Lead Product Owner - Trading/Wealth Platform

Contract role, based in Dubai, running to March 2027 with a likely two-year extension.

Involved Solutions is hiring a Product Owner - Wealth for a brand new, greenfield bank build in Dubai. This is the wealth proposition built from a blank page: platform, investment products, client journeys and the vendor stack, all being assembled from zero.

The bank is assembling its entire wealth proposition from a clean sheet across multiple third party providers, and needs one person who can own both the product and the delivery plan.

You'll co-own the product with the Business Owner and own the delivery plan alongside it, so this suits someone who wants both the product craft and the steering wheel, not a requirements-and-handover role.

About the role:

• Shape what gets built and in what order, and make the trade-off calls
• Own the core wealth solution: portfolio and order management, rebalancing, suitability, fees, valuations, performance and reporting
• Define the integration contract for every asset class provider, so vendors plug in without rebuilding the platform
• Shape the client journey end to end, from onboarding and risk profiling to statements and tax reporting
• Design the wealth operating model with Ops: trade and settlement, reconciliations, corporate actions, fee runs
• Own the delivery plan and vendor set: critical path, RAID, change control, and holding vendors to their dates
• Run the backlog and sprint cadence across the pod
• Carry the solution through build, SIT, UAT and go-live yourself

About you:

• 8-12+ years, having owned a wealth, investment or trading product end to end, built from zero or through a major re-platform
• Real delivery ownership, not attendance: plan, critical path, vendor dependencies, RAID, UAT, steering reporting. Close to half the role
• Has lived the full lifecycle personally, from requirements through go-live and early-life support
• Understands the order lifecycle, portfolio construction, custody and settlement, fee models, and AUM vs AUA
• Has driven third-party vendors to a plan through integration and go-live without burning the relationship
• Comfortable in a UX review, a sprint review and a vendor escalation call, all in the same week
• Wealth platform (OMS/PMS), international equities, digital assets or managed portfolio experience preferred
• UAE/GCC exposure welcome, not mandatory