Principal Consultant – Senior Product Owner

About the role

We are looking for a seasoned Principal Consultant who will act as a Senior Product Owner, driving product strategy and delivering enterprise‑grade solutions for our clients in Dubai.

Key responsibilities

• Own the product vision, roadmap and end‑to‑end backlog management.
• Engage with business stakeholders to gather, analyse and prioritise requirements.
• Convert business requirements into epics, user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Lead backlog grooming, sprint planning, reviews and retrospectives.
• Serve as the single point of contact for business and delivery teams.
• Make priority and scope decisions to maximise business value.
• Support UAT execution and obtain business sign‑off.
• Ensure alignment with business objectives, compliance and regulatory requirements.
• Track and report on delivery progress, risks and dependencies.

Required profile

• Minimum 10 years of proven experience as a Product Owner.
• Strong expertise in Agile/Scrum frameworks.
• Hands‑on experience in backlog management, prioritisation and refinement.
• Excellent skills in writing user stories and defining acceptance criteria.
• Strong experience with JIRA or Azure DevOps.
• Exceptional stakeholder management and communication abilities.
• Solid business analysis and requirement‑elicitation experience.
• Good understanding of SDLC and enterprise‑scale delivery.
• Experience working with distributed and offshore teams.

Required skills

• JIRA
• Azure DevOps
• SAFe certification
• CSPO certification