Magicpin - Category Manager

Category Manager

About the Role

We are seeking a Category Manager - Food Delivery to lead and scale our food delivery vertical across partner apps on the ONDC network and beyond.

This is a high-ownership, cross-functional role that blends partnership management, category strategy, business building, and data-driven decision-making. You will work closely with buyer apps, internal operations, product, and tech teams to drive adoption and growth. While this is not an engineering role, a working understanding of technology is essential for effective coordination and problem-solving.

Key Responsibilities

1. Category Growth: Own the growth of the food delivery vertical across partner apps by driving high-leverage initiatives, building scalable processes, and managing daily operations.

2. Partnerships: Build and nurture strong relationships with buyer apps and ecosystem stakeholders; act as the single point of contact for scaling joint business opportunities.

3. Tech Coordination: Understand key workflows and integration points; work with internal product/engineering teams to troubleshoot, prioritize, and resolve issues.

4. Strategy & Growth: Shape business growth plans and GTM strategies with partner apps to drive adoption, maximize success, and expand category impact.

5. Data & Insights: Track category performance, identify actionable insights, and monitor KPIs such as order volume, success rate, repeat usage, and GMV.

6. Problem Solving: Anticipate and resolve operational, tech, or partnership roadblocks by working cross-functionally.

About magicpin:

magicpin is a hyperlocal commerce technology company that offers digital convenience to local merchants and real-world experiences for customers. It connects offline commerce - where 95% of transactions happen in India - to online. magicpin's proprietary tech stack provides an end-to-end app-based retail marketing platform that allow:

- Local Retailers to increase traffic and transactions through promotions

- Customers to explore hyperlocal retail and earn rewards and savings

- Brands to connect with consumers and retailers directly and optimize supply chain performance for greater impact

Magicpin brings alive the joy of shopping from local stores, which are the lifeblood of the economy. By connecting retailers big and small with customers, magicpin creates value for all in the hyperlocal retail ecosystem and allows them to leverage the fast-growing digital world. magicpin drives more than $2B+ in annual GMV. The app currently has more than 10M+ active users, is available in more than 50 cities in India and has more than 200,000+ brands, partners and retailers.