Head of Product & AI-Driven Strategy

Salt Digital Recruitment; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 900,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Salt Digital Recruitment is seeking an experienced Head of Product for a client in Abu Dhabi to own the product vision, strategy and portfolio, directing a high‑performing product function and driving enterprise‑scale outcomes with AI.

You will partner with the CEO and senior stakeholders to shape strategy, build the team, establish KPIs and governance, and ensure ROI‑driven decisions across multiple products and platforms.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of product management or related disciplines.
• 6-8+ years in senior product leadership roles (Head of Product, VP Product, etc).
• 5+ years in PropTech and/or FinTech, ideally in scaling or tech-led businesses.
• Proven experience leading multiple products and enterprise-scale portfolios.
• Strong track record building and developing Product teams and operating models.
• Strong commercial understanding of ROI, business cases and value realisation.
• Strong understanding of AI and its application to modern product organisations.
• Excellent executive communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Own the overall product vision, strategy and portfolio roadmap aligned with business objectives.
• Lead prioritisation and investment decisions across multiple products and platforms.
• Establish clear product KPIs, success metrics and value-realisation frameworks.
• Build and develop a high-performing Product organisation with hiring and coaching.
• Set high standards for product discovery, delivery, governance and lifecycle management.
• Partner with CEO and senior stakeholders to drive business outcomes.
• Own product business cases, ROI thinking, budgets and vendor spend.
• Identify opportunities to use AI across product discovery, development and experiences.
• Establish AI-enabled product practices and governance.
• Represent Product at executive level and with strategic customers and partners.

Skills

Product leadership

Strategy development

AI in product

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Roadmap planning

Job description

Salt Digital Recruitment is seeking an experienced Head of Product for a client in Abu Dhabi to own the product vision, strategy and portfolio, directing a high‑performing product function and driving enterprise‑scale outcomes with AI.

You will partner with the CEO and senior stakeholders to shape strategy, build the team, establish KPIs and governance, and ensure ROI‑driven decisions across multiple products and platforms.