Job summary
Senior Product Manager at Salla based in Jeddah to lead product adaptation for GCC expansion. You will diagnose merchant activation gaps, define market-specific payment and compliance changes, and drive cross-functional delivery to make Salla work in each new market.
Key responsibilities
- Own roadmap for GCC and beyond expansion, market by market.
- Diagnose signup-to-first-order drop-off and deliver product fixes.
- Drive payments and compliance work per market, including KYC and gateway integrations.
- Decide which product parts need per-market adaptation versus shared infrastructure.
- Define and track market progress metrics (time-to-first-order, activation, retention).
- Build measurement frameworks where benchmarks are missing.
- Lead cross-functional initiatives across engineering, design, operations and legal.
- Communicate trade-offs, sequencing, and scope decisions to stakeholders.
Requirements
- Proven experience owning product for market expansion or geographic rollout in software, fintech, or commerce.
- Deep understanding of merchant activation dynamics and reducing signup-to-first-order drop-off.
- Payments and KYC product fluency, including gateway integrations and document flows.
- Familiarity with Gulf market payment, logistics, VAT and licensing realities.
- Track record improving time-to-value in self-serve, low-touch products.
- Strong analytical skills and ability to build measurement with no benchmarks.
- Experience leading cross-functional work without direct authority.
- 5+ years in product management with significant ownership in ambiguous or early-stage contexts.
- Arabic fluency; Gulf residency or regional experience preferred.
Skills
Product roadmapMarket expansionPayments integrationKYC flowsAnalyticsA/B testingMeasurement frameworksCross-functional leadershipLocalizationStakeholder communication
Source: Workable. Last checked as open: 14 Nov 2026. You apply directly with the employer.
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