Role : Head – Product Development
Experience : 15 to 20 Years
Job Location : Chennai
About OJ Commerce:
OJ Commerce is a fast-growing, profitable online retailer based in Florida, USA with a full-fledged India office based in Chennai driven by a sophisticated, data-driven system to run the operations with virtually no human intervention. We strive to be the best-in-class ecommerce company delivering exceptional value to customers by leveraging technology, innovation and brand-partnerships to provide a seamless & enjoyable shopping of high-quality products at the best prices to our customers.
This innovative leadership team with a track record of establishing fast growth e-commerce ventures is now planning to leverage their decades of learning to incubate a new product in the ecommerce space.
The service involves building a highly scalable system from scratch. The system will integrate buyers, sellers and intermediaries seamlessly with no human intervention. We are technology agnostic.
Job Role
The Head of Product Development will own the product and will do all that is necessary to translate the vision into the product. The incumbent will be responsible for architecting, designing, delivering and maintaining the product. This venture is a start-up and we need a very hands-on person who can deliver superior results with a small, multi-talented team.
Key Responsibilities
Define the long-term strategy and vision for the product, leveraging broad customer research, customer experience and new technologies to deliver features to our customers
Bring value addition by thinking big and continuously pitching new product ideas
Drive requirement definition, customer experience design, product roadmap and prioritization
Ability to translate complex processes into technical requirements while also managing delivery and operations
Work with the teams to prioritize problems or themes to reach the outcomes
Define the outcome for sprints and releases and prioritizes the initiatives for the scrum teams
Work with the developers and designers to build a product that meets the expected outcomes and market needs
Work with both UX and Development to understand design or technology implications in solution idea
Preferred Qualifications
12+ years of product management and software / IT engineering industry experience
5+ years of direct people management experience
5+ years of experience of working in SaaS (software as a service) industry
Experience communicating with technical and non-technical stakeholders at all levels across the business
Proven record of building, managing and sustaining product organizations
Must have the ability to influence people at the business unit level
Must have the ability to understand the technical and non-technical aspects of product development
Experience developing technology solutions in a fast-paced environment
Excellent problem-solving skills
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
What we Offer
• Competitive salary
• Medical Benefits/Accident Cover
• Flexi Office Working Hours
• Fast paced start up