Senior Product Manager

Tree; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Product Manager to lead innovative product development and ensure quality deliverables. In this role, you will manage cross-functional teams, prioritize product backlogs, and leverage Agile methodologies to drive product success. You will conduct data analysis, integrate market feedback, and communicate effectively with stakeholders to align product releases with business objectives. If you have a passion for product strategy and a strong background in Agile development, this opportunity offers a chance to make a significant impact in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in product strategy or business analysis.
• Proven experience in agile development with technology teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage cross-functional coordination to test and validate new ideas.
• Conduct data analysis to answer key business questions.
• Lead squad events and manage the JIRA backlog.

Skills

Agile methodologies

Product strategy

Data analysis

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's in Engineering

Bachelor's in Business Administration

Tools

JIRA

Job description

Responsibilities:

• Keep abreast with Agile/Scrum best practices and new trends
• Understand and support inter-team dependencies, and escalate issues as needed

Managerial

• Track progress towards the release of a product
• Manage cross-functional coordination to test and validate new ideas, features and capabilities through all release phases including requirements, design, specifications, development timelines, and deployment
• Ensure the squads are fully up to date with latest context and specific tasks
• Ensures that Project deliverables are of the desired quality and have appropriate endorsements
• Prioritize and lead the execution of innovative product development together with Design and Engineering while assessing business value and aligning with strategy.

Functional

• Understand key business objectives and strategy of the product.
• Provide target vision on final output and features (product backlog) and share expertise on product specifications, business requirements and customer needs
• Conduct data analysis and interpret data to answer key business questions.
• Integrate user and usability research, market analysis and customer feedback into the product development roadmap.
• Interface cross-functionally with marketing and customer success to align new and future product releases.
• Define and understand metrics to measure the success of new product launches.
• Lead squad events (e.g. daily stand-up, sprint planning, sprint review)
• Actively manage the JIRA backlog defining user stories and acceptance criteria and refining with the team
• Work with developers and subject-matter experts to understand the work effort for a requirement.
• Set and communicate release date and scope with the squad.
• Create mockups and prototypes to assist with the development.
• Lead and coordinate troubleshooting of incidents during product testing prior to release.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's in Engineering, Business administration or related qualification
• Experience in related field: Minimum 5 years of experience and above
• Proven experience in a product strategy or requirements intake role (e.g. business analyst)
• Experience in agile development with technology teams
• Prior exposure to the Insurance is a plus
• Deep understanding and experience with Agile methodologies and systems
• Excellent written and verbal communication in English and Arabic