Product Owner

Role: Product Owner

Location: Abu Dhabi

Summary of role:

• A Product Owner will lead a team of highly talented engineers and designers to envision, prioritize and build innovative digital products that will shape the industry for a new generation of tech-savvy customers.
• His/her mission is to work closely with business sponsors to identify key pain points and to collaboratively design and build solutions that delight customers and empower internal staff.
• Product owners will have cutting edge tools and technology at his/her disposal and will work in a high-performing Agile team.

Responsibilities:

• Innovation in products with cross-functional teams and think creatively to deliver first class digital solutions that create rapid impact for employees, customers or advisors.
• Prepare and present product visions and proposals to the leadership team when required.
• Identify KPIs and use them as a cornerstone for team focus and priorities.
• Gain an in-depth understanding of customers and users and gather key insights that will shape the digital experience.
• Manage expectations with business sponsors and company executives.
• Manage cross-functional relationships with emphasis on decision-making over consensus.
• Identify future potential of products and get teams, customers and business network excited about it.
• Lead design and development teams to deliver high profile digital solutions and products.
• Define MVPs, manage product backlog priorities, and strategically de-scope to achieve rapid feedback cycles.
• Work closely with designers and engineers to define and drive product vision and lead.

Specialist Skills / Technical Knowledge, Technical Competencies Required for this role:

• Deep experience in digital product development and marketing
• Experience with designing creative, quality consumer products, as well as enabling business capability and objectives through technology.
• Experience of operating within a multi-channel/multi-region brand
• Entrepreneurial self-starter who is self-motivated, but also a team player with a professional presence
• Demonstrates thought leadership and is able to influence at all levels in the organization.
• Experience with conducting user research, usability testing, A/B testing, rapid prototyping and analytics
• Knowledge of Lead and Agile software development processes
• Expertise across all areas of digital acquisition marketing including PPC, SEO, Social, Content Marketing, Affiliate Marketing and funnel optimization.

Previous experience:

• 5+ years of total experience including 3+ years of experience in product development and marketing.
• Bachelor's degree required, advanced degree a plus.
• Experience of operating within a multi-channel/multi-region brand
• Knowledge of Lean and Agile software development processes