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Executive Director, API & Open Banking -Cash and Trade

First Abu Dhabi Bank FAB
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Executive
4 months ago
API Product ManagementOpen BankingProduct StrategyStakeholder ManagementCommercializationRegulatory Compliance
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Product Vision & Strategic Ownership

  • Define and own the API product vision and multi year roadmap aligned to Global Trade, Treasury and Tokenization strategy.
  • Position APIs as core channels for payments, liquidity, escrow, trade, and digital asset enabled offerings.
  • Identify and prioritize embedded finance, ecosystem led growth and tokenization driven opportunities through API and Open Banking infrastructure.
  • Drive consistency and scalability across product lines to deliver a cohesive enterprise API proposition.

End to End Product Lifecycle Management

  • Own the full API product lifecycle from ideation and design through launch, scale and ongoing optimization.
  • Ensure API products are commercially viable, reusable, secure and client centric.
  • Balance speed to market with long term resilience, operational robustness and regulatory expectations.

Client, Platform & Ecosystem Enablement

  • Enable and scale direct integration of bank capabilities into corporate ERP, TMS, digital platforms and partner ecosystems.
  • Engage strategic clients and partners to co create and scale API led use cases.
  • Act as senior product representative in client, partnership and industry engagements.

Commercialization & Value Realization

  • Define pricing, packaging and usage based commercial models for API products.
  • Track and demonstrate value across CASA growth, fee income, client acquisition and retention.
  • Leverage adoption analytics and performance insights to refine investment priorities and product strategy.

Governance, Risk & Regulatory Alignment

  • Ensure API products are compliant with client money, safeguarding, operational resilience and data requirements.
  • Maintain alignment with Central Bank, FSRA / ADGM and other applicable regulatory frameworks.
  • Embed risk controls, transparency and reporting by design within all API solutions.

Leadership & Stakeholder Management

  • Act as a trusted senior partner to GTB, Treasury, Digital Assets, Technology, Risk and Operations.
  • Provide clear, commercially grounded updates to the Managing Director and senior management forums.

General Responsibilities

  • Promote API reuse and standardization to reduce duplication and accelerate delivery.
  • Lead cross functional groups to align API strategy with enterprise goals.
  • Maintain high standards of API documentation.
  • Contribute to budget planning and resource allocation for API engineering.
  • Provide training and enablement on API best practices.

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