Roles & Responsibilities
Product Strategy & Vision
• Define and communicate the product vision, strategy, and roadmap
• Align product direction with business goals, market opportunities, and customer needs
• Identify and evaluate new product opportunities and enhancements
Customer & Market Insight
• Develop a deep understanding of customer needs, workflows, and pain points
• Gather and synthesize input from customers, sales, and usage data
• Conduct market and competitive analysis to inform product direction
Product Roadmap & Prioritization
• Create and maintain a product roadmap aligned with strategic priorities
• Prioritize features and initiatives based on customer value, business impact, and effort
• Balance short-term delivery needs with long-term platform evolution
Requirements & Product Definition
• Define clear product requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria
• Ensure requirements are well-scoped, testable, and aligned to outcomes
• Work with UI/UX/Development team to design the product details like mock- ups, work flows, features etc and review with client and implement client feedbacks.
• Manage and prioritize the product backlog
• Partner with customer project teams to detail the customer requirement, review interim results and development details with the client.
Product Development & Delivery
• Lead and drive the execution and development of the product. Deliver high-quality products on time and within budget.
• Participate in Agile processes including Program Increment planning, sprint planning, daily stand ups, grooming sessions, reviews, and retrospectives
• Make informed trade-offs to ensure delivery against objectives
• Plan resource allocation in a timely manner to ensure the project is properly staffed with the skilled resources required.
• Participate in client delivery as needed to ensure successful implementations of Vassar’s products
Go-To-Market & Sales Support
• Support development of go-to-market strategies, positioning, and messaging
• Create and maintain sales enablement materials (presentations, solution briefs, demos)
• Partner with Sales, including:
o proposal and RFP/RFI responses
o customer presentations and demos
o solution positioning aligned to customer needs
• Participate in customer meetings and workshops as needed
• Capture insights from sales engagements and incorporate them into product planning
Metrics & Performance Management
• Define and track key product metrics (adoption, usage, retention, revenue impact)
• Use data to evaluate performance and guide decision-making
• Continuously iterate based on insights and feedback
Desired Skills:
• 2+ years of product management experience.
• Have proven experience delivering medium to large projects with Agile and Scrum methodology.
• Have experience managing complex, global IT projects.
• In-depth knowledge and hands on experience in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Experience of working in unstructured or agile project requirements.
• Have managed a mix Dev team, BAs, UI/UX and QA.
• Have very good communication skills.
• Have great team management skills.
Academic: B. Tech / B.E / MCA / MBA
Risk Management: Moderate
Communication: Good
Requirement Gathering: Good
Domain Knowledge: Not Required
Attitude: Go Getter