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Jay JahedJJ

Jay Jahed

Senior Advisor - Digital Transformation & CyberSec

€752/day
Dubai, AE
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Jay

I am a senior technology and governance advisor with over 22 years of experience supporting private and public sector organizations in highly regulated and complex enterprise environments. I have led enterprise-scale governance, risk, and information security platforms and audit readiness programs across diverse enterprise environments, including Tier-1 financial institutions, with responsibility for aligning regulatory requirements, digital platforms, and executive priorities.

I advise executive leadership on security governance, enterprise technology strategy, and digital transformation, often operating as a trusted bridge between business, technology, and risk functions. My work focuses on shaping direction, enabling informed decision-making, and ensuring initiatives deliver sustainable, long-term value.

I am passionate about software and digital solutions, particularly SaaS and AI-enabled platforms that simplify complexity at scale. I am most effective when involved early, helping organizations define strategy, challenge assumptions, and build solutions that are both resilient and intuitive.
  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • Arabic

    Native or bilingual

  • French

    Native or bilingual

Can work on-site
Dubai (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Repaymi (Fintech)
    Co-Founder & CTO
    August 2024 - Today (1 year and 10 months)
    Dubai - United Arab Emirates
    • A fintech startup leading the digital transformation of SMBs' collections by building seamless automation in recovering late and unpaid invoices, integrating AI through a custom Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) engine for communications, campaigns and reminders
    • Backed by Flat6Labs, one of the most active investors in the MENA region, and selected by Startupbootcamp Fintech (1 of 20 worldwide) and UK Virgin (1 of 10 nationwide)
    Product Strategy Digital Transformation Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) AI-enabled Solutions IT Strategy
  • Desjardins Group (Financial & Insurance Services)
    Principal Advisor - Information Security & Governance
    February 2021 - June 2025 (4 years and 4 months)
    Montreal, QC, Canada
    • Drove digital transformation as a Product Owner for in-house development of GRC and information security evaluation, control, and monitoring processes and solutions
    • Product Owner of Desjardins Projects Security Compliance, a large-scale project that received wide recognition at FS-ISAC Toronto 2024 with 3 major banks requesting replication
    • Championed AI adoption by launching bi-weekly AI enablement sessions for 100+ employees within the Governance department
    • Governance and information security processes improvement and optimization
    • GRC strategic planning and KPI development and monitoring
    • Information Security internal audits and preparation and coordination with external audits (ISO 27001 , SOC2)
    Product management Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Entreprise Platforms Information Security Govern Stakeholder Management
  • Corporater (Business Management & GRC Software Solutions)
    Presales Manager / GRC Solution Lead
    September 2019 - August 2020 (11 months)
    Dubai - United Arab Emirates
    • Enabled clients' digital transformation by developing high-impact POCs, conducting demos & workshops
    • Led major transformation projects streamlining clients' strategy, operations and GRC processes & unifying them within our solutions
    • Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Solution global Lead and subject matter expert
    • GRC Solution product development
    • Tendering management
    Enterprise Solution Design Product Strategy Go-To-Market (GTM) Strategy Pre-Sales Strategy Executive Stakeholder Management

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Education

  • B.B.A
    American University of Beirut
    2003
    B.B.A
  • French Baccalaureate
    Carmel Saint Joseph
    1999
    French Baccalaureate in

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