EkAnek Networks - Product Manager

About EkAnek & Foxy :

At EkAnek, we're building the rails of what we believe will be the next wave of e-Commerce 2.0. We are a young, tech-first startup focused on bringing together Commerce, Content & Community in the lifestyle space. Personalised and conversational, we help consumers make choices as they navigate their way through new emerging brands & products. At the same time, we help brands and artists build a business through our platform.

Foxy :

Our first product, FOXY, is an artist led commerce platform for beauty, grooming and personal care. Foxy is committed to bringing the best, latest and 100% genuine beauty products from across the world, as recommended by top influencers. We connect consumers with beauty influencers, artists and top brands, ensuring users' shopping experiences are unique. We understand that everyone's Beauty and Personal Care needs are unique, and thus our users all have a tailor made and personalised shopping experience through our platform.

Sustainability is at the core of FOXY and we are working towards creating a future with less pollution.

Roles & Responsibilities:

- The Product Manager at company would be responsible for end to end Product Management for the assigned vertical

- The job responsibilities for this role include but are not limited to End to end product lifecycle management.

- Define and evolve our platform from strategic planning, product road-map, product design and specification, overall product quality, and tactical execution

- Monitor and keep abreast with industry trends and competitors to identify and respond to new opportunities based on market research, trends, customer feedback and requests, and market demand

- Partner with team members to collaborate and extract meaningful insights and articulate product strategy, positioning, and decisions while eliciting commitment of resources.

- Oversee the product life-cycle from ideation to implementation to ensure seamless transition into releases and grow our product with aggressive deadlines

- Advance product development methodology, policies, and governance frameworks to improve and enhance user experience, product and feature prioritisation, release predictability, quality, and velocity

- Measure and analyze performance of product initiatives against ROI, KPIs, and other metrics. Continually generate ideas for product introductions and expansion

- Establish processes to improve quality and speed of product delivery such as comprehensive requirement gathering, proper documentation (PRD/SRS etc.), impact analysis, usability testing, test cases review etc

Must-Haves :

- Experience to work on both web and mobile products (iOS and Android)

- Work towards product roadmap in a tight schedule, in order to achieve business goals

- A deep understanding of technical product management which will support product delivery from concept to implementation.

- An inclination for numbers and a keen eye for business metrics

- Ability to communicate complex technical issues simply and convincingly to a wide range of audiences

- Experience partnering with engineering, user experience, sales, operations, and marketing organizations.

- You will align with business partners to balance business and technical objectives and manifest these as clear, stable priorities for the team