Position: Product Strategy Manager
Location: Mumbai
Company- CarTrade Tech
Role Overview
The Manager – Product Strategy will play a pivotal role in shaping and executing strategic initiatives, product innovations not only be limited to finance , might work on other strategy initiatives from corporate teams within CarTrade Labs. This role requires an entrepreneurial mindset, strong business acumen, and a passion for leveraging technology to solve complex financial and customer challenges
.
Who we are looking for
- 3–7 years of experience in Product Strategy, Business Strategy, Chief of Staff, Product Management, Founder's Office, Consulting, Venture Building, Startup Operations, or related roles.
- Strong customer-centric mindset with experience in customer research and problem discovery.
- Demonstrated experience building products, businesses, or strategic initiatives from concept to execution.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to derive insights from data and translate them into business actions.
- Experience working in startups, innovation teams, incubators, consulting firms, or high-growth environments.
- Familiarity with AI, Generative AI, automation tools, analytics platforms, or digital transformation initiatives.
- Strong stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills.
- MBA from a reputed institution preferred.
What You'll Do
Product & Business Strategy
- Identify new growth opportunities, emerging trends, and business models across digital, automotive, mobility, commerce, and financial ecosystems.
- Conduct market research, competitor benchmarking, customer discovery, and ecosystem analysis to inform strategic decisions.
- Build business cases, evaluate opportunity size, and recommend growth initiatives.
- Define product vision, customer journeys, and strategic roadmaps for new initiatives.
Customer Discovery & Product Development
- Conduct qualitative and quantitative research to understand customer pain points and unmet
- needs.
- Design and validate customer journeys, user experiences, and value propositions.
- Translate insights into product concepts, MVPs, and scalable solutions.
- Work closely with Product, Engineering, Design, and Analytics teams to drive execution.
Innovation & AI Transformation
- Identify opportunities to leverage AI, Generative AI, automation, and analytics to improve customer experiences and business efficiency.
- Partner with business and technology teams to experiment, prototype, and launch AI-enabled solutions.
- Drive adoption of emerging technologies across strategic initiatives.
Growth & Business Building
- Support new business launches and incubation initiatives from concept to scale.
- Develop GTM strategies, growth experiments, and monetization opportunities.
- Track business performance, customer engagement, and growth metrics to optimize out
- comes.
Cross-functional Leadership
- Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Marketing, Operations, Finance, Data Science, and Leadership teams.
- Drive alignment across stakeholders and ensure timely execution of strategic initiatives.
- Present recommendations, insights, and business cases to senior leadership.
