Product Manager

Dubai, UAE | Full-Time

About the Opportunity

Our client is a high-growth technology business building a next-generation digital platform within the financial services and investment ecosystem.

They are looking for an experienced Product Manager to join the product organisation and take ownership of key products from discovery through to delivery and ongoing optimisation.

This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys operating close to customers, engineering, design and commercial teams, and who can turn complex financial requirements into simple, scalable products.

The successful candidate will have genuine end-to-end product ownership and the opportunity to shape products that are being built for significant regional and international growth.

The Role

As Product Manager, you will own a defined product area and be responsible for its strategy, roadmap, prioritisation and execution.

You will work closely with senior stakeholders, engineers, designers and commercial teams to identify customer problems, define solutions and deliver measurable product outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Own product strategy, roadmap and prioritisation for your product area.

• Translate customer, commercial and market requirements into clear product propositions.

• Conduct customer discovery and use data, research and feedback to identify opportunities.

• Define product requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria and success metrics.

• Work closely with engineering and design teams throughout the product development lifecycle.

• Lead products from discovery and definition through to launch and iteration.

• Prioritise competing requirements based on customer value, commercial impact and technical considerations.

• Monitor product performance and use data to drive continuous improvement.

• Work with senior leadership to align product development with wider company objectives.

• Collaborate with compliance, operations, risk and other relevant stakeholders where required.

• Help establish strong product processes, documentation and ways of working as the organisation scales.

What We're Looking For

• 4+ years of Product Management experience, ideally within fintech, financial services, payments, investment technology or another highly regulated technology environment.

• Proven experience owning products end-to-end.

• Strong understanding of product discovery, roadmap management and agile delivery.

• Experience working closely with engineering and technical teams.

• Strong commercial understanding and the ability to connect product decisions to business outcomes.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills.

• Comfortable working in an environment where priorities can move quickly and products are still being shaped.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving ability.

• Experience working with data and product metrics to inform decisions.

• A genuine builder mentality with a willingness to get into the detail when required.

Desirable Experience

Experience in one or more of the following would be advantageous:

• Fintech or financial services

• Investment platforms

• Digital assets / Web3

• Payments

• Wealth or asset management

• B2B SaaS

• API-driven products

• Regulated technology environments

• Launching products across multiple markets

What You'll Get

• The opportunity to join a rapidly scaling technology business.

• Significant ownership over product direction and execution.

• Exposure to senior leadership and strategic decision-making.

• The opportunity to build products from an early stage rather than simply optimise an established platform.

• Competitive compensation package.

• Dubai-based role with a highly collaborative product and technology environment.

Confidentiality

This position is being managed on a strictly confidential basis. Further information regarding the company, product, investors and business strategy will be shared with shortlisted candidates during the recruitment process.

Product Manager - Corporate

Senior Software Engineer

Location: Warsaw, Poland
Working Model: Hybrid
Initial Arrangement: Remote during the first months, transitioning to hybrid
Employment Type: Full-time
Department: Engineering

The Opportunity

We are working with a globally recognised technology business operating at the intersection of cryptocurrency, financial technology and digital assets.

The business is building a new product from the ground up, with the engineering team starting from a blank repository using Rust. The project is at an early stage, meaning the successful candidate will have genuine influence over the architecture, engineering standards and technical foundations of the platform.

This is an opportunity for a senior engineer who wants meaningful ownership rather than simply contributing features to an established codebase.

The Role

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will design and build the core services that underpin the product, taking significant ownership from initial design through to production.

You will work closely with Product and Design, contribute to architectural decisions, establish engineering standards and help determine how the system evolves as the product scales.

Because the foundations are still being established, your technical judgement will have a direct impact on the long-term architecture.

Key Responsibilities

Architecture & Backend Engineering

• Design and build the core services powering the product, including APIs, data models and integrations

• Make architectural decisions that establish the technical foundations of the platform

• Identify which technical decisions are difficult or expensive to reverse and apply appropriate engineering judgement

• Design scalable, maintainable systems capable of supporting significant future growth

• Own substantial areas of the product from initial design through production

• Contribute to technical strategy and system design as the platform evolves

API & Platform Development

• Design and develop production-grade REST APIs

• Establish robust API contracts and versioning strategies

• Build services that are reliable, observable and maintainable

• Develop integrations with internal and external systems

• Consider scalability, security, performance and operational resilience throughout the development lifecycle

Production Ownership

• Take end-to-end ownership of services through development, deployment and production

• Participate in on-call responsibilities and incident response

• Diagnose and resolve production issues

• Build and improve monitoring, instrumentation and operational processes

• Ensure systems are designed with reliability and maintainability in mind

Engineering Standards

• Establish high standards for code quality, testing and maintainability

• Conduct thoughtful code reviews and provide constructive technical feedback

• Mentor other engineers and contribute to the development of engineering best practices

• Help establish testing, observability and CI/CD standards across the platform

• Raise the overall technical quality of the engineering organisation

Product Partnership

• Work directly with Product and Design to translate requirements into robust technical solutions

• Challenge requirements where necessary and provide engineering-led alternatives

• Balance speed of delivery with long-term technical sustainability

• Help shape the product rather than simply implementing predefined specifications

AI-Assisted Engineering

• Use modern AI coding tools as part of the software development workflow

• Apply strong engineering judgement when reviewing and validating AI-generated code

• Know when AI-assisted development can accelerate delivery and when its output requires significant modification or rejection

• Help establish effective practices for incorporating AI tools into professional software engineering

What We're Looking For

Required

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience

• Demonstrable experience owning and operating production systems, not simply delivering individual features

• Strong production experience with Rust, with additional experience in Go, Java or Kotlin highly relevant

• Proven experience designing and building REST APIs at scale

• Strong understanding of API contracts, versioning and long-term API design

• Deep experience with AWS or an equivalent cloud environment

• Strong experience with containers and CI/CD

• Experience building, improving or hardening cloud infrastructure and deployment pipelines

• Comfortable using AI coding tools while maintaining strong engineering judgement and code ownership

• Experience mentoring engineers and/or leading significant technical initiatives

• Strong written and verbal English communication

• Self-directed and comfortable operating with significant technical ownership

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience

Nice to Have

• Experience with payment infrastructure such as SEPA, SWIFT, ACH or card issuing

• Experience working within regulated fintech environments

• Familiarity with PSD2, KYC/AML and PCI DSS requirements

• Experience with cryptocurrency custody, on-chain settlement or stablecoin infrastructure

• Experience with monitoring and analytics platforms

• Previous responsibility for establishing technical architecture on a product from its earliest stages

• Strong understanding of blockchain fundamentals, including ERC-20, RPC nodes, UTXO models and account-based models

• Experience working within highly regulated financial or digital asset environments

What Success Looks Like

• Core services are architected and built on a scalable technical foundation

• APIs and data models are designed with long-term maintainability in mind

• The platform is reliable, observable and production-ready

• Engineering standards around testing, code quality and CI/CD are established and consistently applied

• Technical decisions are made with an appropriate balance between speed and long-term architecture

• Other engineers are supported through mentorship and strong technical practices

• The product can scale without requiring significant architectural rework

The Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a senior backend or platform engineer who enjoys working at the point where architecture is still being defined.

You should be comfortable taking ownership of systems in production, making decisions with incomplete information and working closely with product stakeholders. You will have strong production Rust experience and be capable of influencing technical direction rather than simply implementing an existing architecture.

Experience in fintech, payments or digital assets is highly relevant, particularly where you have worked with regulated financial infrastructure, payment rails or blockchain-based systems.

Location

Warsaw, Poland.

The role will initially allow remote working during the first months before transitioning to a hybrid working model in Warsaw.

Head of HR

Location: Poland or UAE
Employment Type: Full-time
Department: People & Operations
Working Model: Hybrid

The Opportunity

We are working with a high-growth technology business operating in the digital assets and financial technology sector. With a team of 100+ employees and continued international expansion, the business is looking for a Head of HR to take ownership of the people function and help build the organisational infrastructure required for its next stage of growth.

This is a senior, hands-on leadership position working closely with the executive team. The successful candidate will shape people strategy, build scalable HR and talent processes, strengthen the employee experience and ensure the organisation has the leadership, structure and talent required to continue scaling internationally.

The Role

You will own the full HR and People agenda, spanning talent acquisition, organisational development, culture, employee engagement, performance, compensation, HR operations and compliance.

The role combines strategic leadership with hands-on execution. You will be expected to build structure where required, develop and lead the HR team, partner directly with senior leadership and use data to improve the way the organisation attracts, develops and retains talent.

Key Responsibilities

Scaling & Talent Acquisition

• Develop and execute a people and hiring strategy aligned with continued business growth

• Build and lead an effective recruitment function across technical and non-technical teams

• Establish scalable sourcing, employer branding and structured interview processes

• Partner with department leaders on workforce planning, organisational design and headcount requirements

• Develop competitive compensation and benefits frameworks informed by relevant technology and digital asset markets

• Establish recruitment metrics and improve time-to-hire, quality-of-hire and overall candidate experience

• Build talent pipelines for critical and senior positions

Culture & Retention

• Own and continuously develop the company's culture as the organisation grows

• Ensure company values are reflected in leadership, management and day-to-day employee experience

• Design effective onboarding programmes that accelerate productivity and integration

• Develop career frameworks, levelling structures and internal mobility programmes

• Lead employee engagement and retention initiatives using measurable data and employee feedback

• Establish effective feedback mechanisms, pulse surveys and action plans

• Develop recognition, communication and employee experience initiatives that support a strong international culture

Leadership & HR Operations

• Act as a senior strategic advisor to the executive leadership team on people-related matters

• Translate business strategy into clear people priorities across the organisation

• Support leadership communication and organisational alignment during periods of growth and change

• Lead, mentor and develop the HR/People team

• Oversee performance management, leadership development and manager capability programmes

• Establish and maintain robust HR policies, employment practices and contracts

• Ensure compliance with applicable employment legislation across relevant jurisdictions

• Own HR systems, people analytics and reporting

• Use workforce data and insights to support strategic decision-making

• Support organisational restructuring, workforce planning and senior-level people decisions where required

What We're Looking For

Required

• 8+ years of progressive HR or People experience

• At least 3 years operating in a senior HR leadership position such as Head of HR, HR Director, VP People or equivalent

• Proven experience scaling organisations through significant growth, ideally beyond 100 employees

• Strong track record of building or significantly developing talent acquisition and recruitment functions

• Demonstrated experience improving employee engagement, retention and organisational effectiveness

• Strong knowledge of compensation, performance management, organisational development and HR operations

• Comfortable operating as a builder, establishing processes and infrastructure while remaining hands-on

• Strong commercial awareness and the ability to connect people strategy with business objectives

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including experience working with executive leadership and boards

• Based in or willing to relocate to Poland or the UAE

Nice to Have

• Experience within crypto, Web3, fintech, financial services or another technology sector undergoing significant regulatory and market change

• Experience managing HR across multiple countries and jurisdictions

• Previous experience supporting internationally distributed teams

• Familiarity with employment markets and regulations in Poland and/or the UAE

• SHRM-SCP, SPHR, CIPD or equivalent professional qualification

• Advanced degree in HR, business, organisational psychology or a related discipline

What Success Looks Like

• A scalable people strategy aligned with the company's growth plans

• A stronger and more structured talent acquisition function

• Clearer organisational structures, career paths and performance frameworks

• Improved employee engagement and retention

• Effective HR operations across multiple jurisdictions

• Stronger leadership capability and manager effectiveness

• Reliable people data and reporting supporting executive decision-making

• A consistent employee experience across an internationally distributed organisation

The Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is an experienced HR leader who has operated in a genuine scale-up environment and understands how to build the people infrastructure required as an organisation moves beyond 100 employees.

You will be comfortable working directly with senior executives while also getting into the detail when required. You should have strong recruitment and talent expertise, but also understand culture, organisational design, compensation, performance and international HR operations.

Experience within crypto, fintech, Web3 or technology is particularly relevant, although candidates from other high-growth and internationally distributed businesses may also be considered.

Location

The position can be based in Poland or the UAE, with a hybrid working model.

• Chief Financial Officer
  • The Company
  • The Opportunity
  • Key Responsibilities
  • Candidate Profile

Our client is a highly profitable, technology-driven quantitative trading firm with an exceptional long-term track record across global electronic markets. Following continued growth and expansion across Asia, they are looking to appoint an experienced Portfolio Manager to build and scale systematic trading strategies within a world-class trading and technology environment.

This is an opportunity to join a firm that combines institutional-grade infrastructure, low-latency technology and significant capital allocation with an entrepreneurial culture that allows experienced traders to maximise performance.

The Role

As a Portfolio Manager, you will take ownership of developing, deploying and scaling profitable quantitative trading strategies across global markets. You will work alongside elite researchers, engineers and traders while leveraging best-in-class technology and execution infrastructure.

The role offers significant autonomy and the opportunity to grow a trading business with strong backing from one of Asia's most established quantitative trading firms.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, implement and optimise high-frequency or intraday systematic trading strategies.
• Manage the full lifecycle of your trading portfolio, from research through to live deployment and performance optimisation.
• Monitor market conditions and continuously refine trading models to maximise returns.
• Collaborate closely with quantitative researchers, software engineers and trading technology teams to improve execution and alpha generation.
• Identify new trading opportunities across global futures and derivatives markets.
• Maintain robust risk management processes while ensuring consistent portfolio performance.
• Contribute to the ongoing evolution of trading infrastructure, execution quality and research capabilities.

Requirements

• Proven experience as a Portfolio Manager or Senior High Frequency Trader within a leading proprietary trading firm, hedge fund or quantitative trading business.
• Demonstrated annual P&L exceeding USD 5 million.
• Ability to bring proven, scalable trading strategies or proprietary alpha to a new platform.
• Strong understanding of systematic trading, quantitative research and electronic execution.
• Experience trading one or more of the following markets:
  • Japan
  • Singapore
  • Malaysia
  • Thailand
  • India
  • Australia
  • Taiwan
  • CME Futures
• Experience across Hong Kong, China or Korea will also be considered.
• Expertise in index arbitrage, index roll strategies or other market-neutral systematic strategies is advantageous.
• Excellent quantitative, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong understanding of market microstructure and low-latency trading environments.
• Degree in Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Finance, Economics or a related quantitative discipline.

Edison Smart is supporting a high-growth technology business with the appointment of a Head of AI

This is a senior leadership opportunity for someone with deep expertise across artificial intelligence, machine learning and credit decisioning. The successful individual will take ownership of developing and scaling advanced AI capabilities across lending and credit.

The role requires someone who combines strong technical depth with leadership capability and has experience taking sophisticated machine learning models from development through to production at scale.

The Role

You will take ownership of AI and machine learning capabilities across lending, working closely with senior leadership and cross-functional teams to build intelligent, scalable and commercially effective credit decisioning systems.

Key responsibilities include:

• Own the AI and machine learning strategy across lending and credit decisioning

• Build and deploy production-grade models across credit scoring, underwriting, affordability, default prediction and portfolio risk

• Develop advanced credit models using traditional and alternative data sources

• Lead the development of automated and real-time decisioning systems

• Establish robust frameworks for model evaluation, monitoring, explainability and governance

• Build and develop a high-performing AI and machine learning function

• Work closely with Product, Engineering and Risk teams to take models from experimentation into production

• Drive innovation while ensuring scalability, reliability and responsible AI deployment

What We're Looking For

• Significant experience building AI and machine learning systems within lending or credit environments

• Deep expertise across credit scoring, underwriting, credit risk modelling or automated decisioning

• Proven experience taking machine learning models from research through to production at scale