Vice President -Technology Transformation Office.TECH – Transformation Office.MIT – Mashreq

Mashreq is hiring a Vice President for its Technology Transformation Office to manage and govern the bank’s technology change portfolio, acting as the transformation partner for assigned Mashreq groups across investment planning, delivery, and portfolio governance. This is a senior technology leadership role focused on making sure large-scale technology change actually delivers against its business case, rather than drifting or losing executive visibility midstream.

Expect the role to involve managing a portfolio of technology projects across one or more Mashreq business groups, working closely with group leadership to align technology investment with strategic priorities, and governing the change portfolio with the kind of discipline a bank’s regulators and board expect. This sits above individual project delivery, the VP is responsible for the health of the portfolio as a whole, not any single initiative.

Mashreq has invested heavily in technology transformation as part of its broader strategy, giving this role real influence over how that investment translates into delivered capability. A strong candidate brings both deep technology delivery experience and genuine comfort operating as a strategic partner to senior business leadership.

Banks that fail to execute technology transformation well end up with fragmented systems, delayed strategic initiatives, and technology spend that doesn't translate into competitive advantage, which is exactly the risk this Vice President role exists to manage. By governing the technology change portfolio with real discipline, aligning investment to strategic priorities, tracking delivery health, and partnering genuinely with business group leadership, this role protects Mashreq's technology investment from the kind of drift that quietly wastes significant capital across large organizations. Strong portfolio governance also means business groups get the technology capability they actually need to compete, whether that's digital banking features, improved operational efficiency, or new product capability, rather than technology delivery that arrives late or misaligned with what the business required. In a highly regulated industry like banking, disciplined technology governance additionally supports regulatory confidence in the bank's change management practices, which matters for everything from audit outcomes to regulatory relationships more broadly. Because this role spans multiple business groups rather than a single area, strong execution compounds its impact across a meaningfully larger share of the bank's overall technology investment. Few roles have this much leverage over whether a bank's broader digital strategy actually gets delivered.

A Vice President role in technology transformation and portfolio governance is one of the clearer paths toward Chief Information Officer, Chief Digital Officer, or broader technology executive leadership within banking, because it builds exactly the strategic, cross-portfolio perspective those roles require, rather than deep expertise in a single technical domain. Working at Mashreq specifically provides exposure to large-scale technology investment decisions and senior business partnership at a bank with real scale and a genuine transformation agenda, experience that is highly regarded across the GCC banking and financial services technology market. The governance and investment-planning skills built here are also distinctly senior and durable, they transfer well beyond banking into any large organization running significant technology change programs. Success in managing a multi-group technology portfolio additionally demonstrates the kind of executive stakeholder management and strategic judgment that boards and senior leadership look for when considering candidates for technology executive roles. Because digital transformation remains a top strategic priority for banks across the region, this kind of portfolio governance experience carries strong, durable relevance rather than being tied to a single technology trend. For a technology leader with executive ambitions, this role offers genuine strategic scope and visibility at a senior level.

• Bachelor’s degree in Technology, Business, or a related field; an MBA or relevant postgraduate qualification is an advantage
• Substantial experience in technology portfolio management, transformation, or large-scale program governance, ideally within banking or financial services
• Strong understanding of investment planning and governance frameworks for technology change
• Proven ability to partner with senior business leadership on strategic technology priorities
• Experience managing complex, multi-project technology portfolios rather than single projects
• Excellent stakeholder management and executive communication skills
• Comfortable operating in a highly regulated banking technology environment