MEO Product Strategy & Portfolio Lead

General Motors Company; Dubai; Hybrid; AED 420,000 - 680,000; Full time

Job summary

General Motors Company in Dubai is seeking a MEO Product Planning Manager to shape GM’s Middle East portfolio, including Egypt and North Africa. You will define product content, pricing and timing, aligning market needs with cross-functional teams from strategy through to handover to Product Marketing.

The role requires a broad automotive background, strong analytics, and the ability to drive data-based decisions across regions. Hybrid work setup with a Dubai office support.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in Engineering, Business, Marketing, Finance or a related field.
• 7+ years of product planning, strategy, pricing or market analysis experience in automotive.
• Knowledge of mobility landscape, competitors and customer trends.
• Knowledge of Chinese OEM strategies and offers in GCC and African markets.
• Financial understanding to build or contribute to product business cases.
• Cross-functional experience and ability to align stakeholders.
• Strong competitive and data analysis skills, including Excel.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and adapt quickly to market developments.
• Strong presentation, facilitation, negotiation and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to set clear objectives and drive timely decisions.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain product strategies and lifecycle plans for assigned segments and markets, recommending portfolio additions, changes, streamlining or exits.
• Monitor competitor launches, pricing, trims, powertrains, content, incentives and distribution, and provide leadership with regular competitive updates.
• Benchmark GM products against key competitors and conduct country- and segment-level portfolio gap analyses to prioritize opportunities by volume and share potential.
• Develop and evaluate counter-positioning options, including content, pricing, trim, timing and new offers, with clear trade-offs and a recommended course of action.
• Partner with Finance, Sales & Distribution and Market Research to develop business cases and test product, price and content choices against customer value, margin and volume potential.
• Represent market needs to GMI/Export, Homeroom, Joint Venture and AMEO teams, and prepare and advance studies, change requests and Notices of Decision through the appropriate forums.
• Coordinate with Product Marketing, Sales & Distribution, Quality and Homeroom/JV teams to keep launches on track, raise readiness risks early and resolve issues that could delay decisions or market delivery.

Skills

Presentation skills

Excel proficiency

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Prioritization

Problem solving

Education

Undergraduate degree

Tools

Business intelligence tools

Job description

General Motors Company in Dubai is seeking a MEO Product Planning Manager to shape GM’s Middle East portfolio, including Egypt and North Africa. You will define product content, pricing and timing, aligning market needs with cross-functional teams from strategy through to handover to Product Marketing.

The role requires a broad automotive background, strong analytics, and the ability to drive data-based decisions across regions. Hybrid work setup with a Dubai office support.