Compliance Specialist

Greeting from Linnk Group….

Job Title: Planning & Compliance Specialist

Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Contract: six-months renewable

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly motivated Planning & Compliance Specialist to support IT governance, risk management, and compliance initiatives. The ideal candidate will play a key role in aligning IT strategy with business objectives, ensuring regulatory compliance, and strengthening business continuity and disaster recovery capabilities.

Key Responsibilities :

• Develop and Maintain IT Governance Frameworks — Design, implement, and continuously improve IT governance structures, policies, standards, and procedures to align IT with business strategy and best practices.

• Strategic IT Planning & Alignment — Contribute to or lead IT strategic planning, including defining IT objectives, roadmaps , budgeting (CAPEX/OPEX), resource allocation, and ensuring IT initiatives support organizational goals.

• Risk Management — Identify, assess, and mitigate IT-related risks (cybersecurity, operational, compliance, etc.). Develop risk registers, mitigation strategies, disaster recovery/business continuity plans, and monitor emerging threats.

• Compliance & Regulatory Oversight — Ensure adherence to relevant regulations (NCA & SDAIA) and internal policies. Conduct compliance assessments, audits preparation/support, and remediate findings.

• Policy & Procedure Development — Create, update, and enforce IT policies, SOPs, standards, and controls for areas like security, data management, change management, and vendor governance.

• Monitoring, Reporting & Metrics — Track IT performance KPIs, prepare dashboards/reports (e.g., CIO/executive dashboards), provide governance/risk/compliance insights, and measure effectiveness of controls and processes.

• Audit & Assurance Support — Coordinate internal/external IT audits, perform control testing, track remediation, and support continuous improvement.

• Stakeholder Collaboration & Advisory — Work with IT leadership, business units, legal/compliance teams, and executives to provide recommendations, translate complex concepts, and drive awareness/training on governance topics.

• Process Improvement & Optimization — Identify gaps in IT processes, recommend enhancements, and support initiatives for efficiency, cost control, and value realization from IT investments.

• Project & Portfolio Governance — Support governance of IT projects/portfolios, including prioritization, change management, and alignment with strategy.

Required Skills & Qualifications :

• Education — Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, or related field

• Experience — 3–8+ years in IT governance, risk/compliance, audit, or strategic IT planning; prior roles in IT operations, security, or consulting are common.

• Certifications — CGEIT (Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT), CRISC (Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control), COBIT, ITIL, CISSP, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor/Implementer, or similar.

• Technical/Soft Skills — Strong understanding of frameworks (COBIT, ITIL, NIST); analytical/problem-solving; excellent communication (verbal/written/presentation); stakeholder management; attention to detail; adaptability to changing priorities.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please send your CV to nimitha.madhusoodhanan@linnk.com