Vice President of Artificial Intelligence
Skills
About This Role
Overview
A high growth, well funded fintech organisation is seeking a Vice President AI to lead the buildout and scale of its artificial intelligence capability.
The company is entering a critical growth phase and looking to build a best-in-class AI function that drives competitive advantage across products and operations.
This role is focused on
defining strategy, hiring top talent, and scaling AI capability
, while delivering measurable business impact.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and execute the AI strategy, aligning initiatives to product roadmap and commercial goals
- Build and scale high performing AI teams across machine learning, data science, and engineering
- Own hiring strategy, workforce planning, and talent development to attract and retain top AI talent
- Establish scalable AI platforms, tooling, and MLOps frameworks to support production delivery
- Drive delivery of high impact AI use cases across fraud detection, risk modelling, automation, and customer experience
- Partner with product, engineering, and business leaders to embed AI into core offerings
- Introduce best practices across the AI lifecycle including model development, deployment, and monitoring
- Implement governance frameworks covering responsible AI, compliance, and model risk
- Mentor senior technical leaders and define clear career pathways across IC and management tracks
- Manage budgets, vendors, and external partnerships to accelerate capability buildout and scaling
Requirements
- 12 plus years experience across AI, machine learning, or data driven engineering
- Proven track record building and scaling AI teams in high growth environments
- Strong technical grounding in machine learning systems, data platforms, or AI engineering
- Experience operating at Director or VP level within a technology led organisation
- Demonstrated success delivering AI solutions into production at scale
- Experience within fintech, payments, or regulated industries preferred
- Strong executive stakeholder management and communication skills
- Understanding of AI governance, risk, and regulatory considerations
Why Join
- Well funded fintech scale up with strong backing and rapid growth trajectory
- Approximately 200 employees with ambitious expansion plans
- Opportunity to build AI capability from strong foundations
- High visibility role with direct impact on product and business strategy
- Leadership team fully aligned on AI as a core growth driver
Success Measures
- Successful hiring and scaling of high performing AI teams
- Establishment of scalable, production ready AI capability
- Delivery of AI driven solutions with measurable business impact
- Strong retention, engagement, and development of AI talent
Your resume, rewritten
for this exact role.
Sign up free — Base Career tailors your CV to this job description in 60 seconds.
01 / 05
Resume Tailored to This Job
Your keywords, structure, and story — rewritten to match this exact role and pass ATS filters.
Free · No card · 60 seconds
02 / 05
Cover Letter for This Role, Done
Job-specific cover letters written in Gulf professional tone — ready in seconds, not hours.
Free · No card · 60 seconds
03 / 05
See How Well You Fit This Role
AI match score with clear reasons — know your fit before investing time in the application.
Free · No card · 60 seconds
04 / 05
Apply in One Click
Autofill any application form on Workday, LinkedIn, Bayt, Greenhouse — with your tailored content.
Free · No card · 60 seconds
05 / 05
Track It. Follow Up at the Right Time.
Visual pipeline for every application with AI-timed follow-up reminders so nothing slips.
Free · No card · 60 seconds
Similar Jobs
Assistant Vice President - Internal Reporting & Accounting
Michael Page · Dubai
Regional exposure across multiple Middle East entities Strong visibility with senior finance stakeholders About Our Client A leading international bank with an established presence in Dubai and across the Middle East. T
Skills
Assistant Vice President - Internal Control & Accounting
Michael Page · Dubai
Exposure to treasury products and complex instruments High-impact role in controls and governance framework About Our Client A leading international bank with a strong presence across the Middle East. The organisation p
Skills
Vice President - Treasury
Michael Page · Dubai
Lead day-to-day cash and banking operations across multiple entities, jurisdictions and currencies Oversee payment processing, bank account administration, mandates and operatio...
Skills
Yesterday
Apply Now↗Apply Now ↗Vice President, Aladdin Client Engagement
BlackRock · Dubai
Location: Dubai Team: Sales & Relationship Mgmt Job Requisition #: R264293 Date posted: May. 22, 2026 Job description ------------------- About this role Business Unit Overview BlackRock Aladdin business is uniquely posi
Skills
Yesterday
Apply Now↗Apply Now ↗iDirect International, Middle East - Vice President
iCapital · Abu Dhabi
About The Role iCapital is looking to hire an investment product specialist Vice President to support the iDirect funds series in the Middle East market. Reporting to the Head of International, iDirect (base in Hong Kong
Skills
Yesterday
Apply Now↗Apply Now ↗Vice President - Mobility
TALENTMATE · Abu Dhabi
Job Description About Us: Mubadala is a global and responsible investor with US$330BN assets under management, five global offices and business investments in 50+ countries. While creating sustainable financial returns f
Skills
Yesterday
Apply Now↗Apply Now ↗Assistant Vice President / Vice President – Legal
NBK Wealth · Dubai
NBK Wealth is a world-class wealth management group and part of the NBK Group - one of the Middle East's largest financial institutions. We offer holistic solutions that aim to protect and grow our client's wealth and st
Skills
Yesterday
Apply Now↗Apply Now ↗Vice President - Transaction Banking
TALENTMATE · Dubai
Job Description Do you want your voice heard and your actions to count? Discover your opportunity with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), one of the world’s leading financial groups. Across the globe, we’re 150,000 c
Skills
Yesterday
Apply Now↗Apply Now ↗Vice President - Business Risk and Controls Officer – Digital Growth and Data Solutions (UAE National)
Citi · Dubai
Individuals in Assessment & design are responsible for developing, designing, and implementing controls programs, and providing review and guidance on robust controls design adhering to Citi’s Policies, Standards, and Fr
Skills
Yesterday
Apply Now↗Apply Now ↗2.2K+
Cover Letters & Follow-ups
1.8K+
Resumes Tailored
190.5K+
Jobs Tracked
Trusted by professionals at
Stop applying blindly.
Start getting hired.
Base Career automates the hardest parts of job searching — apply smarter, not harder.
AI Resume in 60s
Your resume rewritten for this exact role using the job description as the brief.
ATS-Optimized
Get past automated screening filters with the right keywords matched to each job.
Application Tracker
Track every job, follow-up, and interview in one visual kanban board.
Free plan · No credit card required