- Mumbai
- Start date: May 2021
Join our innovative, global team using technology to transform the way the social sector engages with data. We run on passion, blending diverse skill sets and experiences with a collective mission to help organizations tackle challenges and achieve greater impact. We encourage all staff to push their own boundaries and drive the company in exciting new directions. As a social enterprise and certified B Corporation, we reinvest a majority of our profits in our growth and continued pursuit of our mission and vision.
Position Overview
You will gain valuable experience with Salesforce (the world’s leading cloud-computing platform, currently used by more than 150,000 for-profit and 30,000 non-profit and higher education organizations worldwide). You will join a team of passionate individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences, all dedicated to improving the way social impact organizations operate. We’re a self-motivated, creative group, and we emphasize collaboration, flexibility, and professionalism. Vera is a young, rapidly growing company; we encourage all team members to push their own boundaries and drive the company in new directions.
Primary Responsibilities
- Develop deep technical and market-based expertise on our core and future products
- Support the product team in Designing, building, implementing, and supporting cloud and mobile data systems for a range of social service organizations worldwide
- Support gathering of low-level requirements for roadmap items, interviewing both clients and implementers
- Conduct low-level user design, including creating mock-ups, writing specs, rapid prototyping
- Peer review designs from other PAs/UX Designers
- Collaborate with developer team to determine feasibility of requirements and scope of user stories
- Research new technologies, methodologies, competitors and similar tools relevant to non-profits and NGOs
- Collaborate with project teams to interact with stakeholders and conduct user research, document user stories and translate them into actionable product features
- Support on high-level user design, including writing user flows and user stories
- Maintain strong project management capabilities with planning, communicating, documenting and tracking activities using project management tools
- Write and update release documentation for both use and installation
- Monitor and report on product adoption and user feedback throughout product lifecycle
Qualifications and Experience
Essential
- Bachelor’s degree—what you studied isn’t critical; what you’re passionate about is
- 1-2 years professional experience in a product-related role, preferably in the technology space
- Professional experience in a product design or research capacity
- Curiosity and problem solving skills—do problems slow you down or drive you to seek solutions?
- Strong aptitude for using technology and data
- Ability to work remotely
- Able to demonstrate a high level of trust and self discipline
- Excellent written and verbal communication and relational skills
- Detail-oriented with excellent organizational skills
- Ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment and perform multiple tasks effectively
Desired
- Experience working with the Force.com platform
- Interest in social service work or international development
- Proficient in the use of G-Suite applications or other common cloud-based software (i.e. Dropbox, Box, etc.)
Onboarding & Training
The 2021-22 Fellowship will kick off in mid-May with a comprehensive virtual onboarding and training program. Through a mix of dynamic sessions, technical trainings, and team-building activities, you will gain a holistic understanding of Vera’s work, meet with teammates around the globe, and work in groups to apply your learnings through an intensive case study exercise.
Compensation & Benefits
Vera Solutions offers competitive compensation (including benefits), in line with experience, cost of living, and our social mission.
To apply, fill out an online application (attaching CV).
Please contact jobs@verasolutions.org with any additional questions.
