AVP - AI & Business Integration

Discovered MENA; Dubai; On-site; AED 350,000 - 750,000; Full time

Job summary

Discovered MENA in the United Arab Emirates is seeking an AVP – AI Value Realisation & Business Integration to join a leading Financial Services company in Abu Dhabi. This high-impact role sits at the intersection of AI, transformation and business strategy, ensuring AI products translate into measurable value, strong user adoption and sustained business impact.

You will lead value sizing, develop KPI frameworks, partner with AI Product Owners and business stakeholders, and drive change

Qualifications

• 2–5 years of experience in a top-tier consulting firm.
• Experience delivering transformation and value realisation engagements.
• Financial services or banking exposure, directly or via consulting.
• Experience building business cases, KPI frameworks and value measures.

Responsibilities

• Lead value sizing, measurement and benefits realisation across AI products.
• Develop business cases, value hypotheses and KPI frameworks.
• Partner with AI Product Owners and stakeholders to define targets and track outcomes.
• Lead business integration and change management to embed AI into operations.
• Identify process, operating model and behavioural changes to unlock value.
• Drive user adoption through stakeholder engagement and change initiatives.
• Analyse performance and translate findings into clear exec-level recommendations.
• Influence senior leaders on AI investment decisions and value creation.

Skills

Strategy consulting

Change management

Analytical thinking

Job description

This role is based in Abu Dhabi and requires you to be in office 5 days a week.

We're hiring an AVP – AI Value Realisation & Business Integration to join a leading Financial Services company in the United Arab Emirates.

This is a high-impact role sitting at the intersection of AI, transformation and business strategy, focused on ensuring a growing portfolio of AI products translates into measurable financial and operational value, strong user adoption, and sustainable business impact.

What you'll be doing

• Lead value sizing, measurement and benefits realisation across a portfolio of strategic AI products
• Develop business cases, value hypotheses, KPI frameworks and measurement approaches to quantify the impact of AI initiatives
• Partner closely with AI Product Owners and business stakeholders to define value targets and track outcomes from development through to adoption
• Lead business integration and change management, ensuring AI products are successfully embedded into day-to-day operations
• Identify the process, operating model and behavioural changes required to unlock the full value of AI solutions
• Drive user adoption through stakeholder engagement, user research, workshops, communications and change initiatives
• Analyse performance and translate complex findings into clear recommendations and executive-level reporting
• Engage and influence senior business leaders, helping shape decisions around AI investment, prioritisation and value creation

What we're looking for

• Strong strategy or management consulting experience, ideally including 2–5 years within a top-tier consulting firm
• Experience delivering transformation, value realisation, business integration or implementation-focused engagements
• Financial Services or banking exposure, either directly within the industry or through consulting engagements
• Demonstrable experience building business cases, KPI frameworks, value measurement approaches or benefits realisation frameworks
• Strong hands-on delivery mindset with evidence of personally owning outcomes rather than purely managing programmes or reporting
• Experience with change management, business adoption, process transformation or operating model change
• Excellent analytical, structured problem-solving and executive communication capabilities
• Comfortable operating with significant autonomy in a fast-paced and evolving environment

Why join?

• Join a leading Financial Services company building and deploying AI products across one of the region's largest organisations
• Work across multiple AI products and directly influence how their business value is defined, measured and realised
• Gain significant exposure to senior executives and strategic decision-makers
• Move beyond pure strategy and work directly on the implementation, adoption and measurable impact of AI
• Join a lean, high-autonomy team where your individual contribution will be highly visible