Senior Lead – Product Development

ShikshaLokam; Bengaluru; Presencial; INR 900.000 - 1.500.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

ShikshaLokam, Bengaluru-based NGO, is seeking a Senior Lead – Product Development with 5+ years of end-to-end product management. You will shape the platform strategy, roadmaps, and use cases, working with NGOs, government agencies, and internal teams.

You will coordinate with engineering, manage timelines, QA, and produce training materials, driving adoption and impact in K-12 education leadership.

Formación

• 5+ years of end-to-end product management experience in a cross-functional setup.
• Experience working with NGOs, government agencies, and field users is a plus.
• Knowledge of Jira or similar PM tools; strong communication and time management.
• PM in project/program contexts is beneficial; domain knowledge in education is desirable.
• Degree in Business Admin or Marketing; AI tooling experience is a plus.

Responsabilidades

• Devise strategy, roadmap, and feature definitions for the platform.
• Translate end-user requirements into valid use cases.
• Suggest platform improvements to enhance user experience.
• Perform quality assurance on the platform.
• Coordinate with engineering to deliver functional solutions.
• Prioritize features and set specific timelines.
• Monitor user reactions post-release and create training/documents.

Conocimientos

Product lifecycle

Cross-functional

Roadmap planning

Requirements gathering

Stakeholder mgmt

Educación

Business Admin / Marketing degree

Herramientas

Jira

Claude

Gemini

Vercel

AI Studio

Descripción del empleo

Who are we?

ShikshaLokam is an NGO catalysing education leadership in India, enabling and amplifying leadership development opportunities for individuals and institutions engaged in K-12 education systems. We offer open-source technology capabilities and resources to the ecosystem players – Individuals, NGOs, and Government – to enable education leadership development at a large scale with high impact.

ShikshaLokam is a manifestation of Societal Platform thinking, a systemic method to resolve complex societal challenges with speed, at scale, and sustainably.

What would you do? – Roles and Responsibilities

We are looking for a talented, creative and experienced Product Manager (5+ years) to participate in the crafting and evolution of the School Education Leadership societal platform. The candidate will be expected to work with an internal team and partner ecosystem (NGOs, Government agencies, etc.) to help build the platform by contributing enriching use cases from the field and evangelising the platform objective. As the Senior Lead – Product Development, you would:

• Devise the strategy, roadmap, and feature definition for the platform.
• Understand end-user requirements and convert them into valid use cases
• Suggest enhancements to the platform that can improve the user experience
• Perform quality assurance on the platform
• Coordinate with the engineering team to deliver functional solutions.
• Prioritise the implementation of new features and set specific timelines
• Monitor and report on users’ reactions after each release of platform functionality − Create support and training documents for internal and external use

Who are we looking for? – Requirements and Qualification

• Ability to work with cross-functional teams including but not limited to, Partner organisations (NGOs), Govt. Agencies, Subject/Domain experts, Platform Engineering team, End users, etc.
• 5+ years of experience in managing the entire product lifecycle
• Knowledge of Project management tools like Jira, etc
• Strong time management and communication skills
• Experience of product management in the context of project management/program management would be an added advantage
• Domain knowledge of Education and/or Education leadership is desirable, but not required.
• Ideal candidates should combine technical background with a Business Administration or Marketing degree.
• AI experience – Deep familiarity with specialized use of AI tools like Claude code or Gemini CLI and tools like AI studio or Vercel for PoCs.
• 1 year using AI tools to come up with POC’s and solutions for quick prototype and testings

Job Location

Bengaluru

Remuneration

Based on the market standards

Experience

5+ years