Director of Information Technology

Jex Recruitment | Connecting top talent with leading companies; Dubai; On-site; AED 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm is seeking a Managing Director for Technology within the financial services sector. The ideal candidate will pioneer the transition to a unified banking platform and lead high-performance teams while leveraging deep industry expertise. This senior role demands a strong background in banking technology and proven leadership skills, with a focus on maximizing efficiency and innovation across business lines.

Qualifications

• 17+ years of experience in banking technology.
• Proven leadership experience.
• Deep understanding of best practices in technology.

Responsibilities

• Define blueprint for a converged bank platform model.
• Build high-performance delivery teams for E2E solutions.
• Bridge gaps between Business & IT for efficient delivery.

Skills

Leadership

Banking Technology

Emerging Technologies

Education

Degree Educated

Job description

Job Title: Managing Director - Technology - Digital Channels

Location: UAE

Industry: Financial Services

Job Purpose:

• Define the blue print to evolve towards a converged one bank platform model (common channels, APIs, systems of differentiation, systems of record, systems of risk) AND own the delivery to the businesses.
• Build fully functional, high performance delivery teams aligned to each LOB (Corporate, Investment, Retail & Wealth) to deliver E2E business solutions
• Works closely with Business heads deliver their product roadmap aligned to their business strategies
• Bring in deep Industry & Technology experience, bridging the gap between Business & IT - contributing to more efficient ways of delivering solutions. For Example, optimizing process inefficiencies / redundancies as part of Transformation, unlocking value in Data within bank's legacy systems
• Build cross business lines synergies, optimizing total cost of ownership & increasing enterprise agility via reusing of tech & business services
• Build cross-business foundational business services that cut's across multiple LOB while leveraging Bank's Engineering practice on technology foundations

Requirements:

• Must have vast experience within Banking technology
• Proven leadership experience
• Deep understanding on emerging technologies and best practices
• 17+ years of experience
• Degree Educated

*Only shortlisted candidates will be conatcted*