Souq.com - Regional Manager/Sr Manager - Product Management

Company brief:

Souq.com is an eCommerce company headquartered in Dubai and has operations in 4 countries- UAE, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Often tagged as the “Amazon of the Middle East”, It is the largest company in the $15bn and fast growing eCommerce industry in the MENA region. Till date, it has received $150 mn funding from Naspers and Tiger global. Naspers group is an international internet conglomerate with companies such as Flipkart, Tencent(wechat), OLX etc in its portfolio. Tiger global is a leading VC and PE investor and has invested in companies such as Flipkart, Quora, Myntra etc.

Souq.com is growing very fast and we are expecting to reach more than $1bn sales run rate in next few months. Souq.com operates both retail and seller marketplace businesses. Marketplace business is the key focus area for Souq.com in the coming years and is expected to be a multi-billion dollar standalone business in next few years.

Key Responsibilities:

As a Regional manager/Sr manager for Marketplace Customer and Seller Experience, you would be responsible for:

- Driving the experience for both the marketplace customer facing website and seller facing tools across the existing markets (UAE, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait) and new markets that we launch in. This job gives you a unique opportunity to influence eCommerce experience in one of the hottest internet economies in the world.

- Creating and driving Marketplace product roadmap and requirements for both souq.com customer website and seller facing tools.

- Drive product and engineering teams based out of Jordan and Bangalore to ensure timely releases.

- Lead seller and user experience tests.

- Helping scale engineering teams for fast business growth.

- This is an individual contributor role at start but may require managing a team of country specific analysts in future.

- The role will require travel to Amman, capital of Jordan (its really safe for those who don’t know) and Bangalore. May also require occasional travel to Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.

Requirements:

- 3+ years of product management experience in consumer technology or internet firms. Minimum 5+ years of overall experience.

- 2+ years of experience as a developer.

- Experience in designing and delivering highly user friendly consumer tech products.

- MBA and engineering degree from top-tier schools (Can be substituted by relevant experience).

- Ex-entrepreneurial and startup product management experience highly valued.