Senior Lead - IT Security Delivery

Qiddiya | القدية; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 260,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Qiddiya | القدية is seeking an experienced IT Security professional to lead readiness governance, testing orchestration, and handover for corporate and asset IT Security programs. You will enforce gates, manage risk, and produce validation packs for multiple projects.

You will oversee end-to-end test planning, defect management, and run readiness, coordinating with design, operations, and security stakeholders to ensure first-pass acceptance and timely cutovers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity or equivalent from a recognized and accredited university is required.
• Master's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity or equivalent from a recognized and accredited university is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Readiness governance and gates across environments; verify prerequisites.
• Supervise Go/No-Go forums and document risks, exceptions, and controls.
• Maintain change calendars aligned to asset windows and blackout periods.
• Supervise the build of end-to-end test plans for functional, negative, resilience, and integration scenarios.
• Ensure observer participation for test credibility.
• Manage defect triage; track fixes and re-tests; escalate blockers.
• Compile validation packs with plans, results, evidence, and traceability.
• Ensure first-pass acceptance by QA/Excellence and resolve returns quickly.
• Validate runbooks, monitoring/alerting, and L1/L2 training completion; confirm SLOs.

Skills

IT Security

Governance

Test Planning

Stakeholder Management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Cybersecurity

Master's degree in Computer Science or Cybersecurity

Tools

SIEM

SOAR

Job description

JOB PURPOSE:

Own build readiness, testing orchestration, and controlled handover, coordinating with the Design team for inputs. Enforce gates, close defects, and produce audit-ready validation packs for assigned programs across corporate and asset IT Security programs.

Core Responsibilities:

Readiness governance and gates

• Operate exit-gate governance across environments; verify prerequisites (access, certs, backups, rollback)
• Supervise Go/No-Go forums and ensure documentation of risks, exceptions, and compensating controls with Cybersecurity sign-off
• Maintain change calendars aligned to asset windows and blackout periods
  
  

Test planning, data, and environments

• Supervise the build of end-to-end test plans covering functional, negative, resilience, and integration scenarios
• Ensure observer participation (Ops, platform SMEs) for test credibility
  
  

Defect, risk, and issue management

• Manage defect triage; assign owners/severity; track fix SLAs and re-tests
• Maintain RAID logs; escalate blockers; quantify residual risk at release
  
  

Validation packs and traceability

• Supervise compilation of validation packs (plans, results, evidence, traceability matrices); ensure versioned storage and approvals
• Ensure achievement of first-pass acceptance by QA/Excellence and ensure quick resolution of returns
  
  

Handover and run readiness

• Validate runbooks, monitoring/alerting, and L1/L2 training completion; confirm operational SLOs and DR artifacts
• Confirm SIEM/SOAR mappings and case workflows prior to go-live
• Stakeholder coordination and communications
• Facilitate cutover rehearsals; publish comms plans, RACI, and hyper care schedules
• Provide weekly readiness dashboards and risk summaries to governance forums
  
  

Continuous improvement

• Track change success rate and checklists accordingly
  
  

Security Control Evaluation, POC, and Implementation

• Lead the evaluation of IT Security controls, technologies, and solutions to ensure alignment with organizational strategy, Cybersecurity requirements, business priorities, and operational needs
• Oversee Proof of Concept activities, including scope definition, success criteria, stakeholder alignment, execution oversight, and outcome reporting
• Assess solution suitability based on security effectiveness, integration capability, scalability, compliance alignment, operational impact, supportability, and long-term value
• Recommend fit-for-purpose IT Security controls and technology solutions based on outcomes, risk reduction value, operational readiness, and enterprise direction
  
  

Requirements

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity or equivalent from a recognized and accredited university is required
• Master's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity or equivalent from a recognized and accredited university is preferred
  
  

Years of Experience:

• 6-8 years in a relevant industry, preferably with majority in IT security delivery across corporate and asset environments