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Employment: Full-time Reporting to: CEO / Project Lead Key stakeholders: Head of Wealth Management, Operations, Compliance & MLRO, CIO, Chief Trader, Finance, external and group technology teams Company Overview Our client is building a new DFSA-regulated wealth management and brokerage platform in DIFC, backed by a large institutional financial group with significant financial and technology resources. The company is currently at the infrastructure and platform build-out stage. The objective is to create an international, scalable and technology-led wealth management and brokerage business, with the potential to expand its regulatory permissions and product capabilities over time. Role Overview They are seeking an experienced Chief Technology Officer with a proven track record of building digital architecture within a r egulated bank, broker, investment platform or wealth management institution. This is not a general corporate IT, infrastructure support or purely software-development role. The successful candidate must have directly participated in the design, implementation or transformation of an end-to-end financial-services technology platform, covering the client journey, trading and investment systems, operations, data, cybersecurity and regulatory requirements. The CTO will take ownership of the company’s technology strategy, target architecture and digital transformation agenda. The person will also act as the bridge between the DIFC management team and internal or external development teams located in other jurisdictions. The role is highly hands-on. During the initial build-out, the CTO will be expected to define requirements, challenge proposed solutions, manage vendors and developers, control delivery and ensure that the technology platform supports the company’s business and regulatory model. Mandatory Experience Candidates must demonstrate substantial, hands-on experience in one or more of the following environments: •⁠ ⁠regulated brokerage; •⁠ ⁠private banking or wealth management; •⁠ ⁠digital banking; •⁠ ⁠investment management or trading platforms; •⁠ ⁠securities or multi-asset financial infrastructure. The successful candidate must have experience building or materially transforming several components of the following technology stack: •⁠ ⁠digital client onboarding and KYC workflows; •⁠ ⁠mobile application and client web portal; •⁠ ⁠CRM and Relationship Manager workstations; •⁠ ⁠OMS, EMS, PMS and back-office systems; •⁠ ⁠trading, custody and settlement integrations; •⁠ ⁠securities and cash position keeping; •⁠ ⁠client, management and regulatory reporting; •⁠ ⁠data architecture, analytics and management information; •⁠ ⁠API architecture and integration layers; •⁠ ⁠cybersecurity, identity and access management; •⁠ ⁠cloud or hybrid infrastructure; •⁠ ⁠vendor and outsourced development governance. A background limited to general office IT, infrastructure support, telecoms, generic project management or non-financial consumer applications will not be sufficient. Key Responsibilities 1.⁠ ⁠Target Digital Architecture •⁠ ⁠Design the end-to-end target technology architecture for the brokerage and wealth management platform. •⁠ ⁠Define how the client application, CRM, onboarding, trading systems, PMS, OMS, back office, reporting and data layers will interact. •⁠ ⁠Establish a scalable architecture capable of supporting additional asset classes, clients, jurisdictions and regulatory permissions. •⁠ ⁠Identify system dependencies, integration risks and areas of excessive manual processing. •⁠ ⁠Determine which components should be developed internally, acquired from vendors or outsourced. 2.⁠ ⁠Digital Transformation Strategy •⁠ ⁠Develop a practical digital transformation roadmap for the first 6, 12 and 24 mon