Digital Solutions Manager - SAS - alfanar Electric

alfanar; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 300,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

alfanar is seeking a senior professional to lead the development and governance of digital solutions across utilities and industrial sectors. You will bridge OT and IT, drive architecture design, and ensure scalable, secure implementations from concept through deployment.

The role requires driving digital transformation, supervising lifecycle activities, and leading teams of solution architects and engineers to deliver high-value outcomes for customers in Riyadh and beyond.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 6–10 years of relevant work experience in power/industrial sectors.
• Technical competencies include production testing, power system modeling, planning, and data center environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end digital solution architectures across OT and IT.
• Review and approve architectures, specifications, and documentation.
• Guide teams on cloud, on-prem, networking, cybersecurity, and integration.
• Ensure scalable, secure solutions aligned with requirements.
• Oversee project delivery, testing, deployment, and customer acceptance.

Skills

Production Testing

Power System Modeling

Power System Planning

Data Center Planning

Systems Engineering Knowledge

Education

Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering or Any relevant field

Job description

Solution Architecture & Design Oversight

• Machine Learning (ML)

Job description:

Job Purpose

Responsible for leading the development, positioning, delivery, and lifecycle management of digital solutions for customers across the utilities, energy, water, infrastructure, and industrial sectors. The role bridges business requirements, Operational Technology (OT), and Information Technology (IT) to deliver scalable and innovative digital solutions that enhance operational efficiency, asset performance, reliability, and business outcomes. The position also drives digital transformation initiatives, supports business growth, and ensures successful project execution.

Key Accountability Areas

Digital Solutions Strategy & Management

• Develop and execute the Digital Solutions strategy aligned with DASA's business objectives and growth plans.
• Define digital solution roadmaps and ensure alignment with customer needs and market trends.
• Lead the development of innovative digital offerings that support customers' digital transformation journeys.
• Ensure compliance with technical standards, cybersecurity requirements, and industry best practices.

Solution Architecture & Design Oversight

• Lead the design of end-to-end digital and automation solutions integrating OT and IT environments.
• Review and approve solution architectures, functional specifications, and technical documentation.
• Guide teams in defining cloud, on-premises, networking, cybersecurity, and system integration architectures.
• Ensure solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned with operational and business requirements.

Application & Solution Management

• Oversee the configuration, customization, deployment, and support of digital applications and platforms.
• Ensure successful development of workflows, dashboards, reports, analytics, and business process automation solutions.
• Manage solution testing, validation, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement activities.
• Drive lifecycle management of digital solutions from concept through deployment and support.

Enterprise Systems Integration

• Lead the integration of industrial and enterprise platforms.
• Ensure seamless interoperability between operational and enterprise environments.

Customer Engagement:

• Act as a trusted advisor to customers on digital transformation initiatives.
• Lead customer workshops, technical discussions, demonstrations, and Proof-of-Concept (PoC) activities.
• Support sales and business development teams in solution positioning, proposal development, and bid responses.
• Identify new business opportunities and contribute to revenue growth targets.

Digital Transformation, Analytics & Innovation

• Drive the adoption of advanced technologies including:
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Machine Learning (ML)
  • Predictive Maintenance
  • Digital Twins
  • Advanced Analytics
  • Industrial IoT
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend innovative digital solutions.
• Develop strategies that improve operational performance, asset reliability, and customer value.

Project Delivery & Execution

• Oversee the successful delivery of digital solutions projects.
• Ensure projects are completed within scope, schedule, budget, quality, and safety requirements.
• Manage project risks and coordinate mitigation activities.
• Supervise FAT, SAT, commissioning, deployment, training, and customer acceptance activities.

Leadership & People Management

• Lead, mentor, and develop solution architects, application engineers, and digital specialists.
• Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning.
• Build and strengthen digital capabilities across the DASA organization.

Role Accountability

HR Proficiency:

• Ability to recruit, recognize and cultivate high performers and expose them in order to create a robust second line of management.
• Ability to recognize low performers and guide them to improve or release them.
• Ability to treat subordinates equally without any discrimination.
• Assessment criteria of subordinates is performance that leads to planned results.
• Ensure availability of delegation of authority matrix to have sufficient delegations as per company policy.

Responsibility:

• Must take full responsibility for his operation as per the job description and the required deliverables from this position, taking into consideration the general company guidelines.
• Able to anticipate problems and make the necessary proactive steps to prevent them
• Ability to take necessary and proper timely decisions.

Delivery:

• Deliver the required results in timely manner with required quality and cost.
• Making a Tangible Difference:
• Must make a tangible difference to his area of operation. and exceed business expectations.

Business Planning and Performance:

• Able to transform the corporate goals into business plans.
• Able to Plan, follow-up and execute those plans, whether they are annual or development plans.
• Monitor the plan performance and initiate action to strengthen results and take the corrective action accordingly.
• Provide periodic work progress reports.
• Responsible for monitoring and controlling budgets and expenses to achieve the optimum cost efficiency.

Organizational Development:

• Develop the organizational structure according to the current requirements taking into consideration future and development plans.
• Ensure availability of job descriptions for all job roles and deployment.

Business Process Improvements:

• Develop, coordinate well-defined written systems, policies, procedures, and seek automations opportunities as much as possible.
• Should be conversant and able to navigate through IT solutions especially those relevant to his job and business.
• Promote the automated systems and using them fully, to spread its culture.

Quality:

• Quality is considered as alfanar’s prime competitive advantage as such, managers are expected to act accordingly.

Adaptation:

• Adapt to new and alternative techniques, technologies, management structures, and business models.

Health, Safety and Environment:

• Ensure a safe, secure, and legal work environment as per the standard regulations.

Academic Qualification

Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering or Any relevant field

Work Experience 6 to 10 Years

Technical / Functional Competencies

Production TestingPower System ModelingPower System PlanningData Center Production Environment PlanningSystems Engineering Knowledge

Profile description:

Alfanar is a Saudi company with an international presence, primarily engaged in the manufacturing and trading of a wide variety of low, medium, and high voltage electrical products, in addition to its portfolio of conventional and renewable energy solutions, oil and gas, water treatment, infrastructure, technical services, and digital solutions.

The hub of alfanar’s manufacturing operations is Medinet alfanar Alsinaiya, a 700,000 square-meter complex located in Riyadh. The complex houses an array of ultra-modern manufacturing facilities and laboratories equipped with state-of-the-art technologies and staffed with highly skilled professionals.

alfanar derives its success from its commitment to providing the highest quality standards to its customers, and the continuous development of its human capital, who alfanar considers its most valuable asset. With this in mind, alfanar promotes a proactive work environment where its employees are always valued, nurtured, and empowered to fuel their pride in being part of alfanar.

For more information about alfanar, please visit alfanar.com