and align stakeholders - business, operations and finance, and through engineers transform their vision into reality.

What you’ll do:

• Spearhead and manage the product management function for the respective business line.
• Own the product life cycle, which includes defining the product roadmap, working closely with the engineering team on feature specification and making decisions about implementation and delivery.
• Evaluate technologies and identify opportunities to innovate and improve our features and capabilities.
• Be a great storyteller, able to build a strong product narrative which clearly articulates the motivation for the project, goals, and path to success.
• Strengthen industry partnerships and relationships
• Hires the right people, build a high performing team and act as a trusted adviser, coach or a guide.

What you’ll need:

• 8+ years of experience in product management, with an academic background of BE/BTech/MS degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience and Post graduation in Management (MBA) or equivalent.
• Passionate about technology and thinking outside the box to develop and implement short and long-term creative solutions.
• Product experience on large-scale systems in software development space with strong data-driven analytical skills and be able to operate and thrive with partial information and ambiguity
• Experience in partner relationships and interacting with engineering teams.
• Experience leading complex strategic and operational initiatives, working through technical, operational and business issues with an entrepreneurial spirit.