IT Director

Salary: depending on experience and qualifications plus family benefits

About the Client:

A globally iconic F&B giant with a rapidly expanding, high-volume footprint across the UAE

 Lead strategic innovation projects, deploying next-generation mobile applications, automated self-ordering kiosks, loyalty systems, and next-level digital payment ecosystems

 Take full ownership of point-of-sale (POS) infrastructures, drive-thru tech, kitchen automation systems, and third-party delivery aggregator integrations to maximize operational efficiency and revenue

 Build, scale, and govern enterprise data architectures and business intelligence dashboards and empower data-driven decisions through advanced analytics, customer insights, and predictive AI modeling

 Ensure absolute uptime, peak performance, and high availability across all corporate networks, cloud platforms, and core ERP environments

 Manage the technology project portfolio from blueprint to rollout and oversee capital and operational budgets (CAPEX/OPEX), calculate project ROI, and lead critical vendor negotiations and SLA frameworks

 With A minimum of 8 years of progressive IT experience, featuring at least 5 years in a senior IT leadership capacity.

 Proven experience navigating high-volume, multi-unit retail networks is essential.

Candidates from Quick Service Restaurants (QSR), Food & Beverage, Retail, or Hospitality are highly preferred

 Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or Information Systems; An MBA or technology-related Master’s Degree is highly preferred

 Industry certifications such as PMP, ITIL, CISSP, CISM, TOGAF, or enterprise Cloud credentials (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) are added advantage

 Comprehensive familiarity with enterprise ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, or Microsoft Dynamics), advanced data analytics, and modern IT Service Management (ITSM) frameworks

Send your CV in word format to: ITJOBZ2020 AT GMAIL DOT COM and use “IT Director - QSR” as email subject