Head of Product

2 weeks ago


Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Al-Futtaim Full time

Established in the 1930s as a trading business, Al-Futtaim Group today is one of the most diversified and progressive, privately held regional businesses headquartered in Dubai, United A"rab Emirates.

Structured into five operating divisions; automotive, financial services, real estate, retail and healthcare; employing more than 35,000 employees across more than 20 countries in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, Al-Futtaim Group partners with over 200 of the world's most admired and innovative brands.

Al-Futtaim Group's entrepreneurship and relentless customer focus enables the organisation to continue to grow and expand; responding to the changing needs of our customers within the societies in which we operate.


By upholding our values of respect, excellence, collaboration and integrity; Al-Futtaim Group continues to enrich the lives and aspirations of our customers each and every day.


Overview of the role
The Head of Product will create, design, implement and continuously improve Al-Futtaim Blue product.

This role will work in a fast-paced environment, and collaborate with cross-functional teams, and business stakeholders, to deliver our Blue product vision.


What you will do

Strategy

  • Support the development of Blue's product development strategy and input into the foundational tech capabilities for Blue
  • Manage and optimise the product development framework and governance for Blue.
  • Develop business cases, with input from business stakeholders, for digital investments and priorities in product development
  • Advise and work closely with the marketing and engineering teams to deliver highquality products

Delivery

  • Lead the delivery of the product roadmap in line with product strategy
  • Support the delivery of the product P&L and develop features to ensure delivery of financial targets
  • Manage the organisation, priorisitation and communication of the product roadmap
  • Lead product teams from conception to launch of different types of product features within Blue
  • Ensure delivery is in line with the product development framework including high quality requirements capture
  • Ensure the development of the product management team through appropriate training and development in line with Group policies

Research and Monitoring

  • Lead research, interpret and communicate the voice of the customer (users and internal/external business stakeholders)
  • Use a datadriven approach to understanding customer interactions to validate product features, problems and/or opportunities
  • Lead industry research, as necessary, for competitive benchmarking and to support feature development
  • Keep up to date on UI/UX, mobile app and tech trends to support new feature development and optimization

Required skills to be successful

  • Excellent written and verbal communications skills to communicate new product developments to stakeholders
  • Excellent analytical and problemsolving skills when determining how to best solve market challenges
  • Firstrate prioritisation skills to align feature releases to customer demand and commercial return
  • Desire to work in a fastpaced in environment
  • Ability to selfmanage and selfmotivate
  • Detailed the notion of product strategy, we would require someone who can drive the end to end development cycle from vision and strategy to actual execution and development

What equips you for the role

  • Bachelor degree minimum
  • 710 years' experience in product management with specific experience in mobile app development
  • Perceptive and creative leader and a reliable problem solver
  • Experience in managing a team of product managers and coordinating crossfunctional teams
  • Proven track record in developing and implementing endtoend product strategies aligned to the product and company vision including roadmap and release planning, backlog management and user story writing, testing and quality control
  • Experienced in agile methodologies and appreciation of the role of UI/UX, engineering and development
  • Deep understanding of digital strategy and product strategy
  • Experience in managing high performing teams within large organisations
  • Strong focus on customer experience, customer propositions and commercial realities of running a consumer app
  • Great understanding of CX/UX/UI and how they work together
  • Experience of Android and IOS apps a benefit
  • Background in engineering or technology preferred
  • Experience in loyalty programs is a plus, should be able to effectively assess the feasibility with the development team and technical stakeholders
  • Brings a highenergy and passionate outlook to the job and can influence those around them
  • Able to build a sense of trust and rapport that creates a comfortable & effective workplace
  • Passion for innovation and "can do" attitude
  • Exceptional planning and organizational skill
  • Strong communication and influencing skills
  • Quality and result orientated
  • Commercial and cultural awareness
  • Interper

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