CPTO

About
As the CPTO of the company, you will define the long-term strategic vision for the Middle East's leading food delivery and Q-commerce platform. You will lead an organization of approximately 100 professionals across Product Management, Design, and Operations, and around 500 across engineering departments, overseeing a product that delivers 2 million orders daily across 8 countries.

What You Will Do:

• Strategic Vision & Growth

  • Drive the product strategy for a $10B GMV ecosystem, shaping the right AI native approach to multi verticality.
  • Define "moonshot" objectives that change the game, setting the agenda for strategic growth and long-term viability.
  • Act as a growth catalyst, translating Board strategy into actionable priorities (OKRs/KPIs) and arbitrating resource conflicts to maximize impact.

• 0-to-1 Innovation & Execution

  • Institutionalize Disruption: Build the "the company Labs" engine, with dedicated resources to launch standalone verticals that could one day rival the core food business.
  • Design structures for speed, enabling rapid experimentation at scale and driving decision-making in the face of uncertainty and constant evolution.

• Executive Stewardship & Culture

  • Serve as a key voice in the global product council, exporting MENA’s innovations to markets in Europe, Asia, and Latin America.
  • Ensure psychological safety, allowing all voices within the broader 500-person tech and product organization to influence strategy.
  • Communicate a positive vision, acting as a catalyst for organizational energy, and lead the changes that will shape our future.

Requirements

• Deep Marketplace Expertise

  • Deep understanding of the entire on-demand delivery, Q-commerce, and fintech ecosystem.
  • A mindset that challenges fundamental business models and North Star metrics as the industry evolves.
  • Ability to engage at every level to resolve large-scale structural changes and new technology adaptation.
  • A strong passion for the customer and obsession for UX/UI.

• Strategic Leadership & Humility

  • Commitment to promoting rigorous debate at the top to ensure every strategic decision is stress-tested.
  • A rejection of entitlement and an ego-free approach to challenging your own opinions.
  • Commitment to operating with lean teams and making decisions that favor the business over individual or team interests.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of product leadership experience in a global, product-first organization.
• Demonstrated entrepreneurial success, specifically in building and scaling "0 to 1" products within a large-scale corporate environment.
• Extensive experience managing senior leaders across multi-country footprints.
• Proven technical acumen in partnering with engineering to drive the evolution of machine learning and GenAI initiatives.
• Experience managing P&L and aligning product roadmaps with aggressive revenue and growth targets.

Location
Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates