أورانج أنتيلوبس تعلن عن وظيفة رئيس قسم تقنية المعلومات في الرياض

Orange Antelopes is an exciting Talent Consulting Organisation focused on supporting companies in managing their Talent supply chain. We create, integrate, and Optimise the Talent Supply Chain.

One of our customers has commissioned a search for a CIO in Riyadh. They are one of the largest real estate developers in Saudi Arabia is looking for a Chief Information Officer to manage and lead their IT strategy across the organisation. We are looking for Saudi Nationals for this role.

Key Responsibilities

A.  Technology Strategy & Governance

• Define and execute the IT strategy and multi-year roadmap, aligned to business objectives and the SAMA IT Governance Framework.

• Establish IT governance, architecture principles, policies and standards, and ensure their consistent application across the estate.

B.  Infrastructure, Cloud & IT Operations

• Own cloud and on-premise infrastructure, ensuring data residency within the Kingdom in line with PDPL, CITC and SAMA cloud requirements.

• Guarantee the availability, performance and capacity of the customer-facing mobile app and back-office systems on a 24/7 basis.

• Run IT operations and service management to defined SLAs (ITIL-aligned), covering incident, change, problem and configuration management.

C.  Core Systems, Applications & Integrations

• Manage business-critical integrations: SIMAH credit bureau, Nafath / Absher national identity, SADAD, mada and payment gateways, and SAMA regulatory reporting.

• Support partner and merchant onboarding and embedded financing flows for the Online Checkout Financing proposition.

• Enable API and Open Banking capability under the SAMA Open Banking Framework.

D.  Information Security & Cyber Resilience

• Implement and maintain controls to the SAMA Cyber Security Framework and the NCA Essential Cybersecurity Controls (ECC) and Cloud Cybersecurity Controls (CCC).

• Oversee identity and access management, vulnerability management, security monitoring and incident response, interfacing with the CISO function where this is held separately.

• Embed secure-by-design delivery and lead organisation-wide security awareness.

E.  Risk, Compliance & Business Continuity

• Ensure IT compliance with SAMA finance-company and consumer-financing regulations, the PDPL, and applicable outsourcing rules.

• Own IT business continuity and disaster recovery in line with the SAMA Business Continuity Management Framework, including regular DR testing and recovery objectives.

• Support internal audit, external audit and SAMA inspections; ensure prompt, evidenced closure of findings.

F.  Vendor & Outsourcing Management

• Manage technology vendors and outsourcing arrangements in line with SAMA outsourcing rules - due diligence, contracting, SLA governance, exit planning and material-outsourcing notification.

G.  Data Governance & Analytics Enablement

• Establish data governance, quality, classification and lifecycle management consistent with the PDPL.

• Enable data and analytics capability to support credit, risk, product and Shariah-compliance functions.

Regulatory & Compliance Accountabilities

This role carries explicit accountability for IT compliance across the following frameworks. The post-holder is expected to maintain demonstrable, audit-ready evidence of conformance at all times:

▪ SAMA Cyber Security Framework, IT Governance Framework and Business Continuity Management Framework

▪ SAMA Rules on Outsourcing and SAMA Open Banking Framework

▪ SAMA finance-company / consumer-financing regulations and associated regulatory reporting

▪ NCA Essential Cybersecurity Controls (ECC) and Cloud Cybersecurity Controls (CCC)

▪ Personal Data Protection Law (PDPL) and SDAIA implementing regulations

▪ CITC Cloud Computing Regulatory Framework and in-Kingdom data-residency requirements

▪ Shariah-compliance considerations embedded in system and product design

Candidate Profile

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or a related discipline; a Master’s or MBA is advantageous.

• You need to have 15 years of experience out of which 5-10 years’ IT experience, including 5+ years in senior IT leadership, ideally within a SAMA-regulated bank, finance company or fintech in the Kingdom or wider GCC.

• Demonstrable track record of operating and delivering within SAMA and NCA regulatory frameworks.

Technical Expertise

• Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud or Oracle), infrastructure, networking and enterprise