Product Operations Associate

NexusOne; Maharashtra; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Collaborative team culture

Leadership investment in learning and development

Job summary

NexusOne is hiring a Product Operations Associate in Maharashtra, India. This role is pivotal for building the operational backbone of the Product Engineering team. Responsibilities include running product development stand-ups, managing documentation, and improving workflows. Candidates should have 1-3 years of experience in product operations and possess exceptional organizational and communication skills. A collaborative team culture and opportunities for learning and development await at NexusOne.

Qualifications

• 1–3 years of experience in product operations or project coordination.
• Exceptional organizational skills and ability to manage multiple workstreams.
• Strong written communication tailored to various audiences.

Responsibilities

• Run weekly product development stand-ups and planning cadences.
• Support backlog grooming and improve planning hygiene.
• Maintain internal product documentation and communications.

Skills

Organizational skills

Written communication

Proactive mindset

Ambiguity management

Tools

Linear

GitHub

Notion

Slack

Job description

About the Company

We are the converged data platform for the AI era—composable by design, built on an open‑source foundation, and AI‑native from the ground up. Our platform operates across every mainframe, data lake, warehouse, and streaming system, delivering sovereign data and interoperable systems without a rip‑and‑replace approach.

About the Role

We’re hiring a Product Operations Associate to embed directly within our Product Engineering organization and help build the operational backbone of how we plan, execute, and ship. This high‑agency role is for someone who thrives on creating structure where there is none, identifying gaps, and driving follow‑through across a fast‑moving technical team.

Why This Role Exists

The product engineering team is scaling quickly, and the operational demands of that growth have outpaced one person’s bandwidth. This role will absorb and improve the workload of the Senior TPM, bringing additional structure to maintain speed and reduce gaps.

What You’ll Do

• Run and support weekly product development stand‑ups and planning cadences.
• Organize, structure, and maintain work in Linear—turning rough ideas, feature requests, and technical needs into clean, actionable workstreams.
• Prepare work items for review and approval by leadership and the Chief Architect before sprint planning.
• Support backlog grooming and improve planning hygiene across the team.
• Ensure work is clearly scoped, visible, and progressing—surface blockers early and follow up relentlessly.
• Identify gaps in execution: work that’s stalled, unclear, under‑resourced, or falling between teams.

Process & Workflow Improvement

• Build and refine repeatable operating cadences, templates, and systems that make the team more effective.
• Improve how work flows through the product engineering organization without introducing unnecessary bureaucracy.
• Help optimize our tooling stack (Linear, GitHub, Notion, Slack) to support how the team actually works.
• Create better visibility into what is in progress, what is blocked, and what is coming next.
• Propose and implement lightweight process improvements that compound over time—avoid process theater.

Documentation & Communication

• Maintain and improve internal product documentation, operating materials, and team knowledge bases.
• Support customer‑facing product documentation where relevant.
• Keep plans, status updates, and cross‑functional communication artifacts current and accurate.
• Create clean, structured communications that keep stakeholders aligned without requiring meetings for everything.

Cross‑Functional Coordination

• Support roadmap operationalization by translating strategic priorities into structured delivery plans under the direction of the Senior TPM.
• Coordinate across engineering, architecture, and leadership to keep initiatives on track.
• Serve as a reliable operational point of contact for cross‑team handoffs, dependencies, and follow‑ups.
• Help improve how the product engineering function communicates status, decisions, and trade‑offs to the broader organization.

What We’re Looking For

• 1–3 years of experience in product operations, technical program support, project coordination, startup operations, or a BizOps/Strategy & Ops role supporting technical teams.
• Exceptional organizational skills—naturally creating structure and managing multiple workstreams without dropping threads.
• Strong written communication—clear, concise, and tailored to the right audience (engineers, leadership, customers).
• Proactive, high‑ownership mindset—identifying need and acting without waiting for direction.
• Comfort with ambiguity—turning loosely defined needs into structured, actionable items.
• Good judgment on process—distinguishing helpful structure from unnecessary overhead.
• Ability to work with technical stakeholders without being an engineer—speak the language enough to be effective.

Nice to Have

• Experience working in or alongside product engineering teams at a startup or high‑growth company.
• Familiarity with modern product development tools—Linear, GitHub, Notion, Slack, Google Workspace.
• Exposure to AI‑native workflows and tools like Claude for operational productivity.
• Experience with product roadmap planning, sprint operations, or release coordination.
• Familiarity with B2B/enterprise software environments.
• A background in technical program management, consulting, or operations at an early‑stage company.

Who You Are

You notice what isn’t working before anyone asks. You build spreadsheets, trackers, and documents because the team needs them, not because someone assigned it. You follow up without being asked, bring structure to messy situations, and keep the team moving forward.

You’re early in your career and eager to learn fast. You already handle real work because you handle it well, and you’re looking for a place where that is recognized and developed.

Why You’ll Love Working at Nexus

• A collaborative team culture built on curiosity and respect.
• Challenging work where your contributions clearly matter.
• A leadership team that invests in learning and development.
• The opportunity to work at the intersection of cloud, data, and AI innovation.

Ready to Apply?

If this role sounds like a great fit—or even close to one—we’d love to hear from you. We know not every candidate checks every box, and we’re excited to meet people who bring curiosity, talent, and a desire to build meaningful work together.