Introduction

  • Reporting to the IT department manager, this position will be responsible to identify, prioritize, incubate, and exploit business opportunities provided by information, communication, and digital technologies to develop and implement processes, tools, and infrastructures to support digital innovation.
  • Involvement in strategy execution required from a governance perspective to ensure strategic intent is realized, and to achieve appropriate balance between development of long-term, integrative capabilities and short-term, operational and project priorities.
  • This role will create digital transformation roadmaps aligned to organizational plans with emerging digital technology solutions.
  • Engagement with and influencing on relevant stakeholders to obtain organizational commitment to digital transformation roadmaps will be critical in addition to leading identification and assessment of new and emerging digital technologies and the evaluation of the potential impacts, threats, and opportunities.

What are you going to do 

  • Develops a strategy for implementing technology solutions that align with company goals. Develops a roadmap for use case development, prototyping, testing, deployment, and monitoring of new technology solutions.
  • Leads the process to identify and evaluate internal digital asset capabilities and strengths. Assesses external digital opportunities and threats as key inputs to making the best decisions on business strategy, given digital realities.
  • Leads the development of the digital business strategy and roadmap and ensures its integration with the enterprise strategic planning process, and the resulting business strategy and plans. Provides a single point of coordination and executive oversight for all digital initiatives and transformation projects.
  • Ensures the enterprise is developing the digital assets and capabilities that will be needed to achieve business advantages/value in the midterm and long term.
  • Acts as a champion and change agent in leading the organizational changes required to create and sustain enterprise digital capabilities.
  • Defines and reports on digital business KPIs and metrics that represent progress against digital goals.
  • Acts as a thought leader on emerging digital business models and technologies, articulating the digital future and the enterprise’s role to internal and external stakeholders
  • Works with the IT organization to develop and exploit new digital business solutions to create a competitive edge for the enterprise. May also own and lead development teams and projects directly.
  • Identify and lead a small/medium team of analysts, researchers, technologists, and champions in executing the enterprise’s digital business mission. Incubates new enterprise capabilities.

Essential skills and knowledge

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, Business Administration, or other relevant discipline
  • 15 or more years of business experience, ideally in business management or IT management, ideally with some independent P&L responsibilities
  • Five or more years of progressive leadership experience in leading cross-functional teams and enterprise-wide programs, operating and influencing effectively across the organization and within complex contexts.
  • Preferably five or more years of experience in information-intensive industries or digitally advanced enterprises
  • Experience in innovating business models and developing new channels, business models or business transformation.
  • Strategy and management consulting experience desirable
  • Deep understanding of the evolving digital world on both the demand side (how people/companies are using technology) and the supply side (emerging technologies)
  • Strong business acumen, including domain-specific knowledge of the company and its business units.
  • Excellent analytical, strategic conceptual thinking and consulting skills
  • Strong influence and negotiation skills
  • Ability to effectively drive people, process, and technology change in a dynamic and complex operating environment.

What we offer 

  • Salary:
    • Monthly Basic Rate in QAR plus allowances
  • Work Schedule:
    • 8 Hours / 5 Days
  • Duration:
    • Permanent Hire
  • Location:
    • Qatar