Product Manager - Meritnation

Product Manager

Job Description - Product Manager

Role Description-

You will manage one of Meritnation's products and primarily be responsible for ensuring that the
product is aligned with the short term tactical and long terms strategic goals of the company. You
will be working with an experienced team of engineers, content writers, animators and designers to
take the product through multiple successful releases.

The following crisply defines our philosophy of Product Management and describes our "ideal Product Manager"

1. Your product strategy and vision are most effective when they are substantiated with real customer interactions and data analytics.

2. A list of 10 items for the next release with a clear sense of priority will go a long way to ensure that the release is both effective and on-time.

3. While working closely with Engineering, Content developers and other product managers it is crucial to identify dependencies early on for a smooth release.

4. You know from the bottom of your heart that a PRD that speaks out the customer's needs
and wants is the best way to ensure internal buy-in and super high productivity levels.

5. A simple annotated wireframe is much better than a 5 page PRD.

6. A PRD that is more than 5 pages will not be read.

7. A feature no matter how great it sounds, is a true success only when it can be measured.

8. Not all your features will be a runaway success and will need constant fine-tuning on an
iterative basis.

9. In spirit, you are the CEO of your product

About Us

We, at Meritnation have been quietly revolutionizing the education space in India. Launched in Jan
2009 with a minimally viable product we were voted among the top ten hottest start-ups of the year
by Business Today. Today, we are the largest player in this space in terms of traffic and our product
caters to the education needs of students across classes I to XII. We are backed by one of the largest
and most successful group in the Indian internet space, naukri.com. We are aggressively entering the
next phase to consolidate our leadership.

You will be joining a team that is ambitious and eager to make a difference with a healthy mix of
grey cells and grey hair. Given our unique product that promotes self-paced learning to a niche
audience of school children and parents, we learn and un-learn almost every day. Come join us to be
part of our story in a space that offers a huge potential and where rewards are limited only by our
imagination and execution.

Requirements

From our experience, candidates who thrive in our environment necessarily have the following skills/attributes-

1. Passionate about building products in the internet space, demonstrated either through your
last job or outside of work as a hobby or part time activity.

2. Strong sense of usability and information architecture.

3. Exceptionally motivated about making a measurable impact on the end user.

4. An Engineering background in the fields of Computer Science, Information Technology and
allied areas like Electronics/Electrical Engineering.

In additional to the above, we love candidates with one or more of the following-

1. A post graduate Business degree (PGDBM/MBA) is a definite plus.

2. Experience in building products in the consumer internet space.

3. A hobby that can motivate other team members to adopt when they are not hard at work!

Interested candidates can mail their profiles at akash.chopra@meritnation.com.