Product Owner / Business Analyst

Manar Rass; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Manar Rass seeks a Product Owner / Business Analyst to drive a digital platform roadmap and deliver new capabilities in phases. You will own the backlog and serve as the main liaison between business stakeholders and the delivery team, translating priorities into actionable requirements through development, testing, and release.

Responsibilities include validating gaps, mapping workflows, writing user stories, refining the backlog, coordinating releases with engineering and QA, and leading UAT.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field.
• Three years of experience in product ownership and/or business analysis delivering digital platforms.
• Hands-on in Agile delivery, backlog prioritization, and requirements traceability.
• Ability to map workflows, write user stories and acceptance criteria, and coordinate user acceptance testing.
• Strong analytical, documentation, and stakeholder facilitation skills; fluent in Arabic and English.

Responsibilities

• Validate platform gaps with stakeholders, prioritize fixes by user impact and business value, and track actions through closure.
• Establish a requirements baseline, reconcile docs and feedback, and manage approved changes.
• Map user journeys and business workflows, and document business rules.
• Write user stories and define testable acceptance criteria for releases.
• Refine the product backlog and coordinate releases with engineering and QA teams.
• Lead requirements workshops, prototype reviews, and release demos.
• Coordinate UAT, obtain business sign-off, and verify fixes post-deployment.
• Use post-release feedback and metrics to inform roadmap priorities.

Skills

Product ownership

Business analysis

Agile delivery

Backlog prioritization

Requirements traceability

Workflow mapping

User stories & acceptance criteria

Stakeholder facilitation

Arabic & English fluency

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems/CS/Business/Engineering

Tools

Agile tools

Job description

We are seeking a Product Owner / Business Analyst to lead delivery of a digital platform roadmap, working with business and technical teams to improve existing functionality, close gaps identified through assessments and user feedback, and delivering new capabilities in phases.

You will own the product backlog and act as the primary point of contact between business stakeholders and the delivery team. Translating business priorities into clear requirements and following them through development, testing, and release.

Key Responsibilities

• Validate platform gaps with stakeholders, prioritize fixes based on user impact and business value, and track each agreed action through verified closure.
• Establish and maintain an approved requirements baseline, reconciling existing documentation, stakeholder feedback, and approved changes.
• Map user journeys and business workflows.
• Document business rules, write user stories, and define testable acceptance criteria.
• Manage and refine the product backlog, linking requirements, defects, change requests, test results, and releases.
• Coordinate release planning and delivery with engineering and quality assurance teams.
• Monitor progress, dependencies, and risks, and esc
• Facilitate requirements workshops, prototype reviews, and release demos.
• Coordinate user acceptance testing, obtain business sign-off, and verify fixes after deployment.
• Use post-release feedback and product metrics to recommend improvements and inform roadmap priorities.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field.
• At least three years of experience in product ownership and/or business analysis, including hands-on delivery of digital platforms.
• Practical experience with relevant tools, Agile delivery, backlog prioritization, and requirements traceability.
• Demonstrated ability to map workflows, write user stories and acceptance criteria, and coordinate user acceptance testing.
• Strong analytical, documentation, and stakeholder facilitation skills, with professional fluency in Arabic and English.
• Experience enhancing an existing digital platform with multiple user groups is preferred.