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Head of Product

Genius HRTech Services L.L.C - FZ - Dubai · Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates

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One of the Prestigious Proptech/Fintech Business Group is searching for a Head of Product for their Global OperationsPosition will be reporting to the CEOBuild and lead a high-performing Product organization that sets the standard for product leadership, and ensure the function scales with AI to deliver products that create measurable customer, commercial and operational value.3. Key AccountabilitiesProduct Vision & StrategyOwn and continuously evolve product vision, strategy and portfolio roadmap, aligned to business goals, market opportunity and customer needs.Translate strategy into prioritized outcomes and investment priorities; hold the Product team accountable for building sound business cases and engaging Finance early.Set portfolio-level goals, KPIs and success metrics; hold the organization accountable for customer, commercial and operational performance.Advise executive leadership on product opportunities, trends and risks, and represent the Product function with clients, vendors and strategic partners.Portfolio Governance & DeliveryOwn the integrated roadmap across products and platforms; govern prioritization, balancing customer value, business impact, dependencies, capacity and risk.Set the standards and operating principles for discovery, delivery and lifecycle management that the Product team executes against.Chair roadmap and portfolio reviews, resolve cross-functional dependencies and make transparent trade-off decisions.Track portfolio performance against agreed KPIs, drive corrective action where outcomes lag, and own approved product budgets and third-party product spend.Product Leadership & TalentLead, coach and develop the Product team, setting a high bar for the function: PMs who own outcomes end-to-end, communicate crisply in writing, and take responsibility for winning plans rather than excuses.Build product management capability and a succession pipeline; instill a culture of decisiveness, written clarity and outcome accountability across the team.Establish and continuously evolve the Product operating model, governance, templates and ways of working.Foster a customer-centric, data-led, disciplined culture, anchored in consistent reporting and follow-through rather than firefighting.AI & Future of the FunctionDefine where and how AI reshapes product discovery, delivery and decision-making, and evolve team structure, roles and skills accordingly as the technology matures.Set the standard for AI-enabled product practices for the team to apply across the portfolio (evaluation frameworks, human-in-the-loop safeguards and build-vs-buy/vendor decisions).Maintain a strong working knowledge of AI capabilities and partner with Technology and data teams to distinguish genuine product and commercial value from hype.Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, business, economics, marketing or a related field.Master's degree, MBA and/or a recognized product leadership certification is preferred.Minimum Experience15+ years' experience in product management, digital product development or a related field, including at least 6–8 years in a senior product leadership role.5+ years’ experience working in Proptech and/or Fintech scaling companiesProven track record leading product organizations and enterprise-scale portfolios from strategy through value realization.Knowledge & Skill RequirementsDemonstrated ability to define product vision and strategy and translate them into prioritized, outcome-based roadmaps at enterprise scale.Strong portfolio governance, prioritization and investment decision-making across multiple products and platforms.Strong commercial acumen (business cases, value realization and ROI thinking etc.) with the judgment to know what to own directly versus delegate to PMs.