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Sulekha.com is a venture-funded company with 275 employees and offices in Austin, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad and Mumbai. Sulekha.com is the biggest and most popular member-generated community and social/professional networking hub integrating social media and local commerce services for Indians worldwide. Millions of Indians express, interact and transact through Sulekha’s portfolio of highly popular, complementary services in 25 cities in India and worldwide. You can get more information on Sulekha here.

We are currently seeking to find a few good men and women to join our team for these functions at Manager, Director and Vice-President levels. All positions are based in Chennai. Sulekha offers an exciting, challenging and empowering work environment that seeks to develop leaders. 

Please see responsibilities and qualifications required for each of the roles below.

All positions require a college degree, prior specific experience, good written and spoken communication skills and supervisory skills or aptitude unless you are unusually talented. Prior experience in a consumer Internet environment/company a huge plus.

Other Positions  

Team Lead / Tech Lead
Requirement Candidates should have min 4 years of exp in dotnet ( vb.net, asp.net,ado.net) C#. You will lead a team of 6 - 12 engineers on various projects and taking resposibility for all aspects of these projects (technical, maintenance, mentoring and training, project schedules, code reviews etc).
This is not a pure management position, substantial technical contribution will be expected from you as well.
Experience 4 - 8 years
Qualifications Any Graduate
Apply nancy.jean@sulekha.net
Interested candidates also mention your current and expected salary.

Product Manager
Responsibility Manage the complete Web product development lifecycle for Sulekha Products and internal support systems.
Qualifications Must have prior track record of managing a cross-disciplinary team of designers, developers and quality assurance professionals to effectively supervise to completion ideation, strategy, requirements specification, design, development, testing and launch. Must have a great degree of comfort in traditional project management methodologies and Web development techniques and technologies to provide effective leadership.
a) Project management - including managing software resources is a must
b) Requirements writing + requirements delivery into Internet or SW product is a must
c) Appreciation of design elements / UI etc is a must.
Apply nancy.jean@sulekha.net

Manager - Recruitment & Retention
Job Description Should Lead a Team, Coordinate with various Business Head for Sourcing , Mentor and manage the Team Members.
Requirement Analysis, Preparation of job description, Co ordinating with team across various geographical locations.
Should have experience in Staffing and Retention and retaining Mechanism, Execllent communication skills is a must.
Qualifications MBA - HR ( Preferable )
Only Male candidates and willing to relocate to Chennai are requested to apply. .
Desired Profile Candidates with total 5-6 yrs of work experience, out of which atleast 5 yrs in leading a team in IT recruitment in any corporate .
Work Location Chennai
Apply nancy.jean@sulekha.net

Software Developer / Sr. Software Developer
Experience 1- 3 years.
Qualifications Any Graduate
• Minimum 2 years of solid technical experience in the following areas: C#, Visual Basic 6.0, ASP ,.Net, with extensive ADO and MS SQL Server; must be very familiar with XML and XSLT.
• Proven track record of developing, testing, deploying and maintaining web services or major modules of web services.
Apply nancy.jean@sulekha.net

HR Executive - Post Recruitment
Experience 2 - 3 years
Requirement Candidates having min 2 years of exp in Post Recruitment like PF, ESI, payroll, attendance, performance appraisal, Exit formalities etc.
Excellent written and oral communication
Apply nancy.jean@sulekha.net

Alliance Development and Management
(Manager / Director)
Responsibility Develop and manage high impact, sustainable, win-win business alliances (tie-ups) for Sulekha’s Social Media and Local Commerce services (Blogs, Groups, Social Networks, Classifieds, Yellow Pages, Events and Ticketing) with complementary media and consumer organizations, including print, online, mobile and TV.
Qualifications Proven business development experience with a nationwide network of relationships in media and consumer industries. Creative skills leading to ideation of win-win possibilities and an aptitude for managing relationships on an ongoing basis.
Apply nancy.jean@sulekha.net

Channel Executives– Abuse Management
Responsibility • Read the recent blog / comments / groups / movie reviews/ news analysis / travelogues
• Identify the abusive blogs / comments / review and delete the same.
• Track all the abusive members information like Screen Name, E-Mail Id and the comment posted (day / datewise)
• Work with the Channel Executive and Channel Manager and track the user participation.
• Help the Channel Manager in offline member gifts operations and tracking the same.
Qualifications • Any graduation and good knowledge in internet search.
• Good command over English ( Oral and written)
• Knowledge in MS Office is an added advantage.
Experience 0 - 1 year experience in the similar field. He/ she should be a go getter and a good team player
Apply nancy.jean@sulekha.net

Research Analyst
Responsibility Working with the Corporate Marketing, Product Support groups. Assume primary responsibility for driving understanding of Sulekha yellow pages current and target customer bases and drive development and execution of business objectives. Clearly communicate strategy to senior management and to the broader organization. Develop and reinforce processes for interaction with Operations, Product Management, Marketing Programs, and Corporate Marketing.
Qualifications/ Experience Passion for analyzing products, customers and market dynamics. Outstanding written and oral communication skills. Strong organizational and analytical skills. Prior experience in campaign management, product marketing will be useful. Minimum 3 years of exp in Analyst / Quantitative / Research.
Apply nancy.jean@sulekha.net

Brand Manager
Job Description Managing the brand interface with all the stakeholders. Coordination with the offline and online agency partners. Understanding of consumer behaviour and applying relevent insights.
Experience 3 - 4 years in relevent advertising / Marketing backgrounds MBA / or equivalent
Apply nancy.jean@sulekha.net


SQL DBA
Job Description 1. Perform all common Database Administration (DBA) tasks like performing database backups and recovery, managing database users and security, Database Server Administration etc
2. Database and Index designing and tuning
3. Performance Tuning and Query Optimization. Understanding of Query Execution Plans
4. Export and Import data from/to various formats XML, SQL Server, MS-Access.
5. Write T-SQL queries and scripts
6. XML tasks using SQL Server*s XML features
Troubleshooting various database issues and T-SQL queries
Experience 2 – 4 years
Apply nancy.jean@sulekha.net

Executive Analyst
Candidate Profile Provide analytical and support services
Candidate with 0 to 1 year of exp in statistics. Should have good flair to work in an Analytics /Statistical role/Data Mining/Data analytics/Number crunching. Should be able to interpret data and work on analysis, strong quantitative ability with aptitude to manipulate and interpret significant volumes of data and effectively summarize and communicate analysis results with accuracy and attention to detail.
Qualification Graduates & Post graduates statistics.
Good communication skills
Technical qualification MS office, Statistical Techniques Optional qualification: Sql knowledge
Apply nancy.jean@sulekha.net


Content Writer
Candidate Profile Researching quality posts to be featured for all our alliances. VisCom (Visual Communication), Literature or Mass Communication background but must have a highly refined sense of writing that would help in identifying the best posts that we can forward to our alliance partners (from across a gamut of topics like travel, short stories, politics, cinema, slice of daily life etc.). While at a basic level, their English skills should be impeccable (should be able to write cogently and with authority and without grammatical or syntactical errors), in a larger sense, it should be someone whose knowledge-base extends into a variety of general interest areas such that their topical awareness is pretty high. It goes without saying that such a person should be an avid book-lover (and not just confined to fiction). A person with a couple of years experience is preferable to a fresher.
Apply nancy.jean@sulekha.net

Testing
Qualification
  • Any Graduate
  • Candidates should have min 3 years of exp in Automated and Manual Testing.
  • Excellent communication Skills.
Experience 3 – 5 years
Apply nancy.jean@sulekha.net
Business Development Executives - Ref : BDE
Candidate Profile Graduates with space selling experience highly preferred. Fresh BBA / MBA candidates with high enthusiasm can also apply. Candidates with space selling experience in Newspapers, Magazines, Online etc., will be given preference.
Location Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai
Compensation Competitive pay, attractive equity participation, target-driven bonuses, other perks
Apply priya.keerthi@sulekha.net


Telesales Executive - Ref : TSE
Candidate Profile Graduates with 1+ year of telesales experience. Must be highly enthusiastic and have the drive to sell.
Location Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai
Compensation Competitive pay, attractive equity participation, target-driven bonuses, other perks
Apply priya.keerthi@sulekha.net

Team Leader - Telesales - Ref : TLTS
Candidate Profile Candidates with 3+ years of experience in telesales. Must have experience in handling a team of Business Development Executives.
Location Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai
Compensation Competitive pay, attractive equity participation, target-driven bonuses, other perks
Apply priya.keerthi@sulekha.net


Search Engine Optimization Specialist - Ref : SEO
Candidate Profile
  • 2+ years previous search engine optimization experience (Freshers need not apply)
  • Solid experience with Google AdWords, Overture; must be able to show past verifiable results
  • Familiarity with the following technologies - HTML, XML, Scripting Languages, Databases, Online Advertising and Google, Yahoo and MSN search
  • Familiarity with web technology as well as trends and the evolution of the Internet
  • Understanding of sales processes
  • Motivated self-starter with strong leadership skills
  • Ability to conduct financial analysis especially pertaining to cost/benefit and budgetary issues
  • Extremely detail oriented and ability to research and organize
  • Problem-solving, innovation skills and creativity are a must
  • Managerial and mentoring skills are desired
Location Chennai
Compensation Competitive pay, attractive equity participation, target-driven bonuses, other perks
Apply priya.keerthi@sulekha.net

Software Developer : Ref : SD
Candidate Profile
  • Minimum 2 years of solid technical experience in the following areas:
    C#, Visual Basic 6.0, ASP ,.Net, with extensive ADO and MS SQL Server; must be very familiar with XML and XSLT.
  • Proven track record of developing, testing, deploying and maintaining web services or major modules of web services.
Location Chennai
Compensation Competitive pay, attractive equity participation, target-driven bonuses, other perks
Apply nancy.jean@sulekha.net
Last updated Apr 25, 2007