Manager , IoT Solutions Product (Contractor)

Our business landscape

We're an award-winning global communications company operating in nine countries across the Middle East, North Africa, and Southeast Asia. Our strategy is to become the region's leading digital infrastructure provider. Ooredoo Group's strategic vision is guided by five key pillars:

• Value-Focused Portfolio: Boosting asset returns by focusing on telco operations, towers, data centres, the sea cable business and fintech.

• Strengthen the Core: Optimally using deployed capital and maintain an appropriate cost structure.

• Evolve the Core: Monetising opportunities to generate new revenue streams via programmes focusing on analytics, digitalisation of operations, and partnerships with digital service providers.

• People: Building an engaged and empowered workforce through integrated learning programs and coaching and mentoring.

• Excellence in Customer Experience: Creating superior customer experiences.

From day one, every employee who joins our team becomes an integral part of our success journey. We offer you the chance to enhance your skills, advance your career, and maintain a healthy work-
life balance. Empowering you to catapult your personal and professional growth. If you're looking to challenge your growth potential, Ooredoo is the employer for you

Job overview

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  This role is responsible for defining implementing and managing the product portfolio under IoT Solutions.

• We are looking for product managers with experience in IoT Mobility (Fleet Management) and / or Smart Building.

• From Onboarding partners, and defining business models, to mapping users to needs, implementing the product and ensuring its success

Your impact on our goals

Product Strategy & Roadmap:

• Define, prioritize, and manage the product roadmap from conception to launch. This includes gathering requirements, market analysis, and collaborating with stakeholders and OpCos to align on a cohesive vision

Product Design & Launch:

• Lead the design process, ensuring our products are not only functional but also adapted to the intended market.

• Design customer centric products, under Design Thinking framework, including problem statement, core value analysis and customer journey analysis

• Define a comprehensive Business Case for products to launch and identify target profitability

• Define Product Pricing and create pricing templates

• Ensure product technical requirements are met and aligned with Technical Product Manager

• Understand Legal and Regulatory implications

• Create all product related content for Center of Excellence to deliver a successful Go To Market (customer presentations, FAQ list, USPs etc…

• Define and carry out PoCs and in the field testing to learn from experience

Cross-Functional Leadership:

• Serve as the central hub of communication between cross-functional team (Product, Sales, Finance, Legal and senior management) both internally and within OpCos

• You'll translate customer needs into technical requirements and ensure all teams are aligned on the product's goals

• Implement aligned product with OpCos: coordinate the PLM for lean implementation that can be reused across OpCos

• Follow-up both the technical and business implementation of the product (Partner onboarding, readiness checklist…)

• Design and validate all product operational processes and ensure all templates and artifacts are in place and shared with relevant stakeholders

Lifecycle Management:

• Oversee the entire product lifecycle, including post-launch performance analysis, feature enhancements, and end-of-life planning

• Define product performance criteria and setting targets according to market

• Follow up on product performance on all areas: customer interest, sales success, time to deploy, operations status, partner management, etc…,

Market & Competitive Analysis:

• Stay up to date with industry trends, emerging technologies, and competitor products. Use this information to identify new opportunities and maintain a competitive edge.

Experience

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  8 years in B2B Product Design and Solutions

• Min 3 years of experience in IoT Solutions, in Mobility and Smart Building Areas

• Experience in Agile methodologies and Design Thinking

• Experience in revenue share agreements.