Title: Associate Product Manager
Employer: iSOCRATES MAdTech Private Limited
Reports to: Senior Director
Location: Bengaluru/ Mysuru, Karnataka, India
About ISOCRATES
iSOCRATES advises on, builds, manages, and owns mission-critical Marketing, Advertising and Data platforms, technologies, and processes as the
Global Leader in MADTech Resource Planning and Execution serving publishers, marketers, agencies and enablers.
iSOCRATES has two lines of business:
Products (MADTechAI) and
Services (Consulting: Strategy and Operations; Managed Services).
iSOCRATES is staffed 24/7/365 with its own proven specialists who save partners money, time, and achieve transparent, accountable performance while delivering extraordinary value. Savings stem from a low-cost, focused global delivery model at scale that benefits from continuous re-investment in technology and specialized training.
The company is headquartered in
Saint Petersburg, Florida,
U.S.A. with its global delivery centers in
Mysuru & Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Job Description
The Associate Product Manager is responsible for leading the organization in the engineering and development of new products, product enhancements and product redesign. He/she evaluates the potential and practicality of products in development and relies on research, extensive experience, and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
The highest priority will be to manage the development of iSOCRATES proprietary business intelligence platform MAdTechBI in meeting client-partner and internal needs too. Additionally, he/she helps the U.S.- and India-based Partner Success team in pre-sales of product-related sales and services acting as a de facto subject matter expert. This position requires exercising independent judgment to perform the responsibilities described herein.
Responsibilities
- Manage/enhance iSOCRATES proprietary, purpose-built media and marketing business intelligence tool MAdTechBITM.
- Design new product solutions in line with the business model and as per internal/external customer needs
- Select correct design concepts and fundamental UX/UI used for new products or improvements for existing ones
- Develop and implement methods and procedures for monitoring and managing product such as preparation of roadmaps, schedule, Jira boards, status, delivery impact and risk, progress reports, presentations, records of expenditures, and staff conferences, in order to inform management of current status of each project
- Plan and formulate aspects of client data analysis, engineering, process automation, product development and research proposals such as objective or purpose, applications that can be utilized from findings, costs, schedule, timeline, system requirements and human resource requirements
- Work closely with cross-functional internal team and external customers to understand the product needs/requirements
- Ready to be hands-on as necessary
- Ready to support during Late EMEA or ET hours
Requirements
- Minimum of 3-5 years in technology product engineering and development; minimum of 3 years experience in product management
- Strong working knowledge in any of the BI platforms such as Sisense, Tableau, PowerBI, Datorama, Looker, or DOMO
- Strong understanding of engineering, different technologies and cloud platforms, especially AWS and Snowflake
- Database query languages and database management is a must
- Expertise developing, managing, using and understanding APIs and Angular JS, Node JS, MVC architecture and Bootstrap
- Experience with paid digital advertising technologies, engineering, data and systems, preferred
- Working knowledge of ad servers, Demand Side Platforms (DSPs), Sell Side Platforms (SSPs), Customer Data Platforms(CDPs) and/or Data Management Platforms(DMPs) and/or Customer Relationship Management systems(CRMs), preferred
- Working knowledge of B2C and B2B email marketing platforms, customer journey building is a plus
- Proficiency in Analytcs and Business Intelligence systems, Data Science Engineering and Distributed Computing
- Strong understanding of Data Science and/or Marketing Science
- Process orientation; demonstrated ability to develop repeatable processes and improve existing processes in and out of technology and product development
- Strong working knowledge of Agile methodology, SCRUM, project management
- Open and collaborative style; must be comfortable working in an environment where ideas are shared and challenged
- Energy and enthusiasm; candidates must find the work fun and enjoy being accountable and willing to hold others accountable
- Strong English communication, documentation and presentation skills
Minimum Education Required
Bachelor's/Master's in Computer Science or equivalent quantitative degree plus combination of education, training and experience that provides the required knowledge skills and abilities do the job. MBA or Data Science degree, preferred.
