Manager Digital Products at PMCL-JAZZ

Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

23 Jun, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

25 Mar, 26

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Technical Product Development, Digital Strategy, Digital Telco, Video Streaming Platforms, Agile, DevOps, Scrum Master, Cloud Native Technologies, Microservices Architecture, API Integrations, CI/CD Pipelines, Cost Allocation, Budget Management, Stakeholder Management, Product Roadmap, Risk Mitigation

Industry

Telecommunications

Description

Grade Level: L3 Location: Islamabad Last date to apply: 3 April 2026 What is Manager, Digital Products? To continue and change the lives of our 71 million customers. We’re a world-class organization and have assembled the right team to begin scaling aggressively. This is an opportunity for someone who wants to be part of something big and transformative, someone who will play a critical role in driving our Digital success. We’re seeking an analytical and technical product leader to lead Digital product management and development. In the role of Manager, Digital Product Development, you will be tasked to build products in leu with our overall Digital Strategy. This primarily includes modernizing the way we build tech, work like a startup, and scale digitally to millions of users. The role specifically revolves around technology product development for Digital Telco and Video Streaming platforms, keeping in mind latest Social media, Content, and Communication trends. The role reports directly to the Head of Digital Products & Solutions. What does Manager, Digital Products do? Lead the end-to-end technical product development lifecycle for digital platforms, from concept and design to deployment and scale. Define, evolve, and govern the digital technology ecosystem to support digital products, including video streaming platforms and AdTech integrations across platforms. Manage vendor payment processes, including invoicing, approvals, and technology licensing fees. Manage technical budgets, cost allocation, and capacity planning to ensure efficient utilization of resources. Drive feature planning, development and rollout using Agile and DevOps practices in a large-scale telco environment. Lead and coordinate in-house and outsourced engineering teams and development partners to deliver against the product roadmap. Identify technical, delivery, and operational risks and proactively implement mitigation plans. Lead research and development initiatives, including definition of objectives, business use cases, cost estimates and resource requirements. Conduct regular product and solution reviews to ensure alignment with business objectives, compliance, and operational readiness. Work closely with VEON Group, commercial teams and internal stakeholders to ensure solutions are scalable, competitive and market-ready. Manage cross-functional dependencies and stakeholder commitments to ensure timely delivery. Establish reporting, analytics, and KPI frameworks to track product performance, delivery and operational metrics Champion Agile ways of working across teams and coach stakeholders on product and delivery best practices Act as Scrum Master, owning sprint ceremonies including backlog refinement, sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews and retrospectives Jazz is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support, and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. 8-10 years of hands-on experience in technology and engineering management, with a minimum undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Engineering, AI/ML or a related discipline. Leading projects and development teams for large scale (2M+ MAU) digital products, technologies, and platforms - Mobile, Web, Cloud Native stacks, API integrations and deployments via Agile practices. Has led a team of either software engineers or technical product managers, with hands on experience in cost assessment and budget/resource allocation. Software development experience in HTML5, Objective C, C#, Java, PHP, Native Mobile App development languages. Product Management – Agile, Scrum, Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Project etc. Strong understanding of cloud-native technologies, including Docker, Kubernetes, microservices architecture, and public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud). Cloud Streaming services – WMS Panel, Nimble Streamer, AWS Elemental Media Services etc. Database management – MySQL, MariaDB, Cassandra API’s - Web Services & Integrations Experience (SOAP / REST) Implement CI/CD pipelines and manage DevOps teams. Understands technology Intellectual Property Rights management. Digital Analytics – Firebase, MixPanel, Google Analytics, Clevertap. Exposure to AI/ML technologies (e.g., Python, TensorFlow) and RPA solutions is a plus. Experience with Enterprise Service Bus, API Gateways, and middleware technologies (e.g., JBoss) is a plus. Agile certifications (CSM, CSPO, or equivalent) are a plus. Cloud certifications (AWS, Oracle Cloud, or equivalent) are a plus. Why Join Jazz? As one of the leading employers in the country, Jazz epitomizes the philosophy that each Jazz employee is passionately living a better every day inspired and enabled by visionary leadership, a unique professional culture, a flourishing lifestyle, and continuous learning and development. Our core values include qualities essential for a positive organizational culture - truthfully guiding entrepreneurial and innovative mindsets, harnessing professional and interpersonal collaboration, and fostering across-the-board customer-obsession. As one of the largest private sector organizations in Pakistan, our objective is to continue to change the lives of our 70+ million customers for the better. This is an opportunity for someone who wants to be part of something transformative, someone who can play a critical role in driving our success. Together, we can empower millions more with the tools necessary to progress in an increasingly digital economy.

Responsibilities

This role involves leading the end-to-end technical product development lifecycle for digital platforms, defining and governing the digital technology ecosystem, and managing technical budgets and vendor processes. The manager will drive feature planning and rollout using Agile/DevOps practices while coordinating engineering teams to deliver against the product roadmap.