Solution Architect

Hyphen Connect; Dubai; On-site; AED 260,000 - 480,000; Full time

Job summary

Hyphen Connect is seeking a senior fintech strategy executive to lead market positioning and act as a trusted advisor for global banking, payments, and financial services clients.

You will provide thought leadership, drive executive engagements, and enable new business models while translating market trends into differentiated product solutions. Fluent English is required; Mandarin is a plus. A Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering and deep domain expertise in financial services are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/engineering or equivalent field.
• Deep domain knowledge in banking, insurance, securities or financial services.
• Ability to guide customers through digital transformation with innovative methods.
• Ability to influence C-level executives through strategic messaging.
• Experience with fintech domains, cloud platforms and AI architectures.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English; Mandarin a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to develop market positioning and brand authority in fintech.
• Act as a driver for enabling new business models and executive alignment.
• Capture and share industry best practices across ecosystems and associations.
• Define business and technical solutions aligned with regulatory requirements.
• Deliver technical demos and guidance to support sales with customers.
• Gather market feedback to inform product development and optimizations.
• Collaborate with engineering and delivery teams to ensure successful deployments.

Skills

Domain expertise in financial services

Executive engagement

Transformation leadership

Technical breadth: fintech, cloud, AI

Strategic mindset

English fluency

Mandarin proficiency (nice to have)

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Job description

Our client is a global fintech company that originated as the digital payment engine for e-commerce industries.

Responsibilities

• Thought Leadership & Positioning: Provide strong leadership within the fintech industry to develop market positioning and brand authority as an executive, trusted advisor, and thought leader. Influence customer mindsets by challenging the status quo, introducing innovative ideas, and showcasing the unique value the company provides.
• Executive Advisory: Act as a key driver for enabling new business models. Leverage executive expertise to eliminate barriers and present market trends to customer senior leadership, building a shared vision for their innovation journey.
• Ecosystem Knowledge Sharing: Capture, consolidate, and share industry-specific best practices internally and across global industry ecosystems and associations, maximizing the company's reach and impact.
• Industry Solutions & Architecture: Understand the unique requirements of key industry clients and partners (Financial Services, Telecommunications, Public Sector, Digital Native, etc.). Define business and technical solutions based on the company's product portfolio (financial security, digital banking, financial cloud, intelligent marketing, AI agents, etc.) to ensure solutions align with customer business needs and regulatory compliance.
• Technical Communication & Demonstration: Deliver technical presentations and product demos that clearly communicate software functionality, technical architecture, and core advantages. Answer technical inquiries and support sales teams with pre-sales technical guidance to build customer confidence.
• Solutions Ownership & Product Optimization: Gather international market trends, customer feedback, and competitive intelligence to feed back into product development. Recommend functional optimizations and version upgrades to ensure financial software products remain competitive in overseas markets.
• Project Implementation & Delivery Support: Work closely with engineering and implementation teams during deployment to offer technical guidance and resolve complex issues. Ensure payment systems are deployed smoothly, run reliably, and meet customer acceptance criteria.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor's Degree (B.S./B.A.) in Computer Science, Engineering, or an equivalent field.
• Domain Expertise: Proven experience in banking, insurance, securities, or financial services solution domains, with deep knowledge of industry operations, regulatory standards, and compliance requirements.
• Transformation Leadership: In-depth understanding of the modern technical ecosystem with a demonstrated ability to guide customers through digital transformation using proven innovation methodologies.
• Executive Engagement: Demonstrated ability to influence C-level executives and guide them step-by-step through complex digital transformations.
• Technical Breadth: Familiarity with major fintech domains, cloud platforms, and AI architectures.
• Strategic Mindset: Ability to thrive under pressure and approach business, product, and technical challenges strategically.
• Languages & Communication: Fluent in English; Mandarin proficiency is a strong plus. Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to articulate complex fintech architectures through documentation and visual diagrams.