QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree (MBA is a plus) with excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
- 6+ years of relevant professional work experience, accustomed to acting as the interface of business and technology
- 3+ years of product management experience along with strong project management skills (on time, within budget, according to scope, and with flexibility when required, etc.)
- Proficient in JIRA/Confluence for requirement and backlog management
- Strong knowledge of working with large databases, data visualization tools, IT solution applications, and proficiency in MS Excel, Power BI, Alteryx, Tableau, or SQL
- Able to incorporate business context to present and describe technical functionalities to that less versed in technology
- Creative problem-solving skills; comfortable with handling risks and dealing with ambiguous situations
- Analytical and strategic focus, with ability to drive exploration and draw conclusions from multiple data sources
- Keen understanding of process and knowledge of key client service processes (e.g., data management & solution support)
- Thoughtful and comfortable communicator (in person or in writing); ability to facilitate discussions and conduct training
- Self-motivated with a strong sense of ownership, ability to work collaboratively across teams and time zones, and autonomy in bringing structure and organization to work
WHO YOU'LL WORK WITH
You’ll work with our Periscope team in our Gurgaon or Bangalore, India office. Periscope is the technology backbone of McKinsey’s Growth, Marketing & Sales Practice. Founded in 2007, it combines world-leading Intellectual Property, prescriptive analytics, and cloud-based tools, with expert support and training. This unique combination drives revenue growth – now, and in the future. The platform offers a suite of Growth, Marketing & Sales solutions that accelerate and sustain commercial transformation for businesses.
The Growth, Marketing & Sales Practice strives to help clients in both consumer and business-to-business environments on a wide variety of marketing and sales topics. Our clients benefit from our experience in core areas of sales and marketing topics such as sales and channel management, branding, customer insights, marketing ROI, digital marketing, CLM, and pricing. Our Practice offers an exceptional opportunity to work at the intersection of sales, marketing, and consulting. Focusing on issues like redefining sales and marketing operations and commercial transformation, our people help clients build capabilities and transform how companies go to market-moving them to customer-centric organizations.
Periscope leverages its world-leading IP (largely from McKinsey but also other partners) and best-in-class technology to enable transparency into Big Data, create actionable insights, and new ways of working that drive lasting performance improvement, and typically sustain a 2-7% increase in return on sales (ROS). With a truly global reach, the portfolio of solutions is comprised of: Marketing Solutions, Customer Experience Solutions, Category Solutions, B2C Pricing Solutions, B2B Pricing Solutions, and Sales Solutions. These are complemented by ongoing client service and custom capability building programs.
Periscope has a presence in 27 locations across 16 countries with a team of 800+ IT and business professionals and a network of 300+ experts. To learn more about how Periscope’s solutions and experts are helping businesses continually drive better performance, visit www.mckinsey.com/periscope
WHAT YOU'LL DO
You will be responsible for developing and steering product plans. In this role, you will have a good perspective on where the product and features should go next. You will lead your teams to specify and prioritize the development of the product supported by business strategy, user and market research and knowledge of customers and competitors. You will interpret business needs of customers and translate them into the application and functional requirements.
You will liaise between technology teams, support teams and client service teams for product updates and deployments. You will define KPIs, actively measure and analyze existing products and market trends for opportunities to innovate and improve. You will interface and build key relationships within the company to build and deliver prioritized product roadmaps. You will also continually improve products. You will define and execute a comprehensive product strategy to align with the client’s strategic goals across brands, markets and products.
You will run workshops and training sessions to showcase product features with internal team members and with customer users. You will play an important role leading product owners and engineering delivery teams through the process of designing and delivering solutions that solve business problems, ensuring both creativity and relevance. You will be accountable for the growth and success of the products by partnering with product marketing, sales and partner organizations to develop excellent go to market strategies.
