Our client is a leading PIF group company based in Riyadh, dedicated to driving innovation, investment, and economic development in Saudi Arabia. With a focus on technology-driven solutions, they're rapidly expanding their portfolio and driving impact across manufacturing industry with strong muscles in e-commerce. As the head of IT Applications and Products, you will play a pivotal role in leading the development and management of innovative applications and products that drive value for the organization and stakeholders. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to identify business needs, design solutions, and deliver IT products that meet market demands and exceed expectations.
The Head of IT Products and Applications determine and oversee delivery of the strategy and roadmap for IT Products and Applications to achieve business outcomes and financial objectives. Their responsibilities include coordinating with IT, business, and financial stakeholders to set priorities, managing new development and operations, and providing direction and oversight to product teams.
NOTE: This position is on-site and requires relocation to Riyadh.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Develop a deep understanding of business goals and processes to inform product priorities and improvement recommendations.
- Develop strong relationships and regularly communicate with product stakeholders and customers to shape the product strategy and surface and prioritize needs.
- Lead product strategy, planning, and life cycle management efforts.
- Monitor business, market, and technology trends to inform product strategy and proactively propose new solutions.
- Establish product roadmaps and release plans that satisfy requirements and achieve business outcomes.
- Contribute to translating business requirements into actionable product and technical requirements.
- Continuously monitor and evaluate product performances and proactively champion product improvements.
- Determine internal and contract/external resources and skills required for the product teams to deliver on the product roadmaps.
- Lead and manage Product Managers/Owners, build Product Culture.
- Guide the product engineering teams to scope, plan and deliver work, applying established delivery methodologies (e.g., agile methods, DevOps, product management) and best practices (e.g., reusability, domain expertise).
- Proactively identify and resolve blockers to achieve business objectives for the products, including technical and resourcing challenges.
- Ensure alignment and adherence to corporate, financial and IT standards (e.g., architecture, compliance, security).
- Increase adoption and consumption of product capabilities.
- Manage investment decision making and finances for the products, taking a return-on-investment approach to increasing the value while minimizing product costs.
- Serve as product manager for multiple, related products.
- Define, track, and communicate relevant KPIs for the products to measure performance and contribution to business goals and strategy.
REQUIRED SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems or any relevant field from the top universities in Turkey or abroad.
- At least 12 years of software development, architecture & product management experience.
- Background in Software Product Management in Enterprises and/or Startups is preferred.
- Relationship building and collaboration skills across diverse and matrixed stakeholders and customers.
- Ability to surface, prioritize, and balance multiple stakeholder priorities.
- Strong project management skills to manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously.
- Experience determining and overseeing software development initiatives and estimating resource requirements.
- Excellent problem solving and analytical skills, including experience leveraging data to inform decision making and independently solving software engineering problems.
- Expertise in strategic thinking and strong business acumen.
- Strong experience in understanding business partner and client needs.
- Demonstrated success in defining and building products.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical information in a condensed manner to various stakeholders verbally and in writing.
- Foster and develop product teams, coach and mentor Jr. product members for agility.
BENEFITS:
Competitive salary; Car Allowance; Eduction fee support for children; Private medical cover; Maternity/paternity; Annual leave; Cycle to work Scheme; Discounted gym membership.
