Job Opportunity for Senior Lead – Product Management at ShikshaLokam in Bengaluru

ShikshaLokam – Who are we?

ShikshaLokam is a NGO catalysing education leadership in India, enabling and amplying leadership development opportunities for individuals and institutions engaged in K-12 education systems. We offer open-source technology capabilities and resources to the ecosystem players – Individuals, NGOs, and Government – to enable education leadership development at a large scale with high impact.

ShikshaLokam is a manifestation of Societal Platform thinking, a systemic method to resolve complex societal challenges with speed, at scale, and sustainably. 

What would you do? – Roles and Responsibilities 

We are looking for a talented and experienced Product Manager  to participate in the crafting and evolution of the School Education Leadership societal platform. The candidate will be expected to work with an internal team and partner ecosystem (NGOs, Government agencies etc.) to help build the platform by contributing enriching use-cases from the field and evangelizing the platform objective. As the Senior Lead – Product Management you would –

• Devise the strategy, roadmap, and feature definition for the platform.
• Understand end-user requirements and convert them into valid use cases
• Suggest enhancements to the platform which can improve the user experience
• Perform quality assurance on the platform
• Coordinate with the engineering team to deliver functional solutions.
• Prioritize the implementation of new features and set specific timelines
• Monitor and report on users’ reactions after each release of platform functionality − Create support and training documents for internal and external use

Who are we looking for? – Requirements and Qualification

• Ability to work with cross-functional teams including but not limited to, Partner organizations (NGOs), Govt. Agencies, Subject/Domain experts, Platform Engineering team, End users etc.
• 3-5 years of experience in managing the entire product lifecycle
• Knowledge of Project management tools like Jira etc
• Strong time management and communication skills
• Experience of product management in the context of project management/program (management would be an added advantage)
• Domain knowledge of Education and/or Education leadership is desirable, but not required.
• Ideal candidates should combine technical background with a Business Administration or Marketing degree.

Location: Bengaluru

Remuneration: Commensurate with work experience