Product Manager

SENIOR PRODUCT MANAGER
HyperVerge Fintech Platform

MISSION

HyperVerge is a fast-growing AI company started by IITians with presence in Palo Alto, Irving, Bangalore and Ho Chi Minh. Leading Consumer Lenders, Telcos and Financial Services companies use HyperVerge’s Fintech Platform for customer on-boarding, identity verification, fraud check and other services. HyperVerge currently helps client onboard 15M customers every month (~1% of India’s population)

As a product manager at HyperVerge, you will be responsible for driving the vision, strategy and roadmap for building the world’s best AI Platform for Customer Onboarding. You will work with internal client-facing teams, customers and users to understand different needs and come up with innovative features to help onboard new businesses or help retain and grow existing businesses. 

You will bring together cross-functional teams and use strong technical, analytical and leadership skills to drive them and build a world-class product. 

OUTCOMES EXPECTED – FIRST YEAR 

  1. Product Conceptualization
    • Help define the product vision for building the world’s best AI-platform for customer onboarding and conceptualize products and modules to execute this vision
    • Interact with subject matter experts and industry regulators to understand the current and future needs of the market
  2. Product Building
    • Provide product requirements to the engineering team in terms of features and user stories. Focus on requirements from a why and what perspective, allowing design and engineering teams the flexibility to decide on how to implement
    • Work with UX designers to help create delightful mobile and web experiences
    • Be the quality czar for the product and make sure that every feature being launched is being held to the highest product standards
  3. Products Iterations and Roadmapping
    • Work closely with the sales, account management and customer success teams to understand what our customers want and make sure that the roadmap delivers those needs
    • Engage with the customers and users to get constant feedback on how HyperVerge is solving their problems and incorporate this into the product features 
    • Continuously understand and benchmark against competitors’ offerings on features, quality, pricing, target segments, etc
    • Ensure product roadmap incorporates emerging market trends and competitive offerings
    • Use data to understand how the product and features are performing and take data-driven decisions to advance the product and user experience

PREREQUISITES 
  1. Excellent written and verbal communication via phone, email and in-person meetings
  2. Proven track record in the Financial Services industry building digital products or consulting on digital transformation assignments
  3. Good to have - deep understanding of business processes, customer journeys and client pain-points in consumer lending and other financial services companies

COMPETENCIES

Strong Analytical and Problem Solving Skills

  • Has high grasping power - quick to understand and absorb qualitative or quantitative data and draw insightful conclusions from it
  • Strong attention to detail - does not let important details slip through the cracks
  • Innovative - has the ability to think outside the box; willing to take calculated risks with innovative solution approaches
  • Decisive - ability to make informed decisions and stand by them

Product Thinker

  • User-focused - always eager to spend time with potential users to understand their problems, requirements and needs
  • Market savvy - interacts with domain experts to assess the market impact of products and features; never short of ideas to make the product a leader in the market it serves
  • Strong technical background in digital products 

Efficiency and Execution

  • Able to produce significant output with minimal wasted effort in a timely manner. Focuses on key priorities
  • Handles pressure well - performs well under pressure; sets goals for self and product, and stays focused on the goals

Team Player

  • Works well with cross-functional teams; overcomes obstacles by collaborating with others in the team
  • Works proactively without always being told what to do

Great Communicator

  • Excellent communication and presentation skills
  • Can inspire a team to pursue a course of action
  • Is honest in communications and reporting; isn't afraid to voice his/her opinion or deliver bad news


WHY HYPERVERGE?

Be at the cutting-edge of technology
HyperVerge is among the top AI teams in the world with accuracies that surpass giants such as Amazon and Microsoft. It is a result of an amazing set of people who have the right attitude when it comes to solving challenging problems and have the necessary aptitude to solve them. This is what enables HyperVerge to stand as a profitable, financially independent, fast growing and contributing organization
 
Support for Inner Wellbeing
Most of the founding members daily practice some form of yoga/meditation. Work on one’s inner wellbeing is given a very high priority and the team is sensitive to the support an individual needs for such a lifestyle. Overall growth of individuals is always the most important priority
  
Challenges and Growth
A tremendous number of challenges lie ahead in converting a team of promising young people to an amazing organization over the next few decades. There will be no shortage of excitement. Every teammate, client win, revenue dollar, accuracy improvement, engineering improvement, product improvement, new country served is hard-earned and celebrated.

VALUES & CULTURE
 
Every Teammate,
1.  Care and Contribution
Genuinely cares for others. Passionate about contributing meaningfully to the world rather than an accumulation of wealth, power, fame and virtue for self. Goes the extra mile to search for the best overall outcome for the company, colleagues, interns, clients, partners and all others. Treats the team like a family. When facing a painful situation or frustration, spends more time on understanding 'How can I contribute and help' rather than complaining about the expectations that are not met.
 
2.  Integrity and Honesty
Is always honest and truthful with teammates. Does not cut corners ethically. Earns trust and maintains it. Does what is right, not just what is politically expedient. Speaks plainly and truthfully. Actively seeks guidance in conflicting situations. Never settles for an answer that does not 'feel' right and keeps searching for the best possible solution
 
3.  Passionate about building an amazing company
Is passionate about building an amazing ‘built to last' technology company, brick by brick, overcoming all challenges on the way, over the next many years. Enthusiastic and unafraid to take up new challenges and difficult problems. 'Can do’ attitude. Able to motivate others to pursue a course of necessary action.
 
4.  Competence and High Performance
Expects high performance from oneself and the team. Realizes that there is a lot to learn and works relentlessly on one’s competencies. Capable of executing in an aware and focused manner for long hours over extended periods of time. When required does the necessary strategizing, planning, budgeting in an efficient and productive manner.
 
5.  Aware and Healthy
Actively involved in being physically and mentally good shape. Has the awareness to look at any situation calmly and do the necessary action. Consciously works on gaining inner competence.
 
6.  Smart
Has high grasping power and ability to learn new things. Demonstrates ability to quickly and proficiently understand and absorb new information.
 
7.  Transparent and Ready to listen
Is not hesitant in having a difficult conversation with teammates, clients and investors. Let’s others speak to understand their viewpoints. Openness to criticism and ideas. Reacts calmly to criticism or negative feedback.
 
8.  Energetic and Fun
Is fun to hang out with. Energizes others. 


ABOUT US

HyperVerge, Inc. is a Silicon Valley based deep-learning startup funded by NEA, Milliways Ventures and Naya Ventures. HyperVerge has developed patent-pending technology for real-time analysis of images and videos obtained from sources such as satellites, surveillance cameras, industrial cameras, and documents. Our models lead the market with top accuracy values on many important data-sets and are optimized for deployments in real-world low bandwidth environments. Deep-learning networks built by HyperVerge are powering applications for large enterprise clients in Security, Energy, Financial Services, Defense and Industrial Automation.
 
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