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    Product Development SNR Manager, Mortgages – Banking | Michael Page

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Product Development Specialist – Mortgages & Loans – RiyadhSenior Manager Level HireBanking Client Riyadh | KSA | Saudi NationalClient DetailsMichael Page are recruiting for one of the largest Banks in Saudi for a Mortgage Loans Product Development, Senior Manager.This role is for a Mortgage & Loans product development / Product manager specialist who will be responsible of developing the products from business perspective on digital channels by ensuring to offer the latest products & services with the best technology to serve customers and increase bank offering.This role will be to develop new products & service by preparing Business Requirement’s, obtaining required approvals from all internal departments, working with IT, and vendors to develop & launch new Loans and mortgage related products.Description* Mortgage & Loans Product Development specialist to work on Mortgage Loans products & services by identifying new products for the Bank. * Review existing products and services help to improve & enhance the proucts for the business* Work on general production issues and bugs to be fixed with concerned teams* In this role the Product Manager will ensure all stakeholders activities related to changes in products & services are in place* Cover marketing activities, operations update or changes, sales team activities, etc.* Prepare operational policy & procedures of new products & services and support the functioning of the operational aspects of the products.Job OfferThis is a permanent role, based in Riyadh Paying competitively + Benefits

    * Minimum Experience: 8 years of professional experience -* 3-5 years previous experience within product development* Experienced within IT / Digital* Proven track in delivering multiple products & services* Drive the development of all project portfolio from Start to End* Media and digital sales & marketing knowledge * Experienced as a product developer within digital or Digital marketing

    Michael Page is one of the world’s leading professional recruitment consultancies, specializing in the placement of candidates in permanent, contract, temporary and interim positions with clients around the world.

    The Group has operations in the UK, Continental Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. In the Middle East we focus on the areas of:

    Finance & Accounting
    Banking & Financial Services
    Procurement
    Property & Construction
    Engineering & Supply Chain
    Oil & Gas Technical and Engineering
    Human Resources
    Sales
    Marketing
    Technology
    Secretarial
    Executive Search
    Legal

    The Group operates through 161 offices in 33 countries and employs over 5,000 employees worldwide. More

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    Enterprise Data Architect – Greenfield Project | Michael Page

    Employment:

    Full Time

    As a Enterprise Data Architect you will lead the design of a new Water data architecture. Your role will be to lead the data management policies & procedures and data governance setup enabling the software development teams to deliver quality services, through architecting and building highly available and resilient (big) data platforms.Client DetailsEnterprise Data Architect required within the Utility sector focusing on Water Projects for a Huge Project based In Saudi Arabia being built from Scratch. This is a large brand new greenfield project.As a Data Architect you will be responsible for the implementation of all the ERP and CRM requirements for the water utility including customer facing applicationsDescriptionEnterprise Data Architect | Saudi Arabia | TubukAs a Enterprise Data Architect you will lead the design of a new Water data architecture. Your role will be to lead the data management policies & procedures and data governance setup enabling the software development teams to deliver quality services, through architecting and building highly available and resilient (big) data platforms.This is a vital position as a The Enterprise Data Architect who will Lead from the front in designing the digital strategy for the energy sector. You will be designing large scale analytics, decision making and reporting solutions, based on big data technology (preferably AWS and/or Azure).This is a Permanent role, Based in Tubuk, Saudi Arabia, Paying Competitively & Housing and Benefits This is a unique role for an Enterprise Data Architect to Lead from the front to:* Determine the strategic data requirements, its principles and data management standards, data management policies and procedures including risk mitigation.* As a Enterprise Data Architect you will be in charge of Determine, design, develop and managing how data will be collected, transmitted, stored, managed, accessed, used and shared within the organisation.* Create the model blueprints to ensure right level of overall data integration* The data architecture and the implementation road-map of the data management capabilities* Strong background in system development and data management;* Strong understanding of software project management approaches and requirements, system development life cycle, and design and test techniques* Proven knowledge of database design and modeling* Data modeling techniques, and database design and management

    Skills and Experience* 8 -10 Years experience in data architecture* Latest data model & data governance techniques.* Translating business process flows into supporting data models with clear master data & system definitions and corresponding governance structure.* Proven track record in defining & implementing data strategies; data architecture, data design/modelling, data management / governance* Different solution delivery methods (eg prince2, Agile, etc) and tools (eg. dev/ops, CI/CD, etc).* Act as liaison between data user and solution developers in order to promote data integration* Identify strategic data requirements in accordance to the business strategy* Determine and implement the data management policies and procedures* Define and implement information analysis mappingJob Offer:* Competitive salary * Health care you and dependents* School Fees paid for * Housing Provided * Free Food

    Michael Page is one of the world’s leading professional recruitment consultancies, specializing in the placement of candidates in permanent, contract, temporary and interim positions with clients around the world.

    The Group has operations in the UK, Continental Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. In the Middle East we focus on the areas of:

    Finance & Accounting
    Banking & Financial Services
    Procurement
    Property & Construction
    Engineering & Supply Chain
    Oil & Gas Technical and Engineering
    Human Resources
    Sales
    Marketing
    Technology
    Secretarial
    Executive Search
    Legal

    The Group operates through 161 offices in 33 countries and employs over 5,000 employees worldwide. More

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    Technology Division Manager / Head of IT | Michael Page

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Lead the development and implementation of the organisation’s technology roadmap through effective leadership of department. Ensure efficient technology services are available to all users across the organisation and seek opportunities for innovation and optimisation.Client DetailsAn industrial services organisation with over 1,000 employees going through an exciting technology transformation.Description* Develop and IT strategy and operating model in line with the high level vision of the business* Lead the direction and output of the department through effective delegation and development* Develop the financial budgets and plans for the department including all operating expenses and manpower budget* Report to the Board on ongoing progress and future plans* Manage relationships with IT service providers to ensure infrastructure is efficient and effective* Cultivate and manage internal and external senor stakeholder relationships.Job Offer* Transformation and leadership role* Opportunity to lead a high-performing IT function, developing the strategy and roadmap yourself* Opportunity to work for an organisation with ambitious plans within their market and for investment in Technology

    * Bachelor’s degree qualified in IT, Computer Sciences, Business Management or similar related field.* Extensive IT senior leadership experience within a large, complex business* Experience developing an IT roadmap for a sizeable business with at least 2000 users* Experience of building department-wide financial plans and budgets* Experience of leading and developing a manpower plan for an internal IT department of at least 30 employees* Strong knowledge of IT systems and strategy management* Strong expertise in leading a large technology project portfolio

    Michael Page is one of the world’s leading professional recruitment consultancies, specializing in the placement of candidates in permanent, contract, temporary and interim positions with clients around the world.

    The Group has operations in the UK, Continental Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. In the Middle East we focus on the areas of:

    Finance & Accounting
    Banking & Financial Services
    Procurement
    Property & Construction
    Engineering & Supply Chain
    Oil & Gas Technical and Engineering
    Human Resources
    Sales
    Marketing
    Technology
    Secretarial
    Executive Search
    Legal

    The Group operates through 161 offices in 33 countries and employs over 5,000 employees worldwide. More

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    The DEI Hiring Playbook: 8 Actionable Strategies

    To see how business leaders across the country are driving impactful DEI efforts, we launched the Ally Series on our Talk Talent to Me podcast. In these episodes, host Rob Stevenson sits down with talent leaders from Match Group, Niantic, Tech Can [Do] Better, Frame.io, Hired, Capital One, and Leaf Group—learning what each company has […] More

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    MuleSoft Tech Lead / Architect | Chalhoub Group

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Who we are We are a leading partner for luxury across the Middle East. With more than 600 stores, 300 brands and over 65 years of experience in the region, we have become a major player in the beauty, fashion and gift sectors, by offering service excellence to our partners and delighting all our customers. We are moving fast from a traditional distributor and retailer for luxury in the Middle East, to a hybrid retailer bringing luxury experiences to the fingertips of customers everywhere. To fuel the next stage of our growth we are looking to build a world class team. From physical retail through to supply chain and customer loyalty, we aim to use technology and data to continuously improve every aspect of our operations. We are looking for top talent to join us on this journey of exploring new horizons together. This is a fantastic opportunity to lead a team of Mulesoft developers and manage the Mulesoft Architecture within the IT Services division of Chalhoub Group. You will develop first-class data integrations in the Mulesoft Anypoint EIP, designing and delivering solutions following a “best practice”approach. Your participation in delivering business critical projects whilst maintaining a great team dynamic, keeping on top of day-to-day sprint activities and ensuring targets are met will be an invaluable contribution to the continued success of this pivotal team within the EnterpriseWhat you will be doing – Oversee the technologies, tools and techniques used within the team – Work closely alongside the Solution Architects, Business Analysts and Developers on project- and product-related user stories and requirements – Set the development standards, policies and procedures that should be adhered to within the team – Drive change on the Mulesoft platform to implement efficient and effective strategies which benefit the wider business and their customers – Develop and implement services and API’s to a very high quality, ensuring that all developers within the team understand and follow the standards stipulated by you. – Work closely with other team leaders and development teams when necessary to create a cohesive set of services. – Work closely with peers in the business to fully understand the business process and requirements, gaining business knowledge which will enable you to actively participate in defining solutions which will truly meet the business need. – Provide governance and oversight to ensure that all services and API’s developed within your team satisfy the business requirements. – Ensure that all user stories/requirements are accurately estimated and can be delivered to the specified schedule. – Where possible, show flexibility and agility when responding to the changing needs of the business. – Actively contribute to the process of continual improvement, with regard to self, team and technologies. – Perform 2nd line support out-of-hours as required. – Keep abreast with latest technical trends for the specific area of work and recommend beneficial changes. – Participate in managing Scrum Team activities to ensure a successful sprint delivery. Line Manager Aspects of the Role – Be the Technical Lead in a team of Mulesoft developers, engaged in the creation of high-quality services and API’s within agreed project timelines. – Understand and advocate Mulesoft Architecture best practices and standards as defined by Mulesoft. – Be responsible for ensuring a high level of quality and ownership with respect to all work developed by members of the team. – Onboard, upskill and help to integrate new team members, proactively supporting the continued development of existing team members. – Build and promote a positive working environment for the team within your areas as well as other business areas you will engage with. – Effectively manage team members in line with company policy and procedures, including performance, development, disciplinary and conflict resolution with effective feedback. – Proactively report and manage upwards to management and the business, so that they are well informed of the work currently in development. – Implement team goals and objectives – supervise, coach and mentor your co-workers – be inspirational and motivate. – Assist with recruitment activities. – Be the ‘go-to’ person for the team, both within IT and in the wider business.

    What you’ll need to succeed – Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a technical discipline is required – Proven experience of leading a team of Mulesoft developers including performance, development and disciplinary issues. – Demonstrable Mulesoft ability with an in-depth understanding of underpinning techniques and architecture. – Proven ability of tackling challenging projects. – Experience in full software development lifecycle from design to deployment. – A proven track record of developing high-quality integration solutions to business specifications whilst understanding processes and requirements. – Experience using SCRUM or other Agile methodologies. – Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English. – Experience recruiting staff and building development teams. What we can offer you With us, you will turn your aspirations into reality. We will help shape your journey through enriching experiences, learning and development opportunities and exposure to different assignments within your role or through internal mobility. Our Group offers diverse career paths for those who are extraordinary, every day. We recognise the value that you bring, and we strive to provide a competitive benefits package which includes health care, child education contribution, remote and flexible working policies as well as exclusive employee discounts.

    The Chalhoub Group is the leading partner for luxury across the Middle East since 1955. As an expert in retail, distribution and marketing services based in Dubai, the group has become a major player in the fashion, beauty and gift sectors regionally.

    By blending its Middle East expertise and intimate knowledge of luxury, Chalhoub Group is building brands in the region, by offering service excellence to all its partners and a unique experience to its customers through its passionate teams.

    With a growing workforce of more than 9,000 people, implemented in 14 countries, as well as the operating of over 470 retail outlets, the group’s success is attributed to its most valued asset of highly skilled and dedicated teams. Professionalism and passion are what fuel the Chalhoub Group’s competitive edge in today’s market.

    By being committed to implementing sustainable practices into their business, the Chalhoub Group has been awarded in 2013 the CSR Label from the Dubai Chamber of Commerce. More

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    Senior Payment Architect | IBM Middle East

    Employment:

    Full Time

    As an IBM Application Architect, you directly help clients transform their business and solve complex problems. You will define the scope and vision for projects that deliver customized solutions using your knowledge of IBM platforms. You are a technical leader, serving as a liaison among business partners, technical resources, and project stakeholders.Your Role and ResponsibilitiesThe Senior Payment Architect is responsible for• Architecting and designing comprehensive Payment solutions that meet functional and non-functional (e.g. performance, security, and operational considerations) requirements in support of a given initiative.• Plays a role in establishing architectural vision and direction, architects solutions, provides advice and guidance, monitors emerging technologies, and assists in software and service procurements.• Works collaboratively with the business to understand the business/product roadmap to develop architectural vison and direction.Essential Functions• Architecture Vision and Direction: Contributes to the technology strategy by identifying, assessing and recommending external trends in technology and methodologies. Assists with the development of frameworks, standards, policies, principles and procedures that guide technology decisions and maximize reuse of technology. Exercises solution design leadership on initiatives, driving alignment to target architecture and design standards. Facilitates architecture reviews, ensuring adherence to architectural standards, and consistency across organizational and design boundaries• Solution Architecture Development: Creates Payment solution options and Payment architecture, adhering to architectural standards and the technology roadmap, and minimizing technical debt. Designs solutions that involve complex, multi-system integration, possibly across BUs or domains. Ensures non-functional requirements are satisfied. Involved in every aspect of lifecycle (from requirements to deployment assisting in design and triage of defects)Drives alignment between architecture and business needs. Participates in application rationalization and the development of application architecture roadmaps. Identifies applications and platforms impacted by the solution, the need for new platforms, and drives platform selection. Contributes to backlog of development team. Facilitates large groups of diverse stakeholders to consensus on target solution• Advice & Guidance: Initiates guidance and oversight, ensures the viability of proposed solutions, and provides direction on the appropriate approach to the solution throughout the project, and ensures appropriate and complete unit/system/load testing and code review. Communicates architectures, relevant technologies, practices, platforms, and products to delivery team and other stakeholders. Performs due diligence during potential mergers and acquisitions• Relationship Management: Builds effective relationships between IT, business users, and internal/external service providers. Effectively communicates relevant information to stakeholders and teams• Emerging Technology Monitoring: Evaluates emerging technologies and the evolution of current technologies to define a future vision roadmap for optimal application of technology to meet business needs. Conducts Proof of Concept for feasibility studies. Recommends improvements to processes and technology that improve the effectiveness of the team• Strategic Sourcing: Oversees and facilitates the evaluation and selection of hardware and software technology, as well as the design of standard configurations for a particular project. Inspires technology policies, practices, and decisions which recognize the current and evolving needs of all the stakeholders. Validate that the delivery team operates according to the principles embedded in relevant standards

    Solution Architecture• Ability to: Lead the design of technical solutions for complex systems, ensuring consistency with specified requirements agreed with both external and internal customers. Design solutions that involve complex, multi-system integration, possibly across BUs or domains• Advice & Guidance: Ability to: Provide leadership and guidelines to promote the development and exploitation of technical knowledge in the organization. Effectively communicate technical concepts, options, and implications to non-technical stakeholders in written, verbal, and diagrammatic forms (and vice versa)Work with cross-functional architect teams to develop optimal solutions to complex issuesRelationship Management• Ability to: Build long-term, strategic relationships with senior business and IT stakeholders• Emerging Technology Monitoring: Ability to: Coordinate the identification and assessment of new and emerging technologies, products, methods and techniques. Evaluate likely relevance of these for the organization

    For more than six decades, IBM Middle East & Pakistan has played a vital role in shaping the information technology landscape of the region. Today, IBM is part of the region’s technological fabric, solving real-world business and societal challenges, through its offices in UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait and Pakistan, and also a diversity of centers across the region.

    Within the region, IBM currently has groundbreaking initiatives in cloud computing, analytics, mobile, security, as well as nanotechnology, eGovernment, healthcare and many more, collaborating with leading educational institutes and governments. IBM supports hundreds of clients to drive transformation through technology, contributes to regional research & development programs and has an active Corporate Service Corps (CSC) program.

    Reinvention is a keyword in the company’s history and, today, IBM is much more than a “hardware, software, services” company. IBM is now emerging as a cognitive solutions and cloud platform company. More

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    Security Intelligence and Operations Consultant | IBM Middle East

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Information and Data are some of the most important organizational assets in today’s businesses. As a Security Consultant, you will be a key advisor for IBM’s clients, analyzing business requirements to design and implement the best security solutions for their needs. You will apply your technical skills to find the balance between enabling and securing the client’s organization with the cognitive solutions that are making IBM the fastest growing enterprise security business in the world.Your Role and ResponsibilitiesResponsibilities• Provide consulting and technical expertise on customer engagements• Work with security teams around EMEA to perform security consulting activities• Recommend and create use cases, rules, and playbooks for customers• Write technical reports about TTPs and security trends

    Required Qualifications• Knowledge of the current threat landscape, including common attack types and malware capabilities• Proficiency in using security tools such as QRadar, Splunk, Resilient, Cortex XSOAR• Proven experience in building and deploying use cases, correlation rules and playbooks• Coding/scripting experience in one or more general purpose languages• Demonstrated excellent communications and problem-solving skillsPreferred Qualifications• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure and associated security platforms• Experience analyzing threat intelligence at global scale• Experience in designing security strategy, threat modeling, threat detection, incident response

    For more than six decades, IBM Middle East & Pakistan has played a vital role in shaping the information technology landscape of the region. Today, IBM is part of the region’s technological fabric, solving real-world business and societal challenges, through its offices in UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait and Pakistan, and also a diversity of centers across the region.

    Within the region, IBM currently has groundbreaking initiatives in cloud computing, analytics, mobile, security, as well as nanotechnology, eGovernment, healthcare and many more, collaborating with leading educational institutes and governments. IBM supports hundreds of clients to drive transformation through technology, contributes to regional research & development programs and has an active Corporate Service Corps (CSC) program.

    Reinvention is a keyword in the company’s history and, today, IBM is much more than a “hardware, software, services” company. IBM is now emerging as a cognitive solutions and cloud platform company. More

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    Technology Consulting – Resiliency Consultant | IBM Middle East

    Employment:

    Full Time

    The infrastructure running industries likes transportation, energy, insurance, banking or healthcare is quickly changing as the world’s relationship with technology evolves. Companies have more choices than ever before between on-premise, off-premise, or a hybrid approach. Our Infrastructure Architects are responsible for keeping up with the latest and greatest of these changes and using their expertise to deliver solutions that meet the needs of our customers and products.Your Role and ResponsibilitiesIBM Technology Consulting advises our clients in determining, implementing, and managing their enterprise-wide resilience program. As a Resiliency Consultant, you accompany our customers across Middle East and Africa region with a lot of positive energy from strategic consideration to successful implementation.Your goal is to analyze current maturity levels and the development of Resiliency Concepts required for an always on-Enterprise. This includes a deep and profound knowledge in Business and IT Continuity concepts as well as national and international standards (e.g. ISO 22301,) best practices and tools to develop new integrated Resiliency Systems, Disaster Recovery Processes and Lifecycle approachesYour Tasks• You have a T-shaped consultant profile. You bring deep expertise and experience in resiliency, IT and business continuity services portfolios and advise our clients in all aspects of cyber resiliency.• You can connect the dots between different technology domains and business, and you can advise CIO’s to become a trusted partner.• You conduct resiliency assessments such as recoverability assessment, resiliency maturity assessment to identify strengths, weaknesses, and improvement areas.• You conduct business impact analysis and risk assessments.• You work with client’s decision makers to generate enterprise-wide resiliency strategies, back-up recovery strategies and develop data protection strategies in hybrid multi-cloud world.• You are familiar with TCO calculation and business case and you can support IBM’s advice to our clients with financial facts.• You design and lead resilience programs with measurable outcomes to implement strategies.• You can facilitate workshops, present to large audiences and C-Level.• You can guide technical architects in developing high-available, always-on architectures and contribute to development of resilient architectures.• You are responsible for driving technology consulting business. You take active part in sales process, build trust-based relationship with our clients and convey IBM value to them.• You lead project teams and are responsible for the high quality delivery in Time and on Budget• You keep track of costs, operational stability, and the integration of the developed solutions• Agile work is natural for you• You are actively involved in our professional IBM internal communitiesYou can expect• A global network of experts working on the future of the Cognitive Enterprise• A tailor-made entry that takes into account your personal interests and strengths• Personal career development in a global company that adapts to your life planning• Flexible working models• Mentoring and targeted training in new topics• An environment in which growth and new ideas are desired

    Required Technical and Professional Expertise• Completed degree in a business, natural science or technical degree program• Professional experience: at least 5 years of experience in resiliency consulting or 8 years of experience in Resiliency or IT/Business Continuity functions of big enterprises.• Proven expertise and experience in Resiliency, IT and Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery• Strong understanding of continuity standards and best practices such as ISO/IEC 22301, Resilia, ISO/IEC 27001, ITIL and COBIT• Strong understanding of resilient, high available, always-on architecture principles• Strong understanding of cyber resiliency, data protection and recovery, high availability, always on technologies and concepts using on-prem and cloud technologies.• Hands-on experience in developing and implementing resilient architectures on cloud is preferred.• Industry specific knowledge to quickly identify/suggest/leverage candidate areas for automation and generate value for IBM at client sight.• Hands on experience in demonstrating thought leadership and delivery leadership• Ability to translate business requirements into technology solutions.• Ability to translate visions into executable projects with clarity and purpose• Excellent analytical, organizational, problem solving, collaboration and communication skills• Language skills: very good English• High willingness to travelPreferred Technical and Professional Expertise• NA

    For more than six decades, IBM Middle East & Pakistan has played a vital role in shaping the information technology landscape of the region. Today, IBM is part of the region’s technological fabric, solving real-world business and societal challenges, through its offices in UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait and Pakistan, and also a diversity of centers across the region.

    Within the region, IBM currently has groundbreaking initiatives in cloud computing, analytics, mobile, security, as well as nanotechnology, eGovernment, healthcare and many more, collaborating with leading educational institutes and governments. IBM supports hundreds of clients to drive transformation through technology, contributes to regional research & development programs and has an active Corporate Service Corps (CSC) program.

    Reinvention is a keyword in the company’s history and, today, IBM is much more than a “hardware, software, services” company. IBM is now emerging as a cognitive solutions and cloud platform company. More