Job Overview

Chief Remote Digital Payments Ecosystem Strategist – United Arab Emirates

Role Classification: Executive Leadership – Remote

Geographic Alignment: United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Engagement Model: Full-Time, Remote-First, Multi-Jurisdictional Digital Operations

Functional Domain: Digital Payments Architecture, Realtime Settlement Systems, Cross-Border Fintech Innovation

Position Overview

This executive-level mandate is designed for a fintech strategist with the depth, acuity, and operational intelligence to architect and refine the UAE’s next-generation digital payments ecosystem in a fully distributed environment. The role demands mastery of real-time payment orchestration, regulatory harmonization across multi-GCC frameworks, and the engineering of high-availability settlement infrastructure capable of supporting multi-currency workflows, tokenized payment rails, and advanced behavioural-risk analytics.

Core Mandates

• Design the UAE-aligned remote digital payments reference architecture, covering API gateways, orchestration layers, identity governance modules, and interbank communications.

• Lead remote development and optimization of instant-payment systems including ISO 20022 real-time clearing, cross-border remittance automation, and merchant acquiring digitization.

• Engineer smart-routing frameworks that dynamically adjust to risk thresholds, AML triggers, settlement latency, and liquidity concentration events.

• Oversee the remote build-out of cloud-native tokenized settlement rails leveraging digital assets, programmable money protocols, and advanced cryptographic controls.

• Develop UAE-anchored compliance-by-design controls across consumer protection, digital onboarding, digital KYC/AML, and operational resilience.

• Direct distributed teams in data-driven optimization, regulatory alignment, capacity modelling, system stress simulation, and business continuity architectures.

Technical Capabilities

• Deep fluency in ISO 20022 schemas, digital tokenization stacks, EMVCo protocols, and real-time payments switching infrastructure.

• Expertise in cloud-native microservices (Kubernetes, service mesh, sidecar security models).

• Proficiency in advanced AML machine learning models, anomaly detection pipelines, feature-store governance, and telemetry-driven fraud prevention.

• Strong grounding in GCC regulatory frameworks, cross-border supervisory coordination, and digital-asset-aligned compliance ecosystems.

Candidate Profile

• 10+ years in digital payments, clearing systems, or advanced fintech infrastructure.

• Demonstrated leadership in remote, globally distributed technology and compliance teams.

• Strategic communicator capable of aligning technical execution with national-level fintech agendas.

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