Principal Product Manager

Property Finder Group; Dubai; On-site; AED 250,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the proptech space is seeking a Principal Product Manager to enhance consumer experience for their app. In this role, you will drive product strategy, collaborate with engineering and marketing teams, and use data to guide decision-making. Ideal candidates will possess over 10 years of product management experience, a strong background in app development, and the ability to influence stakeholders effectively.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in product management, ideally in marketing, software development, or experience design.
• Experience with high traffic consumer apps across multiple countries.
• Strong experience in product delivery methods like Agile and design thinking.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to product vision and strategy, ensuring alignment with consumer needs.
• Drive end-to-end product development lifecycle from research to optimization.
• Utilize data to make informed decisions and lead an experimentation mindset.

Skills

Product Management

Data Analysis

Stakeholder Communication

Agile Delivery

Leadership

Consumer Experience Advocacy

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Marketing

Job description

Founded by Michael Lahyani in 2005 as a magazine (Al Bab World), Property Finder today is a single technology platform and brand across multiple countries in the MENA region. We offer the most advanced tools and best-in-class user experience for homeseekers, real estate brokers, and developers. Property Finder's most recent valuation secures our status among the Middle East's emerging unicorns, affirming a growth-oriented identity.

Over the years, we've expanded our operations to Bahrain, Egypt, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and secured a strategic shareholding in Hepsiemlak, the leading property portal in Turkey. With over 600+ dedicated people in 5 regional offices, we facilitate more than 14 million monthly visits across our platforms, solidifying our position as a regional powerhouse in the proptech space.

As the pioneering portal for homeseekers in the region, we are on a mission to motivate and inspire people to live the life they deserve.

Founded by Michael Lahyani in 2005 as a magazine (Al Bab World), Property Finder today is a single technology platform and brand across multiple countries in the MENA region. We offer the most advanced tools and best-in-class user experience for homeseekers, real estate brokers, and developers. Property Finder's most recent valuation secures our status among the Middle East's emerging unicorns, affirming a growth-oriented identity.

Over the years, we've expanded our operations to Bahrain, Egypt, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and secured a strategic shareholding in Hepsiemlak, the leading property portal in Turkey. With over 600+ dedicated people in 5 regional offices, we facilitate more than 14 million monthly visits across our platforms, solidifying our position as a regional powerhouse in the proptech space.

As the pioneering portal for homeseekers in the region, we are on a mission to motivate and inspire people to live the life they deserve.

The Position

Position Title: Principal Product Manager - Consumer Experience- App First
Reports To: Director of Product

Position Summary

The Principal PM role at Property Finder is typically responsible for a large product domain within the overall product portfolio, translating overall company product strategy into a coherent roadmap, aligning with key stakeholders, setting priorities based on impact, and managing squad delivery in close collaboration with engineering.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategy development: Contribute to and execute against the product vision and strategy in collaboration with cross-functional teams, including being an advocate for the consumer experience within the company by ensuring product development aligns with consumer needs and overall business goals.
  
  
• Product lifecycle: Drive the end-to-end product development lifecycle from research and discovery, design, technical requirements to launch and continuous optimisation. Promote a culture of continuous product improvement vs set and forget project management approach.
  
  
• Cross-functional collaboration: Work closely with engineering, product design, marketing, and the broader organization to continuously prioritize product initiatives, resolve conflicts, and deliver ongoing quality.
  
  
• Data-driven decision making: Utilise data, analytics and customer insights to make informed decisions, conduct experiments, and iterate on product features to improve customer satisfaction and business outcomes. Be a leader when it comes to driving an experimentation mindset and practice within the product engineering and wider organisation.
  
  
• Stakeholder communication: Effectively communicate product strategy, roadmap, and progress to senior management including ELT and other key stakeholders. Influence key decisions through developing a clear and compelling product narrative.
  
  
• Innovation and industry awareness: Stay abreast of industry trends, competitor offerings, and market dynamics to identify new opportunities for innovation in the consumer experience.
  
  
• Leadership: Whilst direct line management is not a part of the role, there is a strong expectation to mentor and coach other more junior product managers to continuously improve product best practices at Property Finder.
  
  

The Person

Desired Qualifications

• Product management experience of 10+ years, ideally also with relevant experience in either marketing, software development or experience design.
  
  
• Experience with high traffic consumer App spanning multiple countries (marketplace experience is a plus)
  
  
• Demonstrated experience in the full product lifecycle, and leading both product and engineering teams and wider organization through this ongoing process.
  
  
• Strong experience in implementing product delivery methods including design thinking, lean product, agile delivery and A/B testing.
  
  
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders both with and without direct authority, and to educate on and evangelize product management best practices.
  
  
• Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Marketing or equivalent practical experience.

Our promise to talent

We encourage our people, called creators, to move fast, to be bold and offer them countless ways to make an impact in a fast-growing and talent-centric organisation.

Our goal is to ensure that our people find their time at Property Finder a rewarding experience where the company s growth also means personal growth.

Overall it is a place for you to be your best self.

Property Finder Guiding Principles

Think Future First

Data Beats Opinions, Speed Beats Perfection

Optimise for Impact

No Ostriches Allowed

Our People, Our Power

The Biggest Risk is Taking no Risk at All

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