Product Manager Jobs in Bhubaneswar - ThinkZone

JOB TITLE: Product Manager

LEVEL OF EFFORT: Full-time / Regular

PREFFERED LOCATION: Bhubaneswar

POSITION SUMMARY

• ThinkZone is a social enterprise that launched its operations in 2015. 
• ThinkZone has taken exciting opportunities to expand and so is seeking a talented and driven young professional to lead our ongoing product development work.
• The Product Manager will be an integral part of the Leadership Team and will be responsible for managing the development lifecycle, from inception to launch. 
• She/he needs to thrive in a start-up environment, have a passion for innovation and should understand how to balance time, quality and cost to deliver.
•  The Product Manager should understand the needs of both education and technology, is able to balance them and deliver a high quality product.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage the day-to-day development life cycle, from inception to launch
  
• Review, revise and build on current 'ThinkZone Way' curriculum framework, offering feedback and editing where needed
  
• Fine-tune and develop a classroom pedagogy that uses children’s and community repertoire to enhance language and thinking abilities
  
• Envision, discover and create fun, engaging and innovative learning aids for the effective delivery of the curriculum i.e. generate easy-to-use classroom curriculum materials and resources
  
• Develop locally relevant and global best practice curriculum, including schemes of work, lesson plans, activity cards, posters etc
  
• Assess effectiveness of learning / play materials, and revise / iterate as needed
  
• Assist in learning material implementation at the grassroots
  
• Work on training module development for women entrepreneurs that are tailored and relevant to the specific audience and which will help the organization deliver high quality education programs
  
• Work towards creating entrepreneur identification, interview and hiring strategy
  
• Develop pre-service and in-service teacher training execution plan and work towards structuring the ThinkZone entrepreneur profile and experience/education/ teaching approach requirements
  
• Work directly with the operations team to develop ‘The ThinkZone Playbook’ which would ensure ThinkZone’s efficient and effective transition to scale-up programs.
  
• Study successes and failures of current operations to understand needs, challenges and mitigation strategies
  
• Systemize and document ThinkZone’s model into a step-by-step operating manual to ensure ease of implementation
  
• Develop a ThinkZone ‘starter kit’, detailing all the resources and materials that go into the planning for launching new operations
  
• Generate business plan template for new areas of operations to ensure sustainability
  
• Develop ‘ThinkZone Quality Checklist’ and implementation systems to ensure consistent adherence within areas of operations
  
• Work closely with target customer segment (i.e., low-income clients), taking surveys and interviews of women entrepreneurs, low-income families etc. and analyzing results
  
• Coordinate with multiple stakeholders including seasoned education experts for product development
  
• Evaluate effectiveness and quality of delivered product, using the learning to drive improvement
  

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree
  
• Entrepreneurial mindset, a go-getter with excellent organizational and relationship management skills along with a willingness to work with a small team
  
• Ability to work independently and follow a structured process / guidelines
  
• Good research and analytical skills
  
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English; Fluency in Hindi required and knowledge of Odia is a big advantage
  
• Some amount of knowledge in product management as well as in developing and delivering education products will be a great asset
  
• Prior experience working with bottom-of-the-pyramid (BoP) / low-income / informal sector is a plus
  
• Flexibility to travel, as required
  
• Some skill(s) that could come in handy: Adobe Photoshop, CorelDRAW, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Creative Suite, Adobe Indesign etc (Not Mandatory that you know all but some designing tool knowledge is an advantage)
  

• Anyone can apply because we don't really look for grades
  
• You will definitely be a great fit if you have all of the below:
  
• Excellent written communication skills (English)
  
• Ability to think out of the box
  
• Disciplined and comfortable working with tight deadlines
  
• Decent know-how about the problems facing the education system
  
• Self-starter and willingness to work in a start-up environment
  
• PASSION FOR SOCIAL BUSINESS! And activity-based, child-centred learning
  

• Combination of Cash and Stock Options as Remuneration
  
• Flexible Work Hours
  
• Working with Kids