Digital Deployment Lead — Industrial Solutions

Baker Hughes; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 500,000; Full time

Job summary

Cordant Digital Solutions in Dubai (via Baker Hughes) seeks a Software Deployment Leader to drive end-to-end deployments from post-sales handoff to go-live and value realization. You will lead cross-functional teams of consultants, data scientists, engineers, and domain experts, maintaining strong customer relationships and governance throughout the lifecycle.

The role demands 8+ years in complex software or digital delivery leadership, with excellent communication and the ability to travel

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Computer Science, or related field.
• 8+ years delivering complex software, technology, or digital transformation projects for enterprise or industrial customers.
• Experience in consulting, software implementation, professional services, customer success, or digital delivery leadership roles.
• Demonstrated ability to lead matrixed teams and influence stakeholders without direct reporting authority.
• Experience managing executive-level customer relationships, including steering committees and escalations.
• Experience managing project scope, budgets, commercial performance, and change control processes.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of Cordant Digital Solutions deployments from post-sales handoff through project completion.
• Build and lead cross-functional project teams including consultants, configuration specialists, data scientists, domain experts, and engineers.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, budgets, resource plans, and risk registers.
• Manage governance activities including steering committees, executive reviews, status reporting, and milestone assessments.
• Serve as the primary customer point of contact throughout the deployment lifecycle.
• Build strong relationships with customer stakeholders and executive sponsors to drive adoption and business value realization.
• Manage risk identification, mitigation planning, issue resolution, and escalation processes.
• Oversee scope management and change control while protecting commercial commitments and customer satisfaction.
• Monitor project financial performance, utilization, and cost-to-serve metrics with finance and commercial teams.
• Coordinate with internal leaders to secure resources and resolve delivery challenges.
• Ensure delivery quality across configuration, data science, engineering, and consulting workstreams.
• Support customer training, knowledge transfer, and post-go-live adoption activities.
• Capture lessons learned and contribute to continuous improvement of deployment methodologies.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional

Project management

Stakeholder mgmt

Communication

Travel

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Cordant Digital Solutions in Dubai (via Baker Hughes) seeks a Software Deployment Leader to drive end-to-end deployments from post-sales handoff to go-live and value realization. You will lead cross-functional teams of consultants, data scientists, engineers, and domain experts, maintaining strong customer relationships and governance throughout the lifecycle.

The role demands 8+ years in complex software or digital delivery leadership, with excellent communication and the ability to travel