Assistant Vice President – Product Management (Retail/HH)
Abu Dhabi Aldar Corporate – Group Digital Futures / Experienced hires / On-site
JOB PURPOSE • Driving the digital transformation strategy for our Retail and Hospitality verticals • responsible for developing and executing a comprehensive product strategy that aligns with our broader business objectives and meets the unique needs of the Retail and Hospitality markets. • overseeing the end-to-end product development lifecycle, from ideation and market research to launch and post-launch optimization.
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES • Sets Product Vision and Strategy • Generates hypotheses to address user pain points/achieve goals • Aligns on division of work between product teams • Identifies where additional research is needed • Synthesizes problems into stories / solutions • Accountable for deciding prioritization (p0s, p1s), vision, stakeholder sign-off • Leads designers through problems to address for early approaches • Writes acceptance criteria • Prioritizes tasks in backlog (with engineering) • Solicits cost estimates from engineering (when necessary) • Solicits mock-ups / alterations from Designers • Accountable party to meeting goals • Monitors metrics and KPIs during rollout Decision maker for implementing proposed adjustments, fast-follows, bug prioritization and other active launch decisions
RELATED YEAR OF EXPERIENCE • Min of 8+ Years experience in product management, product operations, consulting, or similar roles (emphasis on experience in the retail leasing and / or tourism, hospitality space) • Experience with agile lifecycles, product management tools, and product development processes
FIELD OF EXPERIENCE • Real Estate • Financial Services • Immersive Experiences
TECHNICAL AND INTERPERSONAL SKILLS • Ability to leverage product data to make decisions • Excellent communication skills across different audiences, stakeholders, and customer segments Strong analytical and problem-solving and decision-making skills involving people, process, and tools • Experience with data visualization tools, Jira, Confluence, and Google Analytics, are a plus
QUALIFICATION • Bachelor’s degree in design, marketing, computer science or similar field
