director of digital technology

Edge

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   About Edge
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  At Edge, we&rsquo;re building a global talent ecosystem that makes hiring, training, and scaling effortless for high-compliance industries such as healthcare, insurance, and dentistry. By combining recruitment, upskilling, automation, and analytics, we connect world-class professionals with forward-thinking organizations to drive growth and performance.
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  With offices in the U.S., Pakistan, Peru, and Costa Rica, and a rapidly expanding global network, we&rsquo;re redefining how modern workforces are built. If you&rsquo;re driven by innovation, growth, and the pursuit of excellence, Edge is where you&rsquo;ll thrive &mdash; shaping the future of work alongside a high-performance, global team.
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   Role Overview
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  We are seeking a visionary
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   Develop and execute the overall IT strategy aligned with business goals and growth plans.
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   Oversee IT infrastructure, cloud services, cybersecurity, and enterprise systems.
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   Lead a team of IT professionals, ensuring efficiency, reliability, and innovation across all technology functions.
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   Drive automation, process improvement, and system optimization to enhance productivity and service delivery.
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   Manage IT governance, data privacy, and compliance in line with global standards.
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   Partner with business leaders to identify technology opportunities that enable strategic initiatives.
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   Oversee vendor management, IT budgeting, procurement, and contract negotiations.
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   Ensure business continuity, disaster recovery, and strong data protection protocols.
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   Lead digital transformation initiatives, enabling Edge to operate smarter, faster, and safer.
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   Bachelor&rsquo;s or Master&rsquo;s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
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   8+ years of progressive IT leadership experience, including managing infrastructure, applications, and security.
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   Proven success in building scalable IT systems and leading digital transformation in high-growth environments.
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   Strong understanding of cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, or GCP), ERP/CRM systems, and cybersecurity frameworks.
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   Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
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   Ability to balance strategic vision with hands-on technical oversight.
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   Why Edge
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  At Edge, we believe in performance with purpose. You&rsquo;ll be part of a driven, collaborative, and fast-paced environment where technology is not just a function&mdash;it&rsquo;s the foundation of everything we do.
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Director of Information Technology

Morningstar

<div><p><b>Director of Technology</b></p><p></p><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Role Overview:</b></h3><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
We are seeking an experienced and strategic Director of Technology to lead our technology initiatives, oversee the development and implementation of technological solutions, and drive innovation across the organization. The ideal candidate will bring extensive experience in software development, cloud computing, and database management, with a strong leadership background to mentor teams and align technology strategies with business objectives.</b></h3><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Key Responsibilities:</b></h3><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Develop and execute the company's technology strategy, ensuring alignment with business goals and growth plans.</b></h3><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Lead, mentor, and manage the technology team, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.</b></h3><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Oversee the architecture, design, development, and deployment of software solutions, with a focus on .NET technologies.</b></h3><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Ensure the stability, security, and scalability of our IT infrastructure and applications.</b></h3><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Manage cloud resources, primarily AWS, including architecture design, deployment, monitoring, and cost optimization.</b></h3><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Oversee database systems, ensuring high performance, security, and data integrity.</b></h3><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Evaluate and implement new technology trends to maintain a competitive edge.</b></h3><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Collaborate with executive leadership to identify technology needs, budget planning, and project prioritization.</b></h3><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Establish and enforce best practices for software development, system security, and data privacy.</b></h3><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Manage vendor relationships, negotiate contracts, and oversee third-party technology providers.</b></h3><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Oversee disaster recovery and data backup strategies.</b></h3><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Ensure compliance with relevant legal and regulatory standards related to technology and data security.</b></h3><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Provide technical guidance and support for critical projects and initiative.</b></h3><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Qualifications:</b></h3><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Minimum 20 years of progressive experience in IT/Technology leadership roles.</b></h3><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Extensive hands-on experience with .NET frameworks and application development.</b></h3><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Strong understanding of database management systems (SQL Server, Oracle, or others).</b></h3><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Proven expertise in cloud architecture and services within AWS ecosystem (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudFormation, etc.).</b></h3><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Demonstrated leadership in managing large, complex technology teams and projects.</b></h3><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Experience in enterprise architecture, software development lifecycle, and agile methodologies.</b></h3><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Solid understanding of cybersecurity principles, data privacy regulations, and compliance requirements.</b></h3><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Strong strategic thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.</b></h3><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management abilities.</b></h3><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field; advanced degrees preferred.</b></h3><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Preferred Skills:</b></h3><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or similar.</b></h3><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines.</b></h3><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Knowledge of other programming languages and frameworks.</b></h3><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Familiarity with modern development tools and project management methodologies.</b></h3><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Morningstar is an equal opportunity employer.</b></h3><p></p><p>
Morningstar's hybrid work environment gives you the opportunity to collaborate in-person each week as we've found that we're at our best when we're purposely together on a regular basis. In most of our locations, our hybrid work model is four days in-office each week. A range of other benefits are also available to enhance flexibility as needs change. No matter where you are, you'll have tools and resources to engage meaningfully with your global colleagues.</p><p></p>
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Director Of Technology

SF Recruitment

<p>Proud to be partnering with a leading organisation in Uxbridge in their search for a Director of IT Transformation to lead the charge on the group strategy. Paying £100,000 base + 22% Pension + 44 Days Holiday + Hybrid Working + Career Development + £300 Wellness Allowance. This is a hybrid role and will be needed 2 days a week on site. Excellent opportunity for an innovative senior IT and transformation leader to join a forward-thinking, purpose-led organisation at a pivotal time of change. You'll enjoy full autonomy, a highly supportive environment, and a seat at the senior leadership table. In this pivotal role, you'll take a helicopter view of the organisation's IT landscape ,shaping its digital future while ensuring systems, teams, and processes run smoothly day to day. You'll lead the IT and transformation functions, developing a clear technology roadmap that enhances efficiency, strengthens data and cyber resilience, and supports long-term business goals. This is a role for someone who enjoys rolling up their sleeves as much as setting strategy. You'll balance strategic direction with operational oversight, bringing structure, clarity, and innovation to every aspect of IT delivery. Working closely with the senior leadership team, you'll ensure that technology remains a key enabler of growth, performance, and community impact. This is your chance to shape a bold digital vision, embrace cutting-edge technology, and truly stamp your mark on something impressive, driving transformation across an organisation that's investing in innovation, people, and the communities it serves. The Role: Design, deliver, and embed a digital transformation strategy that aligns technology with business and social objectives. Lead and develop high-performing IT and transformation teams, ensuring strong collaboration and service excellence. Take a hands-on approach to systems, infrastructure, and cyber resilience while steering long-term strategic change. Ensure robust governance, security, and business continuity frameworks are in place and effective. Champion innovation through data, AI, and automation - driving smarter decision-making across the organisation. Partner with internal teams to embed digital fluency, innovation, and continuous improvement across all levels. Act as a visible and credible leader, balancing strategic insight with operational delivery. The Person: Proven track record in designing and implementing successful digital transformation strategies. Experienced IT leader who combines board-level vision with practical, hands-on delivery. Ability to take a "helicopter approach" understanding the full technology ecosystem while driving detail where needed. Strong background in IT governance, cybersecurity, infrastructure, and enterprise systems. Experience in complex, multi-stakeholder environments - ideally within the public, housing, or not-for-profit sectors. Collaborative and values-driven, with exceptional communication and leadership skills. Strategic thinker who is also operationally astute and delivery-focused.</p>

Director of IT & Transformation

Digital People London

<p>As the Associate Director for a leading Media Agency in Dubai, you will have excellent media planning experience working within an integrated team across all digital media channels PPC, SEO, Paid Social, Programmatic Display, E-commerce, Data Analytics and Operations. Confident management and running of media agency pitches is vital as this role works with one of the most prestigious FMCG clients.  Drinks and beverage vertical experience would be a huge plus.</p>
<p>Network agency experience and people management will also be an important part of your role. The FMCG client is one of the biggest in Dubai and due to account growth the agency needs an Associate Director who will be able to delivery against a multitude of campaign objectives. It s vital that you have well-rounded experience in cross channel and multi screen planning. Utilising excellent negotiation skills you will be making sure you secure relevant Beta activations and special digital media executions through partners such as Google, Facebook, DMS, and Snapchat.</p>
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Digital Performance Director

Ministry of Education Dubai

<br><b>Job Description<br></b>Since the establishment of the union of the United Arab Emirates in 1971, education has received the utmost attention of the founding leader, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, may Allah have mercy on him, and his founding brothers. They believed that education was the cornerstone of building an enabled community that could keep pace with the advancements. Over the past decades, the wise leadership of the country was keen on building an educational system that matched its counterparts in the advanced nations. It harnessed for this purpose all the required capabilities, to achieve the country's agenda and national vision in this regard. Sincere efforts have also been made to develop education and adopt the best systems that achieve high-quality education outputs, to achieve the future visions and aspirations of the wise leadership.<br>Since investing in human capital is the main objective, the UAE has been keen on establishing the Ministry of Education and creating the appropriate environment to build pioneering Emirati schools, in terms of standards, form, and content they provide. It also made sure that such schools provided high-quality educational environment and owned the most technically advanced tools to be able to graduate generations that could pursue their university education confidently in higher education institutions to fulfil the requirements of labour market.<br>The MOE has also provided a smart learning system and high-quality digital platforms, side by side with the continuous development of school curriculums, according to national learning standards, assessment policy that is based on assessing for learning, and highest quality standards that match the best international practices. Various learning tracks, moreover, have been provided to support the capabilities and skills of students and achieve the country's strategy of encouraging the culture of creativity and innovation through providing the students with the skills of the 21st century and motivating them to have new ideas that relate to the reality they live in and foresee the future. This will eventually help in finding radical, sustainable solutions to the major issues, improving competitiveness, and supporting smart government in its attempts to keep pace with global advancements, advance education, and push it to broad horizons of excellence, leadership, and competitiveness.<br>Department Definition:<br>As the Director of Digital Transformation, you will be at the forefront of the Ministry s efforts to enhance educational services through cutting-edge technologies. You ll lead a dedicated team within the newly established Digital Transformation and AI Sector, ensuring that our digital initiatives are aligned with organizational goals and regulatory standards. Your leadership will play a critical role in shaping the direction of the Ministry s transformation, making it more responsive, efficient, and customer centric.<br>The ideal candidate will be a strategic thinker with a passion for innovation and transformation, bringing strong leadership skills and a proven ability to drive digital transformation across organizations. You will have a deep understanding of enterprise architecture, governance, project management, and financial oversight, with experience in setting up and leading a dedicated Digital Transformation department. Your background should include successfully establishing and scaling transformation initiatives, managing resources, and aligning technology investments with organizational objectives. You will be an expert in fostering collaboration across teams and engaging stakeholders to ensure buy-in, alignment, and mutual success.<br>Main Job Duties &amp; Responsibilities:<br>- Digital Transformation Strategy &amp; Departmental Alignment: Lead the development and management of a digital transformation strategy that aligns with the Ministry s long-term goals, ensuring initiatives meet regulatory standards and organizational needs.<br>- Governance &amp; Compliance Management: Establish and enforce governance frameworks that align digital transformation projects with business objectives, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices.<br>- Project Portfolio &amp; Team Resource Management: Oversee a diverse portfolio of digital projects, managing resources and tracking performance to ensure timely and cost-effective delivery.<br>- Financial Oversight &amp; Procurement Management: Lead the financial management of digital initiatives, including budgeting, forecasting, procurement, and vendor management, ensuring alignment with financial goals.<br>- Enterprise Architecture &amp; Systems Integration: Define and implement enterprise architecture standards and ensure seamless integration of systems to support operational efficiency.<br>- Stakeholder Collaboration &amp; Departmental Engagement: Facilitate collaboration across teams and act as a liaison to align digital transformation goals with stakeholders, fostering engagement and strategic alignment.<br>- Strategic Leadership: Ability to develop and execute a forward-thinking digital transformation strategy that supports organizational objectives.<br>- Governance and Regulatory Compliance: Expertise in establishing governance frameworks and ensuring adherence to both internal policies and external regulatory standards.<br>- Project and Resource Management: Skilled in managing diverse project portfolios, with the ability to allocate resources effectively and deliver results.<br>- Financial Oversight: Experience in budgeting, financial forecasting, and procurement for large-scale technology initiatives.<br>- Enterprise Architecture: Strong grasp of enterprise architecture principles and systems integration to drive seamless operations.<br>- Team Leadership &amp; Stakeholder Engagement: Proven track record of leading high-performing teams and fostering collaboration with stakeholders to achieve shared goals.<br>- Experience Setting Up Digital Transformation Sectors: Demonstrated experience in establishing and scaling a dedicated digital transformation sector, with the ability to drive innovation, lead cross-functional teams, and align initiatives with strategic goals.<br>Skills<br>- 15+ years of experience in Information Technology Digital Transformation.<br>- A master s or bachelor s degree within a relevant field: Computer Science, Data Science, Information Technology.<br>- Proven results in managing large and disparate technology projects, contracts, budgets, and procurement.<br>- Speaking, Reading &amp; Writing (English &amp; Arabic).<br>Apply Now<br>

Director - IT Digital Transformation (UAE National)

Qiddiya Investment Company

<div><p>Qiddiya Investment Company is at the forefront of shaping a new era of entertainment, sports, and culture in Saudi Arabia, and we are seeking a visionary leader to join our team as the Director - Digital Infrastructure. In this critical role, you will be responsible for leading the development and implementation of our digital infrastructure strategy, ensuring that our technological backbone supports the ambitious goals of Qiddiya.</p><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Key Responsibilities</b></h3><ul>
<li>Translate the city-wide Digital Infrastructure Masterplan into phased implementation and planning packages.</li>
<li>Define planning horizons (short-, mid-, long-term) for fiber, mobile, data centers, and smart systems.</li>
<li>enforce compliance with standards and masterplan objectives.</li>
<li>Align capacity, resilience planning with overall project</li>
<li>Lead demand forecasting and capacity modelling for fixed, mobile, and data center infrastructure.</li>
<li>Develop fiber routing and tower siting strategies; validate district connectivity plans.</li>
<li>Coordinate data center and edge computing siting and phasing plans.</li>
<li>Coordinate the Review and approval of Networks for DC, MMRs/POPs, duct banks, and right-of-way allocations.</li>
<li>Integrate planning with SEC power, NWC water, district cooling, and other utilities.</li>
<li>Provide planning baselines for design and construction teams; monitor adherence.</li>
<li>Manage change requests, planning deviations, and phasing adjustments.</li>
<li>Support constructability reviews, sequencing, and co-build opportunities with other disciplines.</li>
<li>Track delivery progress against planning baselines; report variances.</li>
<li>Ensure planning compliance with standards for critical facilities</li>
<li>Integrate sustainability targets (LEED, PUE, renewable energy) into planning milestones.</li>
<li>Coordinate planning approvals with CST, SEC, NWC, MOMRAH, SDAIA, and other authorities.</li>
<li>Annual planning/quarterly updates and monthly reporting</li>
<li>maintaining records and databases</li>
<li>managing schedules, coordinating, handling correspondence</li>
<li>presenting to senior management</li>
<li>Industry stakeholder management</li>
<li>Contractor and operator performance monitoring</li>
<li>performing other ad-hoc duties as needed</li>
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<li>Bachelor&rsquo;s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field; a Master&rsquo;s degree is preferred.</li>
<li>10+ years of experience in digital infrastructure management or a related field, with a strong focus on large-scale project management and delivery.</li>
<li>Proven track record in leading digital transformation initiatives within complex organizations.</li>
<li>Strong understanding of IT infrastructure components, including cloud services, cybersecurity, and data management.</li>
<li>Exceptional leadership and team management skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate cross-functional teams.</li>
<li>Excellent strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities.</li>
<li>Strong adaptability and communication skills, with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders at all levels.</li>
<li>Industry certifications (e.g., PMP, ITIL, CISSP) are a plus.</li>
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Comprehensive benefits package</p></div>

Director - Digital Infrastructure - (DEL5-MDUWFP260029)

Emirates Development Bank

A leading financial institution in Dubai is seeking a Director to spearhead their enterprise digital transformation efforts. The role involves managing a portfolio of change initiatives, leading teams, and ensuring alignment with business strategies. Candidates should possess strong leadership and project management skills along with the ability to implement change effectively. This position is full-time within the IT function of the banking industry.

Director of IT Delivery & Transformation

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