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A leading company in Saudi Arabia is seeking an IT Director for Infrastructure & Security to lead their digital transformation. This role involves strategic management of IT architecture, security operations, and governance, requiring extensive experience in cloud systems and cybersecurity. This opportunity allows significant influence in building a robust IT framework across the organization.
Foreground is partnering with a leading Saudi industrial and real estate investment group to appoint a strategically grounded and technically authoritativeIT Director Infrastructure & Security, based at the groups Riyadh headquarters. This role sits at the center of a critical modernization initiative, following several years of rapid asset expansion across manufacturing, construction, and mixed-use real estate holdings in the Kingdom.
Following our in-depth engagement with the Group CEO and Head of Digital Transformation, the business has made it clear: this is not a legacy support role. The incoming IT Director will own the design and governance of a group-wide digital infrastructure strategy one that secures the enterprise, standardizes systems, and introduces long-overdue network and cybersecurity governance across a fragmented IT landscape.
Role Purpose
To lead the strategy, architecture, and execution of group-wide IT infrastructure and cybersecurity operations, with a focus on stability, scalability, and regulatory compliance. The role demands both technical credibility and executive maturity capable of bridging system decisions with enterprise risk priorities and business continuity needs.
Key Responsibilities
Ideal Candidate Profile
Why This Role, Why Now
The company is beyond the stage of patchwork IT, they are ready for enterprise-level governance. The role offers the rare opportunity to build an infrastructure and security framework from the ground up across multiple verticals with full board-level support. This is a mandate for an IT leader who thrives in complexity, can unify systems and people, and is capable of future-proofing one of Saudi Arabias most ambitious private investment portfolios.