Delivery Lead, Data & AI | Saudi Arabia

Auxo Talent; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Auxo Talent is hiring a senior Delivery Lead, Data & AI to own large, complex programs for clients across Saudi Arabia. You’ll be the senior delivery voice to C-level executives, guiding multidisciplinary teams to deliver predictably and profitably.

You’ll lead end-to-end delivery, manage scope, budgets, margins and risks, and coordinate with data engineering, AI/GenAI, cloud and cyber specialists. Fluency in Arabic and English is essential for client engagement.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in Data & AI consulting and delivery.
• Strong grounding in data platforms, governance and MLOps/GenAI delivery.
• Delivery experience across Azure, GCP and OCI.
• Saudi or wider Middle East experience, ideally in regulated sectors.
• Commercial acumen: estimation, change control and margin protection.
• Fluent Arabic and English.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of Data & AI programs, from mobilisation to value realisation.
• Lead scope, budget, margin, risk and quality governance.
• Be the senior delivery partner to C-level clients and run steering committees.
• Lead teams across data engineering, AI/GenAI, cloud and cyber.
• Manage vendors, cloud providers and implementation partners.
• Support pre-sales with estimates, staffing models and SoWs.
• Coach project managers and build reusable delivery assets.

Skills

15+ years in Data & AI consulting and,

Data platforms, governance and MLOps/G

Azure, GCP and OCI delivery

Commercial acumen: estimation, change

Fluent Arabic and English

Job description

We're hiring a senior Delivery Lead, Data & AI to own large, complex programs for clients across Saudi Arabia. You'll be the senior delivery voice to C-level executives, leading multidisciplinary teams to deliver predictably and profitably.

The role

• Own end-to-end delivery of Data & AI programs, from mobilisation to value realisation
• Lead scope, budget, margin, risk and quality governance
• Be the senior delivery partner to C-level clients and run steering committees
• Lead teams across data engineering, AI/GenAI, cloud and cyber
• Manage vendors, cloud providers and implementation partners
• Support pre-sales with estimates, staffing models and SoWs
• Coach project managers and build reusable delivery assets

You’ll have

• 15+ years in Data & AI consulting and delivery
• Strong grounding in data platforms, governance and MLOps/GenAI delivery
• Delivery experience across Azure, GCP and OCI
• Saudi or wider Middle East experience, ideally in regulated sectors
• Commercial acumen: estimation, change control and margin protection
• Fluent Arabic and English

Why this role

Lead high-profile Data & AI programs in one of the world's fastest-moving digital markets, with a senior seat in the growth of a global firm's Saudi practice.