Product Manager / QA Analyst (Full-Time Remote Contractor)

Role Overview

Product Manager / QA Analyst (Full-Time Remote Contractor) reporting to the CTO and working closely with the Founder. You will balance product leadership (requirements, roadmap, delivery) with hands-on quality assurance (manual testing and validating mobile/web features before release).

Responsibilities

Product Management

• Collaborate with the Founder and CTO to refine product vision, priorities, and the roadmap
• Write user stories, acceptance criteria, and supporting documentation
• Translate ideas into actionable requirements for developers
• Support Agile delivery (planning, backlog refinement, release coordination)
• Validate delivered features against user expectations and business goals

Quality Assurance

• Create and maintain product specifications, user stories, and test cases
• Perform manual testing of new iOS/Android mobile features and web features across devices/browsers
• Conduct functional, regression, and exploratory testing
• Simulate real family scenarios to identify, log, and track bugs
• Verify fixes and ensure stable performance across devices/platforms
• Report test coverage, key findings, and release readiness to the CTO

Requirements

• 6+ years combined experience across Product Management and QA Analyst
• Strong experience with mobile app and web development workflows
• Hands-on manual QA experience for iOS, Android, and web
• Proven ability to write user stories, acceptance criteria, and test cases with structured documentation
• Solid understanding of Agile delivery processes
• Familiarity with Jira (or similar issue-tracking platforms)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Preferred (Nice to Have)

• Arabic language skills
• Familiarity with GCC expat culture
• Startup experience
• Experience with consumer-facing apps (especially family/lifestyle)
• Interest in parenting/family scheduling realities and reducing mental load

Location / Work Model

• Remote (anywhere in the world)