Head of Technology - Enterprise Banking Platforms

First Abu Dhabi Bank; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 300,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Abu Dhabi seeks a Platform Engineering Leader to provide strategic direction and operational excellence for core banking and payment platforms. This full-time role demands extensive knowledge in platform modernization, regulatory compliance, and a proven ability to lead cross-functional teams. Candidates should possess deep expertise in core banking systems and automated workflows. The institution promotes a culture of continuous improvement and aims for scalable and secure platform operations.

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of core banking systems including account management and lending.
• Knowledge of domestic and cross-border payment systems.
• Experience with business process management and enterprise workflow automation.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to platform engineering and operations teams.
• Track and report on KPIs, including platform uptime and transaction volumes.
• Lead the strategy, modernization, and operational excellence of core banking platforms.

Skills

Core Banking Expertise

Payments & Clearing Systems

Workflow & Process Automation

Platform Engineering & Integration

Regulatory & Operational Risk Acumen

Leadership & Execution

Job description

• Provide leadership to platform engineering and operations teams.
• Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture security and infrastructure standards.
• Promote a culture of platform thinking reusability and continuous improvement.
• Track and report on KPIs including platform uptime transaction volumes and change success rates.
• Support audit compliance and risk management across platform domains.
• Lead the strategy modernization and operational excellence of core banking payments and enterprise workflow platforms.
• Ensure these platforms are scalable secure and aligned with business growth regulatory compliance and digital transformation goals.
• Drive simplification automation and integration across the banking value chain.
• Enable seamless customer and employee experiences through resilient and interoperable systems.
• Foster a platform mindset promoting reusability modularity and agility.
• Define and execute the platform strategy for core banking payments and enterprise workflows.
• Lead modernization of legacy systems and migration to modular API-enabled and cloud-ready platforms.
• Ensure platform availability scalability and compliance with regulatory and operational standards.
• Collaborate with business architecture and delivery teams to prioritize platform enhancements and integrations.
• Drive automation and straight-through processing across banking operations.

Qualifications

• Core Banking Expertise: Deep understanding of core banking systems (e.g. account management lending deposits).
• Payments & Clearing Systems: Knowledge of domestic and cross-border payment rails ISO 20022 SWIFT and real-time payments.
• Workflow & Process Automation: Experience with BPM case management and enterprise workflow orchestration.
• Platform Engineering & Integration: Ability to lead platform modernization API enablement and cloud-native transformation.
• Regulatory & Operational Risk Acumen: Familiarity with compliance audit and operational resilience requirements.
• Leadership & Execution: Proven ability to lead large‑scale platform programs and cross‑functional teams.

Remote Work

No

Employment Type

Full-time