Work with me / Advisory & delivery

Payments, product and programs.
Practical AI automation.

Support with payment partners and operations, product strategy, cross-team delivery and repeatable work that could benefit from AI.

I work with founders and teams to define the problem, agree useful deliverables and connect product decisions to implementation.

Dubai, UAE Working across markets

Where I can help

A clear scope.
Something useful at the end.

Start with one problem or connect the disciplines around a larger initiative. Each engagement is shaped around your context.

01

Payments & fintech advisory

Make the payment stack work for the business.

For teams choosing payment partners, entering a market, or untangling acceptance, settlement and reconciliation. Bring the business problem and the operating constraints. I help turn them into decisions your product, engineering and operations teams can use.

Partner selection · Payment friction · Settlement gaps · New payment rails

See the payment infrastructure workTry the provider selection scorecard

What the work can include

  • A current-state payment journey and gap assessment
  • Provider requirements and a decision framework for partner selection
  • Prioritised recommendations, with dependencies and operational trade-offs
Talk through your context
02

Product strategy & execution

Give the next product decision a clear foundation.

For founders and product teams with a promising idea, competing priorities, or a roadmap that needs sharper choices. Connect the customer problem, commercial model and delivery constraints before committing more capacity.

Product discovery · Prioritisation · Roadmap decisions · Launch readiness

Read the BNPL launch case studyWork through a payments PRD

What the work can include

  • A defined customer problem, target workflow and success measures
  • A product brief, prioritised roadmap and explicit scope boundaries
  • Requirements and launch criteria that connect business and delivery teams
Talk through your context
03

Program management & delivery

Turn cross-team complexity into a workable plan.

For initiatives that span engineering, operations, partners and leadership. Build a shared view of what must happen, who owns it, where decisions are stuck and what evidence is needed to move forward.

Cross-team dependencies · Partner integrations · Delivery visibility · Transformation

Explore the transformation programRead the fintech PMO setup guide

What the work can include

  • A delivery plan with owners, milestones and dependencies
  • A decision, risk and issue register with clear escalation routes
  • Working governance, status reporting and readiness checkpoints
Talk through your context
04

AI product & workflow automation

Start with the work people repeat every day.

For teams evaluating an AI product or reducing manual handoffs, repeated questions and document work. Define the user task, compare a rules-based workflow with an AI approach, and agree how to test quality, cost and human review before rollout.

AI product management · Enterprise AI · Support workflows · Document processing

See the applied AI systemsExplore the AI evaluation guide and cases

What the work can include

  • A workflow map and use-case assessment covering value and feasibility
  • A scoped prototype or integration plan for the agreed workflow
  • Evaluation criteria, human review steps and operating documentation
Talk through your context

How we work

From a first conversation
to a clear next step.

  1. 01

    Share the context

    Tell me what is happening, what you want to change and who is involved. A short note is enough to start.

  2. 02

    Agree the scope

    We define the problem, deliverables, access needs and working arrangement. Timing and fees are agreed for the specific engagement.

  3. 03

    Work through it

    Work with your team on the agreed analysis, requirements or prototype, and review progress against the scope.

  4. 04

    Make it usable

    Hand over the agreed recommendations, documents or workflow, with instructions and next steps.

Before we talk

A few useful details.

Who is this for?

Founders, fintech and payments businesses, product leaders, and teams with a defined delivery or automation problem. The work can support an early product decision, an existing payment operation or a cross-team initiative.

Can we start with a small, defined problem?

Yes. A specific decision, workflow or delivery bottleneck is a useful starting point. We agree the scope and outputs before work begins. A broader engagement can be discussed if the problem needs it.

Do you build AI automations as well as advise?

The scope can include workflow design, a prototype or integration support, depending on the systems and access involved. We first establish feasibility, data handling requirements, evaluation criteria and where a person needs to review or approve the output.

Do you work remotely?

I am based in Dubai, GST / UTC+4. Remote collaboration, meeting overlap and any on-site needs are agreed around the engagement and the team's location.

How are confidentiality and data access handled?

We agree confidentiality terms, access boundaries and permitted tools before sharing sensitive material. Initial conversations can use a high-level description of the problem. Please keep credentials and confidential customer data out of the contact form.

Are you also open to leadership roles?

Yes. I welcome conversations about senior payments product and program leadership roles alongside defined advisory and automation engagements. The resume and recruiter brief provide the role-focused view of my experience.

Let's make it concrete

What is your team
working through?

Share the problem, the context and the outcome you have in mind. We can work out whether there is a useful fit.

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