Senior Product Owner (Enterprise Data lead)

Lead solution architecture and enterprise data design for a major core banking transformation, with responsibility for daily banking capabilities and the information flows that support the wider organisation. The role covers customer and account data, products, payments, deposits, statements, accounting and integration with risk, finance, AML and regulatory reporting systems. The Senior Product Owner will guide architecture decisions, data migration, testing and go-live readiness while ensuring that the design is practical, integrated and aligned with banking requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Own solution architecture across daily banking modules such as customer onboarding, current and savings accounts, term deposits, payments, transfers, cheques, fees, interest, limits and statements.
• Prepare solution design documents, architecture decisions and fit-gap assessments, making appropriate use of standard core-platform capabilities.
• Lead requirements analysis and ensure regulatory and business needs are reflected in functional and technical design.
• Define data architecture for customers, accounts, products, transactions, reference data and general ledger information.
• Design data flows into enterprise data warehouses, data lakes, finance, risk, AML, management and regulatory reporting platforms.
• Establish data quality, lineage, privacy and ownership expectations for migrated and newly created information.
• Lead migration mapping, transformation, reconciliation, mock conversions, testing, cutover, go-live and hypercare planning.
• Coordinate interfaces and integration patterns across channels, branches, back-office systems and external payment networks.

Requirements and Experience

• At least 12 years of banking technology experience, including a minimum of six years in solution architecture for core banking implementations or transformation programmes.
• Strong experience with core banking platforms, daily banking modules, data migration, multi-vendor delivery, testing and cutover.
• Knowledge of UAE payment and banking integrations, including UAEFTS, IPPs, Aani, SWIFT, card systems, CRM, AML, AECB and enterprise service buses, is valuable.
• Experience with APIs, event streaming, batch integration and enterprise data governance is expected.
• Relevant platform or architecture certifications are advantageous, including TOGAF, Temenos, Flexcube, Finacle, Thought Machine, DAMA CDMP or cloud credentials.

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or a related discipline is required. A master’s degree is an advantage.

Skills and Competencies

• Core banking solution architecture and product ownership.
• Enterprise data models, data migration and lineage.
• Systems integration, APIs and regulatory interfaces.
• Architecture governance, programme leadership and stakeholder management.