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.
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.
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.
Skills Required
- Strong background in both product design and technology
- 4+ years as a Product Manager or Product Lead on AI, AR, or real-time mobile applications
- Proven experience with speech-to-text, streaming architectures, and real-time NLP/NLU systems
- Solid understanding of mobile development (React Native, Flutter, or native)
- Experience with real-time backend technologies (WebRTC, WebSockets, Redis)
- Familiarity with ASR technologies (e.g., Whisper, NeMo) and ML productization
- Experience building privacy-critical solutions and applying privacy-by-design / GDPR principles
- Experience designing accessible, culturally sensitive UX for faith-based products
- Experience with multi-language support and offline/edge functionality (English, Urdu, French)
- Effective cross-functional communicator and team leader; agile experience
- Fluent in English
- Arabic language ability
- Sensitivity to Islamic religious norms and ability to collaborate with Sharia advisors
What We Do
MENA Alliances is a woman-owned talent and technology services company connecting global businesses with vetted professionals from the Middle East and North Africa. It provides on-demand remote tech teams, recruitment and staffing models, software development, data labeling and annotation, translation and localization, and project-based delivery. Its mission includes expanding opportunities for women and young people while helping clients scale technical capabilities.
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