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Head of Digital Assets and Emerging Technologies | 📍 Mauritius (Preferred) | Hybrid: Mauritius / Dubai
MCB Group
, UAE
Full Time
Director
Hybrid
Digital AssetsBlockchainTokenizationCustodyStablecoinsArtificial Intelligence
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About the Role
MCB Group seeks a Head of Digital Assets and Emerging Technologies to lead the bank's AI and digital assets strategy, including tokenization, custody, and blockchain.
Key Skills for This Role
Digital AssetsBlockchainTokenizationCustodyStablecoinsArtificial Intelligence
Responsibilities
- Define and continuously evolve the Emerging Technologies strategy and three year execution roadmap aligned to enterprise priorities, risk appetite, and regulatory requirements
- Build and manage a structured innovation pipeline: use case identification, prioritization, business cases, and scaling paths across lines of business
- Provide strategic directions to the AI team: adoption across business lines, operating model, prioritized backlog, and delivery governance
- Drive responsible AI by embedding risk, model governance, and regulatory readiness into AI solution design and deployment
- Create and scale the bank’s Digital Assets agenda including tokenization, custody, stablecoin related propositions, partnerships, and future fit solutions
- Lead end to end product and solution development for Digital Asset services: target operating model, product architecture, ecosystem partner selection, and go to market coordination
- Monitor market and regulatory evolution and translate developments into actionable roadmap decisions
- Embed the governance framework for the Emerging Technologies portfolio: policies, controls, risk registers and compliance requirements
- Serve as a senior point of contact with regulators for emerging technology matters
- Orchestrate internal alignment across CXO, CIO, SBU heads, and control functions to enable efficient execution and scaling of initiatives
- Build and maintain strategic partnerships with technology providers, fintechs, custodians, blockchain networks, universities/innovation ecosystems
- Develop and manage budget plans in alignment with the CXO for roadmap delivery, including investment cases and resourcing plans
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as IT, engineering, or finance
- Deep expertise in emerging technologies, AI, and digital assets within financial services
- Proven experience in building and scaling digital asset capabilities
- Strong leadership and team management skills
- Experience with regulatory engagement and compliance in financial services
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities
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The Company
- The Mauritius Commercial Bank Ltd (MCB) is the leading financial institution in Mauritius and a key player in the African banking landscape.
- As part of the largest banking group in Mauritius (MCB Group) and with over 187 years of history, MCB has built a strong reputation for innovation, customer centric solutions, and financial stability.
- Under its Vision 2030 strategic plan, MCB is pursuing a deliberate strategy of focusing on specialized, high expertise niche segments across the African continent while also leveraging on its hubs in Nairobi, Johannesburg, Lagos, Paris and Dubai.
The Opportunity
- As Head of Digital Assets and Emerging Technologies, you will embark on a journey with our Customer Experience & Marketing SBU, where the shared ambition is to craft a brand that deeply resonates with its audiences, providing them with a simple, personalized, and meaningful experience.
- You will report directly to the Chief Customer Experience Officer (CXO) and will have direct accountability over two streams: (1) the existing AI COE team, providing strategic direction and governance over the bank's artificial intelligence capabilities; and (2) a new Digital Assets team, responsibl
- The role combines strategic vision with hands on execution authority, interfacing with the Board, regulators, leadership team, lines of business, strategic partners, and clients.
- Location: Mauritius (Preferred) | Hybrid: Mauritius / Dubai
The Role
- Define and continuously evolve the Emerging Technologies strategy and three year execution roadmap aligned to enterprise priorities, risk appetite, and regulatory requirements.
- Build and manage a structured innovation pipeline: use case identification, prioritization, business cases, and scaling paths across lines of business.
- Establish clear value tracking for initiatives and report progress and portfolio KPIs to CXO/ governance forums.
- Provide strategic directions to the AI team: adoption across business lines, operating model, prioritized backlog, and delivery governance.
- Drive responsible AI by embedding risk, model governance, and regulatory readiness into AI solution design and deployment.
- Expand AI capabilities into high value domains and ensure solutions meet customer and business requirements.
- Create and scale the bank’s Digital Assets agenda including tokenization, custody, stablecoin related propositions, partnerships, and future fit solutions.
- Lead end to end product and solution development for Digital Asset services: target operating model, product architecture, ecosystem partner selection, and go to market coordination.
- Monitor market and regulatory evolution and translate developments into actionable roadmap decisions.
- Embed the governance framework for the Emerging Technologies portfolio: policies, controls, risk registers and compliance requirements.
- Serve as a senior point of contact with regulators for emerging technology matters; ensure regulatory inquiries, examinations, and responses are coordinated and defensible.
- Build/maintain procedures with Risk, Compliance, Legal, AML and Technology to ensure products and platforms meet internal and external obligations.
The Profile
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as IT, engineering, or finance.
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