Data Product Manager

Client of YALLO Retail; Dubai; On-site; AED 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Client of YALLO Retail is looking for a Data Product Manager to own the data product lifecycle, translating business needs into well-defined specifications for engineering teams. You will shape the backlog, collaborate with architects and QA, and define value metrics to drive measurable outcomes.

The role requires 4–6 years in product management or a hybrid data product role, with strong requirements elicitation and the ability to write clear user stories for a technical audience.

Qualifications

• 4–6 years in product management, business analysis or hybrid data product role.
• Proven data or technical product management experience, ideally within analytics/data platform teams.
• Strong requirements-elicitation and facilitation skills with stakeholders.
• Ability to write clear user stories and specifications for a technical audience.

Responsibilities

• Gather requirements from business stakeholders for data products, reports, pipelines or platform capability.
• Translate validated requirements into clear specifications, user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Own and prioritize the product backlog and roadmap with Delivery & Prioritization Lead.
• Work with architects on solution shaping and QA on testable acceptance criteria.
• Define and track value metrics for delivered data products and manage stakeholder expectations.

Skills

Data product mgmt

Requirements elicitation

User stories writing

Data concepts knowledge

Commercial value mindset

Lean/agile team

Job description

Owns the product side of the data function working with stakeholders to collect challenge and shape requirements into a clear prioritized set of problems worth solving Translates business need into well-defined specifications the engineering architecture and QA teams can build against and is the accountable voice for why are we building this

Key Responsibilities

• Gather requirements from business stakeholders for new data products reports pipelines or platform capability
• Constructively challenge and stress-test requirements is this the real need is it the right solution what s the value
• Translate validated requirements into clear specifications user stories and acceptance criteria
• Own and prioritize the product backlog roadmap in collaboration with the Delivery amp Prioritization Lead
• Work with architects on solution shaping and with QA on testable acceptance criteria
• Define and track value success metrics for delivered data products
• Manage stakeholder expectations on scope timeline and trade-offs
• Represent the business user voice throughout the delivery lifecycle

Typical Task Breakdown

• Ongoing run discovery conversations workshops with requesting stakeholders
• Ongoing write and refine user stories and acceptance criteria ready for the delivery backlog
• Weekly groom and reprioritize the product backlog with delivery and architecture leads
• Per initiative produce a lightweight business case problem statement before build starts
• Per release validate delivered work against original requirements and sign off acceptance
• Monthly review value success metrics for recently delivered products and report back
• Ongoing maintain a rolling roadmap view for stakeholder communication

Required Skills

• Proven data or technical product management experience ideally within analytics data platform teams
• Strong requirements-elicitation and facilitation skills confident challenging stakeholders diplomatically
• Ability to write clear user stories specifications for a technical audience
• Working knowledge of data concepts pipelines models reporting BI to hold credible technical conversations
• Commercial value mindset able to prioritize based on impact not just requester seniority
• Comfortable operating without a large formal product toolset in a lean rebuilding team

Experience Level

• 4-6 years in product management business analysis or a hybrid data product role

Success Measures

• Clear well-specified backlog items ready for delivery with minimal rework
• Reduced scope churn rework caused by poorly captured requirements
• Demonstrable value delivered against defined success metrics per product initiative
• Proven data or technical product management experience, ideally within analytics/data platform teams
• Strong requirements-elicitation and facilitation skills; confident challenging stakeholders diplomatically
• Ability to write clear user stories/specifications for a technical audience
• Working knowledge of data concepts (pipelines, models, reporting/BI) to hold credible technical conversations
• Commercial/value mindset able to prioritize based on impact, not just requester seniority
• Comfortable operating without a large formal product toolset in a lean/rebuilding team
• Experience Level:4-6 years in product management, business analysis or a hybrid data product role
• Success Measures:Clear, well-specified backlog items ready for delivery with minimal reworkReduced scope churn/rework caused by poorly captured requirementsDemonstrable value delivered against defined success metrics per product/initiative