Product Owner

SALT; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

SALT in Abu Dhabi is seeking an experienced Product Owner to drive a major digital transformation programme. You will bridge business and delivery teams, translating objectives into user stories and clear acceptance criteria, while guiding prioritisation and backlog refinement.

You will work across business, technology, design and engineering to deliver high-value digital products and services in a fast-moving environment, with government/public-sector exposure viewed as advantageous.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Product Owner in complex digital/tech programmes.
• Strong ability to prioritise and own the backlog.
• Excellent skills in writing user stories and defining acceptance criteria.
• Experience coordinating dependencies across multiple teams.

Responsibilities

• Own, manage and refine the product backlog.
• Translate objectives into clear user stories and delivery requirements.
• Define detailed acceptance criteria.
• Prioritise features based on business value and delivery objectives.
• Collaborate with business, product, design and engineering teams.
• Manage dependencies, risks and competing priorities.
• Support sprint planning and backlog refinement.
• Ensure teams have clear and detailed requirements.
• Understand end-to-end digital products, platforms and journeys.
• Communicate priorities to senior stakeholders.
• Drive delivery against business objectives.

Skills

Product ownership

Agile/Scrum

Stakeholder management

Backlog management

User stories

Requirements analysis

Communication

Job description

Product Owner – Digital Transformation

Abu Dhabi, UAE

6-month initial contract - with extensions

Arabic speakers required

We are looking for an experienced Product Owner to join a major digital transformation programme in Abu Dhabi. This is an opportunity to take ownership of digital product delivery within a complex, fast-moving environment, working across business, technology, design and engineering teams to turn business objectives into successful digital products and services.

TAs Product Owner, you will act as a key bridge between business stakeholders and delivery teams, ensuring priorities are clearly defined and teams remain focused on delivering the highest-value outcomes.

You will be responsible for:

• Owning, managing and continuously refining the product backlog
• Translating business objectives and requirements into clear user stories and actionable delivery requirements
• Defining detailed acceptance criteria
• Prioritising features and requirements based on business value, dependencies and delivery objectives
• Working closely with business, product, design and technical teams
• Managing dependencies, risks and competing priorities
• Supporting sprint planning, backlog refinement and other Agile ceremonies
• Ensuring development teams have clear and sufficiently detailed requirements
• Understanding end-to-end digital products, platforms, integrations and service journeys
• Managing senior stakeholders and communicating product priorities effectively
• Driving delivery against agreed business objectives
• Adapting quickly as priorities and requirements evolve throughout the programme

What We're Looking For

• Proven experience as a Product Owner within complex digital or technology programmes
• Strong experience in product prioritisation and backlog ownership
• Excellent understanding of user stories and acceptance criteria
• Experience managing dependencies across multiple teams and workstreams
• Strong understanding of digital products, platforms and integrations
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• Experience working within Agile/Scrum delivery environments
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Strong commercial, analytical and problem-solving skills

Experience delivering government or public-sector digital transformation programmes would be highly desirable, with previous exposure to Abu Dhabi Government environments considered a significant advantage.