Job Overview
Vice President – AI-Powered Compliance (Fraud & Financial Intelligence)
Location: Manama, Bahrain
Industry: Fintech | Artificial Intelligence | RegTech | Financial Crime Prevention
Employment Type: Full-Time
Work Model: Senior Executive Leadership | Enterprise Risk Transformation
Role Overview
A sophisticated fintech transformation environment in Bahrain is seeking an outstanding Vice President – AI-Powered Compliance, Fraud & Financial Intelligence to lead the institution’s strategic modernization of fraud prevention systems, enterprise compliance infrastructure, and intelligent transaction monitoring architecture.
This role is designed for a senior fintech executive with exceptional expertise in AML transformation, fraud analytics, sanctions intelligence, behavioral transaction monitoring, machine learning governance, regulatory reporting, and digital trust infrastructure.
The successful candidate will oversee the creation of next-generation financial intelligence systems capable of protecting enterprise payment ecosystems while enabling secure growth, customer confidence, and board-level governance excellence.
This is a strategic leadership position with direct influence across regulatory engagement, executive decision-making, financial integrity programs, and institutional compliance transformation.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead enterprise strategy for AI-powered fraud detection, AML modernization, transaction monitoring, and sanctions screening systems
- Build predictive intelligence frameworks for anomaly detection, suspicious activity identification, and enterprise transaction risk scoring
- Oversee modernization of compliance platforms, investigation workflows, case management systems, and financial crime reporting infrastructure
- Develop machine learning governance frameworks for auditability, model transparency, and regulator-ready operational trust
- Collaborate with regulators, compliance leaders, legal teams, and internal audit functions to ensure full governance alignment
- Improve monitoring across digital wallets, payment platforms, onboarding systems, cross-border transfers, and institutional transaction channels
- Establish executive dashboards for board-level reporting on fraud exposure, compliance health, and financial integrity performance
- Strengthen customer onboarding controls, digital identity verification systems, and behavioral intelligence frameworks
- Lead partnerships across cybersecurity, product, data science, legal, and operations teams
- Drive long-term innovation strategy for intelligent RegTech infrastructure and scalable enterprise compliance systems
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Risk Management, Data Science, Financial Technology, Computer Science, or related discipline
- 9+ years of senior leadership experience in fintech compliance, fraud intelligence, AML operations, or regulatory technology
- Strong expertise in AI-driven fraud analytics, financial crime prevention systems, and enterprise transaction surveillance platforms
- Deep understanding of machine learning applications within compliance and fraud prevention ecosystems
- Strong knowledge of financial regulations, governance expectations, and executive reporting standards within GCC markets
- Proven experience leading enterprise-wide compliance transformation programs
- Exceptional executive communication and institutional stakeholder management skills
- Professional certifications in AML, fraud management, compliance, or risk preferred
Preferred Expertise
- Predictive fraud intelligence
- AI-driven AML infrastructure
- Behavioral transaction analytics
- Regulatory technology modernization
- Digital identity intelligence
- Enterprise sanctions compliance
- High-volume payment surveillance
- Executive compliance governance systems
Compensation & Benefits
- Highly competitive executive compensation
- Annual leadership and innovation bonus
- Housing and expatriate support
- Family healthcare and executive insurance coverage
- Leadership succession pathway into regional executive roles
- Strategic participation in national financial transformation programs
- Regional and international fintech leadership exposure
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