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SVP, Head of Technology - NeoVentures.CIBG - WDS - Neo Ventures.Corporate & Investment Banking Group

Mashreq
, UAE
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Venture BuildingTechnology StrategyFintechCloud StrategyAIBlockchain
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JOB PURPOSE

  • Mashreq NeoVentures is the Corporate Venture Capital arm of Mashreq Bank, focusing on venture investments and venture building.
  • The Head of Technology of NeoVentures is responsible for defining and executing the technology vision, architecture, and innovation strategy across the NeoVentures venture building platform and its portfolio companies.
  • The candidate will also provide deep technology leadership for venture investments by leading the Technology due diligence for all venture investment proposals.
  • The candidate will design the NeoVentures Venture Building framework, including creating a venture building factory model to deliver scalable solutions.
  • The candidate will lead the building, scaling, and governing of commercial grade enterprise ready technology products and platforms built within the NeoVentures venture building framework.
  • The role bridges the Bank’s technology, security, and compliance with startup agility, ensuring scalable innovation, strategic alignment with the bank, and long term value creation.
  • Head of Technology, in their capacity, will manage senior stakeholders as part of the role by creating appropriate communications and engagement plans.

KEY RESULT AREAS Venture Building Technology Strategy, Framework & Architectur

  • Design the NeoVentures Venture building framework
  • Create a venture building factory model which can deliver scalable solutions
  • Define the technology vision and roadmap for NeoVentures and its portfolio companies.
  • Establish reference architectures for fintech integration with banking systems.
  • Ensure alignment with Mashreq’s enterprise architecture, cloud strategy, data standards, and cybersecurity policies.
  • Evaluate emerging technologies (AI, blockchain, cloud native platforms, APIs, data & analytics, cybersecurity, payments tech, regtech).

KEY RESULT AREAS Portfolio Technology Oversight

  • Own the technology roadmap for NeoVentures product portfolio, aligned with commercial and investment priorities.
  • Act as technology advisor to portfolio companies’ founders and CTOs.
  • Participate in technical due diligence for new investments (architecture, scalability, security, IP, tech debt).
  • Support portfolio companies in scaling platforms securely, improving cloud efficiency and resilience, meeting security, data privacy, and compliance requirements.
  • Help startups prepare for enterprise onboarding, pilots, and commercial deployments with the banks.

KEY RESULT AREAS Innovation & Venture Enablement

  • Partner with investment teams to assess technology driven differentiation and defensibility.
  • Lead PoCs, pilots, and sandboxes between the bank and portfolio companies.
  • Drive open banking, API ecosystems, and platform partnerships.
  • Identify build vs buy vs partner opportunities aligned with the NeoVentures strategic priorities.

KEY RESULT AREAS Engineering & Platform Leadership

  • Build and lead the NeoVentures internal technology capabilities (venture platforms, data analytics, core services, and components).
  • Build a high performance team geared towards using the AI first design strategy
  • Oversee vendor selection, platform development, and cloud infrastructure.
  • Establish best practices in DevSecOps, CI/CD, and agile delivery.

KEY RESULT AREAS Product & Platform Commercialization

  • Lead the end to end technology strategy for converting internal bank solutions into commercial grade products.
  • Oversee product architecture, modernization, cloud enablement, and API first design to ensure external market readiness.
  • Establish multi tenant, scalable, and secure platforms that can serve external clients independently of bank core systems.
  • Drive time to market acceleration while maintaining regulatory and operational rigor.

KEY RESULT AREAS Security, Risk & Compliance

  • Ensure adherence to banking regulations, data privacy laws, and cybersecurity standards
  • Define secure onboarding frameworks for startups engaging with the bank.
  • Oversee risk assessments, penetration testing, and third party technology evaluations.

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