Technology Strategy Director

3 days ago


Manama, Manama, Bahrain nineDots Full time
Job Description

The Chief Technology Officer (CTO) will lead the development of a digital financial platform, driving innovation and platform maturity across multiple markets. This is a hands-on, strategic role focused on scalability, product development, and technical operations in a regulated environment.

This CTO will be responsible for setting and delivering the end-to-end technology roadmap, leading engineering, DevOps, infrastructure, and data functions with a strong focus on customer experience, security, and cross-market consistency. Arabic-speaking candidates are highly desirable due to the nature of the markets served.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Setting and delivering the end-to-end technology roadmap as CTO.
  • Leading the revamp and scale-up of a digital financial platform.
  • Building and launching products across areas like BNPL, microfinance, and regionally compliant financial solutions.
  • Overseeing infrastructure, uptime, security, and cloud performance.
  • Embedding DevOps and automation to support agile delivery.
  • Driving AI/ML adoption for decisioning, risk, and personalisation.
  • Ensuring compliance with complex regional data and financial regulations.
  • Developing and aligning teams across multiple countries.
  • Leading vendor and partner relationships to support delivery.

Requirements:
  • Around 15+ years in senior technology leadership, ideally in fintech, financial services, or another regulated industry.
  • Extensive senior leadership experience in fintech, financial services, or regulated tech environments.
  • Proven ability to scale platforms from early-stage to mass-market usage.
  • Hands-on technical capability.
  • Experience across cloud, security, and infrastructure strategy.
  • Strong understanding of compliance and regulatory risk in financial services.
  • You'll thrive in this role if you're comfortable working at both strategic and delivery level, and enjoy building things that scale in regulated, high-growth environments.
  • Willingness to be based in Bahrain, with regular travel across the GCC.


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