About OLX

OLX Lebanon is the #1 marketplace for selling and buying online in Lebanon. Our aim is to upgrade people’s lives by facilitating deals and identifying attractive opportunities for individuals and businesses. Our broader vision is to strengthen local economies, empower small businesses and help everyone in making smarter choices for themselves, the market and the planet.

OLX Lebanon is part of EMPG, one of the few unicorns in the Middle East region with presence in more than 50 cities across geographies and more than 4,500 employees under different brands including OLX, Dubizzle, Bayut, Zameen, Mubawab, bproperty, Lamudi, Sector Labs and Kaidee.

We are proud to be different, and we work differently too. We combine the spirit and agility of a start-up with the maturity that comes from being part of a 100-year-old company.

We are curious, ambitious and allergic to corporate interference. We improvise, experiment and push each other further, embracing uncertainty and driving change.

The product manager will be responsible for managing product experience of OLX MENA (2 countries: Lebanon & Egypt) and helping business win these markets. He/she will collaborate closely with technical, business intelligence, marketing, sales and customer support teams. The key stakeholders will be the country managers for each country. The product manager will work in a high pace environment that is professional, international and entrepreneurial.

Responsibilities

• Product managers in OLX are responsible for full product development cycle including strategy, roadmap, specification, design, execution and analysis.
• Provide the deep product expertise needed to lead the organization and make strategic product decisions.
• Prioritize features by ranking them against the strategic goals and initiatives.
• Solve problems by digging into data (with support of analysts) and by building experiences that make a big difference in the lives of our users.
• Must be able to formulate product strategy and present a clear plan to achieving our business goals.
• Responsible for product from conception to delivery and providing ongoing support for new features.
• Define the why, when, and what of the product that the engineering team builds. This means that they lead cross-functional teams from a product's conception all the way through to its launch.
• Collaborate with the stakeholders to create a business requirement specification document.
• Set and monitor KPIs for each project to determine project progress throughout the roadmap.
• Deeply involved in various scrum meetings with the development team to review functional specifications and design the system.
• Determine and prioritize customer driven and company driven product requirements.
• Coordinate execution across technology, strategy, sales and marketing teams/ departments.
• Document changes in current systems, including expectations for new systems.
• Identify and bridge the gap between technical limitations and business requirements.
• Provide training, support and user manuals to new users of the system.
• Develop process flow diagrams, activity diagrams, test cases, use cases and perform functionality testing and regression testing.
• Work closely with developers, testers and a variety of end users to ensure technical compatibility and user satisfaction.
• Build and maintain product awareness on all levels among product and tech teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of product management experience. Preferably mobile focused.
• Experience in classifieds or e-commerce platforms is a strong plus
• Experience in writing product specifications is a must requirement.
• Ability to explain business and technical requirements to all members of a team.
• User centric approach with passion for creating fun and compelling user experiences.
• Proven analytical skills and metrics driven decision making. Ability to communicate analysis to stakeholders .
• Outstanding written and oral communication skills in both English and Arabic
• Strong organizational skills with attention to detail.
• Demonstrated capacity for developing and understanding strategy.
• Enthusiastic, performance-driven, self-starter and team player.
• You should have a proven track record of personal, academic and professional achievements.
• Work experience in high performance environments is a plus.
• Should have strong structuring and analytical skills combined with a hands-on attitude.