Newton School - Head - Product

ABOUT NEWTON SCHOOL :

Come be part of a rocketship that's creating a massive impact on the world of technology!

On one side you have over a million college graduates every year with barely 5% employability rates and on the other side, there are 1000s of companies struggling to find talent. Newton School aims to bridge this massive gap through it's personalised learning platform. We are building an online university and solving the deep problem of employability of graduates.

We have a strong core team consisting of alumni from IIT's and IIM's, having several years of industry experience in companies like Unacademy, Inmobi among others. On this mission, we are backed by some of the most respected investors around the world, - Nexus Venture Partners, RTP Global, Steadview Capital and a slew of angel investors including CRED's Kunal Shah, Flipkart's Kalyan Krishnamoorthy, Unacademy founders, Udaan's Sujeet Kumar among others.

ROLE:

A Head of Product Management is responsible for a business's product planning and execution all through the life cycle of the business. In addition to this, the Head of Product Development also ensures that the company's overall strategy and goals are supported by those of the product; that the product goals and strategy do not deviate from that of the business.

OBJECTIVES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Supervisory Role : First and foremost, the position is a position of leadership and in this capacity the Head of Product Management oversees and is answerable to the Founders and stakeholders for all activities of the product management department. The person oversees and ensures that the functions of the Product team are efficiently and effectively executed.

- Collaboration : The role of Head of Product Development is also one of a cross-functional nature and as such, the person is expected to liaise with other heads of the engineering, marketing, sales, and design departments. The reason for this collaboration is to place the executive management in a position to translate the product needs into requirements and to drive consensus within the product departments, which ultimately promotes the achievement of the product goals. Collaboration leads to clear and efficient product road mapping, product planning, prioritizations, and an overall agile product development process.

-Product Line lifecycle : The Head of Product Development is responsible for developing, defining, and overseeing the product's road map and managing it as required for the purpose of meeting deliverable for the business.

- Product/Market Strategy : The Head of Product Management also works intimately with the marketing department to develop marketing strategies, lead generation strategies, and sales strategies.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATION & KEY SKILLS:

- A suitable candidate will have 6 - 8 years experience in performance of functions as a Head of Product Management.

- Proven track record in product planning, defining and launching successful products, and unifying product portfolios.

- Experience of building and managing diverse Product Engineering teams.

- Intellectual agility and an entrepreneurial mindset with demonstrable drive, initiative, energy and a sense of urgency in acquiring and serving customers.

- Proven analytical and decision-making abilities.