Product Manager - Business

Posted 05 June 2023
Salary 25-35k AED p/m & benefits
LocationAbu Dhabi
Job type Permanent
Discipline Agile & Product
Contact NameLaura Reid

Job description

​Our client is seeking a dynamic individual who will play a crucial role in gathering internal stakeholder requirements to drive the development of customer-facing platforms and incremental enhancements.

Responsibilities:

  • Collaborate with internal business teams to deeply understand their needs and translate those needs into actionable platform features.

  • Identify the alignment between internal business requirements and external customer needs, ensuring scalability and relevance for the platform.

  • Effectively prioritize platform requirements from internal stakeholders by leveraging stakeholder, customer, and engineering inputs, utilizing proven product prioritization methodologies.

  • Create comprehensive wireframes and requirements documents, clearly communicating the scope and nature of the work to critical stakeholders and obtaining sign-off.

  • Support product development by prioritizing requirements, acting as a subject matter expert, managing the product backlog, and planning upcoming sprints.

  • Foster alignment between development teams and internal technology stakeholders, ensuring smooth execution of projects.

  • Collaborate effectively with Quality Assurance teams and assume accountability for successful project delivery within defined objectives, scope, and timeline.

  • Manage requirements throughout the project lifecycle, including defect and issue tracking.

  • Actively identify and mitigate risks throughout the project, proactively implementing risk management strategies.

Qualifications:

  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in product management.

  • Hands-on experience in building technology products and/or features within a brokerage firm.

  • Thorough understanding of financial markets, trading products, and Contract for Difference (CFD) instruments.

  • Demonstrated experience with Agile development methodologies, particularly in products that release bi-weekly.

  • Strong attention to detail and structured thinking process.

  • Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills, with the ability to prioritize features based on customer needs and desires.

  • Ability to build strong partnerships with key stakeholders across various departments.

  • Effective communication skills to engage and align with stakeholders at all levels, coupled with a strong sense of ownership.

  • Analytical mindset with a track record of making data-driven decisions while developing a business intuition around platform dynamics.

  • Passion for driving innovation, building new processes, and challenging the status quo.

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field is a plus.

Does this sound like you? Send us an application today!