Manager Digital Products & Solutions

Jazz; Islamabad; On-site; PKR 1,400,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading telecommunications company in Islamabad seeks a Manager for Digital Product Development to lead the technology product management. The ideal candidate will have 7-8 years of experience in the engineering domain, strong leadership skills, and a passion for driving successful digital products. This role includes managing mobile app lifecycle and aligning product priorities with various teams.

Qualifications

• 7-8 years of hands-on experience in technology and engineering management.
• Experience with financial teams and procurement processes.
• Knowledge of both frontend and backend technologies.
• Experience leading development teams for large scale digital products.
• Strong stakeholder management skills across technical and non-technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Drive technology planning and resource allocation.
• Manage the end-to-end lifecycle of the mobile app.
• Ensure timely delivery of projects in collaboration with teams.
• Implement reporting and analytics systems.
• Select suitable technical architecture and solutions.

Skills

Technical product management

Leadership

Agile methodologies

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Education

Undergraduate degree in computer science, engineering, AI/ML

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Microsoft Project

Job description

Overview

Location: Islamabad

Last date to apply: 3 October 2025

What is Manager, Digital Products?

We're seeking an analytical and technical product leader to lead Digital product management and development. In the role of Manager, Digital Product Development, you will be tasked to build products in line with our overall Digital Strategy. This primarily includes modernizing the way we build tech, work like a startup, and scale digitally to millions of users. The role specifically revolves around technology product development for Digital Telco, Selfcare and Lifestyle, Instant Messaging, keeping in mind latest Social media, Content, and Communication trends. The role reports directly to the VP of Digital Products & Solutions.

Responsibilities

• Drive technology planning, resource allocation and long-term forecasting.
• Technical cost allocation, timely budget planning and business case approvals to manage resources effectively.
• Ensure timely delivery of projects in collaboration with support functions and cross-functional teams.
• Manage the end-to-end lifecycle of the mobile app, from ideation, design and development to rollout, enhancements and ongoing optimizations.
• Select suitable technical architecture and solutions that shape the technical stack, including APIs, payment gateways, authentication, messaging, analytics and integrations with DBSS and third-party systems.
• Partner with business, finance, procurement and regulatory teams to align product priorities and ensure compliance.
• Drive outsourced and in-house engineering teams, Android (Kotlin) and iOS (Swift), to supplement the product roadmap.
• Ensure security, regulatory compliance and adoption of modern software practices (APIs, microservices, DevOps).
• Work collaboratively with stakeholders for requirement gathering and ensuring business needs are translated into technical deliverables.
• Implement reporting and analytics systems, for internal teams to track and manage data.

Jazz is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support, and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Requirements

• At least 7-8 years hands-on experience in the technology and engineering management domain. An undergraduate degree in computer science, engineering, AI/ML, or related disciplines.
• Experience working with financial teams, procurement processes, PR & PO cycles.
• Leading projects and development teams for large scale digital products, technologies and platforms - Mobile, Web, Cloud Native stacks, API integrations, and deployments via Agile practices.
• Has led a team of either software engineers or technical product managers, with hands-on experience in cost assessment and budget/resource allocation.
• Strong knowledge of both frontend and backend technologies, with working knowledge across multiple backend stacks such as Spring Boot, Node.js, PHP and others.
• Awareness of mobile application development challenges (performance, scalability, security, OS differences, etc.).
• Product Management - Agile, Scrum, Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Project etc.
• Communications stacks & protocols - XMPP, RTP, SIP, HLS
• Digital Analytics - Firebase, MixPanel, Google Analytics
• API's - Web Services & Integrations Experience (SOAP / REST)
• Knowledge of IP and Networks will be a plus.
• Excellent leadership, communication and problem-solving skills.
• Strong stakeholder management skills across both technical and non-technical teams.

Benefits

Why Join Jazz?

As one of the leading employers in the country, Jazz epitomizes the philosophy that each Jazz employee is passionately living a better every day inspired and enabled by visionary leadership, a unique professional culture, a flourishing lifestyle, and continuous learning and development.

Our core values include qualities essential for a positive organizational culture - truthfully guiding entrepreneurial and innovative mindsets, harnessing professional and interpersonal collaboration, and fostering across-the-board customer-obsession.

As one of the largest private sector organizations in Pakistan, our objective is to continue to change the lives of our 75 million customers for the better. This is an opportunity for someone who wants to be part of something transformative, someone who can play a critical role in driving our success. Together, we can empower millions more with the tools necessary to progress in an increasingly digital economy.