Senior Product Manager

Job role - Senior Manager - Product - Buying SourcingJob Location – Dubai - Jafza OneWe are seeking a Product Owner with deep retail business platform expertise to own the Buying & Sourcing domain of the Category Management Platform — end to end, from discovery to delivery.KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Own the full product lifecycle — discovery, PRD, story writing, sprint planning, delivery, UAT, and rollout — with full accountability for outcomes
• Lead and engage a small, skilled, independent engineering team; set direction, remove blockers, and create conditions for fast delivery without hand-holding
• Work directly with buying and sourcing business teams across concepts to capture workflows and design platform-first solutions
• Apply advanced AI skills across the SDLC — discovery mocks, PRD and spec generation, test case design, and engineering acceleration
• Champion process standardization across concepts; challenge per-concept customization that creates technical debt
• Maintain clear understanding of system integrations:MUST-HAVE:
• Product Experience in retail business platform experience — internal operational tools, ERP-adjacent workflows, or commerce infrastructure
• Hands-on AI skills across the full SDLC — not just familiarity; demonstrated use in discovery, spec generation, prototyping, test design, and engineering acceleration
• Ability to independently lead a small, skilled engineering team — sets direction, manages pace, drives delivery without day-to-day oversightSTRONGLY PREFERRED:
• Buying & sourcing domain knowledge — understands the end-to-end cyclePROFILE EXPECTATIONS:
• Owns outcomes, not tasks — drives from blank-page to shipped capability without needing to be managed
• Drives clarity in ambiguity; does not wait for perfect information
• Standardization bias — advocates for platform-first, scalable workflows across brands
• Clear, confident communicator — runs workshops, stakeholder reviews, and leadership updates independently