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Dubai, Ae

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Evaluate potential partnerships, conducting comprehensive opportunity sizing and ensuring alignment with company goals.• Develop and present compelling business cases along with Finance teams that highlight the value proposition and ROI of proposed partnerships.• Research on licensing options to expand Ria digital products in the Middle East.• Collaborate closely with the legal function to finalize partnership agreements.• Support internal teams in the evaluation and identification of local vendors.• Conduct competitor analysis and market research to pinpoint the ideal product for the market.• Work closely with product teams for the design and delivery of the product • Leverage product analytics to monitor and enhance the app's customer experience.• Support legal and compliance teams in the preparation and submission of licensing applications to regulators.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Develop product vision and roadmap for Digital channels, Compliance and Payments verticals.• Develop and manage an offshore software development team.• Identify and build strategic partnerships.• Carrying out market research and gathering customer feedback to understand the industry benchmark and key differentiating factors for the product.• Manage presales and work with the business development team for preparing sales proposals.• Support business development team in finalizing product pricing.

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

• Coordinating with business & operations leadership to define the product and provide updates on the program• Ensuring functional specifications match business goals, and support the realization of those goals through user testing, product assessments, and customer training/documentation• Coordinating with Product Managers to deliver solutions; contributing to design discussions and challenge technology assumptions when and where required; maintaining technical & stakeholder facing documentation• Establishing expectation for delivery of new functionalities• Carrying out market research and gathering customer feedback to understand the industry benchmark & key differentiating factors for the product• Creating KPI (Key Performance Indicator) dashboards enabling process performance monitoring• Handling, planning and delivering the product backlog in consensus with the P/L owner• Defining operations and support model for the product in consensus with P/L Owner• Leading initiatives to improve processing efficiencies which involve managing re-engineering initiatives and automation enhancements• Evaluating & approving current & future state process maps developed by the team in line with the product roadmap; planning and prioritizing product feature backlog and development for the product• Eliciting and collecting stakeholder requests and build requirement specification and product scope• Performing competitor and market analysis in order to ensure competitive functionality and pricing to find levers for cost reduction• Supporting a culture of continuous process improvement through sprint retrospectives and key indicators around team performance; ensuring clear communication and organization of all strategic and business delivery team goals• Promoting transparency and team empowerment across teams• Providing vision and direction to the Agile development team and stakeholders throughout the project

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

• Directed the design sessions using the right modelling tools for the purpose of enhancing business processes• Worked in close collaboration with business teams to obtain deeper understanding of the domain and supported the team of analysts to deliver value to business• Led a team with domain knowledge & tools relevant to cross-border payments and anti-money laundering• Identified, developed, and executed process improvement programs utilizing continuous improvement principles and LEAN methodologies• Prioritized and led complex process improvement programs across the enterprise in support of all departments and functional areas• Derived process improvement projects and facilitate cross functional process improvement project teams ensuring deadlines and objectives are met

United Arab Emirates

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Specialized In Systems And Operations Management

B.Tech, Computer Science And Engineering