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AI/AR Product Lead

MENA Alliances

Role overview

Qualifications

  • Strong background in both product design and technology
  • 4+ years of experience as a Product Manager or Product Lead on AI, AR, or real-time mobile applications
  • Proven experience working with speech-to-text, streaming architectures, and real-time NLP/NLU systems
  • Solid understanding of mobile development (React Native, Flutter, or native)

Responsibilities

  • Define MVP scope, milestones, and pilot rollout plans in collaboration with mosque stakeholders
  • Manage cross-functional teams including ASR/NLP engineers, mobile developers, and UI/UX designers
  • Align product development with privacy-by-design, GDPR, and Sharia compliance
  • Lead technical planning for Arabic ASR pipelines, fuzzy verse-matching, and real-time translation delivery

About the company

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MENA Alliances

Staffing & Recruiting

MENA Alliances is a woman-owned business dedicated to connecting global companies with highly-skilled, vetted talent from the MENA (the Middle East and North Africa) region. We source top-notch candidates for you by tapping into our rich network of the MENA region’s best tech pros. Our vetted professionals are experienced and ready to go, and training is rarely required. Ex: Software engineers, programmers, designers, translators, and more at the click of a button. Spending your childhood and youth in a refugee camp and conflict zone could lead you to believe that there is no opportunity available to you in the world. No opportunity means no hope. We wanted to change that for ambitious, talented people who have the skills but are under-employed. Scale your business by building remote teams from MENA’s ambitious top professionals. MENA Alliances Mission: Our mission is to help women and young professionals in the MENA region access the self-determination that comes with in-demand skills and career opportunities. Everyone deserves to reach their full potential, find their passion, and achieve success - no matter where in the world they live. We believe in a world where location is no longer a barrier for diligent, talented people to reach for the success they envision for their future. Our clients range from large enterprises with mega data projects to startups wanting to hire experienced developers. Our core services include: Qualified Professionals On-Demand Translation & Localization Data Labelling & Annotation Our Impact on Numbers: More than 700 jobs offered have been implemented by more than 700 professionals (primarily women and youth). More than 3000 youth and graduates have been trained on skills and tools that enable them to work online and compete in the global market. Her company has reached Global markets such as the US, UK, Swaziland, Germany, Netherlands, and the Gulf region.

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IndustryStaffing & Recruiting
Company size11 - 50

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Job description

This is a remote position.

A UK-based client is seeking a skilled and purpose-driven Product Lead to manage the MVP delivery of a groundbreaking AR-powered Islamic product. This solution aims to deliver real-time translations of Quranic recitation within mosque settings, built around privacy, accessibility, reverence, and Sharia compliance.

You will be responsible for defining and delivering a technically complex and culturally sensitive mobile-first experience. This includes working with real-time Arabic ASR, scholar-approved translations, and reverent UI/UX design ,all under strict privacy and latency constraints.

Key Responsibilities

  • Define MVP scope, milestones, and pilot rollout plans in collaboration with mosque stakeholders.

  • Manage cross-functional teams including ASR/NLP engineers, mobile developers, and UI/UX designers.

  • Align product development with privacy-by-design, GDPR, and Sharia compliance.

  • Lead technical planning for Arabic ASR pipelines, fuzzy verse-matching, and real-time translation delivery.

  • Ensure thoughtful, reverent design of Prayer Mode UX, tailored for passive, sacred-space usage.

  • Oversee multi-platform deployment (mobile, mosque tablets, and AR overlays).

  • Support multi-language support (English, Urdu, French) with offline and edge functionality.

  • Collaborate with Sharia advisors to ensure all translations and flows are compliant and respectful.

  • Track performance KPIs: latency, confidence score, offline stability, accessibility support.



Requirements

  • Strong background in both product design and technology — able to guide UX decisions and make informed technical trade-offs.

  • 4+ years of experience as a Product Manager or Product Lead on AI, AR, or real-time mobile applications.

  • Proven experience working with speech-to-text, streaming architectures, and real-time NLP/NLU systems.

  • Solid understanding of mobile development (React Native, Flutter, or native) and real-time backend technologies (WebRTC, WebSockets, Redis).

  • Familiarity with ASR technologies (e.g. Whisper, NeMo) and machine learning productization.

  • Strong grasp of accessible, culturally sensitive design principles for faith-based products.

  • Experience delivering privacy-critical or mission-sensitive tech solutions.

Soft Skills & Culture Fit

  • Effective cross-functional communicator and team leader.

  • Comfortable working in agile teams and independently across time zones.

  • Fluent in English; Arabic is a strong advantage.

  • Sensitivity to Islamic religious norms, especially within sacred spaces like mosques.



Benefits

  •  Hourly-based compensation with flexible scheduling.

  • Exposure to a groundbreaking AI + AR product with global spiritual and social impact.

  • Take ownership of an MVP with the potential to scale across the MENA region and beyond.



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