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Director Commercial & Products

du  •  Dubai, AE (Onsite)  •  1 month ago
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Job Description

About du Pay

du Pay is one of the fastest-growing fintech platforms in the UAE, with a strong market position in digital remittances, cards, and financial inclusion services. Backed by the strength of the du ecosystem, du Pay is evolving into a broader digital financial services platform targeting consumers, affluent underserved segments, blue-collar workers, SMEs/SOHO businesses, and ecosystem partners.

The company is entering a major growth and diversification phase, with ambitions to grow exponentially revenue, EBITDA, and customer base over the coming years. Strategic expansion areas include:

  • Consumer and SME lending
  • Digital investment and savings products
  • Embedded and micro-insurance
  • SME/SOHO financial services
  • Financial ecosystem partnerships
  • Loyalty and value-added services

To support this transformation, du Pay is seeking a highly entrepreneurial and commercially driven Director of Commercial & Products to lead product strategy, commercial growth, partnerships, customer monetization, and new business expansion.

Key Accountabilities:

Commercial Strategy & Growth

  • Define and execute the commercial growth strategy across consumer, SME, and ecosystem segments
  • Drive customer acquisition, engagement, retention, and monetization strategies
  • Identify new revenue pools and scalable business opportunities
  • Build and optimize commercial KPIs including ARPU, CAC, LTV, activation, engagement, and profitability metrics
  • Develop segment-specific propositions for blue-collar, mass retail, affluent, and SME/SOHO customers
  • Lead pricing, commissions, incentives, and partnership commercial models
  • Drive achievement of aggressive growth objectives across revenue, EBITDA, and customer base

Product Strategy & Innovation

  • Own the product roadmap across payments, remittance, cards, lending, insurance, investments, and SME solutions
  • Lead the launch of new digital financial products and embedded finance solutions
  • Translate customer insights, market trends, and competitive intelligence into innovative propositions
  • Ensure customer-centric design and seamless digital user experiences
  • Prioritize product initiatives based on strategic value, economics, scalability, and regulatory feasibility
  • Work closely with technology, operations, compliance, risk, and data teams to deliver products at scale

Partnerships & Ecosystem Development

  • Build strategic partnerships with banks, fintechs, insurers, lenders, investment platforms, payment providers, and ecosystem partners
  • Structure commercial partnerships and go-to-market initiatives
  • Negotiate commercial agreements and partnership economics
  • Identify inorganic growth opportunities including strategic investments or M&A partnerships where relevant

Leadership & Organizational Development

  • Lead, mentor, and scale a high-performing commercial and product organization
  • Build a culture of innovation, accountability, agility, and execution excellence
  • Develop strong governance, prioritization, and product management disciplines
  • Foster collaboration across technology, operations, finance, marketing, compliance, and risk teams

Experience:

  • 12–18+ years of experience in fintech, digital banking, payments, telecommunications fintech, neobanks, or financial services
  • Proven leadership experience in commercial strategy, product management, or digital financial services
  • Strong track record launching and scaling digital financial products
  • Experience across one or more of the following:
    • Remittance
    • Payments/cards
    • Lending
    • Digital investments/savings
    • Insurance
    • SME financial services
    • Embedded finance
  • Experience in high-growth or transformation environments preferred
  • GCC/UAE market experience strongly preferred

Skills & Competencies:

  • Strong commercial mindset with P&L orientation
  • Deep understanding of fintech economics and customer monetization
  • Product innovation and digital customer experience expertise
  • Strategic thinking combined with hands-on execution capability
  • Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
  • Ability to operate effectively in fast-changing environments
  • Data-driven decision-making capability
  • Excellent communication and executive presentation skills
  • Entrepreneurial mindset with high ownership mentality

Leadership Attributes:

The ideal candidate will demonstrate:

  • Ambition to build a category-leading fintech platform
  • Ability to balance innovation with disciplined execution
  • Strong resilience and adaptability in hyper-growth environments
  • Customer obsession and growth orientation
  • Collaborative leadership style
  • High intellectual curiosity and strategic thinking
  • Bias for action and delivery

Key Success Metrics:

  • Revenue growth
  • EBITDA growth
  • Active customer growth
  • Product adoption and cross-sell rates
  • Customer engagement and retention
  • New product launches and commercialization
  • Partnership contribution to revenue
  • Commercial profitability metricsData, Analytics & Performance Management
  • Leverage analytics and customer data to drive product decisions and commercial performance
  • Implement robust performance tracking and reporting frameworks
  • Monitor market trends, competitive positioning, and customer behaviors
  • Continuously optimize customer journeys and commercial funnels
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About du

Add life to life.

Welcome to a vibrant and multiple award-winning telecommunications service provider. Our aim is to bring people and businesses together in what we do best, by offering mobile and fixed services, broadband connectivity and IPTV services to people, homes and businesses all over the UAE.

du serves nine million individual customers with its mobile, fixed line, broadband internet, and Home services over its 4G LTE network. du also caters to over 100,000 UAE businesses with its vast range of ICT and managed services. Since its launch in 2007, du has many UAE firsts to its credit, including introduction of Pay by the Second® billing system, IPTV and self-service portal.

du is ideally placed to support the realisation of UAE Vision 2021 and transformation of Dubai into a Smart City. We are the official strategic partner of the Smart Dubai Office and the platform provider for Smart Dubai.

Additionally, du supports innovative citywide sustainability initiatives aligned with the Dubai 2040 Urban Masterplan and Dubai’s commitment to helping the UAE achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals and UAE NetZero 2050 initiative.

We are building our telecommunication company by taking connectivity to the next level to fit the future and the people need. Therefore, we are providing carrier services, a data hub, internet exchange facilities and satellite service for broadcasters.

Industry
Telecommunications
Company Size
5,001-10,000 employees
Headquarters
Dubai , AE
Year Founded
Unknown
Website
du.ae
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