Current Openings
Senior Product Manager
Reporting to: Search Director
Location: Bangalore, India
Yahoo! Web Search is passionate about building the best search platform on the planet. We're seeking a results-oriented product manager to drive our local search efforts for India. The perfect candidate is a strategic thinker who is extremely analytical and detail oriented and great at multitasking and prioritizing, as well. As product manager, you will take end-to-end ownership of the product line, identify market requirements, define the product vision, create preliminary design concepts and drive the implementation of the overall product roadmap. You will work closely with numerous functions both inside and outside Yahoo! and within your office and with U.S. HQ. You will build strong business cases for presentation to senior management and understand the technical requirements driving development.
Responsibilities:
Senior Product ManagerReporting to: Search Director
Location: Bangalore, India
Yahoo! Web Search is passionate about building the best search platform on the planet. We're seeking a results-oriented product manager to drive our local search efforts for India. The perfect candidate is a strategic thinker who is extremely analytical and detail oriented and great at multitasking and prioritizing, as well. As product manager, you will take end-to-end ownership of the product line, identify market requirements, define the product vision, create preliminary design concepts and drive the implementation of the overall product roadmap. You will work closely with numerous functions both inside and outside Yahoo! and within your office and with U.S. HQ. You will build strong business cases for presentation to senior management and understand the technical requirements driving development.
Responsibilities:
- Effectively collaborate with business, marketing, technical and design teams to develop requirements, prioritize enhancements, translate into MRDs/PRDs and drive projects to completion.
- Develop a functional understanding of the key technological and architectural basis of the Yahoo! Search platform to facilitate decision-making and cross-functional communication.
- Evaluate new technologies for licensing and integration into Yahoo! Search. Define, track and improve key product metrics and develop tests against those metrics.
- Conduct competitive analysis and identify areas for differentiation.
- Build positive relationships and trust over time through strong on-time delivery, high quality, continuous innovation, and exceeding expectations.
- Meticulously think through every aspect of the user experience, putting users' needs and expectations first in the definition of requirements.
- Aggressively identify opportunities for improvement, and incorporate new product features into the Yahoo! Search product on an ongoing basis.
- This position requires a B.A/B.Sc and 7+ years of technical product management experience. A Management Degree will be added plus
- Demonstrated business, communication, leadership and teamwork abilities
- Proven ability to innovate
- Proven ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams in a highly matrixed organization
- An excellent track record of developing, launching, and marketing products.
- Experience with software, online products, search or enterprise platforms are highly desired.
