AVP Digital Strategy & Innovation
NEOM
- Saudi Arabia
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Coordinate the creation and implementation of a comprehensive digital strategy that is aligned with the NEOM U vision, mission, and strategic plan.
- Oversee the strategy and innovation of digital architecture, policies, frameworks, and guidelines.
- Coordinate the development of a multi-year digital master plan roadmap and financial plan to sequence efforts to implement the university technology in alignment with needs, resources, and capacity for change.
- Cloud and Automation: Adopting the cloud from inception and set automation as the baseline for all processes and services.
- Data analytics and AI: enabling data analytics and AI programs and fostering a culture of digital thinking and data-driven decision-making throughout the University.
- Data Security: Protecting against the unauthorized use of electronic data.
- Upskilling and hiring: Attracting the talent needed to deliver on the digital and technological aspirations of NEOM U, implementing the training needed across the organization to support enterprise cloud applications.
- Work closely with ERI leadership and other relevant stakeholders within and across NEOM to establish and maintain an institutional planning and governance framework for information technology, including the appropriate decision making and communication structures to execute effective technology deployment and timely project delivery.
- The AVP of Digital Strategy and Innovation will lead innovation and integrated solutions in support of teaching, learning, research and innovation.
- The incumbent will leverage relationship building, problem solving, budget management, and creativity to create a vision of information technology for the campus and to implement that vision in a high-quality and sustainable manner.
- The AVP of Digital Strategy and Innovation must be committed to the career and professional development of the staff, fostering practices for managing individual and team performance. A flexible leader capable of motivating through team leadership skills, a clear vision, exceptional interpersonal and communication abilities, and a talent for leading and managing change.
- A record of successful leadership and technical experience, having progressed through roles of increasing responsibility managing technology organizations.
- Expertise in emerging technologies, trends, methodologies, and resource management principles
- Highly effective communicator at all levels within a complex and culturally diverse organization, including top level senior management, Board members and external stakeholders and constituencies.
- High level of experience with enterprise resource planning systems (e.g. SAP), learning management and delivery systems, business intelligence, and other similar products.
- Excellent communicator at all levels within a complex and culturally diverse organization, including top level senior leadership, Board members and external stakeholders and constituencies.
- Proven project management expertise including change management in complex environments and implementing continuous quality improvement.
- Strong analytical skills and ability to use data to guide decision-making; ability to direct and resolve ambiguous problems.
- Effective leadership qualities and proven negotiation and influencing skills.
- Unquestioned integrity with a high energy level and a strong work ethic. Broad intellectual curiosity and enthusiasm for fresh ideas.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate with diverse user groups, including faculty and administrative staff, students, external resources and professional peers and success in maintaining high levels of user satisfaction in the provision of technology and related digital and support services.
- Manage and motivate others.
- ERI Sector and other NEOM sectors
- Interaction with academic research communities, formal and informal educational organizations, industry, government entities, cybersecurity authorities and multiple technology companies