General Manager

Tabby
Kuwait City
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Executive & General ManagementExperience: 10+ yearsSkills: ["Stakeholder management","Regulatory compliance","Business leadership","Commercial negotiation","Operating in ambiguity"]

Lead Tabby’s Kuwait launch as the named accountable executive, taking the business from a licensed entity in progress to a fully operating, onshore, regulated financial services platform. Own the Central Bank of Kuwait relationship and end-to-end regulatory process, stand up the local team and governance, and drive commercial growth through merchant acquisition, banking partnerships, and P&L/unit economics management.

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Tabby
Tabby
23 hours ago

General Manager

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Job Summary

Lead Tabby’s Kuwait launch as the named accountable executive, taking the business from a licensed entity in progress to a fully operating, onshore, regulated financial services platform. Own the Central Bank of Kuwait relationship and end-to-end regulatory process, stand up the local team and governance, and drive commercial growth through merchant acquisition, banking partnerships, and P&L/unit economics management.
Location: Kuwait City
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Executive & General Management
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own the Central Bank of Kuwait relationship end to end, including registration/licensing, correspondence, inspections, and ongoing supervisory dialogue as the named accountable executive.
  • •Stand up Tabby Payments K.S.C.C. as a fully operating local entity with its own team, compliance, operations, and governance.
  • •Own full commercial accountability for the Kuwait market, including merchant acquisition/retention, bank and payments partnerships, local marketing, and customer growth.
  • •Own the local P&L and market-level economics within group frameworks, and influence product, credit, risk, treasury, and legal to deliver what the market needs.
  • •Build and lead the local team starting lean and scaling the business, including defining the hiring plan and owning the local cost base.

Key Requirements

  • •10+ years of experience, including at least 3 years in general management or a senior commercial role with full P&L accountability.
  • •Track record launching or scaling a regulated financial services, payments, or fintech business in a GCC market.
  • •Experience as the named accountable executive with a financial regulator (licensing, submissions, examinations, or remediation).
  • •Domain expertise in fintech, consumer lending/BNPL, payments and e-money, or retail banking/cards, including financial regulation and licensing in the GCC.
  • •Strong grounding in P&L management and unit economics, regulatory submissions, compliance/AML frameworks, and commercial contracting/partnership negotiation.
Experience:10+ yearsFintechPaymentsConsumer lendingBNPLE-moneyRetail banking
Skills:Stakeholder managementRegulatory complianceBusiness leadershipCommercial negotiationOperating in ambiguity
Languages:ArabicEnglish

Company Brief

Tabby
Tabby is a MENA buy‑now‑pay‑later and fintech platform that enables customers to split purchases into installments, offers in‑store and online payment products, a consumer app, and merchant services across Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait and the wider region.
Industry: Lending
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Founded: 2019
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