Tech Director

Location

About The Role

Key Priorities

• Improve delivery velocity — Identify and remove bottlenecks across the engineering lifecycle. Establish metrics, streamline release processes, and improve predictability of delivery across teams.
• Drive AI adoption across engineering — Define and execute a strategy for embedding AI into engineering workflows, tooling, and product development. Champion the use of AI-assisted development, testing, and operations to accelerate output and quality.
• Build engineering culture and processes — Establish engineering standards, governance, and ways of working. Improve tooling, development processes, and code standards across teams. Create a culture of ownership, technical excellence, and continuous improvement. Introduce career frameworks, knowledge sharing, and communities of practice.
• Tackle technical debt and platform modernisation — Assess the current estate, prioritise remediation, and lead modernisation efforts aligned with long-term architectural goals. Balance delivery demands with sustainable engineering practices.
• Scale the engineering organisation — Partner with talent acquisition to grow the team in line with business demand. Build a hiring strategy across Riyadh and alternative locations (Jordan, Lebanon, UAE, Egypt), ensuring quality and cultural alignment.

Key Responsibilities

• Set the technical vision and engineering strategy aligned with business objectives
• Lead and develop engineering managers, SMEs, and senior engineers across all disciplines
• Own engineering delivery performance, reporting, and continuous improvement
• Collaborate closely with architecture, cybersecurity, product, delivery, design, QA, data, and DevSecOps/platform disciplines to ensure alignment and cohesive outcomes across the engineering organisation
• Represent engineering in senior leadership forums and client engagements
• Manage stakeholder relationships across the organisation and with external partners
• Champion modern engineering practices including DevSecOps, CI/CD, observability, and automation
• Ensure compliance with security, governance, and regulatory requirements

Technical Landscape

Back End

Front End

AI & Emerging Tech

Requirements

• Significant experience leading engineering organisations of 50+ in a Tech/SaaS environment
• Proven track record of improving delivery velocity and engineering maturity at scale
• Experience introducing AI tooling and practices into engineering teams
• Strong understanding of back end and front end technologies — able to engage credibly with engineering teams and contribute to technical discussions
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively across disciplines including architecture, cybersecurity, product, delivery, design, and QA
• Experience building engineering teams across multiple geographies, ideally in the MENA region
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills with senior/executive audiences
• Experience with engineering governance, standards, and platform modernisation
• Track record of building engineering culture, career frameworks, and communities of practice

Desirable

• Experience in a consulting or digital services environment
• Experience working with Saudi Arabia's digital transformation landscape (e.g. Vision 2030 aligned programmes)