Digital Global Product Owner

Own the direction and delivery of digital retail-banking products and onboarding journeys, aligning customer needs with business strategy, risk controls and regulatory expectations. The remit includes coordinated digital acquisition across credit cards, personal instalment loans, current and savings accounts, and insurance. The product owner works with agile squads and multiple stakeholder groups to turn strategy into measurable outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Align digital product vision with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring customer orientation and consistency with organisational goals and regulatory frameworks.
• Develop roadmaps, value streams and operational metrics, and manage agile backlogs to prioritise work according to value, risk and delivery capacity.
• Use customer feedback, competitor research and performance data to guide technology delivery and improve digital acquisition journeys.
• Guide product owners and agile squads, address blockers and communicate delivery progress with evidence-based insight.
• Oversee digital-onboarding improvements across cards, personal instalment loans, current and savings accounts and insurance, with attention to compliance and credit-risk controls.

Requirements and Qualifications

• 15+ years of overall professional experience, including at least 5 years in UAE banking.
• Global exposure across different banks or banking environments.
• Hands-on digital-onboarding experience across credit cards, personal instalment loans, CASA and insurance.
• Experience delivering large-scale transformation projects and knowledge of compliance and credit-risk controls; a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or a related discipline is required.

Skills and Competencies

Relevant skills include Digital Product Strategy, Digital Onboarding, Agile Delivery, Product Roadmaps, Backlog Prioritisation, Customer Acquisition, Credit Cards, Personal Loans, CASA, Insurance, Analytics, Risk Controls.

Employment Details

Full-time position based in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Role Expectations

The role needs strategic product leadership, strong prioritisation and the ability to manage complicated dependencies across business and technology. Success means that digital journeys deliver measurable customer-acquisition value while remaining reliable, compliant and aligned with agreed operational outcomes. Clear documentation and regular stakeholder communication help maintain accountability, support smooth handovers and ensure decisions are understood by relevant teams.