Product Manager (Enterprise Apps) - FS

• Key hire within a growing Enterprise Applications function

• Ownership of live, business critical applications in a regulated environment

About Our Client

A leading organisation based in Abu Dhabi, undergoing significant growth and transformation across its tech capabilities.

Job Description

• Own application lifecycle activities including roadmaps, backlogs, integrations and ongoing enhancements.

• Gather requirements and features from business users and translate them into functional requirements.

• Draft and maintain business processes under a business analysis remit.

• Act as an SME for assigned applications, reviewing functional requirements from a technical perspective.

• Research and compare applications, engaging with the business during R&D and selection phases.

• Engage with business users across operations, front office, legal, tax, and business operations during application selection and onboarding.

• Manage external vendors, enforcing SLAs, change management, release, and deployment processes.

• Ensure applications remain compliant with regulatory and Information Security requirements, feeding changes into the product roadmap.

• Use Jira / ITSM tool and ensure delivery aligns with agreed SLAs.

• Participate in weekly engagements with SMEs for certain application onboardings.

The Successful Applicant

• Strong experience owning and managing enterprise applications within financial services. Buy side / asset management / investment management experience strongly preferred.

• Background combining product ownership, business analysis, and delivery/project management.

• Comfortable operating in environments with existing/live platforms rather than product invention.

• Strong technical understanding of how applications work (not a developer role), including:

• Fundamentals of how applications are built

• Object‑oriented concepts (Exposure to Java and Python based apps)

• Confident working with vendors and technical teams, able to review functional requirements from an overview/technical standpoint.

• Excellent communication skills, comfortable working with busy senior stakeholders.

• Able to operate in organisations with multiple moving parts and evolving maturity.

What's on Offer

• Ownership of a critical enterprise application portfolio within an FS organisation

• High exposure to business stakeholders and senior technology leadership

• Competitive salary and benefits package based in Abu Dhabi