Head of Delivery - AI FinTech SaaS Platform
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About the Role
A cutting-edge FinTech company backed by a family office seeks a Head of Delivery to serve as the operational anchor of their Dubai-based AI engineering hub. You will bridge people, tech, and product, owning delivery, team coordination, recruitment, and strategy documentation.
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Responsibilities
- Own delivery by chairing and leading recurring progress meetings, tracking technical commitments, and following through to execution
- Coordinate a small, senior team of engineers and support staff, ensuring alignment between leadership and technical execution
- Lead end to end recruitment for top tier technical and AI talent—screening, interviewing, and making hire/no hire recommendations
- Turn rough internal directions into clear, well written documentation and positioning pieces for internal and external stakeholders
Requirements
- Proven experience in a delivery, operations, or program management role within a technology, software, or AI environment
- Deep hands on experience and working knowledge of Kanban and Scrum frameworks
- Excellent technical literacy—ability to understand engineering workflows, ask the right questions, and hold people to commitments
- Solid understanding of the finance industry, financial markets, or private equity (highly advantageous)
- Strong recruitment instincts with confident ability to assess and judge technical candidates
- Impeccable written and spoken English, paired with a calm, diplomatic, and self directed personal style
- Commitment to being based full time, on site in Dubai
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Your new company
- We are working with a cutting edge, research driven FinTech company backed by a prominent family office.
- Specializing in advanced, AI powered investment and allocation strategies, they combine mathematical modeling, portfolio optimization, and risk analytics to build a sophisticated SaaS platform.
- As they scale their elite, Dubai based AI engineering hub, they are seeking a structured, hands on Head of Delivery to serve as the operational anchor of the team.
Your new role
- As the Head of Delivery, you will act as the critical bridge between people, tech, and product.
- Owning Delivery: Chairing and leading recurring progress ("J curve") meetings, tracking technical commitments relentlessly, and following up through to execution.
- Team Coordination: Coordinating a small, senior team of engineers and support staff, ensuring clear alignment between leadership and technical execution.
- End to End Recruitment: Leading the hiring lifecycle for top tier technical and AI talent—screening, interviewing, and making clear hire/no hire recommendations.
- Strategy & Product Documentation: Turning rough internal directions into clear, exceptionally well written documentation and positioning pieces for internal and external stakeholders.
What you'll need to succeed
- Proven experience in a delivery, operations, or program management role within a technology, software, or AI environment.
- Deep hands on experience and working knowledge of Kanban and Scrum frameworks.
- Excellent technical literacy—the ability to understand engineering workflows, ask the right questions, and hold people to their commitments.
- A solid understanding of the finance industry, financial markets, or private equity (highly advantageous).
- Strong recruitment instincts with a confident ability to assess and judge technical candidates.
- Impeccable written and spoken English, paired with a calm, diplomatic, and self directed personal style.
- A commitment to being based full time, on site in Dubai.
What you'll get in return
- This is a unique opportunity to join a highly specialized, well backed entity at an exciting stage of product innovation.
- You will receive a highly competitive compensation package tailored to your experience.
- For the right international candidate looking to make a long term commitment to Dubai, comprehensive relocation support is available.
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