Junior product manager

Who we are

Alef Education began with a bold idea: that every learner deserves a personalised and meaningful education experience. What started in 2016 as a small pilot programme in Abu Dhabi has evolved into one of the world’s most dynamic EdTech companies—reshaping how millions of students engage with learning across the globe.

Today, Alef is proudly headquartered in the UAE, working hand-in-hand with ministries of education, schools, and teachers to bring smart, data-powered platforms into classrooms in over 14,000 schools.

Supporting over 1.1 million students and 50,000 teachers across the UAE, Indonesia & Morocco our AI-driven platforms generate 16+ million data points every day, helping drive smarter learning decisions. Whether it’s improving national exam results, boosting classroom engagement, or supporting educators with world-class tools, Alef is committed to impact at scale.

In 2024, Alef made history as the first EdTech company to list on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX), cementing our role as a regional innovator with global reach.

About The Role

Junior Product Manager considers together with the guiding Product managers the larger business objectives and aligns them with customer needs to design and develop products and features throughout its lifecycle. The role is responsible to support research and articulate the needs and quality standards for products to be developed. It is also responsible to rally with appropriate technology teams, using agile frameworks, to turn product vision into reality for our customers.

Key Responsibilities

Product Design & Analysis

Identify the customer needs aligned with the larger business goals and objectives to enable long term customer adoption and growth

• Support articulating product vision, strategy, objectives and quality standards required for product success together with other product managers
• Research, articulate and promote user needs and experiences with products
• Monitor market and maintain ongoing competitive analysis and action planning
• Facilitate discussion with key stakeholders, aligning ideas and needs into common vision for product design, planning and engagement
• Maintain product features and updates throughout the lifecycle of the product
• Use product data to update, improve, and identify new opportunities to sustain user engagement and adoption long term

Product Planning

Detail product vision through planning, prioritization and roadmaps to enable predictable customer delivery

• Translate product strategy and ideas into detailed user stories and acceptance criteria together with other product managers
• Scope and prioritize activities based on business and customer impact objectives
• Support define KPIs and product metrics for features together with your team, ensuring necessary data is collected and reviewed and updated regularly throughout the product life cycle

Product Development

Work with technology teams to collaborate on goals and deliver to those goals to achieve business objectives

• Facilitate collaborative discussions with technology development teams to enable product development according to design and timeline specifications
• Work collaboratively with technology teams to overcome obstacles and deliver stories quickly and adequately

Collaborative Leadership

Responsible for managing communication and relationships across key stakeholders and teams in order to effectively lead and enable achievement of delivery goals

• Organize and enable high performing technology teams to achieve established KPI and objectives through agile methodologies
• Build effective relationships with team members, inviting and facilitating problem solving and idea generation to help empower individual capabilities
• Generate and share data driven reports about team performance, mission-related objectives, key results and timelines
• Establish schedules, processes, deadlines, and targeted results to enable ongoing improvement and ability to achieve improving results

To Be The Right Fit, Youll Need

• An education Degree in Engineering, Technology or Product
• 1-2 years of experience in leading digital product vision & delivery
• 1-2 years relevant experience working in agile/scrum environments
• Agile/Scrum familiarity with foundational concepts and philosophies
• Practical experience performing user research and market research
• Strong analytical abilities
• Experience with supporting design and development of digital products
• Experience using digital product planning tools including roadmap, user stories, acceptance criteria, etc.
• Experience managing E-Learning platforms a strong advantage
• Fluency in English and Arabic

What we offer

We believe our people are our greatest advantage. We value curiosity, purpose, and the drive to make a real difference. When you join Alef, you join a mission — and a team that’s just as passionate about transforming education as you are.

Here’s a glimpse of what we offer:

• Annual flight allowance
• Annual performance bonus
• Education allowance
• Life insurance
• Enhanced leave policy
• A hybrid work model and up to 40 remote working days per year to work from anywhere (with flexibility built in)

At Alef, we don’t just imagine a better future for education.

We build it — together.