Director Technology Transformation and Architecture (Based in Dubai)

🤖 Director Technology Transformation and Architecture

📍 Dubai

💰 Competitive tax-free salary + benefits

A prominent organisation in the region is looking for a seasoned technology leader to drive enterprise-wide transformation and lead the development of a future-focused architecture strategy. This role sits at the intersection of business and technology, with a mandate to reimagine operations, enable innovation, and deliver measurable business outcomes through modern, scalable solutions.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead the technology transformation roadmap, aligning with enterprise strategic goals.
• Assess digital maturity across the business and establish initiatives to accelerate digital adoption.
• Collaborate with executive leadership to integrate technology capabilities into business strategies.
• Oversee enterprise and business architecture across data, application, technology, and process layers.
• Establish architecture models, frameworks, standards, and governance practices.
• Develop and communicate technology vision and strategy across all levels of the organization.
• Lead a high-performing team of enterprise architects, business architects, and innovation leads.
• Identify and incubate innovation opportunities, including AI-driven solutions via Centers of Excellence.
• Stay ahead of emerging technologies and assess their relevance to the business.
• Create business capability models, value stream maps, journey maps, and investment roadmaps to guide technology decisions.
• Champion a culture of innovation, transformation, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Act as a key advisor to senior stakeholders on enterprise technology decisions and investments.

Requirements

• 15+ years of experience in IT leadership roles, with a strong focus on enterprise architecture and transformation.
• 8+ years of experience across multiple architecture domains (business, data, solution, infrastructure).
• 4+ years of experience in solution development, technical architecture, and application integration.
• Proven track record of leading large-scale digital and technology transformation programs.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF, Zachman, or similar.
• Experience in innovation strategy, including the development and scaling of Centers of Excellence.
• Familiarity with modern technology stacks, including SaaS, PaaS, APIs, microservices, and predictive analytics.
• Strong strategic planning, program management, and stakeholder engagement capabilities.
• Highly effective communicator with experience influencing at senior leadership and board levels.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or related field.
• Relevant certifications in enterprise architecture and/or program management preferred.
• Experience in retail or consumer-facing sectors is advantageous.

Please apply to be contacted with further information.