Technical Product Owner - FX & CFDs

Think Markets; Dubai; On-site; AED 360,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

Think Markets seeks a Product Owner/Technical Business Analyst to lead product discovery, manage the backlog, and translate complex requirements into actionable user stories. You will collaborate with business and technology teams to drive a fintech product across its lifecycle.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in product-focused tech roles, strong SDLC and Agile experience, and a good grasp of web/mobile, APIs, and data-driven decision making.

Qualifications

• 5+ years as Product Owner, Technical Business Analyst, Business Analyst or similar product-focused tech role.
• Strong experience managing product backlogs, defining user stories and requirements, and supporting products through the full SDLC within Agile/Scrum.

Responsibilities

• Own and communicate product vision, roadmap, and priorities.
• Manage and prioritise product backlog balancing business value, needs, technical feasibility and delivery priorities.
• Translate requirements into clear user stories, epics and acceptance criteria.
• Lead backlog refinement and sprint planning for clear, development-ready requirements.
• Leverage AI tools to support discovery and documentation with review and validation.
• Partner with technical teams to evaluate solutions and trade-offs across usability, performance, security and maintainability.
• Own product requirements and documentation through the full lifecycle from concept to go-live.
• Maintain focus on client experience and usability during development and delivery.
• Use data and feedback to identify opportunities for product improvement.
• Manage multiple product initiatives in parallel aligned with roadmaps and priorities.

Skills

Product backlog management

User stories

Acceptance criteria

Backlog refinement

Sprint planning

AI tools

Requirements translation

Stakeholder management

Product discovery

Lifecycle documentation

Client experience

Data-driven decision making

AI/LLM awareness

Bridge between business and tech

Roadmapping

Education

Bachelor's degree (Business, Finance, Engineering, CS or related)

Tools

Claude

APIs

Web/mobile apps

Databases

Job description

Own and communicate the product vision roadmap and priorities in line with business and technology objectives Manage and prioritise the product backlog balancing business value customer needs technical feasibility and delivery priorities Gather analyse and translate business and technical requirements into clear user stories epics and acceptance criteria Lead backlog refinement and contribute to sprint planning ensuring requirements are clear and development-ready Leverage AI tools including Claude and Claude Code to support product discovery requirements and documentation ensuring outputs are appropriately reviewed and validated Partner with technical teams to evaluate solutions and trade-offs across usability performance scalability security and maintainability Own product requirements and documentation throughout the full product lifecycle from initial concept through development testing and go-live Maintain a strong focus on client experience and usability throughout product development and delivery Use data user feedback and performance insights to identify and prioritise opportunities for product improvement Manage multiple product initiatives in parallel ensuring alignment with wider business priorities and roadmaps Act as the bridge between business and technology teams providing stakeholders with clear visibility of priorities progress and upcoming releases Stay informed on emerging technologies including AI and LLM capabilities and identify relevant opportunities for product innovation

Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Engineering, Computer Science or a related discipline. 5+ years of experience as a Product Owner, Technical Business Analyst, Business Analyst or similar product-focused technology role. Strong experience managing product backlogs, defining user stories and requirements, and supporting products through the full SDLC within Agile/Scrum environments. Good technical understanding of web and mobile applications, APIs, system integrations, databases and overall system dependencies. Ability to translate complex business and technical requirements into clear, actionable requirements for engineering teams. Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work effectively across business, product and technology teams. Experience using data and product insights to support prioritisation and product decisions. Experience within trading, fintech or financial services, or exposure to AI-enabled products and LLMs, would be advantageous.