IT Security Delivery Lead: Readiness & Validation

Qiddiya Investment Company; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 300,000 - 480,000; Full time

Job summary

Qiddiya Investment Company seeks an IT Security Readiness Lead to own build readiness, testing orchestration, and controlled handover across corporate and asset IT Security programs.

You will oversee exit-gate governance, risk documentation, and validation packs, ensuring first-pass acceptance by QA/Excellence and timely issue resolution. The role requires 6–8 years in IT security delivery and strong cross-team coordination.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Cybersecurity from an accredited university.
• 6–8 years of IT security delivery experience across corporate and asset environments.
• Experience governing readiness gates, test planning, and defect management.

Responsibilities

• Own readiness governance and gates; supervise Go/No-Go forums with risk documentation.
• Plan end-to-end tests covering functional, negative, resilience, and integration scenarios.
• Manage defect triage, assign owners, track SLAs, and re-tests.
• Oversee validation packs, versioned storage, and traceability matrices.
• Coordinate handover, run readiness, and ensure operational SLOs and DR artifacts.
• Lead security control evaluation, POC scope, criteria, and reporting.
• Coordinate with stakeholders; publish readiness dashboards and risk summaries.

Skills

Governance & gates

Test planning

Defect management

Validation & traceability

Handover readiness

Security controls evaluation

Stakeholder communication

Continuous improvement

Risk assessment

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Cybersecurity

Master’s degree preferred

Job description

Qiddiya Investment Company seeks an IT Security Readiness Lead to own build readiness, testing orchestration, and controlled handover across corporate and asset IT Security programs.

You will oversee exit-gate governance, risk documentation, and validation packs, ensuring first-pass acceptance by QA/Excellence and timely issue resolution. The role requires 6–8 years in IT security delivery and strong cross-team coordination.