Job at Al-Futtaim in Egypt: Product Manager in India

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  • BS or BA in business, marketing, math, economics, engineering, computer science or related field
  • 3+ years of product management or consulting experience in technology focused business
  • Strong relationships building skills; experience managing stakeholders and collaborating with partners to drive cross functional programs and influence teams in multiple locations / time zones
  • Team orientation and willingness to roll up sleeves to solve complex, dynamic challenges
  • Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with different functional groups, developers, business owners, and senior business leaders

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced degree (e.g. MBA) from a reputable school
• Advanced Knowledge of SQL and Excel or willingness to learn
• Entrepreneurial spirit, with track record for delivering results in fast-moving and demanding environments
• History of developing business strategy in conjunction with senior leadership
• Ability to provide technical architecture and/or API design guidance and direction, demonstrating strong judgment in balancing long-term strategic investments with near-term business goals
• Ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner, to peers and developers and to senior leaders.
• Excellent customer experience intuition; demonstrated success in creating innovative and user-friendly products and customer-facing features
• Technical fluency; comfort understanding and discussing technology concepts, schedule tradeoffs and new opportunities with technical team members
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills;
• Work with your functional/departmental stakeholders, understand priorities and translate into priorities for the technical team.
• Turn high level business requirements into technical specifications/stories in a collaborative manner
• Create an execution plan that balances priorities, cost, schedule, tradeoffs
• Establish transparency around execution, risk and issues
• Work with team to deliver a product that is stable, scalable, reliable, performant & Work with team to operate the production product.
• Work with stakeholders and leadership to develop technical roadmap aligned with growth strategies. & Suggest improvements and innovative ideas to solve problems
• Carries out root/cause analysis in complex problems and can development and implement recommendations
• Take lead of scrum teams, defining the product vision, roadmap, and growth opportunities, communicating with stakeholders throughout the project
• Work with internal and external contacts to analyze needs and align product roadmap to strategic goals
• Keep up with agile/scrum standard methodologies and trends
• Plan and prioritize product feature backlog and development for the product
• Develop detailed product feature specifications and ensure the development teams clearly understand them
• Actively mitigate roadblocks impacting successful team completion of release/sprint goals
• Lead the product-release plans and set expectations for delivery of new functionalities
• Serve as the product ambassador internally and externally, sharing knowledge and answering questions related to the product

About Al-Futtaim:

Al-Futtaim’s family business traces its origins back to the 1930s on the banks of the Dubai Creek, a trailblazer for innovative trading concepts designed to enrich lifestyles. Today, Al-Futtaim is present in 29 countries, represents over 200 companies spanning the automotive, finance, retail, and real estate industries, and it is now 42,000 people strong. Currently spanning the automotive, finance, retail, and real estate industries, Al-Futtaim’s diverse and far-reaching portfolio of brands and companies are ever-present in people’s lives, from the shores of Singapore to the sands of the UAE.

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