Chief Technology Officer - CPTO

This is for our Client in Dubai (Confidential), will be disclosed once shortlisted.

Citizenship - Looking for non locals and non Indians for this particular role.

Strong Technology Experience and now handling AI/ML.

CTO role with a clear path to evolve into a Chief Product & Technology Officer (CPTO).

18+ years of progressive technology leadership, with a minimum of 5 years as CTO, VP Engineering, or Head of Engineering at a high-growth company.

Proven track record of scaling SaaS platforms to high transaction volumes (millions of API calls/verifications per day) and managing distributed engineering teams of 40+ people.

Deep, hands-on expertise in at least one of: RegTech, FinTech, GovTech, HRTech, or digital identity / background verification.

Demonstrable experience building and deploying production AI/ML pipelines: document intelligence, OCR, NLP, fraud detection.

Strong cloud architecture credentials (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and microservices/event-driven architecture.

Proven cybersecurity leadership: ISO 27001, SOC 2, zero-trust architecture, incident response.

merging or consolidating engineering organisations — ideally reducing cost while improving output.

Track record of implementing AI-assisted development tooling to meaningfully accelerate engineering velocity.

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The ideal candidate comes from the product-led tech world where technology strategy and business strategy are inseparable.

SaaS/Platform companies that sell technology products

Product-driven tech companies with B2B/B2G focus

Companies that have scaled platforms commercially

Organizations where technology IS the product, not just an enabler