Data & AI Presales Architect — GCC

GBM; Dubai; On-site; AED 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

GBM in the UAE is seeking a Data & AI Presales Engineer to act as the technical subject matter expert for data, AI, and governance across the GCC. You will translate business problems into architectures, demonstrations and PoCs, guiding customers from experimentation to production-grade AI programs.

You will lead discovery workshops, shape AI strategies, and contribute to pre-sales content while collaborating with delivery teams to ensure governance and compliant data foundations.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in enterprise technology including 5+ years in data/AI
• Hands-on with IBM watsonx or equivalent enterprise AI platforms
• Strong understanding of LLMs, RAG, and orchestration frameworks
• Experience presenting to CIOs, CDOs and business leaders
• Experience delivering enterprise AI use cases in GCC

Responsibilities

• Drive technical presales for Data & AI opportunities across data lakehouse, integration, generative AI, and governance
• Act as trusted technical advisor to GBM's strategic accounts; run discovery workshops and shape AI roadmaps
• Design end-to-end solution architectures from discovery to production deployment including security and governance
• Build and deliver demos, proofs-of-concept, and value engagements to accelerate pipelines
• Maintain hands-on expertise across watsonx portfolio and related IBM data integration capabilities
• Own technical content of proposals and RFPs including sizing, BOM, and effort estimates
• Collaborate with Data Solution Consultant to ensure governance and trusted data foundations
• Address requirements for responsible AI, data residency and regulatory compliance in GCC
• Contribute to thought leadership, client events, and partner enablement

Skills

Enterprise Tech

Data & AI

Presales Expertise

LLMs / RAG

Python & AI tooling

Stakeholder engagement

GCC market experience

Arabic language

Tools

IBM watsonx

Azure OpenAI / AI Foundry

AWS Bedrock

Google Vertex AI

Red Hat OpenShift AI

Job description

GBM in the UAE is seeking a Data & AI Presales Engineer to act as the technical subject matter expert for data, AI, and governance across the GCC. You will translate business problems into architectures, demonstrations and PoCs, guiding customers from experimentation to production-grade AI programs.

You will lead discovery workshops, shape AI strategies, and contribute to pre-sales content while collaborating with delivery teams to ensure governance and compliant data foundations.