Senior Growth Product Manager

Do you want to work on cutting-edge projects with the world’s best IT engineers? Do you wish you could control which projects to work on and choose your own pay rate? Are you interested in the future of work and how the cloud will form teams? If so - the Gigster Talent Network is for you.

Our clients rely on our Network for two main areas, Software Development and Cloud Services. In some cases, they need help building great new products, in others they want our expertise in migrating, maintaining, and optimizing their cloud solutions.

At Gigster, whether working with entrepreneurs to realize ‘the next great vision’ or with Fortune 500 companies to deliver a big product launch, we build really cool enterprise software on cutting-edge technology.

Key Responsibilities 

• Lead the development of the consumer-focused product strategy and vision
  supported by internal and external analysis.
• Develop and implement growth strategies focused specifically on user 
  retention and loyalty metrics.
• Design and optimize user onboarding journeys to maximize user activation
  and engagement.
• Collaborate with data/analytics teams to establish key loyalty metrics and 
  build dashboards for tracking user behavior
• Lead A/B testing initiatives to continuously improve user engagement and 
  retention.
• Identify opportunities for personalization that increase user affinity and 
  return visits.
• Create and manage loyalty-focused features (e.g.; content 
  recommendations, notifications).
• Work with marketing teams to develop re-engagement campaigns for 
  lapsed users
• Proactively identify and resolve strategic issues that may impair the team’s
  ability to meet strategic and technical goals.
• Maintain project controls that accurately reflect completed work against 
  project plans, schedules, and budgets.
• Develop a trusted advisor relationship with editorial stakeholders and 
  technical project leads.
• Collaborate with other product owners on dependencies.
• Continually drive product development towards a meaningful balance 
  between user needs, business objectives, resource utilization, and
  technical feasibility.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with a technical discipline.
• 5+ years of experience in growth product management with demonstrable results in improving user retention
• Strong background in user engagement analytics and lifecycle marketing.
•  
  Experience implementing and optimizing loyalty features in digital products.
• Proven track record of increasing key retention metrics (e.g., DAU/MAU, retention curves, repeat visit rate).
• Experience with subscription or membership models in digital media (if applicable).
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with demonstrated
• Experience working with designers and creative teams to develop amazing user experiences.
• Experience engaging and influencing senior executives.
• Familiarity with user segmentation and cohort analysis methodologies
• High attention to detail.
• Experience coordinating complex product development cycles and software development schedules.
• Ability to think strategically and execute methodically.
• Proven track record of taking ownership and successfully delivering results in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• History of teamwork and willingness to roll up one's sleeves to get the job done.
• Passion for both technology and world affairs.

Preferred Skills 

• Experience with modern audience engagement tools and platforms (e.g., OneSignal, CleverTap, Mixpanel)
• Knowledge of behavioral psychology principles as applied to digital product design
• Background in implementing notification strategies that balance engagement with user experience
• Understanding of content recommendation algorithms and personalization frameworks
• Experience in media consumption pattern analysis and content strategy
• Demonstrated ability to understand and discuss technical concepts, manage tradeoffs, and evaluate opportunistic new ideas with internal and external stakeholders.
• Proven ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously.
• Experience delivering consumer software products and services in a high-growth environment.

Nice to Have:

• Hands-on experience with Jira, Confluence, or related tools.
• Fluency in Arabic.
• Familiarity with news media consumption patterns and audience development strategies.
• Experience working with internationalized products serving diverse global audiences.