IT Governance & Compliance Lead

Zamil Offshore Services Company; Al Khobar; On-site; SAR 250,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Zamil Offshore Services Company is seeking a dedicated IT governance professional to implement and support cybersecurity requirements within the IT function.

The role leads IT governance, policy development, controls, and risk management across ISO 27001/22301, ITIL, and COBIT, with focus on audits, continuity, and vendor oversight.

Qualifications include a bachelor’s degree in IT/CS and 5–8 years in IT governance or IT service management, with ISO 27001 ISMS and ISO 22301 BCMS experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 5–8 years of experience in IT governance, IT compliance, IT risk management, or IT service management.
• Strong experience implementing and maintaining ISO 27001 ISMS and ISO 22301 BCMS.
• Experience in drafting policies, developing processes, and managing governance documentation.

Responsibilities

• IT Governance: Develop, maintain, and continuously improve the IT Governance Framework based on ISO 27001, ISO 22301, COBIT, and ITIL.
• Policies & Compliance: Govern IT policies, procedures, standards, and controls, ensuring alignment with cybersecurity and international standards.
• IT Process Governance: Establish and oversee ITIL processes including change, incident, problem, configuration, asset, and service management.
• Control & Performance Monitoring: Monitor compliance with governance controls, SLAs/OLAs, configuration standards, operational procedures, and performance metrics.
• Change & Incident Governance: Ensure changes and incidents are properly assessed, approved, documented, resolved, reviewed, and subject to lessons learned.
• Asset & Documentation Governance: Ensure accurate IT asset inventories and secure, version-controlled management of IT documentation, configurations, SOPs, architecture, and DR materials.
• Business Continuity & DR: Oversee ISO 22301 requirements, including BIAs, continuity requirements, DR documentation, testing, and readiness.
• Vendor Governance: Monitor third-party compliance, contractual obligations, SLAs, and business continuity requirements.
• Audit & Risk Management: Coordinate internal/external ISO audits, track findings and corrective actions, and ensure IT-related cybersecurity and risk-treatment actions are completed.
• Reporting & Leadership: Prepare governance dashboards and reports covering compliance, audit actions, SLA performance, service maturity, risks, and continuity readiness for senior leadership.
• Stakeholder Management: Collaborate with Cybersecurity, Enterprise Architecture, and IT Operations to embed governance and security requirements into projects, changes, and technology implementations.
• Awareness & Training: Deliver governance and compliance awareness programs covering ISO requirements, ITIL, change management, service management, and policies.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify process gaps, operational risks, audit recommendations, and regulatory changes, and drive ongoing improvements to the IT governance program.

Skills

IT governance

IT risk management

IT compliance

Policy drafting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT/CS

Job description

Zamil Offshore Services Company is seeking a dedicated IT governance professional to implement and support cybersecurity requirements within the IT function.

The role leads IT governance, policy development, controls, and risk management across ISO 27001/22301, ITIL, and COBIT, with focus on audits, continuity, and vendor oversight.

Qualifications include a bachelor’s degree in IT/CS and 5–8 years in IT governance or IT service management, with ISO 27001 ISMS and ISO 22301 BCMS experience.