Xiaomi - Product Manager - Smartphones

Xiaomi - Product Manager - Smartphones

Profile Summary :

- Key responsibility of this role is to help understand the product related requirements of offline customers along with the prevalent trends at any point in time.

- Additionally, to highlight strengths of offline centric competitors in terms of their product features and ways they use to demonstrate those features. These inputs will then form a part of product definition/portfolio decisions.

Role & Responsibilities :

- Spend majority of time in the offline market and understand the nuances of the offline trade - develop knowledge not only limited to product, but also of other divers like the margin structure, promoter influence and other available levers

- Map offline customers- needs and desires by conducting relevant primary/secondary research

- Stay on top of offline market trends and conduct analysis of the competing products/brands/schemes to optimize channel experience

- Ownership of offline related product lines - which includes working with cross-functional teams to ensure product quality, product related marketing communication, strong NPS, planning product refreshes etc.

- Coordinate with PM and other team members of headquarter and maintain effective information sharing between China and India

- Competition analysis and tracking by features, price, channel, segment etc.

Desired Skills & Experience :

- Should have experience in offline market or offline centric product launches and GTM

- Robust understanding of smartphone features and inquisitive to understand mobile users- behaviour

- Interest in smartphone technologies and an ability to learn complex technical stuff

- Having offline experience of minimum 6 months

- Readiness to travel: This role requires travel for up to 15 days in a month

- Fast learner and the ability to quickly adapt to multicultural environment

- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

- Fluent in English. Knowledge of multiple Indian languages is an added benefit