Technical Product Manager

About Us

Brkz is a B2B commerce platform modernizing the construction materials value chain in MENAP. Our vision is to create an end-to-end ecosystem of value-added services including financial products for both businesses and contractors.

The construction market in MENAP is huge: $557 Bn. The initially targeted segment alone is $57 Bn with no tech-enabled competition. 

Led by a repeat founder Ibrahim Manna who was previously Managing Director of MENAP Markets at Careem (sold to Uber for $3.2 Bn) where he launched 11 out of 15 markets ($0 to $250M GMV RR). Brkz is top tier VC backed with more than 22.5m USD in funding.
We are on a mission to drive region-wide impact by delivering Great Experiences and Re-inventing the Construction industry through Tech.

About the Role

This is a unique opportunity to develop both your product skills and technical knowledge at a significant scale. By building a platform that enables our engineers to deliver new features with high quality even faster, your contributions will have a substantial impact on BRKZ’s mission.

The platform is a broad domain covering data, compute, networking, CI/CD, SRE, developer experience and much more.  We expect our Technical Product Managers to have deep ownership of their teams' roadmap, product, and strategy. You will be responsible for driving the entire lifecycle of product development, from conception through to successful delivery. While your primary focus will be on ensuring the execution and alignment of one or two critical teams, you will also have the opportunity to broaden your impact by collaborating across the broader platform, ensuring consistency, scalability, and innovation across our rapidly evolving tech stack.

We are looking for an Experienced Technical Product Manager who can develop a product strategy and mindset in our Data and AI teams. As a Technical Product Manager for Data you will be involved in:

Strategic Vision:

You will own and drive the long-term strategy for our analytics platform, ensuring that it not only meets the current needs of the business but also anticipates and adapts to future challenges. Your efforts will ensure that our platform meets the evolving needs of the business, providing scalable and efficient data access to teams across the organisation.

Stakeholder Collaboration: 

You will build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders and data users across the organisation, ensuring their needs and feedback are integral to the platform's development. Your role will be pivotal in translating complex data requirements into actionable insights for your team 

Fostering a Data-Driven Culture: 

You will lead and influence the continuous improvement of our data repositories, setting the vision for a unified, high-quality data ecosystem that drives the adoption of data-driven practices across the organisation. Your efforts will drive the adoption of a data-driven mindset across the organisation.

Alignment, Prioritization, and Outcome Measurement: 

You will utilise OKRs and agile methodologies to align your team's efforts with the broader strategic goals of the data platform. By prioritising work that delivers the highest impact, you will ensure that the platform continuously evolves to meet the needs of the business, with measurable outcomes that demonstrate success.

Cross-Functional Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing: 

You will work closely with other Product Managers, Engineering Leads, and technical teams to ensure that our platform integrates seamlessly with other systems and reduces dependencies. Your focus on collaboration and knowledge sharing will accelerate progress and drive innovation across the organisation.

What You will do (Responsibilities) :

• Develop and communicate the  product vision for key AI/ML capabilities
• Develop a comprehensive understanding of the diverse needs of your stakeholders across the organisation, focusing on the analytics data lifecycle.
• Define their problems and requirements, identifying common areas of concern/benefit and working with stakeholders to understand the impact of these areas.
• Proactively identify, prioritise and execute on the workflows which automate tedious and repetitive tasks. 
• Collaborate with your engineering team to integrate with data discovery platforms, governance platforms, and analytics platforms.
• Break down and prioritise tasks by quantifying cost and effort against the benefit to the business and your customers.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure your priority decisions align with the strategic goals of the database platform team.
• Prioritise the development of self-service capabilities to improve the user experience of our analytics platforms.

Who You are (Qualifications) : 

• You deeply understand the needs of modern data scientists and machine learning engineers.
• You have experience building machine learning models or shipping AI/ML-powered products
• You have a passion for the entire product development lifecycle and a strong affinity for data.
• You are comfortable working across a broad range of technical domains, from cloud offerings and cloud-native technologies to data engineering and ML/AI. 
• You are adept at understanding the trade-offs between different platform technologies, and can communicate these considerations clearly, with an awareness of their practical implications.
• Comfortable collaborating with engineers and business users, with experience working with data engineering, analytics, or data science teams.
• Familiarity with Metabase or other BI Tools.
• Enjoy deciphering complex domains and sharing that understanding.
• Strong analytical skills, enabling you to navigate complex system-design challenges to find innovative solutions using both quantitative and qualitative information.
• Creativity in problem-solving, with an understanding that the most complex solution isn't always the best.
• Ability to simplify complex technical concepts for stakeholders at all levels.
• Proficient in communicating your ideas, knowing when it's best to write, say, or show something.
• Adaptability to the dynamic nature of teamwork in a fast-paced environment, with the ability to pivot to new priorities effectively.

What we offer:

• Excellent opportunity to be part of a start-up with a lot of responsibility and independence early on and where you will have an impact on the entire business.
• Attractive compensation package.
• Access to tools helping with your learning and development.
• Product first mindset.
• The best idea wins; we are all ears when it comes to ways to do things better.
• Exciting stock options.

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