Vakil Search - Lead/Specialist - Launch & Growth

What is Vakilsearch Launch?

- A self-contained extension of the Vakilsearch organization to drive experiments & zero to ones for potential new business lines and thereby creating a pipeline of the next big bets for the organisation.

- At any given point, Launch team will be working on multiple business MVPs and unlocking the future with an end goal of driving growth through new product lines.

Some broad areas where Launch team will be experimenting would be :

- Evaluating the TAM for different product lines to identify which have the maximum scope for growth.

- Setting up small, self-contained experiments to check the feasibility of the product line, before handing it over to the sales team to scale.

- Work collaboratively with marketing, engineering, operations and business development to bring products to market.

- Monitor the progress of existing product lines, specifically the ones which are already launched to identify products with maximum, untapped growth potential.

Job Responsibilities :

- He/She will combine creative thinking with a penchant for running marketing growth hacks powered by data and a deep understanding of digital marketing and marketing campaigns.

- Prerequisites are an entrepreneurial spirit, command of marketing tools and analytical methods.

- Structure and execute operational and strategic initiatives by gathering and synthesizing relevant data, leading analyses and presenting final recommendations that will drive short- and long-term growth.

- Evaluate new business opportunities by modelling performance reflecting plausible scenarios or illustrating the limits of tolerable risks. These opportunities will include new business models and initiatives.

- Evaluate the performance of the newly established business operations and recommend strategies and tactics to achieve business goals. Work with individual functions in defining short-term and long-term priorities.

- Work across teams to pull together strategic product lines from the drawing board through to execution. Identify and execute on business-critical cross-functional projects collaborating across multiple stakeholders

Education / Professional Qualifications :

- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics or related technical degree

- MBA or Equivalent degree from a top tier college [Optional]

- Relevant experience (i.e. ex-entrepreneur, start-up experience, management/strategic consulting etc.) and a demonstrated record of accomplishment [Optional, but a big bonus!]

- Experience in eCommerce, digital media, retail, and customer experience businesses is preferred but not mandatory [Optional, but a big bonus!]

Key Skills :

- Deep understanding of digital marketing, marketing data analytics and tools.

- The ability to work independently or with cross-functional teams.

- Experience in eCommerce, digital media, retail, and customer experience businesses.

- Experience handling multiple challenging priorities and driving projects to timely completion.

- Highly experienced at structuring ambiguous problems, leading analytical work streams, applying sound business discernment.

- Comfortable with on-ground work and getting hands dirty.

- Communication and presentation skills to effectively deliver complex, data-driven insights.

- Proven experience of working with multiple stakeholders to drive projects to execution by building consensus. Strong strategic and creative thinking.