Associate Director Product Management Senior Manager Financial Services

About Publicis Sapient

Publicis Sapient is seeking an Associate Director Product Management Senior Manager for Financial Services. This full-time role is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and requires 5-10 years of relevant experience. The position involves working with clients on Digital Business Transformation (DBT) engagements.

Role Overview

As an Associate Director Product Management, you will serve as a trusted advisor to clients. Your primary responsibility will be to define, articulate, and execute product strategies that enhance customer experience and improve business outcomes. This role requires collaboration with clients to understand their business and end-customer needs, focusing on delivering continuous value through rapid release and feedback cycles.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted advisor to clients in defining, articulating, and executing product strategies.
• Collaborate with clients on Digital Business Transformation (DBT) engagements.
• Understand client business and end-customer needs.
• Deliver continuous value through fast release and feedback cycles.

Required Skills and Experience

• Demonstrated success in managing digital products, strategy, experience, and enterprise solutions/services from ideation to launch, including engineering and operational quality.
• Experience working with multi-disciplinary teams on customer-focused products and services.
• Significant industry knowledge and expertise within the Financial Services sector.
• Proven ability to prioritize competing demands and obtain buy-in from stakeholders.
• Deep understanding of design thinking principles, with experience leading or facilitating workshops to cultivate innovation.
• Ability to solve complex business problems to maximize value while balancing technical constraints.
• Mastery in techniques and methodologies that maximize value flow, rooted in Agile, Lean, and continuous delivery principles.
• Proven track record of working with senior client stakeholders and diverse teams as a servant leader and steward of economic and customer value.
• Ability to use storytelling to influence decisions without formal authority.
• Comfortable with financials, KPIs, and forecasts, with success leveraging such data for product iteration decisions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certified Scrum Product Owner designation.
• Certified SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager designation.

Location and Work Type

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The role involves working within a dynamic environment focused on digital business transformation in the financial services industry.