Newton School - Product Leader

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 personalized 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, - RTP Global, Nexus Venture Partners and a slew of angel investors including CRED's Kunal Shah, Flipkart's Kalyan Krishnamoorthy, Unacademy founders, Udaan's Sujeet Kumar among others.

A Director 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 Director 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 Director of Product Management oversees and is answerable to the Founders and stakeholders for all activities of the product management department. The Director of Product Development oversees and ensures that the functions of the Product team are efficiently and effectively executed.

Collaboration : The role of Director of Product Development is also one of a cross-functional nature and as such, the Director is expected to liaise with other Directors 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, prioritization, and an overall agile product development process.

Product Line lifecycle : The Director 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 Director 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 4 - 8 years experience in performance of functions as a Head of Product Management. He will also have a proven track record in product planning, defining and launching successful products, and unifying product portfolios. Also, candidates will need to show that they have had experience in thought leadership in order to be better positioned to drive and inspire such a large and important department.

- Experience of building and managing diverse Product & Engineering teams.

- Candidates with strong experience with Start-up firms preferred.

- 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.

- Should have excellent communication skills both verbal and written.

- Comfortable with long and unpredictable work hours.

Our Way Of Working :

- An opportunity to work on something that really matters.

- A fast-paced environment to learn and grow.

- High transparency in decision making.

- High autonomy; freedom to take risks, to experiment, and to fail.

- Market Competitive salary

We promise a meaningful journey with smart people, with opportunities to learn & grow. Plus, you can sleep peacefully knowing you are impacting lives in a big way, every day!