Product Manager - Vehicle Finance - NBFC

We are currently recruiting for an experienced product manager to lead our Vehicle Finance initiatives. The individual will lead company's Vehicle Finance initiatives by creating new products in Two-wheeler loan, small commercial vehicle and used commercial vehicle, aligned to our customer segment and needs.

Broad Roles and Responsibilities :

- Develop customer facing new products in Vehicle Finance line of products for the organization aligned to company vision and business plan

- Understand customer requirements related to product and translate them into costeffective, feasible product/ technical solutions

- Identify white spaces in the market/ gaps in portfolio and generate suitable new product concepts to take advantage of the white space/ gap through long-range product planning

- Create roadmaps for each of the product initiatives and work towards continuous evolution of the products

- Identify strategic, high value features and functionalities through customer research, analysis, and competitive insights

- Develop the right marketing and user adoption strategy for all digital products that will drive adoption by our customers and prospects

- Manage technical partners both internal and external to ensure deliveries of products are tracked and monitored and other external relationships

- Manage all projects from customer need identification, kickoff, MVP and KPI definition, design, development, and launch

- Create all product requirements, user stories, opportunity assessments, feature prioritization and business justification for initiatives

- Work closely with technology, business, operations, and other cross-functional partners both internal and external to design, build, and deploy product features

- Design and undertake regular qualitative and quantitative customer research; Conduct regular customer review and analyses of products and services to ensure they are meeting customer needs

- Using data and insight, develop visions for future development of products to deliver greater value to users

- Track and analyse relevant industry data points like market trends/ segment shifts (Indian & global), consumer trends, competitor activities/ products, regulatory trends etc.

Skills and Qualifications :

- Bachelor degree in business / technology from a top tier institution. MBA would be a plus.

- Overall 8 - 10 years of experience with atleast, last 3 years in product management specifically in Vehicle Finance products in banks / NBFCS.

- Good knowledge of Small Commercial Vehicles segment (3-Wheeler, Mini Trucks, Pickups / Mini Vans, Vans) and Two-Wheeler segment in India including market, competition, customer, regulation & trends

- High levels of curiosity and a research mind-set

- Basic knowledge of new product development cycle; Experience drafting Product Requirements Documents and Ability to effectively communicate complex processes within and across teams

- Good critical thinking and problem-solving skills along with attention to detail

- Strong communication, presentation, and public speaking skills

- Strong organizational, planning, and documentation skills

- Should be result Oriented & Impact driven mindset