Product Manager I

Product Manager I @ Material Depot

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📍 Location: JP Nagar Phase 3, Bangalore

💰 CTC: 12-18 LPA (Depending on experience)

🤠Material Depot is a decor materials brand that is revolutionizing the entire interior design shopping experience with cutting-edge designs and the convenience of shopping from your home. Started in 2022 by Manish (ex-BCG) and Sarthak (IITB Alum), who both worked extensively in the construction space globally. Funded by prominent Global VCs including Accel, Whiteboard, and Y-Combinator among others, they seek to expand their team and hiring across roles.

Material Depot revolutionizes the construction industry by providing a one-stop platform for all your decorative interior materials. We offer an extensive range of high-quality products, from floorings to wall decor, sourced from trusted manufacturers globally. With a user-friendly interface, competitive pricing, and reliable delivery services, Material Depot ensures a seamless purchasing experience. 

🤭Some stats about us :

🤑 We are backed by Accel, Whiteboard, YCombinator, and other global investors, and are a small, well-funded company.

🤝 We’re one of the largest retailers of home interior goods in Bangalore working with over 100+ top designers and architects.

📈 Even as a 2-year-old company, we have been profitable with a scale of $3M annualised revenue 💹

Note from the Founders on the role

Hi, I'm Sarthak, Co-founder of Material Depot. I'm excited to find someone who takes overall responsibility for our key focus - Technical Business Analyst at Material Depot. The position closely works with the technical team on all key initiatives. The role would involve 50% data analysis, 50% Strategic initiatives & GTM; and will have 100% ownership of the problem statements you tackle.

Interview process

1. Three interview rounds with the team including Manish/Sarthak

What you will do:

• Data Analysis: Conduct complex and detailed analyses to identify areas for improvement, enhance efficiency, and help set targets for the teams. End-to-end ownership of workstreams to deliver data-driven business and product insights, across strategic initiatives
• Product-led growth: Drive product-led initiatives for customer acquisition & retention to ensure alignment with business objectives
• Reporting: Periodically and proactively collect, collate, and present customer feedback and analysis for improvement to all relevant stakeholders
• User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and Communication: Outline UAT objectives, create and execute test cases, track defects, and act as a liaison between stakeholders and the development team.
• User Experience and Market Analysis: Understand user behavior, identify opportunities for enhancing user experience, assess market trends, and define product requirements to deliver successful consumer software products.
• Product Improvement and Problem-Solving: Obsessively about constant product improvement. Analyze gaps in functionality, identify improvement areas, propose solutions, and drive continuous optimization for small to large releases.

You’re a good fit for this only if...

• Minimum 1-3 years of work experience in technical or product roles
• A solid foundation in computer science, with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms, and software design.
• Excellent coding skills - should be able to convert design into code fluently
• Experience in interiors, furniture or any hardware industry earns brownie points
• You’re open to being a generalist and adapting to the uncertainty of early-stage startups. Strong ability to deal with ambiguity and problem-solve for aspects that you or the team may encounter the first time or are not familiar with.
• You bring your own unique skill set to the table and collaborate with others to accomplish your team’s goals with a firm focus on targets and deadlines
• You experiment, test, try, fail, and learn continuously.
• You are not coming here for “strategy” roles but for on-ground hands-on work