Head of Business Applications

2 weeks ago


UAE, 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 Arab 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 organization 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**:
S/he will have a have a deep understanding of the target market/industry and build close relationships with key stakeholders to ensure that the team’s effort is aligned with overall strategy. A Product Manager manages dependencies with other team’s functions while identifying, building and managing strategic partnership across the different teams. S/He will work closely within the businesses to ensure business and user feedback is translated into new developments when necessary.

**What you will do**:

- Set ambitious and clear product vision, in consultation with and communicate it effectively to stakeholders, the team, and the rest of the pod
- End to end team output strategy from inception to production
- Collaboration with stakeholders to ensure digital vision and products align within team strategy and requirements
- Accountable for product specific KPIs once solution enters production and communicate regular tracking to stakeholders
- Utilize market and industry knowledge to translate user needs into user stories and acceptance criteria for their team.
- Maintain a 12-month rolling backlog and 3 to 4 specific sprints ahead of the team
- Works closely with Senior Product Manager to establish each product’s business value and support messaging, communication and customer outreach as necessary
- Facilitates release planning with stakeholders as well as regular demos
- Leads the Agile team(s) and works onsite with the team daily
- Integrates usability studies & research into product requirements to enhance user satisfaction and ensure customer driven design
- Own and write comprehensive growth product feature specifications, user stories & epics

**Required Skills to be successful**:

- Must have proven knowledge of standard concepts, practices, and procedures within the captive financial services, rental and leasing industries
- Strong collaborator with cross-functional teams from tech, design, and business
- Proven knowledge & understanding of standard precision practices, technology & supporting industry principles
- 5-7 years of Experience with B2C digital products in the captive financial services industry
- 5-7 years of experience in setting product definitions and roadmaps
- At least 7 years of experience in facilitating agile ceremonies, managing a backlog/release plan, tracking team level metrics, removing blockers (burndown chart, release burn up,etc)
- 5-7 years of experience leading with teams in an agile setting
- At least 3 years of experience working with Software development teams
- Demonstrated use/strong understanding of the cloud industry

**Job-Specific/Technical Skills required to complete the tasks**:

- Believes in a non-hierarchical culture of collaboration, transparency, safety, and trust
- Not afraid to “roll up the sleeves” and seeks to go outside comfort zone to learn and pushes teams to do the same
- Creative and out of the box thinker
- Persistent and able to push the organisation way beyond their comfort zones
- Have an Entrepreneurial spirit
- Strong leader, collaborator, team player, and individual contributor
- Strong communication skills with comfort in speaking with business stakeholders
- Excellent speaking-listening-writing skills, attention to details, proactive self-starter and able to influence others internally and externally
- Clear understanding and emphasis on customer-centred usability and design.
- Experience with building products and services for partners, resellers, and consulting companies.
- Ability to analyse quantitatively, problem-solve, and scope business requirements.
- Ability to deliver initiatives from conception through completion.
- Ability to meet tight deadlines and proactively prioritize workloads.
- Ability to develop new ideas and creative solutions.

Proven ability to influence a large organization effectively

**What equips you for the role**:

- Bachelor 's degree in Business, Computer Science, or related field and a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) required; or equivalent relevant experience

**About Al-Futtai



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