Product Director - Mobile VAS

Position Title: Director- Products

Experience: 10 + years

Location: Bangalore

Purpose - Creating and delivering innovative Music products in Mobility and Digital domain . This product portfolio includes clients' flagship product - Ringback Tones- which is deployed in 65+ Telcos worldwide having 69+ million consumers. As the leader of the Music Product vertical, he/she would have overall responsibility for the P&L of the Unit and delivery of products on time, on budget and of world class quality.

Performance Metrics

- Revenue

- New Product Innovation

- Product Launches and expansion initiatives

- Customer engagement at executive levels

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic:

- Accountable for the Quarter-On-Quarter P&L for the product unit and aggressive growth.

- Identify opportunities and risks within the Music vertical including identification of competitive products, opportunities for innovation and assessment of market obstacles and technical hurdles to the product group's success.

- Identify trends in mobility and digital domain and study evolving consumer behavior that may support or impede the success of the product group.

- Collaborate with other stake holders to identify and assess technologies, solutions and standards that support the organizational needs and long term business plans.

- Improvise product marketing strategies and enable the sales team to effectively sell the solution to customer globally.

Operational:

- Communicate the road map and technology strategy to the team and obtain their buy-in.

- Lead development initiatives and participate in high level project planning for all products within the vertical.

- Ensure adherence to specified quality standards and timelines.

Developmental:

- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of technology standards, industry trends, emerging technologies, and software development best practices by attending relevant conferences and keeping abreast of the published reports and literature surrounding this area.

- Coach, mentor, motivate and supervise team members and influence them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work. Performance reviews, counseling and training as need for team members.