Director of Products & Strategic Transformation
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**Key Accountabilities:** * Product Strategy \& Vision + Define and own the long\-term product strategy and roadmap for du Pay + Anticipate market evolution, customer demand shifts, fintech trends, and competitive threats + Identify new product opportunities and innovation areas aligned with du Pay’s strategic ambitions Prioritize initiatives based on strategic value, customer impact, scalability, and financial return + * Product Innovation \& Roadmap Execution + Le
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• Product Strategy & Vision
+ Define and own the long-term product strategy and roadmap for du Pay
+ Anticipate market evolution, customer demand shifts, fintech trends, and competitive threats
+ Identify new product opportunities and innovation areas aligned with du Pay’s strategic ambitions
Prioritize initiatives based on strategic value, customer impact, scalability, and financial return
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• Product Innovation & Roadmap Execution
- + Lead the end-to-end lifecycle of product ideation, design, implementation, launch, and optimization
- + Ensure timely and effective execution of product roadmap initiatives
- + Drive expansion into:
- Lending
- Investments (including tokenized and digital assets) and savings
- Insurance
- SME/SOHO financial solutions
- Embedded finance
- Value-added digital services
- Define product business cases, ROI models, and success metrics
- +
• Technology & Delivery Alignment
+ Work in strict partnership with Technology and Architecture teams to ensure execution excellence
+ Ensure product developments are commercially justified and aligned with business priorities
+ Balance innovation ambitions with operational scalability and delivery feasibility
+ Drive agile product governance and prioritization frameworks
Ensure technology investments generate measurable business outcomes
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• Customer Experience & Market Intelligence
+ Lead customer-centric product design and journey optimization
+ Monitor customer behaviors, market trends, fintech innovation, and regulatory developments
+ Translate data insights into actionable product enhancements
Benchmark du Pay against regional and global fintech leaders
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• Cross-Functional Strategic Leadership
+ Collaborate closely with Commercial, Marketing, Finance, Risk, Compliance, Operations, and Technology teams
+ Support the CEO and Executive Committee in shaping long-term growth strategy
Build strong product management disciplines and innovation culture across the organization
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Qualifications
- Minimum Bachelor degree in IT or any relevant field
- MBA preferred
- Experience
- 10–15+ years of experience in product leadership within fintech, digital banking, payments, or technology-driven financial services
- Proven track record launching and scaling digital financial products
- Strong experience managing product roadmaps in fast-growth environments
- Deep understanding of digital ecosystems, customer journeys, and fintech economics
- GCC/UAE experience strongly preferred
- Skills
- Strategic and innovation-oriented mindset
- Strong product management and execution capability
- Ability to bridge commercial strategy and technology delivery
- Strong analytical and ROI-driven decision-making
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
- Customer-centric and data-driven leadership style
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