EVP – Supply Chain — Digital Bank

The mandate

The chair and executive committee are aligned that the immediate priority is exposure to concentrated suppliers and unstable lead times within a listed regulated universal or specialist bank. The immediate arena is the digital bank during a core-banking renewal. For mandate 079, the successful executive inherits decisions that have been deferred, competing stakeholder expectations and a need to establish facts before committing further capital.

The EVP – Supply Chain operating perimeter covers approximately AED 62,550 million in loan and deposit book, with activity spanning several digital bank customer, product and delivery clusters rather than a single asset. The EVP – Supply Chain Banking remit carries direct influence over roughly 1,100 colleagues and third-party capacity.

The chair, executive committee and principal capital sponsors want a EVP – Supply Chain who can convert ambiguity into a short list of explicit choices for the digital bank. The EVP – Supply Chain Banking seat must resolve a core-banking renewal, while preserving the underlying strengths of the digital bank. For mandate 079, value will come through sharper allocation, stronger leaders and an operating cadence that exposes variance early.

The EVP – Supply Chain’s first year on the digital bank is expected to end with supply assurance, inventory productivity and dual-source readiness. In mandate 079, authority covers resources and leadership appointments; material trade-offs go directly to the board sponsor.

Why this seat is open

This is a planned replacement for the EVP – Supply Chain — Digital Bank seat. The incumbent continues to lead the digital bank through an agreed succession period and will support a structured handover. The board has allowed 4–6 months to assess candidates, complete diligence and protect continuity while a core-banking renewal is addressed. The search is confidential so the transition can be communicated to employees, customers and partners in a controlled sequence.

What you will own

• Set the EVP – Supply Chain value-creation thesis for the digital bank, translate it into no more than five enterprise priorities and stop work that does not support them.
• Carry stewardship of approximately AED 62,550 million in loan and deposit book, including allocation, risk acceptance and board forecasts.
• Lead the EVP – Supply Chain Banking organisation of about 1,100 employees and partners, appointing a team with clear decision rights and credible succession for every critical seat.
• Resolve the digital bank economics and execution constraints created by a core-banking renewal, with EVP – Supply Chain-approved owners, dated milestones and transparent escalation thresholds.
• Establish one EVP – Supply Chain operating review across commercial, customer, financial, people, technology and risk outcomes for the digital bank; remove reconciliations that obscure accountability.
• Demonstrate enterprise authority across functions and markets, with outcomes visible in cash, customers or controlled risk in mandate 079.
• Build the EVP – Supply Chain’s three-year succession and capability plan for the digital bank, reducing dependence on individual executives and improving mobility across the wider Banking organisation.

The first 12 months

• Days 1–90: Validate the digital bank baseline, meet the 30 stakeholders most consequential to exposure to concentrated suppliers and unstable lead times, assess the leadership team, stabilise immediate delivery risks and agree a board-owned scorecard with explicit decision gates.
• Months 4–9: Make the principal EVP – Supply Chain portfolio and organisation choices for the digital bank, install the new operating cadence, fill critical leadership gaps and deliver the first measurable release of cash, capacity or customer value.
• Months 10–12: Demonstrate a repeatable digital bank trend against supply assurance, inventory productivity and dual-source readiness, lock the following year’s capital and talent plan, evidence control sustainability and present a credible three-year value case with downside actions.

What the board will measure

• Delivery of the EVP – Supply Chain’s agreed first-year digital bank value case within a 10% tolerance, with variance explained before rather than after the relevant quarter closes.
• A EVP – Supply Chain forecast that remains decision-useful across three consecutive quarters and reconciles the digital bank’s operating, cash, customer and people assumptions.
• Closure of the EVP – Supply Chain mandate’s highest-priority digital bank risk and execution issues by their board-approved dates, with independent evidence that fixes are sustained.
• Retention of at least 90% of critical digital bank talent and ready-now successors for at least 70% of the EVP – Supply Chain’s direct reports.
• A quantified EVP – Supply Chain-owned improvement in the digital bank operating constraint behind a core-banking renewal, supported by a clean baseline and named data owner.
• Clear stakeholder confidence in mandate 079: no unresolved high-severity escalation older than 30 days and no material surprise withheld from its agreed governance forum.

The person

You are currently a EVP Supply Chain, Chief Procurement Officer or Operations Leader in a listed Banking or adjacent enterprise. In relation to the digital bank, your EVP – Supply Chain track record includes a transition where the original plan was no longer sufficient; you can explain your choices, evidence and numerical impact. Candidates from financial services, payments, lending, insurance or regulated fintech will be considered where the operating model, customer stakes and governance intensity match this EVP – Supply Chain brief.

As a EVP – Supply Chain candidate, you bring 18–22 years of progressive Banking or adjacent-sector experience, consistent with the 18-22 experience band. At minimum, you have carried a P&L, book, budget or accountable portfolio of AED 36,300 million and led an organisation of at least 775 people.

For mandate 079, the board wants two transitions: a difficult digital bank portfolio choice and a leadership-system change during a core-banking renewal. As the prospective EVP – Supply Chain for this digital bank, you must challenge optimistic cases and still create followership. References for mandate 079 must distinguish your contribution from the institution around you.

The EVP – Supply Chain must be based in Dubai; international relocation is supported, but this Banking role is not designed as a remote appointment.

Non-negotiables

• Current or recent accountability at the level of EVP Supply Chain, Chief Procurement Officer or Operations Leader, with direct exposure to a board, investment committee or equivalent Banking governance forum.
• Proven EVP – Supply Chain ownership of at least AED 36,300 million and leadership of no fewer than 775 employees in a comparable digital bank context.
• One completed Banking or adjacent-sector example of exposure to concentrated suppliers and unstable lead times with outcomes sustained for at least two reporting periods after the initial intervention.
• Sector credibility from financial services, payments, lending, insurance or regulated fintech; experience that is purely functional and lacks EVP – Supply Chain-level digital bank consequences will not meet the bar.
• Willingness to meet the Dubai location expectation, complete conflicts and background diligence, and protect the confidentiality of mandate 079.

Compensation and terms

The anticipated EVP – Supply Chain package is AED 1.3–1.8 million fixed + annual incentive, calibrated to the final digital bank scope and the candidate’s current mix. Any long-term participation for mandate 079 follows standard vesting and performance conditions. The EVP – Supply Chain appointment in Dubai, centred on the digital bank, offers regular exposure to the chair, executive committee and principal capital sponsors. A notice period of up to 6 months can be accommodated for the selected executive in mandate 079.

Confidentiality

The client name, precise footprint and transaction history are outside this brief for mandate 079. They will be shared with qualified candidates under a mutual undertaking, and the composite facts here must not be reverse-engineered or circulated for mandate 079.