Strategic Data Center Internal Audit Leader

Damac Properties; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 441,000 - 661,000; Full time

Job summary

Damac Properties in the United Arab Emirates seeks a Senior Director-Internal Audit for its Datacenter operations to lead the risk-based audit plan and ensure effective assurance across data centre facilities and digital infrastructure.

You will apply IIA standards, COBIT 2019, ISO 19011, and ISACA frameworks, guiding teams through complex IT/OT audits and cloud security. Strong leadership and stakeholder engagement are essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum 15 years of progressive internal audit experience.
• Experience auditing data centre, critical facilities, telecoms, cloud, or digital infrastructure.
• One or more of: CISA, CISSP, CISM, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor, ISO 50001, PMP, CDCP – required.

Responsibilities

• Develop and own the risk-based Annual Audit Plan for the data centre business.
• Conduct structured risk assessment workshops with business leadership to identify high-impact, high-likelihood risk areas requiring audit coverage.
• Present the Annual Audit Plan and resource requirements to the SVP-Internal Audit and ongoing oversight.
• Continuously adapt the plan in response to emerging risks, regulatory changes, and strategic business pivots.
• Lead end-to-end execution of operational, financial, IT/OT, compliance, and advisory audit engagements.
• Supervise and coach audit managers and senior auditors through planning, fieldwork, evidence evaluation, and reporting phases.
• Apply recognised methodologies including IIA International Standards, COBIT 2019, ISO 19011, and relevant ISACA frameworks.
• Perform or direct specialist technical audits covering critical facility systems, DCIM, BMS, cybersecurity controls, and cloud platforms.
• Maintain and operate the Internal Quality Assessment (IQA) programme; act on findings to continuously improve audit practices

Skills

Audit planning

Risk assessment

Leadership

IT/OT audit

ISACA frameworks

Education

CISA

CISSP

CISM

ISO 27001 Lead Auditor

ISO 50001 Lead Auditor

PMP

CDCP

Job description

Damac Properties in the United Arab Emirates seeks a Senior Director-Internal Audit for its Datacenter operations to lead the risk-based audit plan and ensure effective assurance across data centre facilities and digital infrastructure.

You will apply IIA standards, COBIT 2019, ISO 19011, and ISACA frameworks, guiding teams through complex IT/OT audits and cloud security. Strong leadership and stakeholder engagement are essential.