• Responsible for all Ooredoo Product development and management, including Voice, Data & VAS and across Consumer and B2B
• Develops the strategy, roadmap, ideation, design, evaluation, launch and rollout of products and services.
• Manage the overall product lifecycle
• Develop technical specifications for new products, features or service enhancements
• Drive profitability of all products and services
• Define Service Excellence opportunities of products that will deliver superior user experience of customers
• In partnership with Acquisition Managers, create segment-specific promotions and packages which create the highest possible value
• Analyse market potential of new Mobile services technologies
• Develop User Acceptance Testing frameworks and ensure that all new service offerings are tested successfully before market readiness
• Puts in place product monitoring procedures to ensure that all product launches meet the stated proposition and owns any actions/adjustments required
• Undertakes proactive and reactive product health monitoring checks to identify potential issues or problems, and takes necessary actions
• Working with IT department to plan and implement product and service enhancements to existing product portfolio
• In conjunction with Acquisition Managers and the Marketing Communication teams, ensure advertising (ATL/BTL) campaigns clearly identifies the correct propositions to ensure targeted uptake and revenue
• Works with the Acquisition Mangers, Pricing, Business Planning, and Regulatory department and others, to develop pricing models, which will be inline with revenue targets and regulatory requirements.
• Maintains up to date knowledge of technology and products which may generate new Mobile services propositions
• Owns the Go/No-Go decision for launching of products and promotions
• Responsible for information sharing and Project Management of production of training documentation / information packs to Sales, Retail & Customer Service channels
• Carry out training to ensure that Sales and Sales Support functions are adequately trained on Mobile services
• Liaise with other stakeholders to ensure that the appropriate capacity, quality and cost parameters are being sourced and delivered for Qtel use

Minimum Experience & Essential Knowledge

• 12 years of work experience in of which 6 should be within a comparable telecom company in a similar role where developing products and services has played a significant role and 3 years’ experience in managing teams
• Must have knowledge of technology platforms
• Must have experience of product development and management life cycles

Minimum Entry Qualifications

• Bachelor/Master degree in Marketing/Computer Science/Telecommunication/Management