Required QualificationsFinancial Services & Product Management10+ years of experience in Financial Services, FinTech, Banking, Payments, Insurance, or related regulated industries.
Significant experience as a Product Manager, Senior Product Manager, Product Lead, or equivalent product ownership role.
Proven ownership of products throughout the full lifecycle, from discovery and design through launch, adoption, and scale.
Demonstrated success building products from concept (0→1) through commercial deployment and growth.
Payments & Financial InfrastructureStrong understanding of one or more of the following:
Payments
Settlement systems
Transaction processing platforms
Banking infrastructure
Open Banking/Open Finance
Regulatory platforms
Core banking products
Ability to discuss payment flows, transaction lifecycles, controls, regulatory considerations, and operational impacts at a product level.
Technical & AI CapabilityStrong technical aptitude with the ability to engage engineering teams and understand product architecture, integrations, APIs, platforms, and enterprise systems.
Practical experience applying AI capabilities within product environments, such as:
Intelligent automation
AI-powered customer experiences
Copilots and assistants
Decision support systems
Operational efficiency use cases
Agentic AI workflows
Ability to evaluate how AI can improve financial products and business processes.
Leadership & Stakeholder ManagementDemonstrated experience leading large, complex initiatives independently.
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills across:
Executive leadership
Clients
Engineering teams
Product teams
Regulatory and compliance stakeholders
External partners
Experience building, mentoring, or leading product teams.
Highly Desired QualificationsExperience within commercial banking, payment networks, financial infrastructure providers, central bank initiatives, or government-related financial programs.
Experience with Open Banking, Open Finance, digital identity, regulatory technology, or financial data platforms.
Experience operating within UAE, GCC, UK, European, Singaporean, Hong Kong, or similar highly regulated financial markets.
Exposure to AI platform products, data products, analytics platforms, or intelligent automation initiatives.
Background in software engineering, solution architecture, data engineering, or other technical disciplines prior to product management.
Success Metrics. Within the first 12 months, success will be measured by the candidate's ability to:Independently lead and deliver complex product initiatives.
Build credibility with business, technical, and regulatory stakeholders.
Drive measurable product outcomes within a regulated financial environment.
Successfully leverage AI capabilities where appropriate to accelerate product and business value.
Build, mentor, and scale a high-performing product team.
Ideal Candidate Profile. A Financial Services Product Leader who combines:Deep Banking / Payments / Settlement expertise
Strong Product Management fundamentals
Technical credibility with Engineering teams
Practical AI capability and AI-enabled product thinking
Leadership presence and stakeholder management strength
This is not an AI Product Manager role. It is a Financial Services Product Management role where AI competency is now essential to success.Senior Product Manager (Financial Services & AI-Enabled Products) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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