Product Owner - PIM and eCommerce Platforms
Posted date [2026-09-25]
(ID: 52498)
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Established in the 1930s as a trading business, Al-Futtaim is one of the most progressive regional family business houses headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. |
Job Description and Requirements
Product Owner - PIM and eCommerce PlatformsJob Snapshot
Role: Product Owner - PIM and eCommerce Platforms
Location: Dubai, UAE
Industry: Retail
Function: Product Management
Experience: 3+ years in product ownership or product management within eCommerce or digital retail
Job Type: Full Time
Position Overview
Al-Futtaim is hiring a Product Owner - PIM and eCommerce Platforms in Dubai, UAE to own the roadmap, daily management, and continuous optimization of the Akeneo Product Information Management platform while supporting Kibo Commerce-Shopify and HCL DX. The role connects business requirements with technical delivery across GCC and Asian markets, with a strong focus on product data, taxonomy, platform configuration, integrations, testing, QA, and scalable digital commerce operations.
Job Details
Country: UAE
City: Dubai
Industry: Retail
Function: Product Management
Salary: Not disclosed
Gender: No Preference
Candidate Nationality: Not specified
Job Type: Full Time
Work Arrangement: On-site
Akeneo PIM Ownership
The Product Owner will take day-to-day ownership
of Akeneo PIM, managing its product backlog, roadmap, and priorities while ensuring the platform supports evolving digital retail requirements.
* Own the PIM backlog and roadmap covering product data models, families, attributes, categories, and enrichment workflows.
* Manage product taxonomy and automation rules with an emphasis on consolidation and long-term system maintainability.
* Govern catalog health, data completeness, enrichment status, and live versus delisted products.
* Define reporting and dashboard requirements for effective catalog monitoring.
* Manage SAP-Akeneo attribute mapping and product-family design.
* Coordinate PIM-related requirements with GTDP and integration partners.
* Assess relevant Akeneo capabilities such as AI enrichment, DAM, and classification.
* Translate new platform capabilities into practical workflow and operational improvements.
eCommerce Platform Support
Support the eCommerce product team with catalog, merchandising, and content publishing processes connecting PIM with digital storefronts and applications.
Contribute to requirements definition, user stories, testing, and UAT for platform functionality and integrations across headless web and app environments. Coordinate the PIM-Algolia data flow to support merchandising performance and personalization requirements.
CMS and Content Workflows
* Support content and configuration management through HCL DX.
* Help maintain consistent product and campaign content across brands and locales.
* Coordinate digital asset workflows with the content team.
* Support multi-language content management requirements.
* Ensure product and campaign content processes align effectively with the wider digital commerce ecosystem.
Cross-Functional Delivery
Act as a central coordination point between Product, eCommerce, Content, Marketing, GTDP-Engineering, Data, and external technology partners.
The Product Owner will translate business requirements into structured technical specifications and, where necessary, communicate technical considerations back to business stakeholders. The role also guides IT integration partners and defines and maintains role-based access control requirements for the platforms under its ownership.
Required Skills
* Strong analytical and data-driven problem-solving capability.
* Ability to translate business requirements into clear technical specifications.
* Strong stakeholder management across business brands, IT teams, and external vendors.
* Detailed understanding of product data quality, taxonomy, and governance.
* Product backlog and roadmap management.
* Platform configuration, testing, QA, and UAT.
* Understanding of digital commerce integrations and data flows.
What Qualifies You for the Role
* 3+ years of experience in product ownership or product management within eCommerce or digital retail.
* Hands-on PIM platform experience, preferably with Akeneo.
* Practical experience with data modelling, attributes, product families, taxonomy, and automation rules.
* Experience with Kibo Commerce, Shopify, or equivalent headless or composable eCommerce platforms.
* Experience with a CMS such as HCL DX.
* Solid understanding of product and solution architecture.
* Knowledge of system integrations involving SAP, APIs, and middleware.
* Ability to coordinate technical delivery across internal teams and external technology partners.
Technology Environment
The role works across Akeneo PIM, Kibo Commerce, Shopify, HCL DX, Algolia, SAP, APIs, middleware, digital asset workflows, headless web and application environments, and role-based access controls.
About Al-Futtaim Retail
Al-Futtaim Retail operates across MENA and Southeast Asia and works with international brands including IKEA, ACE, Marks and Spencer, and the Inditex Group. Its retail activities include investment in digital innovation, AI capabilities, customer experience, and loyalty platforms.
Al-Futtaim is headquartered in Dubai and operates across more than 20 countries through automotive, financial services, real estate, retail, and health businesses. The Group employs more than 40000 people and represents over 200 international brands.
* Own the PIM backlog and roadmap covering product data models, families, attributes, categories, and enrichment workflows.
* Manage product taxonomy and automation rules with an emphasis on consolidation and long-term system maintainability.
* Govern catalog health, data completeness, enrichment status, and live versus delisted products.
* Define reporting and dashboard requirements for effective catalog monitoring.
* Manage SAP-Akeneo attribute mapping and product-family design.
* Coordinate PIM-related requirements with GTDP and integration partners.
* Assess relevant Akeneo capabilities such as AI enrichment, DAM, and classification.
* Translate new platform capabilities into practical workflow and operational improvements.
eCommerce Platform Support
Support the eCommerce product team with catalog, merchandising, and content publishing processes connecting PIM with digital storefronts and applications.
Contribute to requirements definition, user stories, testing, and UAT for platform functionality and integrations across headless web and app environments. Coordinate the PIM-Algolia data flow to support merchandising performance and personalization requirements.
CMS and Content Workflows
* Support content and configuration management through HCL DX.
* Help maintain consistent product and campaign content across brands and locales.
* Coordinate digital asset workflows with the content team.
* Support multi-language content management requirements.
* Ensure product and campaign content processes align effectively with the wider digital commerce ecosystem.
Cross-Functional Delivery
Act as a central coordination point between Product, eCommerce, Content, Marketing, GTDP-Engineering, Data, and external technology partners.
The Product Owner will translate business requirements into structured technical specifications and, where necessary, communicate technical considerations back to business stakeholders. The role also guides IT integration partners and defines and maintains role-based access control requirements for the platforms under its ownership.
Required Skills
* Strong analytical and data-driven problem-solving capability.
* Ability to translate business requirements into clear technical specifications.
* Strong stakeholder management across business brands, IT teams, and external vendors.
* Detailed understanding of product data quality, taxonomy, and governance.
* Product backlog and roadmap management.
* Platform configuration, testing, QA, and UAT.
* Understanding of digital commerce integrations and data flows.
What Qualifies You for the Role
* 3+ years of experience in product ownership or product management within eCommerce or digital retail.
* Hands-on PIM platform experience, preferably with Akeneo.
* Practical experience with data modelling, attributes, product families, taxonomy, and automation rules.
* Experience with Kibo Commerce, Shopify, or equivalent headless or composable eCommerce platforms.
* Experience with a CMS such as HCL DX.
* Solid understanding of product and solution architecture.
* Knowledge of system integrations involving SAP, APIs, and middleware.
* Ability to coordinate technical delivery across internal teams and external technology partners.
Technology Environment
The role works across Akeneo PIM, Kibo Commerce, Shopify, HCL DX, Algolia, SAP, APIs, middleware, digital asset workflows, headless web and application environments, and role-based access controls.
About Al-Futtaim Retail
Al-Futtaim Retail operates across MENA and Southeast Asia and works with international brands including IKEA, ACE, Marks and Spencer, and the Inditex Group. Its retail activities include investment in digital innovation, AI capabilities, customer experience, and loyalty platforms.
Al-Futtaim is headquartered in Dubai and operates across more than 20 countries through automotive, financial services, real estate, retail, and health businesses. The Group employs more than 40000 people and represents over 200 international brands.
