Zendesk is a global leader in customer service and employee service software renowned for its powerful yet user-friendly solutions. At Zendesk we believe in building better customer relationships through our suite of products that are smart flexible and reliable.
What Youll Do
Zendesk is looking for an innovative and passionate Senior Product Manager to drive product development for Zendesks products. This leader will be critical in defining the strategy vision and roadmap for all existing and future customers while collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive growth and customer person comes with a strong experimentation mindset and believes in failing fast and learning fast.
Youll work cross-functionally with partners across product and engineering design go-to-market data science and program management to plan our growth and product development goals.
This role requires deep technical expertise in SaaS Product Development AI/ML products and customer-centric delivery. The ideal candidate has led initiatives that significantly impacted adoption and productivity metrics across tens of thousands of customers.
This role is based in Pune and requires you to work from office at least 3 days a week. We have multiple SPM roles focusing on PLG Employee Services Platform teams.
Key Responsibilities
Provide specialised and inspiring product leadership to stakeholders customers and counterparts as we bolster our offerings for this segment.
Collaborate closely with engineering product design marketing customer success sales data science program management documentation and legal teams to enhance existing admin experience offerings and build 0-1 functionality in this space
Engage directly with our broad set of external customers and internal stakeholders contributing into the admin experience to gather requirements and feedback.
Own and drive key result areas (KRAs) related to product delivery customer satisfaction and business impact.
Cultivate a culture of product excellence fostering innovation and customer-centricity within Product Management.
Share your subject matter expertise and build knowledge and empathy across the business for the needs of this specific market.
Qualifications
5 years of experience in product management ideally in a B2B landscape
Proven track record of delivering successful products in a SaaS environment.
Experience in building AI-first products.
Strong technical acumen with the ability to interface effectively with customers engineering teams and design teams.
Exceptional leadership skills with demonstrated experience in leading specialized cross-functional teams.
Excellent communication and presentation skills both written and verbal with the ability to articulate complex solutions clearly.
Ability to think strategically about the challenges specific to the SaaS administrator persona and execute methodically.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a focus on key metrics and user behavior.
Please note that Zendesk can only hire candidates who are physically located and plan to work from Karnataka or Maharashtra. Please refer to the location posted on the requisition for where this role is based.
Hybrid: In this role our hybrid experience is designed at the team level to give you a rich onsite experience packed with connection collaboration learning and celebration - while also giving you flexibility to work remotely for part of the week. This role must attend our local office for part of the week. The specific in-office schedule is to be determined by the hiring manager.
The intelligent heart of customer experience
Zendesk software was built to bring a sense of calm to the chaotic world of customer service. Today we power billions of conversations with brands you know and love.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC