Senior Product Manager

Holland Advisors; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Holland Advisors in Dubai seeks a Senior Manager – Product for Buying & Sourcing to own end-to-end platform delivery. You will lead a small engineering team, define workflows with buying/sourcing stakeholders, and apply AI skills across discovery, spec generation, testing, and rollout.

The role emphasizes platform-first design, standardization, and clear communication with leadership. Dubai on-site work is expected with a focus on fast, reliable delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience with retail business platforms (internal ops, ERP-adjacent workflows, or commerce infra).
• Hands-on AI across the full SDLC: discovery, spec, prototyping, test design, acceleration.
• Able to independently lead a small engineering team and drive delivery without daily oversight.

Responsibilities

• Own the full product lifecycle from discovery to rollout with accountability for outcomes.
• Lead a small, independent engineering team; set direction and remove blockers for fast delivery.
• Collaborate with buying/sourcing teams to design platform-first solutions across concepts.
• Apply advanced AI skills across the SDLC for mocks, PRD/spec generation, and test design.
• Champion standardization across concepts to reduce technical debt and ensure scalable workflows.
• Maintain understanding of system integrations across domains.

Skills

Retail platform

AI across SDLC

Team leadership

Job description

Job role - Senior Manager - Product - Buying Sourcing

Job Location – Dubai - Jafza One

We are seeking a Product Owner with deep retail business platform expertise to own the Buying & Sourcing domain of the Category Management Platform — end to end, from discovery to delivery.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Own the full product lifecycle — discovery, PRD, story writing, sprint planning, delivery, UAT, and rollout — with full accountability for outcomes
• Lead and engage a small, skilled, independent engineering team; set direction, remove blockers, and create conditions for fast delivery without hand-holding
• Work directly with buying and sourcing business teams across concepts to capture workflows and design platform-first solutions
• Apply advanced AI skills across the SDLC — discovery mocks, PRD and spec generation, test case design, and engineering acceleration
• Champion process standardization across concepts; challenge per-concept customization that creates technical debt
• Maintain clear understanding of system integrations:

MUST-HAVE:

• Product Experience in retail business platform experience — internal operational tools, ERP-adjacent workflows, or commerce infrastructure
• Hands‑on AI skills across the full SDLC — not just familiarity; demonstrated use in discovery, spec generation, prototyping, test design, and engineering acceleration
• Ability to independently lead a small, skilled engineering team — sets direction, manages pace, drives delivery without day‑to‑day oversight

STRONGLY PREFERRED:

• Buying & sourcing domain knowledge — understands the end-to‑end cycle

PROFILE EXPECTATIONS:

• Owns outcomes, not tasks — drives from blank‑page to shipped capability without needing to be managed
• Drives clarity in ambiguity; does not wait for perfect information
• Standardization bias — advocates for platform-first, scalable workflows across brands
• Clear, confident communicator — runs workshops, stakeholder reviews, and leadership updates independently