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Product Manager - Product Operations

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In-Office
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IND
Senior level
In-Office
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IND
Senior level
Owns end-to-end delivery of digital product features and capabilities across mobile, desktop, and app platforms. Responsibilities include product discovery, backlog management, prioritization, requirements documentation, roadmap development, acceptance criteria, dependency coordination, execution readiness, stakeholder communication, governance, and outcome tracking. The role partners with engineering, design, data, QA, operations, and business teams while guiding UX designers and junior Product Managers to ensure predictable, scalable product delivery.
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The Product Management function defines the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for platforms and capabilities that deliver customer value and enable business outcomes. By partnering closely with engineering, design, data, operations, and business teams, the function drives outcome focused product discovery and delivery, balances innovation with platform stability, and ensures disciplined prioritization and governance. The team applies modern product management practices, customer centric thinking, and data informed decision making to deliver scalable, high impact digital products across the enterprise.

The Product Manager owns end to end product delivery for assigned products, platforms, or workflows, ensuring our mobile, desktop, and app platforms deliver exceptional digital experiences while aligning product strategy, discovery, and execution with defined business outcomes, customer needs, and governance requirements. The role enables predictable, high quality product outcomes by owning product backlogs and priorities, driving day to day execution, coordinating with cross functional partners, and delivering scalable, reliable product capabilities from concept through launch in line with organizational product management standards.


Functional Responsibilities

· Own delivery of assigned product features and capabilities by managing product discovery,

backlog refinement, prioritization, and acceptance, using approved product practices, tools,

templates, and quality checks.

· Maintain audit ready product documentation, including product requirements, user stories,

acceptance criteria, roadmap artifacts, and outcome metrics, in line with product governance and

lifecycle expectations.

· Coordinate closely with engineering, design, data, QA, platform, and business partners to secure

inputs, clarify requirements, manage dependencies, and ensure cohesive and scalable product

delivery.

· Ensure readiness for execution by confirming availability of required inputs, design artifacts,

technical dependencies, environment readiness, and stakeholder approvals; maintain regular

status updates, checkpoints, and delivery tracking to enable on time and reliable product

outcomes.

People Responsibilities

· Support and guide UX designers, junior Product Managers, in day-to-day product activities,

ensuring adherence to defined product practices, prioritization discipline, documentation standards,

and outcome focused execution.

· Build effective working relationships with engineering, design, data, QA, and business partners to

align on product priorities, delivery expectations, dependencies, and timelines, enabling clear

communication and smooth end to end product delivery.



RequirementsRequirements

Professional Experience and Relevant Skills

· 4 - 9 years of experience owning and delivering digital product capabilities within enterprise or

large-scale product environments, including end to end responsibility for product backlogs, feature

delivery, and measurable outcomes across the product lifecycle from conception through launch

and iteration.

· Strong ability to apply defined product management practices, prioritization frameworks, delivery

processes, governance standards, and Agile methodologies to deliver reliable, scalable product

features and enhancements.

· Experience collaborating closely with cross functional teams including engineering, design, data,

QA, operations, and business stakeholders to clarify requirements, manage dependencies, and

align delivery expectations across mobile, desktop, and app platforms.

· Working knowledge of product governance, quality, and documentation practices, including well-

structured product requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, roadmap artifacts, and outcome

tracking.

· Familiarity with product and delivery tracking tools, Agile planning and execution systems, sprint or

milestone checkpoints, dependency management, and regular status reporting to support

predictable delivery across small to mid-scale product initiatives.

· Experience working within relevant industry domains (e.g., B2B, supply chain, office supplies, or

adjacent enterprise ecosystems), enabling faster domain understanding and informed product

decision making.

Academic Qualifications and Certifications

· Minimum: Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Engineering, Computer Science,

Information Technology, or a related field.

· Preferred: Foundational or practitioner-level certifications in Agile methodologies (e.g., Certified Scrum Master (CSM), SAFe Agilist, or PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)) or product management certifications (e.g., AIPMM Certified Product Manager)



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