Al Futtaim Jobs - Product Manager | Al-Futtaim Automotive | Dubai (Dubai, AE)

Job Requisition ID: 67829 

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As a humble family business that started on the banks of the Dubai Creek in the 1930s, Al-Futtaim has expanded to a presence in 31 countries, a portfolio of over 200 companies, and 42,000 employees. You’ll find us in industries ranging from automotive and retail, to finance and real estate, and connecting people with international names like Lexus, Ikea, Robinsons, and Adidas. Our team is proudly multicultural and multinational because that kind of diverse representation gives us the global mindset to grow and impact the people, markets, and trends around us.

 

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Job Title:            Product Manager

Reports to:        Head of Digital Products & Customer Experiences

Department:     Customer Centricity, Automotive Division

 

Job purpose:

The role will be vital in translating digital business strategies into product strategies and roadmaps for the Automotive division. The position will be tasked with driving the growth of the business through a focus on consumer insights, customer experience design and data-backed decisions which will lead to a Sales & Aftersales digital portfolio of products and services that delivers sales performance, margin strength and competitive advantage in the Automotive sector in the UAE region and all Al-Futtaim Automotive international businesses.

 

This role will help deliver not only on existing digital roadmaps and aspirations but will be bringing forward ideas and innovative new ways to provide best in class digital end to end customer experiences from ideation to go to market and beyond stages while managing and leading digital PODs, squads and tribes. Leading from the front, the role will be responsible for maximising sales/profit through a commercial understanding of the product, customer, and internal capabilities.

 

This role will use specific discipline & technical knowledge to plan and enable a strategic roadmap for agile web and digital development that integrates User-Centred design, data analytics and digital / marketing automation in delivery outcomes for Automotive division digital aspiration with an ongoing role to drive continuous improvement beyond the completion of the initial uplift.

 

This role will work in a fast-paced environment and collaborate with cross-functional teams, and business stakeholders, to define our digital product priorities & roadmaps. The position will be responsible for gathering requirements, generating ideas, developing appropriate business cases and prioritising according to the strategic direction of AF Automotive Division & AF Group.  The role will be responsible also for forecasting the growth opportunities associated with the Digital & CX vision, executing its delivery, and evangelising product adoption.

 

Key Accountabilities:

• Operate within the framework and operating model of the Digital Product & CX as part of the Customer Centricity Centre of Excellence that can service and support all brands within the Automotive division
• Defining product vision, identifying features and working closely with internal / external experts, technology and all relevant teams to get those features in the hands of customers
• Communicate the product vision and drive the different teams to the common goal
• Drive eCommerce initiatives and identify new areas of opportunities to elevate the company globally.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to define the roadmap and corresponding go-to-market strategies
• Manage and coordinate cross-product dependencies across the Automotive division ensuring duplication of effort and wastage of budgets is eliminated
• Define quarterly strategic plans and review execution to previous, quarterly plans with stakeholders and executive management
• Evangelize the product vision, benefits to new feature capabilities, and educate stakeholders and internal teams on how they could be best used in their verticals of focus
• Work with sales teams in pre-sales, sales & after sales technical and go-to-market discussions and prioritize roadmap and deliverables
• Work with team members, other delivery leaders, team leaders, program managers and stakeholders, to identify /manage cross-organisational dependencies and remove any impediments from the team while promoting self-management and individual accountability.
• Organise and facilitate sprint planning, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, demonstrations, and other required meetings.
• Foster a team culture of innovation, creativity and thinking outside-the-box while adhering to architectural, governance, best practices and change guidelines.
• Track and communicate team velocity and sprint/release progress.
• Ensure the team is practicing the core delivery principles of collaboration, prioritisation, team accountability and visibility.
• Effectively listen to the teams’ opinions/suggestions and empower the team to take ownership.
• Provide inputs based on in-depth data analysis and demonstrate how that analysis impacts key product metrics
• Manage prioritisation and trade-offs among customer experience, technical constraints and business drivers
• Develop a deep understanding of our customers: their problems, their needs, their desires and use it to improve the experiences we deliver across all business units
• Innovate, lead the industry, and ensure we stay ahead of competitors in product features
• Identify opportunities for key initiatives to enhance the customer experience and improve the customer experience
• Partner closely with Analytics to own and analyse division and product metrics: retention, monetisation, virality and engagement to report on variances and make product or operational recommendations

 

Job Context:

 

• The position impacts the organisation by improving the digital customer experience across the entire Automotive division (B2C/B2B - UAE and Overseas),

• The incumbent is expected to establish, where practicable, standardised processes, methodologies and procedures that can be applied throughout the Automotive division, while maintaining compliance with the franchise Principals and the Laws unique to the respective countries and conditions applying to the individual business units.
• Also, this position will be a key overall Al-Futtaim group stakeholder and will need to support group wide initiatives

 

 

Qualifications, experience, & skills:

• Suitable university business qualification (Min Degree level)
• Comfortable in ambiguous situations and can apply analytical thinking to guide direction
• Ability to deliver customer strategies through design and product development
• Solid business acumen, with the ability to identify the technology required for products in order to deliver business goals
• Equally adept at solving complex problems and influencing teams and management to deliver them
• Passionate about owning the conception, definition, execution, and delivery of product features
• Ability to balance the needs of business stakeholders with customer needs to create the best experience for both
• Experience managing products through the entire life cycle, from inception to launch
• Knowledge and understanding of multiple product management and agile development methods
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with quick delivery time and rapid data-driven decision-making
• A track record of standing up for the customer; challenge the status quo; tenacious and resilient in the pursuit of customers best interests
• Up to date with customer best practice, insight and tooling to ensure we’re making the right decisions both now and for the future
• Experience as a true believer and practitioner in the power of test & launch, the value of scientific evidence-based learning and accumulated incremental wins

 

Minimum Experience:

• 5+ years of experience in Customer Experience, eCommerce, and product management
• 3+ years of experience with digital technologies
• Experience in working with agile methodologies
• Experience of working in, leading, and managing Digital PODs, squads, and tribes
• Experience managing customer centric and data led development practices across several teams
• Experience managing both onsite and remote product and development teams
• Ability to communicate with executive stakeholders on future value and past execution
• Bachelor's Degree in Marketing or Technical field, and/or technical leadership role preferred

 

Job-Specific Skills:

• Excellent written and verbal communications skills to communicate new product developments to stakeholders
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills when determining how to best solve market challenges
• Desire to work in a fast-paced in environment
• Ability to self-manage and self-motivate
• Demonstrable success managing the delivering of technology-based projects using agile methodology
• Substantial experience in managing and leading project teams
• Exceptional client and partnership stakeholder and relationships
• Broad technology experience, awareness of current technology trends and a sound understanding of contemporary software engineering practices and behaviours.

 

Behavioural Competencies:

• Exceptional planning and organizational skill
• Strong communication and influencing skills
• Quality and result orientated
• Commercial and cultural awareness
• Interpersonal effectiveness and relationship building in multicultural environment
• Leadership and Team building

 

 

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