
Mashreq
Digital Product Expert – Assets & Trade Finance
- Permanent
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Experience 5 - 10 yrs
Job expiry date: 04/02/2026
Job overview
Date posted
21/12/2025
Location
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Salary
AED 20,000 - 30,000 per month
Compensation
Comprehensive package
Experience
5 - 10 yrs
Seniority
Senior & Lead
Qualification
Bachelors degree
Expiration date
04/02/2026
Job description
The Digital Product Expert – Assets & Trade Finance role operates within a Business Banking digital squad and is responsible for delivering end-to-end digital solutions across asset-based lending and trade finance portfolios. The role collaborates closely with the Product Owner, Agile delivery teams, and technical stakeholders to ensure high-quality project and product delivery aligned with strategic objectives. It involves leading sprint events, managing product backlogs and roadmaps, designing functional specifications, user stories, interfaces, and workflows, and implementing Straight Through Processing solutions to reduce turnaround time. The role focuses on developing comprehensive digital onboarding journeys, integrating APIs with third-party service providers, and leveraging emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence and Open Banking for onboarding and asset portfolio monitoring. The position requires strong experience in SME Lending and Merchant Finance products, hands-on technical exposure, stakeholder management across regions, and leadership in driving innovation, execution, and digital transformation within a full-time, office-based banking environment.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Collaborate with Product Owners and technical teams to ensure adherence to project standards and effective communication of changes
- Lead and participate in Agile sprint events, providing technical and product expertise
- Design detailed digital solutions including functional specifications, user stories, interfaces, and workflows
- Manage and prioritize the product backlog and roadmap in alignment with strategic business goals
- Implement Straight Through Processing solutions to reduce turnaround time across asset and trade finance journeys
- Explore and deploy emerging technologies including Artificial Intelligence and Open Banking for onboarding and asset portfolio monitoring
- Design and manage API integrations with third-party service providers to enhance existing and new digital journeys
- Develop end-to-end onboarding solutions for business banking customers
- Proactively optimize customer journeys beyond traditional backlog management
- Manage and align diverse teams with digital strategy and business objectives
- Engage stakeholders across regions to drive collaboration, alignment, and execution
Experience & skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Computer Science, or a related field
- MBA or Master’s degree in Digital Finance preferred
- Minimum of 8 years of experience in Financial Services Innovation, Digital Banking, or Fintech
- At least 5 years of hands-on experience in SME Lending and Merchant Finance products
- Strong experience delivering end-to-end digital projects including solution design and execution
- Proven ability to translate business requirements into actionable user stories and specifications
- Hands-on technical experience in data engineering, data science, software engineering, or testing
- Experience acting as a Proxy Product Owner or Product Manager within Agile software teams
- Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and the full software development lifecycle
- Familiarity with Microsoft Azure platforms and tools