Technical Product Manager / Owner - UAE

Job requirements

• Define and prioritize business needs by understanding client requirements, regulatory changes, and market trends to create a business-driven product roadmap while ensuring technical feasibility and scalability.

• Develop functional requirements by translating customer and market needs into clear, actionable functional specifications, workflows, schemas, and implementation concepts for Engineering and Product teams.

• Drive product strategy by owning the product vision, roadmap, positioning, and value proposition while ensuring alignment with customer pain points, technical realities, and competitive differentiation.

• Manage and continuously prioritize the product backlog based on business value, customer needs, technical dependencies, and regulatory deadlines.

• Develop and manage the product roadmap, including defining the scope of functionality and technical aspects, writing specifications, and mapping schemas.

• Develop detailed user stories, acceptance criteria, workflows, schemas, and supporting documentation to support the development and refinement of features.

• Act as the liaison between Management, Business Analysts (Service Desk), Development, Release Management, and operational stakeholders.

• Collaborate closely with Engineering, QA, DevOps, Service Desk, Release Management, and fellow Product Managers to ensure alignment across product strategy, technical implementation, and delivery priorities.

• Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure timely delivery of product features and enhancements.

• Understand system interactions, data flows, APIs, integrations, and technical constraints impacting product decisions.

• Keep abreast of market trends and relevant regulatory developments.

• Understand the customer landscape and operational processes to identify meaningful problems worth solving.

• Analyze business and technical requirements and translate them into clear product specifications and implementation concepts.

• Support implementation and operational initiatives related to certifications and compliance standards (e.g., ISO, SOC).

• Actively use modern AI-assisted tools to improve productivity, analysis, and documentation quality.

Job responsibilities

• Knowledge of EMIR, MiFID/MiFIR, or SFTR is desirable, but not required. We also welcome candidates with a strong technical product management background in SaaS or complex software environments who are motivated to build expertise in regulatory domains.

• 5+ years of experience in Product Management, preferably in SaaS, fintech, regulatory, or technically complex environments.

• Experience working in strongly regulated industries and understanding complex compliance-driven business environments.

• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and experience with Agile tools.

• Technical understanding of APIs, integrations, workflows, and system architecture concepts.

• Good understanding of SDLC and technical product delivery processes.

• Experience in requirements engineering, solution analysis, and technical documentation.

• Open to adopting and working with modern AI-assisted tools as part of the daily workflow.

• Product Owner/Management Certification is advantageous.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.

• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

• Hands-on-mentality with a strong ownership mindset.

• Team player capable of connecting and aligning cross-functional stakeholders.

• “Jack of all trades” mindset.

Job benefits

• A highly impactful role with direct influence on the strategy and evolution of our SaaS platform.

• Close collaboration with Engineering, Service Desk, Product, and Management teams.

• An international environment with the opportunity for continuous professional and personal development.

• Flexible working hours with a hybrid working model (60% onsite, 40% home office).

• Flat hierarchies and short decision-making paths.

• We use MacBooks.

• Access to modern AI tools with encouragement to actively use them in your daily work.

• An interesting and varied job in a dynamic and ambitious company with flat hierarchies.

• An international environment with the opportunity for continuous professional and personal development.

• Flexible working hours with the option of working from home (up to 40%) after probation period.

• Excellent infrastructure as well as attractive benefits.

• Access to modern AI tools with encouragement to actively use them in your daily work.