Product Launch Manager - Commercial Cards

Job Title: Product Launch Manager - Commercial Cards

Term: 6-12months

Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Division: Cards

Reports to: TBC

PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT

As the Product Launch Manager - Commercial Cards, the position will lead the end-to-end launch of commercial card products, ensuring delivery readiness across product, tech, risk, and operations. The role will focus on launching core products, including co-branded offerings, ensuring each product is designed with competitive benefits and features that drive value and enhance the customer experience. The ideal candidate will offer solutions that are customer-centric and aligned with market trends.

Core Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Lead the planning, development, and execution of relevant products and co-branded launches.
• Manage product launch plans, timelines, and cross functional coordination.
• Define features, pricing, benefits, and customer journeys for commercial card products (T&E, Purchasing, Virtual Cards).
• Lead UAT, issue resolution, and go live readiness.
• Create GTM materials: sales kits, training decks, process flows.
• Track early performance, customer feedback, and enhancements.
• Identify and mitigate any risks associated with new features. Ensure compliance with regulatory and policy requirements.

Knowledge and Experience:

• 10+ years in product management or commercial card/payments.
• Knowledge of the regional banking landscape, including customer preferences and regulatory requirements.
• Strong project management and execution skills with a demonstrated ability to coordinate complex, cross-functional product launches.
• Analytical thinking with a good understanding of customer behaviour and market trends.

Mandatory Skills:

• Excellent presentation skills, with the ability to convey benefits and value propositions effectively.
• Proven experience leading product launches from concept to execution, including market readiness, rollout planning, and post launch performance tracking.
• Previous experience within Banking, Payment & Card solutions or the FinTech industry.
• Regional experience across the GCC.
• Excellent communication skills (written, verbal, and presentation) in English; proficiency in Arabic is an advantage.

Preferred Skills:

• Bachelors degree in Business, Marketing, Finance, or a related field (MBA or relevant advance degree preferred).
• An understanding of payment systems, digital platforms, APIs, system workflows, security basics, and industry technologies.
• An understanding of regional regulations across financial services or payment networks.