Amman · working globally

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Explore how I think, work, build, and lead.

  1. Issa Nijmeh From ambiguity to product clarity.
  2. Profile How I think
    • Product Strategy
    • Systems Thinking
    • Quality Thinking
    • Cross-Functional Leadership
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  3. Experience Where I’ve built
    • ProgressSoft
    • OpenSooq
    • FADEL
    • Q-Pros
    • FADEL · Product Leadership
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  4. Selected Work Systems I’ve shaped
    • Product Approval
    • Brand Vision
    • Electronic Cheque Clearing
    • PayHub
    • Dubai Future Foundation
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  5. Credentials The foundation
    • Software Engineering · PSUT
    • PSPO II™
    • PSM I
    • ISTQB Certified Tester
    • IIBA Member
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  6. Thinking How I decide
    • Clarity over complexity
    • Outcomes over activity
    • People before process
    • Strategy to execution
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  7. Product Lab Ideas built from zero
    • RENDR
    • SameSame
    • SERVISNY
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  8. Partner With Me How we can work together
    • Product Strategy & Discovery
    • Workflow & Requirements
    • Agile Delivery & Quality
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  9. Contact Open connection
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    • Amman, Jordan
    • Remote / International
    • Open to relocation
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Issa Nijmeh

Profil

Ein Product-Mindset, gebaut auf technischer Disziplin.

Ich begann in Softwaretechnik und Qualitätssicherung – das hat mich gelehrt, Produkte tief zu verstehen: wie Nutzer sich durch sie bewegen, wie sich Systeme verhalten, wo sich Komplexität versteckt und wo Dinge versagen.

Dieses Fundament prägt, wie ich Produkt heute angehe. Ich konzentriere mich darauf, das eigentliche Problem zu verstehen, die richtige Produktrichtung festzulegen, Workflows zu strukturieren, Stakeholder auszurichten, Prioritäten zu setzen und Unklarheit in etwas zu verwandeln, das Teams bauen können.

Ich behandle Produkt nicht als Feature-Liste. Ich betrachte das gesamte System, die Entscheidungen dahinter und das Ergebnis, das es erzeugen muss.
  1. Produktstrategie

    Richtung, Prioritäten und Produktentscheidungen rund um reale Nutzer- und Geschäftsprobleme festlegen.

  2. Produktentdeckung

    Das Problem verstehen, bevor man sich auf die Lösung festlegt.

  3. Produktsysteme

    Workflows, Regeln, Abhängigkeiten und Erlebnisse gestalten, die kohärent zusammenwirken.

  4. Produktlieferung

    Produktrichtung in klare Umsetzung über Engineering, QA und Stakeholder hinweg übersetzen.

Erfahrung

Von technischen Grundlagen zur Produktführung.

  1. FADEL

    Full-time · 2024-Present · New York, United States · Remote

    1. Product Owner (Product Manager Responsibilities)

      • Operate as a proxy to the SVP of Product, owning day-to-day product decisions, prioritization, and cross-team alignment across enterprise SaaS platforms.
      • Lead product design and solutioning for complex, workflow-driven systems, translating ambiguous business requirements into clear product flows, structured specifications, and interactive prototypes.
      • Drive backlog strategy, refinement, and prioritization, ensuring teams have well-defined user stories and acceptance criteria that support reliable, scalable delivery.
      • Create detailed workflows, diagrams, and prototypes to reduce ambiguity, accelerate alignment, and improve product understanding across engineering, QA, and stakeholders.
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      • Lead execution across multiple cross-functional teams, managing dependencies and maintaining momentum across shared enterprise platforms.
      • Design and maintain end-to-end workflow models to support enterprise-scale systems and enable model-based development and testing.
      • Partner closely with engineering and QA to validate functionality, data integrity, and end-to-end behavior prior to release.
      • Facilitate product demos, stakeholder reviews, and internal enablement sessions to support adoption, alignment, and release readiness.
      • Apply strong techno-functional expertise to bridge business needs with technical execution and adapt quickly across new systems, tools, and product domains.
      • Contribute to release communication, product training, and internal support readiness, helping expand product understanding beyond the development team.
    2. Senior Quality Engineer (Scrum Master Responsibilities)

      • Facilitated Agile ceremonies to align QA tasks with sprint goals and product priorities.
      • Provided actionable feedback on requirements, improving quality early in development.
      • Authored comprehensive test cases across functional and non-functional requirements.
      • Executed verification and regression tests, with clear documentation of outcomes.
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      • Reported and tracked defects efficiently, accelerating issue resolution.
      • Identified automation opportunities to enhance QA efficiency and coverage.
      • Oversaw QA processes to ensure compliance with quality and delivery standards.
      • Delivered quality reports with recommendations to strengthen product outcomes.
      • Trained and mentored new hires, raising overall team capability.
  2. ProgressSoft Corporation

    Full-time · 2020-2024 · Amman, Jordan · Hybrid

    1. Quality Engineer (Product Ownership Responsibilities)

      • Managed end-to-end projects, ensuring compliance with quality standards and regulatory requirements.
      • Conducted root cause analysis and implemented corrective actions to improve delivery reliability.
      • Designed quality control plans, metrics, and inspections, boosting QA efficiency and accuracy.
      • Led and mentored junior staff, supporting professional development and team maturity.
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      • Addressed customer quality concerns to improve trust and satisfaction.
      • Oversaw SIT, UAT, and production validation across web and client/server applications.
      • Applied diverse testing techniques: regression, performance, security, load, and API (Postman, SoapUI).
      • Authored and maintained test cases, workflows, and specifications aligned with business goals.
      • Defined product backlog, user stories, and acceptance criteria to optimize delivery.
      • Facilitated sprints, stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives, driving Agile processes with cross-functional teams.
      • Communicated product vision and system requirements effectively with stakeholders and developers.
    2. Business Analyst · Internship

      • Learned to create business solutions through projects related to real-life problems via IIBA® guidelines.
  3. Nijmeh Service

    Part-time · 2016-2020 · Amman, Jordan · On-site

    1. Operations Assistant

      • Early experience in day-to-day operations, scheduling, customer communication, and teamwork alongside university studies.

Ausgewählte Arbeiten

Enterprise-Plattformen, von Anfang bis Ende gestaltet.

AI-enabled Enterprise Platform

FADEL Product Approval

FADEL

AI-enabled product approval platform

Der schwierige Teil Turning a fuzzy, multi-stakeholder approval process into clear states, roles, and decision gates a team could actually build.

A structured, end-to-end approval platform helping licensors manage complex product approval workflows from submission through final approval.

Beitrag Contributed to product workflows, requirements, validation scenarios, backlog refinement, stakeholder alignment, configurable approvals, governance controls, and lifecycle visibility.

  • Product Management
  • Product Ownership
  • Workflow Design
  • Business Analysis
  • AI-enabled Workflows
Enterprise SaaS

Brand Vision

FADEL

Enterprise SaaS for brand protection, rights management, and content compliance

Der schwierige Teil Making shared platform capabilities coherent across products that each wanted them shaped their own way.

FADEL’s cloud platform supporting the full asset lifecycle, from creation to distribution and monitoring. Core areas include talent and agreement management, asset rights management, rights clearance, content tracking across social and e-commerce platforms, workflow automation, takedowns, renewals, analytics, and reporting.

Beitrag Contributed to product strategy, workflow design, backlog prioritisation, requirements definition, and cross-functional alignment across shared enterprise capabilities.

  • Enterprise SaaS
  • Rights Management
  • Content Compliance
  • Workflow Automation
  • Product Strategy
FinTech · Banking Systems

Electronic Cheque Clearing Platform

ProgressSoft

Digital financial-services platform

Der schwierige Teil One core product, many banks and regulators, each with its own rules, formats, and rollout.

An end-to-end secure platform helping financial institutions replace traditional paper cheque processing with electronic workflows.

Beitrag Contributed across requirements analysis, system enhancements, testing strategy, process improvements, UX updates, security remediation, browser upgrades, integrations, reporting, and multi-bank implementations across Jordan, the UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Palestine, and Seychelles.

  • FinTech
  • Banking Systems
  • Business Analysis
  • QA Strategy
  • Enterprise Delivery
Marketplace · Web & Mobile

OpenSooq Platform

OpenSooq

Marketplace ecosystem across web and mobile

Der schwierige Teil Holding web, iOS, and Android to one experience while each shipped on its own cadence.

A customer-facing marketplace ecosystem across web, iOS, and Android.

Beitrag Contributed to platform quality, release readiness, user-experience improvements, API testing, security and compatibility validation, localisation, and cross-platform consistency.

  • Marketplace
  • Mobile
  • Web
  • Quality Engineering
  • User Experience

Weitere Erfahrung

Servisny Mobile Application

A service marketplace connecting users with nearby service providers.

Freelance & Independent Work

Product analysis, delivery optimisation, quality initiatives, and digital product support across multiple domains.

Qualifikationen & Ausbildung

Built on systems thinking. Expanded through product leadership.

Ausbildung

Zertifikate & Mitgliedschaften

  • Professional Scrum Product Owner II (PSPO II™)
  • Professional Scrum Master I
  • Certified Tester, Foundation Level
  • AI for Product Managers
  • Diploma in Emotional Intelligence
  • International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA®), Member
  • Scrum.org, Member
  • International Software Testing Qualifications Board, Member
  • Quality Engineers Alliance, Founder

Tools & Arbeitsweise

How I work, not just what I use.

I use tools as accelerators, not as the process. My focus is choosing the fastest way to understand, model, prototype, validate, and communicate a product decision.

Product Management & Modeling

  • Jira
  • Confluence
  • Draw.io
  • Product workflow modeling
  • Requirements modeling
  • Process mapping
  • Prototyping

Product & Quality

  • TestRail
  • Postman
  • API validation
  • Acceptance criteria
  • Test strategy
  • Release validation

Engineering Collaboration

  • Git
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • Azure DevOps
  • Docker

Data & Systems

  • SQL
  • MySQL
  • PostgreSQL

Team Collaboration

  • Slack
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Google Meet
  • Zoom
  • Trello

Denkweise

How I think about product.

Clarity beats complexity

Complex products require clear thinking, structured communication, and simple decisions. My role is often to reduce ambiguity and help teams focus on what matters most.

Outcomes over activity

Shipping features matters, but meaningful outcomes create value. I focus on connecting product decisions to real user and business impact.

People make frameworks work

Workflows and methodologies exist to support people, not the other way around. Great products are built through trust, collaboration, and shared understanding.

Strategy must become execution

Vision alone is not enough. Strong product leadership translates strategy into priorities, roadmaps, decisions, and delivery.

How I lead

Leadership & Scrum

I lead by creating clarity, ownership, and momentum, then getting out of the way so the team isn’t waiting on me for every answer.

How I run teams

  • Clear ownership: Everyone understands what they own, what decisions they can make, and where escalation is needed.
  • Context over instructions: I explain the business problem, outcome, and constraints so the team can contribute to the solution.
  • Early risk identification: Technical, QA, and operational concerns surface before they become release problems.
  • Direct communication: I would rather deal with an uncomfortable fact today than an avoidable incident later.

Scrum & Agile experience

I have operated as a Scrum Master, Product Owner, Business Analyst, QA Lead, and Product Management proxy. I facilitate planning, refinement, prioritization, and retrospectives, and work with engineering and QA to keep requirements testable and dependencies visible.

Give people clarity, context, and ownership, then remove the obstacles that stop them from doing their best work.

Bei der Arbeit geht es nicht darum, Funktionen auszuwählen. Es geht darum, genug Unklarheit zu beseitigen, damit die richtigen offensichtlich werden.

Ein Ingenieur, der lernte, das gesamte System zu sehen – und danach lernte, Menschen hindurchzuführen.

Work With Me

How we can work together.

Beyond full-time roles, I take on a small number of engagements: shaping a product, pressure-testing an idea, or building the team and process around it. Pick the situation closest to yours.

Choose the situation closest to yours

How I’d approach it

One lane: a single combined review, one decision gate with a named owner, then publish. The duplicate sign-off is gone.

Where I’ve done this

FADEL · Product Approval

Contributed to the product workflows, requirements, validation scenarios, backlog refinement, configurable approvals, and governance controls.

Other ways we can work together

  • Scrum & Agile delivery Setting up or tuning Scrum, backlog practices, and release planning so delivery becomes predictable.
  • Leading & coaching teams Coaching product owners and helping cross-functional teams align and decide under pressure.

Kontakt

Let’s build something meaningful together.

Whether you are exploring product strategy, enterprise SaaS, AI-driven systems, workflow automation, or product leadership opportunities, I would be happy to connect.

If you are hiring a Product Owner or PM for an ambiguous enterprise problem, that is exactly the work I want. Tell me about it.

Open to international opportunities and relocation

Countries visited
  • Spain
  • UAE
  • Turkey
  • Lebanon
  • Egypt
  • Tunisia
  • Syria