Assistant Director of Digital Platforms & Engineering
Compensation
Not disclosed
Location
Cairo, Egypt
Work setup
Not specified
Seniority
Not specified
Employment
Not specified
Experience
7+ years
Category
Not specified
Posted
Skills
agile
ai
analytics
api
authentication
automation
aws
azure
ci-cd
cissp
cloud
corrective-action
crm
cybersecurity
dast
devops
erp
gcp
machine-learning
microsoft-dynamics
penetration-testing
sast
secrets-management
succession-planning
test-automation
togaf
workflow-orchestration
Must have
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or a closely related technical discipline.
Master’s degree, MBA, or executive technology programme is preferred.
Professional certifications in cloud (AWS / Azure / GCP), cybersecurity (CISSP, CEH), project delivery (PMP, SAFe), or enterprise architecture (TOGAF) are advantageous.
10–15 years Overall technology leadership experience
7+ years Software engineering leadership
Remote engineering team management
Web and mobile platform delivery
Vendor technical governance
Cloud infrastructure and DevOps
AI/ML product delivery or data platform experience
Full description
Our client is a holding group in Saudi Arabia Kingdom, and they are looking to hire an Assistant Director of Digital Platforms & Engineering leads the end-to-end technology strategy, architecture, product delivery, cybersecurity execution, systems integration, vendor governance, and engineering operations across the Holding’s portfolio of customer-facing digital platforms. The role located in Cairo, Egypt, and will be working on a hybrid mode and will be responsible for building and operating a high-performing, remote platform engineering office that owns and delivers multiple products: OTA B2C / B2B Platform, Online Tourism Platform, Fleet Management Platform, Shared Digital Services, and Shared Digital Services.
The Role Mission is to: Build a professional, scalable, secure, and high-performing digital platform engineering capability that accelerates business growth, reduces vendor dependency, improves delivery velocity, and ensures reliable platform operations year-round — including during Hajj and Umrah peak demand.
**Key Responsibility:
Technology
Strategy & Roadmap
Define and
own the digital platform technology strategy, aligned with SIAD Holding’s growth vision agenda.
Build and
maintain the multi-year technical roadmap for OTA, tourism, fleet, AI, and shared services platforms.
Make and
govern build / buy / integrate / partner decisions in collaboration with the IT & Digital Transformation Director.
Define and
enforce technology standards across backend, frontend, mobile, integration, cloud, security, and data layers.
Identify
future platform capabilities required for business scale, AI readiness, and competitive positioning.
Present
technology strategy, risks, and investment recommendations to executive leadership.
Product Delivery
Leadership
Translate
approved business priorities into structured platform delivery plans with clear milestones, owners, and KPIs.
Lead Agile
delivery execution across OTA, tourism, fleet, AI, and shared services product
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Manage
Product Managers, Business Analysts, Engineering Leads, QA, DevOps, Integration, and Support teams.
Enforce
sprint discipline, backlog governance, scope control, and weekly delivery reporting.
Drive UAT
readiness, release management, and production go-live coordination with business stakeholders.
Eliminate
uncontrolled development through formal change governance and dependency management.
Platform
Architecture Ownership
Own and
govern the overall architecture of all company online platforms.
Design and
maintain scalable, secure, and maintainable backend, frontend, mobile, API, cloud, integration, and data architectures.
fragmented, duplicated, and undocumented system design through formal architecture review and approval.
Maintain
architecture documentation, system diagrams, integration maps, and data flow diagrams as living artifacts.
Ensure all
architecture decisions align with enterprise technology governance and NCA ECC / PDPL compliance requirements.
Cybersecurity
& Application Security
Own
cybersecurity execution for all online platforms, aligned with NCA ECC controls and PDPL obligations.
Embed
secure software development practices (SAST, DAST, code review, secrets management) into the engineering lifecycle.
Enforce
security controls for authentication, authorization, API access, admin and supplier access, customer data protection, payment flows, audit logging, and production access.
Coordinate
vulnerability assessments and penetration testing; ensure critical and high-risk vulnerabilities are remediated within agreed SLAs.
Design
platforms with privacy, auditability, and security-by-default as non-negotiable architectural principles.
Integration
Strategy & Delivery
Own the
integration strategy and architecture across all platforms and third-party systems.
uncontrolled point-to-point integrations; enforce a governed integration layer.
Own
technical coordination with third-party vendors and system integrators.
Vendor Technical
Governance
Manage
technical delivery from all software vendors and implementation partners. Review vendor architecture, delivery plans, technical quality, and documentation before acceptance.
Monitor
vendor milestones, defects, and SLA performance on a weekly basis.
Enforce
source code handover, deployment documentation, and support knowledge transfer at project close.
Identify
and escalate vendor dependency risks; recommend mitigation plans to the IT & Digital Transformation Director.
Engineering
Management
Build,
lead, and grow the remote platform engineering office across backend, frontend, mobile, QA, DevOps, integration, data/BI, application security, and support functions.
Establish
and enforce engineering standards: coding practices, branching strategy, code review process, documentation standards, and release discipline.
Manage
team capacity, performance, skill development, and succession planning.
Build an
engineering culture grounded in ownership, accountability, documentation, and continuous improvement.
DevOps, Cloud
& Platform Reliability
Own
platform reliability in coordination with DevOps and cloud engineering teams.
Establish
and maintain CI/CD pipelines, environment management (dev / QA / staging / UAT / production / DR), and deployment automation.
Implement
monitoring, logging, alerting, backup, and incident response processes for all production systems.
Optimize
cloud infrastructure cost and performance; ensure scalability readiness for Hajj, Umrah, and seasonal demand peaks.
Drive
platform uptime targets and define SLA commitments for each business unit.
Quality
Assurance & Release Governance
Own
release readiness and quality governance for all digital platforms.
Ensure QA
coverage across functional, API, integration, regression, mobile, performance, and security testing.
Mandate
release notes, test reports, rollback plans, and deployment checklists before every production release.
Approve
release readiness before submission to the IT & Digital Transformation Director for final go-live sign-off.
Track
production defects, root causes, and corrective actions; drive test automation maturity over time.
AI, Data &
Platform Intelligence
Ensure all
platforms are designed for AI readiness — clean data models, structured event streams, and API-accessible data layers.
Support BI
dashboards for booking performance, conversion, supplier margin, fleet utilization, system health, and customer behavior analytics.
Identify
AI and automation opportunities across OTA, tourism, fleet, and hotel platforms to drive operational efficiency.
Platform Support
& Operations
Establish
L2/L3 application support capability with defined SLAs, escalation paths, and runbooks.
Define
incident management, post-mortem, and continuous improvement processes.
Maintain a
knowledge base, support runbooks, and troubleshooting guides that reduce support escalations over time.
Ensure
proper handover from development to support teams at each release.
Requirements
Educational Background
Bachelor’s
degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or a closely related technical discipline.
Master’s
degree, MBA, or executive technology programme is preferred.
Professional
certifications in cloud (AWS / Azure / GCP), cybersecurity (CISSP, CEH), project delivery (PMP, SAFe), or enterprise architecture (TOGAF) are advantageous.
10–15 years Overall technology leadership experience