Executive Director – Fintech Digital Payments & Cross-Border Transaction Architecture

Job Overview

Executive Director – Fintech Digital Payments & Cross-Border Transaction Architecture

Location: United Arab Emirates (GCC-wide)

Work Mode: Fully Remote | Global Strategic Leadership

Seniority Level: Executive / C-Level Equivalent

Role Overview

We are seeking an Executive Director of Fintech Digital Payments & Cross-Border Transaction Architecture, a high-impact role designed to shape and govern state-of-the-art payment infrastructures across the GCC. The successful candidate will define the architecture, strategic roadmap, and governance framework for next-generation digital payment ecosystems, ensuring seamless interoperability with domestic and international financial networks.

This role is both highly technical and strategically visionary, requiring mastery in real-time settlement systems, tokenized transaction frameworks, distributed ledger integration, and API-driven financial networks. The ideal candidate will possess a proven track record in architecting national-scale or multi-country payment systems and will operate autonomously in a fully remote environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and deployment of high-volume, cross-border digital payment infrastructures with resilience, scalability, and regulatory alignment.

• Architect end-to-end real-time payment ecosystems, encompassing digital wallets, instant settlement networks, and programmable transaction platforms.

• Define systemic risk and fraud mitigation frameworks, ensuring operational continuity, latency optimization, and secure transaction orchestration.

• Collaborate with international stakeholders, including banks, fintech platforms, payment processors, and telecommunication providers.

• Develop strategic architectural blueprints and maintain comprehensive documentation for executive and regulatory review.

• Oversee regulatory compliance alignment across GCC countries, ensuring adherence to regional payment standards and global interoperability frameworks.

Required Experience & Expertise

• 15+ years in digital payments architecture, transaction processing platforms, or financial infrastructure design.

• Leadership in multi-country or national-scale payment platform development.

• Advanced knowledge of ISO 20022, API-first architectures, microservices, cloud-native financial systems, and distributed ledgers.

• Expertise in cross-border liquidity management, transaction monitoring, and financial risk controls.

• Proven ability to operate in a fully remote executive capacity with minimal supervision.

Compensation Structure (UAE – Fully Remote)

• Base Salary: AED 550,000 – AED 750,000 per annum

• Performance & Milestone Bonuses: AED 150,000 – AED 250,000

• Strategic Advisory Retainer: AED 100,000 – AED 180,000

• Total Annual Value: AED 800,000 – AED 1,180,000

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