Chief Revenue Officer Crypto - Dubai

AP Executive - Global Executive Search Agency; Dubai; On-site; AED 837,000 - 1,004,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Base salary + bonuses

Board-level compensation

Pension plan

Medical cover

Director cover

Job summary

AP Executive - Global Executive Search Agency is partnering with a fast-growing FCA-regulated crypto custody platform to recruit a seasoned executive for the Board as Chief Revenue Officer. You will own revenue strategy, pricing and the full ecosystem from custody to lending, cards and trading.

You'll build partnerships, drive international expansion and lead marketing, commercial, partnerships and product-revenue teams, shaping the brand globally from day one.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in senior commercial leadership, with at least 5 years in crypto.
• A verifiable track record building a multi-product regulated crypto platform - custody, exchange, wallet or lending - at an established brand.
• Deep fluency across custody and MPC, segregated vs. omnibus structures, exchanges, lenders, staking and yield, OTC, stablecoins and the Travel Rule.
• Strong UK, Middle East, and international regulatory know-how, a clean record, and genuine Board-level credibility.

Responsibilities

• Join as Chief Revenue Officer, Executive Director and Board member, reporting directly to the CEO.
• Own the strategy and roadmap for our custody ecosystem - from core custody through lending, staking, cards, BNPL, trading and private client services.
• Take full ownership of revenue and pricing across every vertical we launch.
• Build out our partnerships, our platform, and our international expansion from the ground up.
• Lead marketing and our commercial, partnerships and product-revenue teams.
• Be the person who shapes this brand globally - because the role you're stepping into doesn't really exist anywhere else yet.

Job description

Job Description:

AP Executive are working with a fast-growing, FCA-regulated crypto custody platform on a mission to become a global retail crypto brand. The promise to customers is simple: your crypto is safe, it stays yours, and you can always see it. The next stage in their growth is they are looking for a commercially sharp, deeply experienced crypto executive to turn that promise into a full ecosystem - and sit on our Board while they do it.

The Opportunity

• Join as Chief Revenue Officer, Executive Director and Board member, reporting directly to the CEO.
• Own the strategy and roadmap for our custody ecosystem - from core custody through lending, staking, cards, BNPL, trading and private client services.
• Take full ownership of revenue and pricing across every vertical we launch.
• Build out our partnerships, our platform, and our international expansion from the ground up.
• Lead marketing and our commercial, partnerships and product-revenue teams.
• Be the person who shapes this brand globally - because the role you're stepping into doesn't really exist anywhere else yet.

What We Need From You

• 10+ years in senior commercial leadership, with at least 5 years in crypto.
• A verifiable track record building a multi-product regulated crypto platform - custody, exchange, wallet or lending - at an established brand.
• Deep fluency across custody and MPC, segregated vs. omnibus structures, exchanges, lenders, staking and yield, OTC, stablecoins and the Travel Rule - and the hard lessons the industry learned in 2022.
• Strong UK, Middle East, and international regulatory know-how, a clean record, and genuine Board-level credibility.

Nice to Have

• Experience launching staking, yield, card, BNPL or exchange products with risk properly managed.
• High-net-worth, private-client or institutional custody experience.
• Multi-jurisdiction licensing or international expansion experience.
• A strong network across crypto, fintech and media.

What's on Offer

• Base salary circa AED75,000 per month
• Bonus of up to 40%, tied to a balanced scorecard with conduct and customer-outcome safeguards.
• Pension, medical, life and director cover.
• A genuine seat at the table - Board membership from day one.

If you want to build something that doesn't exist yet in the market, and put your name on a brand from the ground up- we want to hear from you.