Technical Product Manager / Owner - UAE

About the Role
As a Technical Product Manager, you will drive the vision, strategy, and continuous evolution of our SaaS platform, the company. Operating at the intersection of Product, Engineering, Service Desk, and Business stakeholders, your focus will be to translate complex regulatory and technical requirements into scalable product solutions that efficiently address evolving regulatory demands. You will need a strong combination of product ownership and a solid technical understanding of SaaS platforms, integrations, workflows, and system dependencies, ensuring that product decisions are technically feasible, strategically aligned, and deliver measurable value to clients.

Responsibilities

• Define and prioritize business needs by understanding client requirements, regulatory changes, and market trends to create a business-driven product roadmap while ensuring technical feasibility and scalability.
• Develop functional requirements by translating customer and market needs into clear, actionable functional specifications, workflows, schemas, and implementation concepts for Engineering and Product teams.
• Drive product strategy by owning the product vision, roadmap, positioning, and value proposition while ensuring alignment with customer pain points, technical realities, and competitive differentiation.
• Manage and continuously prioritize the product backlog based on business value, customer needs, technical dependencies, and regulatory deadlines.
• Develop and manage the product roadmap, including defining the scope of functionality and technical aspects, writing specifications, and mapping schemas.
• Develop detailed user stories, acceptance criteria, workflows, schemas, and supporting documentation to support the development and refinement of features.
• Act as the liaison between Management, Business Analysts (Service Desk), Development, Release Management, and operational stakeholders.
• Collaborate closely with Engineering, QA, DevOps, Service Desk, Release Management, and fellow Product Managers to ensure alignment across product strategy, technical implementation, and delivery priorities.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure timely delivery of product features and enhancements.
• Understand system interactions, data flows, APIs, integrations, and technical constraints impacting product decisions.
• Keep abreast of market trends and relevant regulatory developments.
• Understand the customer landscape and operational processes to identify meaningful problems worth solving.
• Analyze business and technical requirements and translate them into clear product specifications and implementation concepts.
• Support implementation and operational initiatives related to certifications and compliance standards (e.g., ISO, SOC).
• Actively use modern AI-assisted tools to improve productivity, analysis, and documentation quality.

Requirements

• Knowledge of EMIR, MiFID/MiFIR, or SFTR is desirable, but not required. Strong technical product management background in SaaS or complex software environments is encouraged.
• 5+ years of experience in Product Management, preferably in SaaS, fintech, regulatory, or technically complex environments.
• Experience working in strongly regulated industries with an understanding of complex compliance-driven business environments.
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and experience with Agile tools.
• Technical understanding of APIs, integrations, workflows, and system architecture concepts.
• Good understanding of SDLC and technical product delivery processes.
• Experience in requirements engineering, solution analysis, and technical documentation.
• Open to adopting and working with modern AI-assisted tools as part of the daily workflow.
• Product Owner/Management Certification is advantageous.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Hands-on mentality with a strong ownership mindset.
• Team player capable of connecting and aligning cross-functional stakeholders.
• “Jack of all trades” mindset.

Benefits

• A highly impactful role with direct influence on the strategy and evolution of our SaaS platform.
• Close collaboration with Engineering, Service Desk, Product, and Management teams.
• An international environment with the opportunity for continuous professional and personal development.
• Flexible working hours with a hybrid working model (60% onsite, 40% home office).
• Flat hierarchies and short decision-making paths.
• We use MacBooks.
• Access to modern AI tools with encouragement to actively use them in your daily work.
• An interesting and varied job in a dynamic and ambitious company with flat hierarchies.
• Excellent infrastructure as well as attractive benefits.

Other Information

• We can only consider applicants who are already residents of the UAE.
• We are dedicated to cultivating a fair and inclusive workplace rooted in trust and mutual respect. Embracing diversity is fundamental to our success, and we strive to build a team that reflects a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and talents.