Senior Category Manager

Urban Company; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Urban Company is seeking an operations-focused leader to drive performance across multiple cities. You will own partner selection and training, elevate partner quality, and work with cross-functional teams to ensure swift, robust execution.

This role requires a high ownership mindset and a passion for operational excellence. We value hands-on leadership, teamwork, and the ability to influence and guide complex projects.

Qualifications

• 2–5+ years of experience in an ops-related role.
• Demonstrated leadership of teams and projects.
• Smarts plus hard work drive success.

Responsibilities

• Own operational excellence for your set of cities, including partner selection and training and improving partner quality.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure swift, robust execution.

Skills

Operations management

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

The most common question asked is, 'What does a typical day in the life of an SCM look like?' To answer that in brevity, no two days will be the same for you in this role:

• First focus is operational excellence for your set of cities - this involves selection and training of new partners and improving current partners' quality. This is the crux and main focus of the role. It is an operations-heavy role
• Collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure swift and robust execution.

You are the owner of the business entrusted to you, and you have a direct influence on how the business shapes up. We are looking for folks who have a high ownership mindset and love operational excellence

What We Need:

• Minimum 2-5 years of experience in an ops-related.
• Demonstrated leadership of teams and projects – the ability to influence and lead.
• Someone who understands great things gets built by both smarts AND hard work.

What can you expect:

• A great work environment with massive ownership and growth opportunities.
• Work closely with strong leaders who are amongst the best in the country when it comes to operational excellence and consumer obsession
• A lot of freedom and ownership to propose and change the way we do things. We still believe it is Day 0 and are hungry to improve and change
• Growth opportunities within UC via our robust internal mobility program

At Urban Company, we are committed to providing equal and fair opportunities in employment and creating an inclusive work environment. We endeavor to maintain a work environment free from harassment based on age, colour, physical ability, marital status, parental status, ethnic origin, religion, sexual orientation, or gender identity.