Head of Product
About us
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In short, we are building the platform to drive global careers for millennials from emerging economies
We work at the exciting intersection of the 2 hottest trends around - edtech & fintech!
And we love that we succeed as a business while powering the dreams of talented students!
Founder Profile
Arnav Kumar
is a graduate of IIT Kharagpur. Leap is his second company and he
has raised more than $30M in capital for his startups. In his last
role, he was a VC investor with SAIF Partners (Now Elevation
Capital), which is an early investor in paytm, meesho, urban
company, unacademy and many other unicorns. He thinks and tweets
about Product, Business Models and Company Building,
here
Vaibhav Singh
is a graduate of IIT Kharagpur. He spent his first 6 years at
DeutscheBank, across Singapore & Sydney to manage a $3Bn flow
book. He has built 2 fintech startups before, as a founding member
of CapitalFloat and Incred, both pioneering businesses valued
>$500Mn The Leap team has a fine balance of industry experience
(edtech, fintech, study abroad) and technical skills (engineering,
product, design)
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About the Role
The Head of Product (Director) reports directly to the founders.
The charter for this role includes :
The Head of Product will:
Lead the overall product roadmap for the company, lead analyses of the competitive environment, customers and product metrics to determine the right set of features to develop
Develop a comprehensive product roadmap to deliver on business goals
Drive product requirements definition, product planning and product design (including writing PRDs) of new features and enhancements
Work cross-functionally and with the Product Development team to bring features live to the site
Clearly communicate product benefits to our users and internal stakeholders
Partner with Go-To-Market (Product Marketing & broader Marketing, Sales, Customer Success and more)
Ideal Persona:
10+ years of experience in a product management or equivalent role
Proven experience building consumer and mobile products with a demonstrated ability to drive product planning, development and launch
Managerial experience leading teams of 10+ Product Managers with ability to manage and lead across highly cross-functional teams
Demonstrated ability to communicate findings clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
Must have experienced the early stage ( 0->1) and ramp up ( 1->n) journey in a B2C company building
Ninja at first principles problem solving; Double Ninja in building & scaling complex processes
Life @ Leap
Mutual Respect
We love people who are ‘relentlessly resourceful’. Find your way out. Focus on the possibilities instead of the problems.
Bias for action
We take calculated risks backed by data and information available and encourage fail fast to find the best solutions as soon as possible
Learn & get better
Continuous learning and improvement is the key. We don’t stop learning. We treat feedback as a gift and as an opportunity to get better.
Growth mindset
We operate with a growth mindset and not a mindset of fear or judgement. You are in control of your own ability to learn and improve. We love Resilience.