Requirements
The ideal candidate will have 2-4 years of experience as a Product Manager shipping consumer-facing mobile apps, with a proven track record of moving metrics through product changes. Strong analytical skills including SQL, Metabase, cohort analysis, and funnel optimization are required. Experience leading engineering teams in scoping, sequencing, and maintaining quality is essential. Fluency in both Arabic and English, written and verbal, is mandatory. Preferred experience includes marketplaces, FoodTech, quick commerce, delivery, or subscription products, as well as hands-on experience with customer data platforms, mobile attribution, and product analytics tooling.
Description
Product Manager | PrepdFull-Time | Remote About PrepdPrepd is a marketplace where influencer-crafted recipes become real food brands. We bridge the gap between a creator's following and a customer's doorstep.We've proven product-market fit. We have paying customers on both on-demand and subscription (Prepd Subscription) models. The product is live, operations are running, and the data infrastructure is in place. What we need now is someone to own the product day-to-day and take it from validated to category-defining.The RoleYou'll own the Prepd product. Not a slice of it, not a backlog someone else fills. You decide what gets built, on what evidence, in what order, and you're accountable for whether it moved the number you said it would.You'll report directly to the Managing Director, Product and Technology, and you'll lead the engineering team's day-to-day delivery. There is no product layer between you and the decision, and none between you and the team building it. That's the whole point of the role.This is not a delivery coordination job. Running the board is the smallest part of it. You'll be in customer conversations weekly, in the data daily, in the kitchen and the support queue regularly, and you'll be expected to arrive at opinions and defend them. Short decision cycles, high exposure, real ownership. The trade is that you bring judgment and finish what you start, not wait to be assigned tasks.What You'll Do1. Discovery and Customer IntelligenceRun structured research weekly: interviews, surveys, session reviews, support ticket and app store review analysisBuild the sharpest view in the company of the Saudi food delivery customer: ordering patterns, preferences, pain points, willingness to payTranslate influencer partner needs into product: brand pages, content integration, performance visibilityMaintain journey maps, ICPs and jobs-to-be-done as living documents, and keep a current read on the competitor landscape2. Strategy and RoadmapOwn an outcomes-first roadmap across the mobile app, subscription and operations surfacesDefine north star metrics, OKRs and success criteria for every initiative before it startsPrioritize on evidence: analytics, CDP behavior, dashboards, direct customer input. Not on who asked loudestIdentify and validate new opportunities: menu personalization, loyalty, subscription tiers, referral, B2B catering3. Delivery and Team LeadershipLead the engineering team's delivery: sprint planning, backlog, scope, sequence and release readinessWrite PRDs with acceptance criteria, edge cases and success metrics, and hold scope once development startsOwn the release gate: acceptance testing, QA sign off, store submission, post-release monitoringShip iteratively, weekly releases, not quarterly launches. Track defects to closure and close the loop with whoever reported them4. Data and MeasurementBuild and maintain your own dashboards in Metabase. Pull your own data, don't queue for an analystDefine and verify analytics events before a feature ships, not afterRun funnel, cohort and retention analysis, and report every release against its stated metric, including the ones that didn't workDesign and read experiments: A/B tests, holdouts, sample sizing, honest readouts5. Growth and RetentionOwn activation, engagement, and retention end-to-endOptimize the subscription funnel: onboarding, trial to paid conversion, churn reductionOwn the ordering and checkout funnel, the wallet, referral and loyalty mechanicsShape push notifications, in-app messaging, and lifecycle campaigns with the growth team6. Operations IntegrationLearn cloud kitchen operations properly: menu cycles, kitchen utilization, delivery logistics, quality controlPressure test every product decision against operational constraints before committing itBuild product solutions for operational problems: demand forecasting, order batching, kitchen load balancingWork with operations on menu availability, pre-order windows and supply-demand planningDecision Rights1. You ownRoadmap sequence and release scopePRDs, acceptance criteria, defect priorityGo or no-go on release qualityMetric definitions, events and dashboards2. You recommend, and leadership decidesQuarterly strategy and major trade-offsPricing and subscription structureNew product lines and new surfacesTeam capacity and hiring needs3. You escalateCommercial terms with chefs, partners or suppliersBudget, vendor and resourcing decisionsLegal, regulatory and data protection questionsAnything affecting another company in the portfolioWho You AreRequired Experience2 to 4 years as a Product Manager shipping consumer-facing mobile appsTrack record of moving metrics through product changes, not just shipping features. Bring the numbersStrong analytical skills: SQL or equivalent, Metabase or a comparable BI tool, cohort analysis, funnel optimization. You can answer your own questions with dataExperience leading delivery with engineering teams, including scoping, sequencing and holding a quality barExcellent PRD writing and stakeholder communicationFluent Arabic and English, written and verbal. The product is Arabic-first and the operations team works in ArabicPreferredMarketplace, FoodTech, quick commerce, delivery or subscription product experienceHands-on with a customer data platform, mobile attribution, and product analytics toolingExperience working with distributed or agency engineering teamsExperiment design background: you've run tests that were properly powered and honestly readA technical, design, or operations background you converted into productProduct DNA (Non-Negotiable)Data-obsessed. You check dashboards before checking email. You trust metrics, not opinions. You can pull your own data.User-obsessed. You talk to users regularly. You read the reviews nobody else reads. You can articulate their problems better than they can.Outcome-driven. You measure success by retention curves, conversion rates and revenue impact, not by features shipped or story points completed.Finisher. You close loops. Half-shipped features, unverified fixes, and undocumented decisions bother you.Bias for action. You ship MVPs to learn, not decks to align. You'd rather launch and iterate than plan and perfect.Ownership mentality. You own the outcome end to end. If something falls between the cracks, you pick it up.Operational empathy. You understand that product decisions have real-world consequences in kitchens, delivery routes and customer meals.Coachable, not passive. You take direction well and argue back when you disagree. Both matter.First 90 DaysMonth 1. Full working knowledge of every product surface, integration, and open defect. Time spent with customers, in the support queue, and with operations. First prioritized list of what's broken, with evidence.Month 2. Owning delivery. Roadmap drafted and agreed, PRDs written, releases shipping on cadence, defects tracked to closure.Month 3. Running your own research and experiment cycle, reporting release outcomes against stated metrics, and bringing evidence-backed proposals that change what we build next.ProcessApplication review: CV plus a short written note on a consumer product you improved and how you measured itScreening conversation with the hiring managerPractical exercise: audit the live Prepd app and come back with a prioritized list of what you'd fix and why. Time boxedFinal conversation with studio leadership, then offer.