Infrastructure & Security

Interpolitan Money; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial services firm is seeking a VP of IT to take global ownership of IT infrastructure and security. Based in Dubai, the successful candidate will ensure the stability and compliance of IT systems. Key responsibilities include managing cyber security measures and maintaining governance frameworks. This role demands extensive experience in regulated environments and offers significant growth potential within a dynamic team.

Benefits

Comprehensive healthcare

ESOP Participation for high performers

Birthday Off

Two Paid Volunteer Days

Annual wellness day

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years' experience in IT leadership.
• Proven experience in a regulated global financial environment.
• Strong regulatory mindset and operational ownership traits.

Responsibilities

• Provide global IT leadership and manage third-party vendors.
• Maintain accountability for enterprise infrastructure.
• Oversee cyber security monitoring and incident response.

Skills

IT risk management

Cyber security

Regulatory compliance

Documentation discipline

Infrastructure management

Tools

Azure

Microsoft 365

SIEM

DLP

Job description

Interpolitan exists to empower global opportunity, for clients, partners, and people.

We are a premium cross-border capital platform supporting corporates, funds, family offices, private clients, and professional intermediaries operating internationally. Our regulated, multi-currency solutions enable clients to structure, move, and deploy capital across jurisdictions with speed, confidence, and control.

International finance has long been shaped by friction, opacity, and inflexible legacy models. Interpolitan was built to remove those constraints, combining regulatory rigour with commercial agility and a relationship-led approach to service.

We are a values-led organisation, guided by integrity, accountability, and long‑term thinking. These principles underpin how we operate, how we partner, and how we scale responsibly, ethically, and with intent.

With operations across the UK, UAE, India, and Canada, Interpolitan is entering a decisive phase of growth. We are strengthening our executive leadership team to support the next stage of international scale and platform evolution.

The Opportunity

Interpolitan Money is seeking an experienced, IT professional, familiar with operating in a regulated financial environment, to assume global ownership of IT Infrastructure, security, resilience and governance across the Group.

This is a VP level role based in Dubai with a global mandate, responsible for the stability, security and regulatory defensibility of all IT systems. This role will have full accountability for cyber security and regulatory IT compliance.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide global IT leadership and full ownership of third party vendors and service providers
• Maintain end to end accountability for enterprise infrastructure including; Azure, Microsoft 365, SIEM, DLP, networking, identity and access management, along with endpoint security and device provisioning
• Ownership of Cyber security monitoring, SOC escalation, incident response, breach containment and RCA remediation
• Establish and maintain IT governance and compliance frameworks (audit-ready change, access, logs, encryption, DR/BCP, cyber resilience, incident reporting SLAs)
• Embed IT controls into BAU and leading internal enablement
• Structured onboarding and embedding of IT estate

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years experience
Proven experience of operating in an IT Lead position within a regulated global financial environment
• Strong documentation discipline, regulatory mindset and operational ownership traits
• Experience of working in a high octane environment
• Excellent commercial understanding of IT risk in regulated environment

Why join Interpolitan?

Interpolitan Money combines the pace and ambition of a high-growth regulated financial services business with a strong ethical culture, committed to doing things the right way For the right individual, this role has the opportunity to be career-defining, offering the chance to shape your professional future while contributing to the growth of a global financial institution.

Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare
• ESOP Participation for high performers
• Birthday Off
• Two Paid Volunteer Days
• Annual wellness day

Interpolitan is an equal opportunities employer and we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive work environment where we learn from each other. We welcome people of diverse backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives and believe it adds value to our organisation