VP of Data & AI

Rewaa; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 400,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading SaaS provider is seeking an experienced AI Strategy Lead in Riyadh. You will define and execute AI initiatives that drive efficiency and revenue across B2B operations, working with a diverse team. The role requires extensive experience in Data/ML leadership and a strong grasp of agentic AI systems. You will build a substantial team and foster partnerships to enhance AI capabilities. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to innovative solutions in retail.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in Data/ML, including experience leading managers.
• Solid understanding of agentic or tool-using LLM systems.
• Proven ability to translate ambiguous business processes into automated workflows.

Responsibilities

• Own AI strategy and execution for B2B business.
• Architect multi-agent systems for automating business processes.
• Lead Data Science, ML/LLM Engineering, and MLOps functions.

Skills

AI & Automation Strategy

Team Leadership

Risk, Governance & Safety

Executive Communication

Job description

Rewaa is on a mission to revolutionise retail! Our cutting-edge SaaS platform empowers retailers to move and grow faster. We provide innovative solutions for point‑of‑sale, inventory management, omnichannel integrations, tax and accounting, and reporting, all delivered on a single screen with our lightning‑fast, robust hardware. With over 10,000+ customers and an ambitious trajectory toward global expansion, there's never been a better time to join Rewaa!

Own the end‑to‑end AI strategy and execution for our B2B business. You’ll build an agentic‑AI platform—designing, deploying, and operating AI agents that automate complex workflows, augment human teams, and drive measurable revenue and efficiency. You’ll lead Data Science, ML/LLM Engineering, MLOps, and Data Platform functions to deliver production‑grade automation.

What You’ll Do

• AI & Automation Strategy: Define a 12–24 month roadmap for agentic AI, including prioritized workflows, business cases, and an experiment‑to‑production funnel.
• Agentic Systems: Architect multi‑agent systems (planning, tool use, retrieval, memory, monitoring) to automate end‑to‑end B2B processes (e.g., lead ops, customer service workflows, underwriting, ticket triage, finance operations).
• ML/LLM Productization: Ship production AI features (LLM orchestration, RAG, fine‑tuning/LoRA, structured tool calling, function routing, evaluator loops) with defined reliability SLAs.
• Data Platform & MLOps: Own data quality, feature stores, model registries, CI/CD for models, online/offline evaluation, observability, and cost/performance governance.
• Risk, Governance & Safety: Establish guardrails for privacy, security, bias, model drift, safety, prompt injection, and compliance—including human‑in‑the‑loop systems where needed.
• Team Leadership: Build and mentor a 15+ person organization across Data & AI; elevate hiring standards, technical bar, and team culture.
• Partnerships & Vendors: Evaluate and negotiate with model providers, vector DBs, evaluation platforms, data vendors, and cloud partners; drive a hybrid build‑vs‑buy strategy.
• Metrics & ROI: Tie AI initiatives to revenue lift, margin expansion, and cycle‑time reduction; present measurable outcomes to executive leadership.
• Cross‑Functional Leadership: Partner with Product, Design, Sales, Operations, Legal, and Security to land AI features and enterprise deployments.

Minimum Qualifications

• 12+ years in Data/ML, including 5+ years leading managers and multi‑disciplinary teams.
• Solid understanding of agentic or tool‑using LLM systems (planning, tool invocation, evaluators, autonomous workflows).
• Strong ML fundamentals (supervised/unsupervised learning, sequence models, embeddings, retrieval, evaluation design, causal inference).
• Deep MLOps experience (feature stores, model registry, deployment patterns, drift detection, online/offline evaluation, A/B frameworks).
• Proven ability to translate ambiguous business processes into automated AI workflows with quantifiable ROI.
• Excellent executive communication and stakeholder management across Product, GTM, Operations, Security, and Legal.

Alert for Candidates

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