Business Manager, Global Banking COO (UAE Nationals Only)

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Requisition Number: 56072

Job Location: Dubai, ARE

Global Grade: Band 6

Work Type: Office Working

Employment Type: Permanent

Posting Start Date: 17/06/2026

Posting End Date: 01/07/2026

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Job Summary

Reporting into the Global Banking COO team, this role supports the Capital Markets business in the development and execution of business strategy, organisational realignment, accountability frameworks, and business-as-usual processes. The role also helps identify and capture growth opportunities aligned with the strategic priorities of Global Banking and, more broadly, Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB)

This position plays a pivotal role in ensuring day-to-day business-as-usual (BAU) delivery for the Debt Capital Markets franchise, supporting disciplined execution, robust governance, and effective coordination across Front Office, COO functions, Risk, Compliance, Operations, Technology and Finance.

• Coordinate Capital Markets business management cadence (weekly/monthly), including performance reporting, pipeline/deal activity tracking, and senior management updates.
• Drive governance and controls for Capital Markets activity, including coordination of key forums/committees, control & risk reporting, audit actions tracking, and timely escalation of issues in line with the Operational Risk Framework.
• Partner with Capital Markets leadership and the Global Banking COO team to deliver strategic initiatives (e.g., operating model, technology change, , and process simplification), ensuring clear ownership, agreed timelines, and effective stakeholder management across regions.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy

• Contribute to ensure effective delivery of Global Banking business activities globally, delivering an integrated execution plan across its businesses and alignment with functions.
• Responsible to help successfully executing and implementing Global Banking’s strategy and align the overall strategic direction with the Bank, CIB and key Business and Stakeholders.
• Collaborate and support Capital Markets Business Heads responsible for implementing Global and Regional strategies and ensuring the over CIB businesses are aligned with the needs and plans for Regional and Global Operations.
• To be able to support business head/frontline staff to enable best in class Capital Markets franchise within footprint and grow revenues.
• Provide management and represent Capital Markets interest across multi-functional project teams including relevant business and COO teams, Technology, Legal, Compliance, Risk, for various projects

Business

• Work with the Global Heads for Capital Markets as well as respective desk-heads and front office staff to drive the business and help deliver the business performance and cost globally.
• Serve as front-facing to all Global Banking business from a Global COO perspective and assist to drive the business forward by enabling them to achieve the objectives set up for the business.
• Work in partnership with our internal relationships with stakeholders to ensure all risks are properly identified and mitigated via proper controls. Collaborate with stakeholders who are accountable for regulatory engagement as well as Operations, and Technology to design and implement a scalable, automated, and commercially viable operating model for the business, capable of adaptation to satisfy changing business and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure the proper governance for the Business is in place to capture the nature of the Products and all relevant risks derived from them.
• To assist in driving business and operational efficiencies via technological innovations with the