Chief Technology Officer
On-siteDubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Job Summary
Design the end-to-end target technology architecture for the brokerage and wealth management platform, defining client application, CRM, onboarding, trading systems, and data layer interactions. Develop a practical digital transformation roadmap for the first 6, 12, and 24 months, prioritizing the minimum viable platform for commercial launch while introducing architecture and delivery governance. Lead the design and implementation of the full digital client journey, including KYC workflows, mobile application functionality, and RM-facing tools. Manage internal developers, external vendors, and group technology resources, establishing technical specifications, release management, and change-control processes. Take ownership of cybersecurity, infrastructure, and information-security standards, implementing identity management, cyber monitoring, and business continuity arrangements. Work closely with Compliance, Risk, Finance, and Operations to ensure systems meet DFSA requirements, embedding segregation of duties and maintaining complete audit trails. Recruit and manage business analysts, solution architects, and specialists to build the internal technology organization as the platform grows.
Required Qualifications
- At least 12–15 years of relevant technology experience
- At least 5 years in a senior technology, architecture or digital transformation role within a regulated financial institution
- Direct experience in a broker, private bank, wealth manager, digital bank or investment platform
- Proven record of delivering a major digital transformation or building a financial-services platform from the ground up
- Strong understanding of front-to-back brokerage and investment workflows
- Knowledge of client onboarding, CRM, trading, settlement, custody, portfolio management and reporting systems
- Experience with complex integrations and API-based architecture
- Strong understanding of cybersecurity, data governance and regulatory technology controls
- Experience managing distributed and outsourced technology teams
- Ability to communicate effectively with senior business stakeholders and convert business requirements into technical architecture
- Fluent English
- UAE, DIFC, DFSA or comparable international regulatory experience
- Hands-on and delivery-oriented
- Capable of building, not only advising
- Commercially minded but control-conscious
- Able to challenge developers, vendors and business stakeholders
- Comfortable working with incomplete requirements in an early-stage environment
- Disciplined in documentation, architecture and delivery governance
- Able to balance speed, scalability, cost and regulatory risk
Desired Qualifications
- Direct experience in a broker, private bank, wealth manager, digital bank or investment platform is strongly preferred
- Russian is a significant advantage
- UAE, DIFC, DFSA or comparable international regulatory experience is desirable
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