Senior Product Strategy & Planning Leader – Global South

Daimler Trucks North America LLC; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Daimler Trucks North America LLC is seeking a Product Strategy & Requirement Planning Senior Executive in Dubai to translate market and customer insights into structured product requirements for Global South regions. You will drive requirement planning for assigned products, collaborating with regional and global stakeholders to ensure market needs are represented in the planning process.

You will lead cross-functional workshops, develop business cases, and provide data-driven recommendations to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Economics, Engineering, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage product requirements for assigned products, applications, and market opportunities, translating customer, market, and business needs into actionable product specifications.
• Collect, consolidate, and evaluate customer, market, competitor, and application requirements from Global South markets to ensure accurate regional representation in product development activities.
• Conduct market intelligence, customer research, and competitive assessments to identify emerging trends, growth opportunities, and market risks.
• Analyze customer needs, market attractiveness, and business potential to support prioritization of product requirements and future product initiatives.
• Monitor regulatory, industry, and technology developments and assess their impact on future product competitiveness and market requirements.
• Support portfolio reviews and competitiveness assessments by identifying product gaps, enhancement opportunities, derivative concepts, and market coverage improvements.
• Contribute to product roadmap discussions by providing structured market insights, customer feedback, and fact-based recommendations.
• Develop business cases and supporting analyses for product initiatives, portfolio opportunities, and strategic product proposals.
• Lead cross-functional workshops and requirement review sessions, facilitating alignment between Regional Centers, Product Management, Engineering, and other key stakeholders.
• Coordinate requirement planning activities across markets and functions, ensuring consistency, transparency, and traceability throughout the planning process.
• Prepare management presentations, planning materials, and executive summaries to support strategic discussions and decision-making forums.
• Build strong relationships across regional and global stakeholders, acting as a trusted point of contact for assigned products, strategic topics, and planning activities.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Strategic planning

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

AI tooling familiarity

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Daimler Trucks North America LLC is seeking a Product Strategy & Requirement Planning Senior Executive in Dubai to translate market and customer insights into structured product requirements for Global South regions. You will drive requirement planning for assigned products, collaborating with regional and global stakeholders to ensure market needs are represented in the planning process.

You will lead cross-functional workshops, develop business cases, and provide data-driven recommendations to