Product Manager

Company Profile:

Avataar.Me is a 3D AI company that helps large enterprise customers create immersive and interactive shopping experiences for their end consumers. Avataar’s vision is to bridge the gap between offline-online experiences by replacing the current 2D visuals with life-size and hyper-realistic 3D XR/AR experiences.

Avataar’s use of AR technology brings spatial depth to the onscreen buying/browsing experience - delivering life-like photorealism, mobile responsiveness, interactivity and personalization – key influences re-shaping the digital commerce industry today.

Avataar's sector-agnostic platform enables scalable product discovery, giving brands and stores the opportunity to change the way consumers discover and engage with their products online. We work with e-commerce, consumer electronics, auto OEMs and FMCG majors across the US, India and Southeast Asia - driving significant RoI outcomes for marquee brands across these sectors by empowering XR & AR consumer experiences across all their touchpoints - social, web, and in-app.

Avataar is a Sequoia funded company with 10+ US patents in Computer Vision, AI and AR technology. We are in a fast-growing phase on the back of strong client adoption traction and increasing our overall team-size multi-folds.

Company Culture: 

Since 2015, working gradually and intricately, we have developed a niche, deep technology platform in 3D AI and AR. This makes us very assiduous, ambitious, and passionate about our work. We work on the state of the art technology and closely partner with market leaders in AR/VR space like Facebook, Instagram and Google, thus being curious and keeping abreast in our work is something that runs through our veins. In our consumer obsession we make our customers win everytime. We are always available for each other in times of need, be it professional or personal. We play for the front of the jersey, we debate, agree, or disagree and overcome setbacks through grit, together. Most importantly, we consider ourselves life-long learners in a big, ever-changing diverse classroom.

Job Description: 

We are currently hiring Product Managers for various pods in our Product team. The PM will be involved in creating the appropriate strategy and execution framework while managing other stakeholders to achieve the product vision of the Company. We are looking for someone who would deeply imbibe Avataar’s culture & values and evangelize the same across the organization.

What you will do :

Strategy: Setting a product vision and strategy.

·     Own the product vision and work with our CV / AI Engineering team to create meaningful problem statements.

·     Gather data for promoting the most relevant ideas into features.

·     Pitch the identified potential opportunities to senior leadership and then develop an in-depth product strategy for approved ideas.

·     Develop this strategy based on the product vision, product requirements (teams and resource allocation etc.), and other crucial details.

Customer Discovery: Studies the competitive landscape from a strategic business and go-to-market perspective.

·     Expand the product portfolio by conducting extensive market research.

·     Understand the different markets, competitors, and requirements of the customers.

·     Drive decision making by understanding what the end consumers’ experience requires.

·     Analyze trends in different markets, get product insights, and take strategic decisions accordingly to keep our platform capabilities relevant.

Road-mapping: Plan and prioritize what (and when) the platform delivery teams will deliver.

·     Build a product roadmap, provide a step-by-step visual representation of what needs to be done to develop, launch, and test the product.

·     Collaborate with the Engineering, Design and Business teams to ensure that the product roadmap meets customer & business outcomes.

Features: Define the “what” with user stories and requirements.

·     Work with the Customer Success team to design and define the exact specs of the product feature under consideration.

·     Gather feedback on the functionality and user experience from customers and end consumers and work with concerned teams in partnership with Customer Success team to make improvements and/or fix bugs.

Go-to-market: Work with cross-functional teams to deliver a complete customer experience.

·     Own, and execute go-to-market strategies for new products.

·     This entails identifying the current market trends (economic, social, and political), figuring out a way to introduce the product in the market, and developing a complete marketing engine.

·     Collaborate with the Marketing team to execute the above.

Stakeholder management: Maintain relationships with both internal & external stakeholders.

·     Serve as the face of the product within & outside of the company, and act as the point person to leadership & customers.

·     Determine product teams’ business metrics for success.

·     Influence key stakeholders across the organization to align intent and prioritization.

What we look for:

• Undergrad degree in computer science, engineering, math, finance, or economics.
• Master’s degree in business from a top-tier school.
• 7+ years of product management or consulting experience in technology focused business.
• Prior experience in managing technical products or online commerce.
• Experience with or demonstrable knowledge of agile product management.
• Strong relationships building skills; experience managing stakeholders and partners to drive cross functional programs.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with different functional groups, developers, business owners, and senior business leaders.
• Ability to collaborate with and effectively influence remote teams in multiple time zones.
• Team orientation and willingness to roll up sleeves to solve complex, dynamic challenges.
• Empathetic with a genuine desire to solve customer’s problems.
• Entrepreneurial spirit, with track record for delivering results in fast-moving and demanding environments.
• History of developing business strategy in conjunction with senior leadership.
• Basic level of expertise in domains of product development, coding, UX, design, product marketing and analytics with specialization in any one of them.

What’s in it for you?

• Extremely competitive compensation.
• Opportunity to work in a fast growing company with a highly dynamic team.
• Unparalleled opportunity to get global investor and client exposure.
• Owning primary responsibility to build & deliver in a highly critical function.