Chief Credit Officer

CTB1LLC, a boutique talent and placement company; Dubai; On-site; AED 1,000,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

CTB1LLC is partnering with a venture-backed fintech on a Chief Risk Officer role to build scalable credit risk infrastructure across emerging markets. The CRO will lead risk, data science, fraud, and collections teams, driving responsible growth in unsecured lending and developing alternative-data underwriting strategies.

The successful candidate will bring 10+ years in credit risk, deep experience with unsecured products, and a hands-on, entrepreneurial approach in high-growth environments.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of credit risk experience in fintech/digital lending.
• Proven experience building unsecured credit products in emerging markets.
• Deep expertise in alternative-data underwriting and credit decisioning.
• Experience leading risk, data science, fraud, and collections teams.
• Experience operating within regulated financial institutions preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop credit risk strategies, underwriting policies, and decisioning frameworks across products and markets.
• Build and scale unsecured lending products using alternative data, credit scoring, and risk-based pricing.
• Own portfolio performance, risk analytics, collections, and regulatory risk management.
• Build and lead credit risk, data science, fraud, and collections teams.
• Partner with executive leadership to balance credit performance, profitability, and growth.

Skills

Credit risk

Unsecured lending

Alternative data underwriting

Credit decisioning

Portfolio management

Leadership

Regulatory risk management

Job description

Chief Risk Officer

CTB1 is partnering with a profitable, venture-backed fintech transforming access to financial services for underserved consumers and small businesses across emerging markets.

Backed by leading global investors, the company has scaled to 2M+ customers, 25K+ businesses, and $100M+ in annual revenue. Its growing financial services platform spans consumer lending, SME financing, payments, and banking.

As the business expands into unsecured lending, it's seeking a Chief Risk Officer to build and scale its credit risk infrastructure, leveraging proprietary transaction data to serve customers with limited or no traditional credit history.

The Opportunity

This is a hands-on, strategic leadership role for someone who has successfully built and scaled credit products in emerging markets or low-data environments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop credit risk strategies, underwriting policies, and decisioning frameworks across multiple products and markets.
• Build and scale unsecured lending products using alternative data, credit scoring, and risk-based pricing.
• Own portfolio performance, risk analytics, collections, and regulatory risk management.
• Build and lead credit risk, data science, fraud, and collections teams.
• Partner with executive leadership to balance credit performance, profitability, and growth.

Ideal Candidate Profile

• 10+ years of credit risk experience, ideally within fintech, digital lending, or neobanking.
• Proven experience building and scaling unsecured credit products in emerging markets or low-data environments.
• Deep expertise in alternative-data underwriting, credit decisioning, and portfolio management.
• Strong technical foundation combined with commercial judgment and an entrepreneurial, hands-on approach.
• Experience building teams and risk infrastructure in high-growth environments.
• Experience operating within regulated financial institutions preferred.

Location: UAE Preferred | Flexible Location with International Travel

*Current CRO title is not required. We're equally interested in strong Heads of Credit Risk, Heads of Decision Science, or senior risk leaders ready to step into a broader executive role.*