Lead Digital Business Development Specialist

Islamic Development Bank; Jeddah; Vor Ort; SAR 400.000 - 700.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Islamic Development Bank seeks a Digital Business Development Lead to align digital initiatives with organizational strategy, lead software development, and manage partnerships with technology vendors and industry players. The role requires steering projects on time, budget, and quality while guiding KPI tracking and performance optimization.

The candidate will oversee architecture, coding standards, and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to deliver scalable and reliable

Qualifikationen

• Master's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field.
• 10 years of experience in product development, 3 years in a managerial or supervisory role.
• Languages: English mandatory; Arabic and French preferred.

Aufgaben

• Provide guidance, mentorship, and technical expertise to the development team.
• Lead planning, execution, and delivery of development projects with timelines and resources.
• Drive architectural design for scalability, reliability, and performance.
• Conduct code reviews and ensure adherence to quality standards.
• Foster a collaborative, inclusive team environment with continuous improvement.
• Coordinate with product managers, business analysts, and clients on requirements and priorities.
• Identify and mitigate technical risks; ensure timely issue resolution.
• Create technical documentation including design docs and diagrams.

Kenntnisse

Solution Architecture

Azure Cloud

API Integration

SDLC (Agile/DevOps)

Team Leadership

Ausbildung

Master's degree in IT/CS/CE

Tools

SAP

Java Frameworks

UML Modeling

Jobbeschreibung

JOB PURPOSE

The Digital Business Development Lead is responsible to develop and implement digital solutions aligned with organizational digital strategy and objectives identify and cultivate strategic partnerships with key stakeholders including technology vendors platforms and industry partners Should be able to provide leadership and guidance to software development teams ensuring projects are delivered on time within budget and to the required quality standards As a lead should collaborate with internal and external track and analyze key performance indicators KPIs related to software development initiatives and implement measures to optimize performance and achieve business objectives

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Provide guidance mentorship and technical expertise to the development team ensuring adherence to best practices and standards
• Lead the planning execution and delivery of development projects including defining project scope timelines and resource allocation
• Drive the architectural design and technical approach for development projects ensuring scalability reliability and performance
• Conduct code reviews ensure code quality and adherence to coding standards and implement quality assurance processes
• Foster a collaborative and inclusive team environment encouraging knowledge sharing innovation and continuous improvement
• Collaborate with stakeholders including product managers business analysts and clients to understand requirements and priorities and communicate project progress and technical solutions effectively
• Identify and mitigate technical risks and challenges proactively addressing issues to ensure project success
• Create and maintain technical documentation including design documents architectural diagrams and code documentation to support knowledge transfer and future maintenance
• Evaluate new technologies and tools and make recommendations for their adoption to improve development processes and outcomes
• Identify performance bottlenecks and optimize code and infrastructure to improve application performance and scalability
• Collaborates with the Enterprise Architect on alignment of platforms and support collaboration with the Business to build and strengthen the architecture pillars mainly those tied to the business e g Information and Application architecture

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives including process optimization tooling enhancements and automation to increase efficiency and effectiveness in development processes
• Ensure that the related department s demands adhere to the demand intake process with a strong business case in place and plan to ensure the annual work plan is based on a good foundation for planning and implementation
• Manage the end-to-end solution delivery for the product group according to agile methodologies from solution design to delivery operations and maintenance to ensure the quality at each stage gate meets the expected outcome and execution meets the deadlines through the life cycle of the implementation and ensure the reliability the timely resolution of raised issues and the satisfaction of business users with the applications and services provided
• Manage and ensure the effective achievement of functional objectives through leadership of the Team Setting Team and individual objectives conducting regular meetings managing performance developing and motivating staff provision of formal and informal feedback and appraisal to maximize subordinates and Team performance
• Review the prioritized business functional and technical requirements and provide feedback to the Business Analyst and Business relationship manager based on product subject-matter expertise
• Understand immediate technology priorities support innovation proofs of concept and trials and recommend areas for Innovation Hub research and development
• Coordinate product-level issues and elevate to the solution delivery manager when required to proactively ensure issues are managed with the stakeholders at the required pace

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Master s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field. 10 years of experience in product development, 3 years of which need to be in a managerial or relevant supervisory role. Languages: English: Mandatory | Arabic: Preferred | French: Preferred

SKILLS & NECESSARY KNOWLEDGE

• Hands-on experience in Solution Architectures including cloud SA and preferably Azure.
• Hands-on experience in solution design and UML modeling Knowledge in various application platforms; web, desktop and mobile.
• Hands-on experience in standard SDLC methodologies; waterfall, agile, and DevOps.
• At least 5 full cycle project implementations.
• Experience in JAVA frameworks.
• Senior level experience in SAP solutions; ABAP, PI/PO, ERP, NetWeaver, SAP BPM.
• Hands-on experience in APIs (WS, RS), Artificial Intelligence, Integration, Machine Learning.
• Project management experience is an advantage.