Senior Data Product Manager - Careem

Dubai United Arab Emirates

At Careem we are driven by our purpose of simplifying the lives of people and building an awesome organisation that inspires. Our ambition is to be the regions everyday Everything App. This means creating a platform that hosts daily services helping people who need to move around order things pay for services or transfer money. Today we operate in 13 countries and over 100 cities in the MENAP region.

Whilst we are headquartered in Dubai our multicultural teams span across several countries. We are focused on hiring for culture talent and passion for unleashing the regions potential to drive progress in the communities.

About the role

As a Senior Data Product Manager youll spearhead the enhancement of our data platform focusing on defining and creating platform components that empower a wide range of applications from analysis and experimentation to cuttingedge machine learning and AI products.

Your squad operates at the intersection of Careems Everything App Platform and the Data & AI team. This is because we believe that data products and platforms truly shine when they impact our Customers directly and this position offers you the chance to drive customer facing innovations through building the underlying platform.

The squad sits across all the services offered on the Everything App giving you exposure to all the verticals in order to better serve our Customers and Colleagues. Our mission is to enrich our Customers life making everyday decisions effortless by building a deep understanding and connection. Your primary customers will be fellow colleagues at Careem including Data Analysts Data and ML Scientists Product Managers and Marketing teams amongst others.

Some of the exciting products on our radar include:

This role offers a unique opportunity to get handson and dive deep into technical challenges. Were seeking an experienced motivated and technically adept individual who is passionate about enhancing data usability and the data consumer experience. Your contribution will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of personalization within Careems Everything App.

Responsibilities

• Define the next generation product for how data is produced and consumed.
• You will own the infrastructure processes guidelines and tooling that empowers product managers analysts scientists and engineers to rapidly make informed decisions.
• Establish the product vision and strategy for your product area.
• Challenge the status quo and inspire people to think outside the box.
• Efficiently execute to ship products and deliver impact for our data engineers solving technical and operational problems as they relate to product development.
• Lead large crossfunctional groups of engineers across to deliver on your teams mission.
• Take a data and colleaguecentric approach to design easytouse and intuitive products for colleagues.
• Have an insane focus on data and drive impact through experimentation
• Define goals and success with clearly measurable outcomes and SLOs to inform product health

What youll need to succeed:

• 5 years of data product management experience
• Experience as a data engineer data scientist data analyst or other advanced data user
• Passionate about improving developer productivity product quality and automating/optimising developer workflows.
• Demonstrated empathy for key data management pain points and a track record of leadership in building products for data engineers or data scientists
• Strong understanding of technical architecture and data infrastructure principles
• Can drive the execution in a fastpaced environment
• Can ask the right questions and conduct analysis.
• Strong experience working in an experimentation driven product environment
• Experience working with crossfunctional teams of engineers and data and ML scientists to deliver worldclass products.
• You are an excellent and concise communicator with any audience. You can easily explain complex concepts to people with no domain or technical knowledge.