Senior Vice President

About QNB Established in 1964 as the country’s first Qatari-owned commercial bank, QNB Group has steadily grown to become the largest bank in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region. QNB Group’s presence through its subsidiaries and associate companies extends to more than 31 countries across three continents providing a comprehensive range of advanced products and services. The total number of employees is more than 28,000 serving up to 20 million customers operating through 1,000 locations, with an ATM network of 4,300 machines. QNB has maintained its position as one of the highest rated regional banks from leading credit rating agencies including Standard & Poor’s (A), Moody’s (Aa3) and Fitch (A+). The Bank has also been the recipient of many awards from leading international specialised financial publications. Based on the Group’s consistent strong financial performance and its expanding international presence, QNB currently ranks as the most valuable bank brand in the Middle East and Africa, according to Brand Finance Magazine. QNB Group has an active community support program and sponsors various social, educational and sporting events.

Job Summary The incumbent will be responsible for leading and driving the Global Trade Services Sales function across Cash Management and Trade Services businesses within QNB Group's Global Transaction Banking (GTB) division. The role is accountable for the development and execution of sales strategies, business growth initiatives, and client engagement activities across the Group's international network of branches and subsidiaries. The scope covers the full spectrum of Trade Finance solutions, including traditional trade products and Open Account Trade Finance, as well as Cash Management solutions encompassing payments, collections, liquidity management, and working capital solutions. The successful candidate will be responsible for expanding market share, strengthening client relationships, identifying cross-border business opportunities, and delivering sustainable revenue growth across multiple geographies. The role requires close collaboration with regional and country teams to ensure the effective delivery of transaction banking solutions to multinational corporations, financial institutions, and large corporate clients.

• Shareholder & Financial: Develop and implement marketing and customer call plans with respect to all Cash Management and Trade Services products to achieve the agreed financial targets. Responsible for cash and trade deal origination and execution domestically and across the entire network. Responsible for network coordination to ensure seamless branch cooperation on the cash and trade fronts. Responsible for the financial performance of trade assets over the lifetime of the transaction. Responsible for revenue growth and product development feedback to ensure constantly enhancing the GTB positioning and profitability within peer groups. Implements KPI’s and best practices for Global Transaction Banking Sales. Promote cost consciousness and efficiency and enhance productivity, to minimise cost, avoid waste, and optimise benefits for the bank. Act within the limits of the powers delegated to the incumbent and delegate authority to the respective staff and monitor exercise of the same. Demonstrate clear understanding of the important factors behind the bank's financial & non-financial performance.
• Customer (Internal & External): Develop and maintain strong deal pipeline and trade target market to enhance the overall QNB client proposal in all QNB markets. Coordinate the origination efforts of developing and maintaining strong deal pipeline within the cash and trade target market and proactively harnessing key industry initiatives and economic trends as appropriate to enhance the overall QNB client proposal. Promote and support the coordination and cooperation efforts across the network for seamless cooperation, deal origination and execution efforts. Ensure disciplined sales efforts complete with sales processes and pipeline management, wallet sizing, account planning, heat maps etc to ensure and organized and effective global approach to cash and trade sales. Define a strong coordinated effort to originate regional clients to capture cash management mandates. Organize cash and trade customer forums and events. Actively participate and represent QNB on international cash and trade events and cash and trade customer forums. Establish personal relationships with cash and trade customers. Attend cash and trade customer calls, lead business discussions and outline the potential treasury and financing structures, RFPs etc to the customers. Discuss pricing proposition, transaction structure and distribution. Work close and cooperate with the Corporate Relationship Management team to ensure the best in class customer service. Assist customers