Abdulrhman H. Metwally
Enterprise software from concept to launch across GRC, Business Continuity, GovTech, SaaS, Telecom, HR Tech, and Blockchain — including platforms deployed to government ministries.
Professional summary
Product Manager and Senior Business Analyst with 13+ years taking enterprise software from concept to launch. Known for building products and teams from zero, reviving stalled ones, then shipping them to production. Has led cross-functional teams of up to 35 (engineering, UX, QA, analysis) across Saudi Arabia and Egypt, including fully remote setups. Owns the end-to-end product lifecycle — discovery, roadmap, backlog, prototyping, delivery — with deep strength in requirements engineering, C-level and government stakeholder management, and Agile/Scrum leadership.
Professional experience
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Digital solutions & transformation company (tam.sa); products built on the 'TAM Verse' ecosystem. Led a UI designer, mobile developer, assistant analyst in Riyadh, and engineers. Tools: Jira, Figma.
Event ticketing and booking platform (jovial.tam.sa) that had stalled before I took it on.
My role: Over ~3 months overhauled the event-creation mechanism, operations, admin dashboard, roles & permissions, and the entire sales/payment flow; shipped to production.
Grant/fund management workflow used by the Ministry of Culture: applicants submit and pass through filters and a workflow to receive funding.
My role: Product owner for ~2 months on an existing product handling hundreds of applications.
Kanban-style team collaboration tool (Trello-like).
My role: Drove a full UX overhaul and ran demos with government clients.
- Define product vision, roadmap, quarterly OKRs, and KPIs.
- Prioritize backlog by customer value, business impact, and technical constraints.
- Run discovery, release planning, and executive alignment.
Skills & tools
What I work with day to day
Freelance & personal projects
Delivered alongside full-time roles, 2013 – present
An AI product integrating an HR module with any ERP; automates employee self-service (leave, cash advances, biometric attendance) and speeds up team workflows. Helped build the project and its ERP integration.
The courts portion of the Egypt Digital Platform, delivered via a company; co-designed the prototype and workflow with another team.
E-commerce platform for a company in Libya.
A website for auctions and selling products via auction.
Business analysis only — requirements and analysis.
Home-services and device-repair dispatch app; owned requirements and flow.
Freelance enhancement of an accounting ERP, plus Odoo accounting ERP training delivered with a company.
A database chatbot that answers from a database, this personal website, and a friend's website — all built with Claude Code, Codex, and Vercel.
Several projects with developers under personal agreements, owning the requirements-gathering (BA) portion. Plus additional software-delivery projects for many clients since 2013, often in parallel with full-time roles.
No formal certifications completed — all items are self-study or online coursework (exams not taken). Not presented as certified.
- Logistics & transport volunteer — local nonprofit.
- Speaker & graphic designer — environmental advocacy campaigns.
- English level: B1, actively improving — worth knowing for US/EU remote roles.
- Employment gap May 2014 – Jan 2016: studying plus freelance work.
- Confirmed launches and deployments: Ahdaf (5 government entities), Wesam (Madinah Municipality), Jovial (live), Futira (on-chain, internal), GET SDIS (national scale), Unicom systems. Several strong products never reached a market sale because the company closed or ran out of funds.
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