Executive Director, API & Open Banking - Cash and Trade
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About the Role
A client of GulfBankers seeks an Executive Director to define and scale API-led propositions for Global Trade, Treasury Services, and Tokenized/Digital Asset-enabled offerings. The role owns the strategic product vision, commercialization, and enterprise-wide adoption of API-based capabilities in transaction banking.
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Responsibilities
- Define and own the API product vision and long term roadmap aligned with Global Transaction Banking, Treasury and Tokenization strategy
- Position API and Open Banking capabilities as core differentiator for payments, liquidity management, escrow services and Next Gen propositions
- Identify collaborate to create opportunities with Fintech partners for innovative use cases for Cash and Trade propositions
- Drive harmonization and consistency across product lines to create a coherent, scalable API and Open Banking stack
- Drive collaboration across business, technology and control functions
- Represent the function effectively to senior management, external and internal stakeholders
- Own the full API product lifecycle from ideation and design through launch, scale and ongoing optimization
- Enable and scale direct integration of bank capabilities into corporate ERP, TMS, digital platforms and partner ecosystems
- Define pricing, packaging and usage based commercial models for API products
- Ensure API products are compliant with client money, safeguarding, operational resilience and data requirements
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in transaction banking, treasury, digital platforms or product led financial services
- Proven track record of building and scaling API driven or platform based products in regulated environments
- Strong functional understanding of trade finance, cash management, treasury and settlement models
- Deep expertise in API protocols (REST, GraphQL, gRPC), API gateways, and service mesh
- Strong grasp of API lifecycle governance, versioning, and deprecation
- Familiarity with regulatory frameworks (e.g., Open Banking, GDPR, PSD2)
- Exposure to tokenization, digital assets, programmable finance or embedded finance is strongly preferred
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Role Overview
- The individual is responsible for defining, owning and scaling the bank's API led propositions across Global Trade, Treasury Services and Tokenized / Digital Asset enabled offerings.
- The role owns the strategic product vision, commercialization, monetization and enterprise wide adoption of API based capabilities.
- The role acts as a strategic bridge between business, technology, digital transformation and regulatory bodies.
Key Accountabilities
- Contribute to the development and execution of GTx and Wholesale Banking API and Open banking strategy across domestic and international locations.
- Define and own the API product vision and long term roadmap aligned with Global Transaction Banking, Treasury and Tokenization strategy.
- Position API and Open Banking capabilities as core differentiator for payments, liquidity management, escrow services and Next Gen propositions
- Identify collaborate to create opportunities with Fintech partners for innovative use cases for Cash and Trade propositions.
- Drive harmonization and consistency across product lines to create a coherent, scalable API and Open Banking stack for all cash and Trade Product verticals.
- Drive collaboration across business, technology and control functions. Ensure alignment with FAB policies, frameworks and operating standards.
- Represent the function effectively to senior management, external and internal stakeholders
Job Context
- Product Vision & Strategic Ownership: Define and own the API product vision and multi year roadmap aligned to Global Trade, Treasury and Tokenization strategy.
- End to End Product Lifecycle Management: Own the full API product lifecycle from ideation and design through launch, scale and ongoing optimization.
- Client, Platform & Ecosystem Enablement: Enable and scale direct integration of bank capabilities into corporate ERP, TMS, digital platforms and partner ecosystems.
- Commercialization & Value Realization: Define pricing, packaging and usage based commercial models for API products.
- Governance, Risk & Regulatory Alignment: Ensure API products are compliant with client money, safeguarding, operational resilience and data requirements.
- Leadership & Stakeholder Management: Act as a trusted senior partner to GTB, Treasury, Digital Assets, Technology, Risk and Operations.
- General Responsibilities: Promote API reuse and standardization; Lead cross functional groups; Maintain high standards of API documentation; Contribute to budget planning; Provide training and enablement.
Qualifications & Experience
- 10+ years of experience in transaction banking, treasury, digital platforms or product led financial services.
- Proven track record of building and scaling API driven or platform based products in regulated environments.
- Strong functional understanding of trade finance, cash management, treasury and settlement models.
- Deep expertise in API protocols (REST, GraphQL, gRPC), API gateways, and service mesh.
- Strong grasp of API lifecycle governance, versioning, and deprecation.
- Familiarity with regulatory frameworks (e.g., Open Banking, GDPR, PSD2).
- Exposure to tokenization, digital assets, programmable finance or embedded finance is strongly preferred.
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