Product Owner Business Analyst

Role: Product Owner / Business Analyst

Location: Dubai

Department: Technology & Operations

Reports To: CTO

Position: Full-Time

About Us

GlobalDrum empowers the media sector to own, understand, and monetise their most valuable social audiences. Using live behavioural data, we enable brands to operate diversified business models at scale, on demand.

We are building a unique next-generation B2B2C Platform as a Service (PaaS) on a globally distributed cloud infrastructure, incorporating a scalable, event-driven architecture using the latest AI and data techniques to transform an entire sector.

Located in London, Dubai, New York and Dubai, the Company is at the centre of reshaping how global brands will evolve in a sector valued at $276Bn in 2025 representing 30% of all digital ad spending.

If this seems too ambitious for you, then don't apply.

Job Description

We need a detail-oriented Product Owner with a strong Business Analyst background to bridge the gap between our business objectives and engineering execution. You will ensure our multi-tenant media platform meets strict requirements across complex advertising and subscription workflows, capturing specifications and maintaining the flow of well-defined work within our rapid Scrum cycles, ensuring quality never slips despite our high-velocity AI development approach.

The role is expected to evolve from analysis towards ownership as the product moves from concept to production and the team grows. We are looking for someone with passion, attention to detail, and the ambition to grow with the business. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and have a proven track record working on data-intensive global systems, we want you as part of our team.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the product backlog for platform and consumer-facing applications, aligned to the direction set by the product director
• Collaborate with design and development to break down problems and ensure the flow of clearly defined, context-rich work is maintained
• Contribute to product discovery, hypothesis testing, and data-driven prioritisation to ensure we are solving the right problems
• Elicit, capture, and document detailed technical and business requirements through workshops, interviews, and document analysis, translating outcomes into high-quality artefacts (epics, user stories, acceptance criteria) for the engineering team
• Collaborate with engineers and QA to refine stories and plan sprints; own the flow and organisation of work in Jira, ensuring all items carry sufficient context and a clear definition of done
• Validate that all MarTech and AdTech integrations (ads, subscriptions, data tracking) function accurately

Required Skills and Qualifications

• 4+ years in a Product Owner, Business Analyst, or equivalent role, ideally within a fast-paced startup or scale-up environment
• Strong understanding of product development processes, with a clear grasp of how to move from a user need to a defined feature that solves it
• Expert at breaking down, crafting, and communicating clear requirements and writing technical specifications
• Strong technical knowledge of application development in an AI-assisted environment
• Mastery of Jira and Confluence for task tracking, reporting, and knowledge management
• Deep understanding of MarTech and AdTech workflows, terminology, and metrics
• Strong familiarity with agile Scrum methodologies

Preferred Experience

• Familiarity with the unique workflows of AI-augmented (agentic) development teams
• Previous experience in an early-stage startup or founding team

Bonus Points If You Have...

While not strictly required, exposure to the following will make you a standout candidate:

• Deep understanding of the media and/or news technology ecosystems
• Experience in AdTech (advertising networks, programmatic bidding, ad serving)
• A consulting or startup/scale-up background, bringing a strategic, client-centric, and solution-oriented mindset to technical problem-solving

Why Join Us?

• The chance to build a ground-breaking AI platform from day one
• Competitive equity options package
• Flexible working environment