ABOUT POPCORN STUDIO

POPCORN Studio develops a SaaS platform for creating advertising and video content, with intuitive workflows and Arabic and English experiences.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are hiring a Technical Product Owner / Business Analyst to work closely with the CTO and Senior Product Manager. You will own day-to-day requirements, backlog readiness and delivery coordination, turning product direction into clear work for designers and engineers and making practical decisions within an agreed roadmap.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Translate product ideas and customer needs into briefs, process flows, user stories, business rules and acceptance criteria.

• Maintain a prioritized, implementation-ready backlog and define MVP scope with product leadership.

• Gather user feedback and recommend priorities based on customer value, business impact, effort and dependencies.

• Define feature success metrics and coordinate features from discovery through design, development, testing and release.

• Document permissions, integrations, data flows, dependencies and edge cases.

• Resolve daily requirements questions from engineers and designers, escalating major scope or strategy decisions.

• Track milestones, coordinate dependencies and follow up on blockers.

• Support user acceptance testing and verify delivered features against business objectives and intended behavior.

• Review adoption and feedback after release and recommend improvements.

• Maintain decision logs, prepare meeting agendas and provide concise progress reports to the CTO and Senior Product Manager.

REQUIREMENTS

• Practical product ownership or product management experience combined with strong business analysis skills in SaaS or software product teams.

• Experience managing a backlog, defining MVP scope and writing requirements engineers can implement and testers can verify.

• Working understanding of APIs, integrations, databases and the software development lifecycle.

• Ability to balance user needs, business goals and technical constraints and make decisions within agreed priorities.

• Strong organization, independent follow-through and clear stakeholder communication.

• Professional written and spoken English.

• Availability to work full-time, on-site in Dubai Media City.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with creative software, video platforms, media technology or subscription products.

• Background in software engineering, QA or technical project coordination.

• Familiarity with Jira, Linear, Notion and Figma.

• Experience working directly with a CTO or technical founder.

• Arabic proficiency.

HOW TO APPLY

Submit your CV and an example of a SaaS feature you helped own from identifying the user problem through release. Explain your contribution, prioritization decisions and outcome. Include your expected gross monthly salary in AED and notice period.