Principal Product Manager
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About the Role
Own GCC growth strategy, leverage AI for product development, and drive customer-centric solutions while collaborating across teams in a regulated fintech environment.
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Responsibilities
- Own the GCC growth strategy and roadmap, driving acquisition, activation, retention, and revenue outcomes
- Act as the regional product leader, partnering with business, compliance, risk, engineering, design, analytics, and operations
- Build deep customer and market expertise for migrant and expatriate senders
- Leverage AI to accelerate product development and identify opportunities
- Prototype and validate ideas quickly using AI assisted development tools
- Run a high velocity experimentation engine
- Navigate fintech complexity with confidence, partnering with Compliance and Risk teams
- Partner with engineering on critical technical decisions
- Collaborate with design to create intuitive and culturally relevant experiences
- Drive data informed decision making
- Raise the bar across the organization by mentoring product managers
- Communicate with clarity and influence to align executives and cross functional teams
Requirements
- 10+ years of product management experience ideally in fintech, payments, or another regulated, high trust consumer domain
- A genuine builder who prototypes ideas and is fluent with modern AI tools
- Fintech depth: understanding of money movement, KYC/AML, fraud, risk, FX, and pay in/payout rails
- Exceptional analytical and structured problem solving skills with hands on experience in product analytics and experimentation tools
- Track record of setting product strategy, roadmapping, and prioritization at a scope consistent with a Principal PM
- Founder mindset and strong bias for action
- Strategic, customer obsessed mindset with ability to identify highest impact friction
- Experience improving acquisition and retention through growth loops
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- End to end product ownership from discovery through go to market
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Role Overview
- Remitly is seeking a Principal Product Manager to own the GCC growth strategy and roadmap.
- The role involves driving acquisition, activation, retention, and revenue outcomes across the region.
You Will
- Own the GCC growth strategy and roadmap.
- Act as the regional product leader.
- Build deep customer and market expertise.
- Leverage AI to accelerate product development.
- Prototype and validate ideas quickly.
- Run a high velocity experimentation engine.
- Navigate fintech complexity with confidence.
- Partner with engineering on critical technical decisions.
- Collaborate with design to create intuitive and culturally relevant experiences.
- Drive data informed decision making.
- Raise the bar across the organization.
- Communicate with clarity and influence.
You Have Must haves
- 10+ years of product management experience ideally in fintech, payments, or another regulated, high trust consumer domain.
- A genuine builder who prototypes ideas and is fluent with modern AI tools.
- Fintech depth: understanding of money movement, KYC/AML, fraud, risk, FX, and pay in/payout rails.
- Exceptional analytical and structured problem solving skills with hands on experience in product analytics and experimentation tools.
- Track record of setting product strategy, roadmapping, and prioritization at a scope consistent with a Principal PM.
- Founder mindset and strong bias for action.
- Strategic, customer obsessed mindset.
- Experience improving acquisition and retention through growth loops.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- End to end product ownership from discovery through go to market.
Nice to haves
- Experience building for the GCC or broader MENA market.
- Familiarity with Gulf regulatory environment (SAMA, CBUAE) and regional payments ecosystem.
- Arabic language skills.
- Experience building or integrating AI/ML powered product features in production.
Our Benefits
- Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance & Income Protection
- Housing Allowance
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
- Commuter Reimbursement
- Mental Health & Family Forming benefits
- Learning & development benefits
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