Job Overview

Executive Director – Fintech Platform Strategy & Enterprise Digital Finance Architecture

GCC Alignment: United Arab Emirates

Work Mode: Fully Remote

Seniority Level: Executive / Strategic Leadership

Role Overview (Visionary & Platform-Centric Format)

The Executive Director of Fintech Platform Strategy & Enterprise Digital Finance Architecture is a senior leadership role designed for professionals who craft the foundational architecture of large-scale, multi-layered fintech ecosystems. Unlike conventional product or delivery roles, this position requires long-term strategic foresight into platform scalability, resilience, compliance, and integration with global financial infrastructure.

This role assumes that digital financial platforms are mission-critical economic infrastructure. The incumbent must ensure that system architecture supports rapid innovation without compromising operational integrity, regulatory alignment, or cross-border interoperability.

Strategic Mandate

• Establish multi-year architectural vision for fintech platforms encompassing payments, digital banking, transaction processing, and wealth solutions.

• Define system-level principles for modularity, scalability, performance, and operational resilience.

• Align platform architecture with emerging fintech technologies, including AI-driven analytics, cloud-native microservices, blockchain integration, and distributed ledger interoperability.

• Provide executive oversight for cross-functional teams, ensuring architectural consistency and long-term platform coherence.

• Translate market trends, regulatory developments, and technological innovations into actionable platform strategies.

Core Responsibilities

Enterprise Architecture & Platform Design

• Architect multi-layer fintech platforms with end-to-end visibility across transaction, settlement, and reconciliation workflows.

• Define API standards and integration patterns for internal and external services.

• Establish reference architectures and enforce compliance with design principles.

• Conduct long-term system planning to anticipate scalability, latency, and operational risks.

Governance & Technical Leadership

• Establish architectural governance frameworks and system review processes.

• Conduct platform risk assessments and ensure operational resilience.

• Produce detailed technical documentation, architecture playbooks, and strategic roadmaps.

• Present architectural strategy to senior stakeholders and regulators, providing authoritative guidance.

Innovation & Emerging Technology

• Evaluate emerging technologies for strategic applicability in digital finance.

• Recommend and implement cloud-native, AI-powered, and decentralized solutions.

• Ensure platform evolution aligns with global financial trends and regional regulatory frameworks.

Candidate Profile

• 15+ years of experience in fintech or enterprise-scale financial system architecture.

• Proven track record in designing mission-critical digital financial platforms.

• Deep knowledge of payment systems, banking APIs, cloud infrastructure, and enterprise architecture.

• Strong strategic thinking, leadership, and executive communication skills.

Engagement Terms

• Fully remote role aligned with UAE fintech ecosystem.

• Executive-level autonomy and decision-making authority without company affiliation.

• International compensation benchmarked against principal fintech leadership roles.

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