Director - Digital Smart Cities Solutions
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About the Role
Abu Dhabi Ports seeks a Director of Digital Smart Cities Solutions to co-lead the IT team, manage resources, and drive technical delivery. The role involves leading squad strategy, overseeing customer solutions, and managing stakeholder relationships.
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Responsibilities
- Lead formulation of squads' strategies, vision, mission and goals
- Oversee customer needs and direct designing and updating technical solutions
- Lead interaction with architects to understand technology infrastructure changes
- Define Digital Cluster business priorities and provide guidance to product owners
- Take decisions regarding product lifecycle and enforce quality standards
- Lead Quarterly Business Review (QBR) for the tribe
- Build strong relationships and manage expectations of external stakeholders
- Track and measure squads' performance health through KPIs
- Conduct regular 1:1s with product owners and squad members
- Manage overall staffing of shared resources among different squads
- Design and maintain squads' technical roadmap
- Control budget and recommend alternatives to meet expectations
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field
- Minimum 15 years of experience in a similar role
- Experience as an IT leader or business manager in relevant product/customer/enabler segment
- Excellent English communication skills
- Strong analytical and fact based decision making skills
- Servant leadership qualities
- Ability to persuade and lead diverse people
- Critical thinking and ability to find new solutions
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Purpose
- Act as co head for the IT team, responsible for assisting in managing overall team's business goals and managing and allocating IT resources. Support in technical delivery topics and co responsible for squads' key performance metrics.
Core Responsibilities
- Lead formulation of squads' strategies, vision, mission and goals to deliver technical results and achieve cluster objectives.
- Oversee customer needs and direct designing and updating technical solutions that address these needs.
- Lead interaction with architects to understand key properties and changes to technology infrastructure.
- Define Digital Cluster business priorities and technical issues and provide guidance to product owners.
- Take decisions regarding product lifecycle (piloting, scaling, decommissioning, etc.) and enforce quality standards.
- Lead the Quarterly Business Review (QBR) for the tribe.
- Build strong relationship and manage expectations of external stakeholders, including clients, cluster CEOs, etc.
- Track and measure squads' performance health through key performance indicators.
- Oversee tribe technical blocks and enforce resolving issues with key stakeholders.
People Management Responsibilities
- Conduct regular 1:1s with product owners and squad members.
- Empower the squad by setting clear expectations and coaching.
- Monitor squads' adherence to all financial targets and extend economic limits for business initiatives when justified.
- Manage overall staffing of shared resources among different squads.
Strategic Responsibilities
- Design and maintain squads' technical roadmap.
- Control budget of squads and solution expenses and recommend alternatives.
- Lead cross functional team to streamline processes and implement best practices.
- Assess risks in squads and develop risk mitigation strategies.
- Provide regular reports to senior management on squads' performance.
Educational and Technical Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field; Master's degree is a plus.
- Excellent English. Arabic is an added advantage.
- Minimum of 15 years of experience in a similar role.
- Experience as an IT leader or business manager in relevant product/customer/enabler segment.
- Deep understanding of industry trends and client needs.
- Strong communication skills in different areas (commercial, finance etc.).
- Servant leadership qualities.
- Ability to persuade and lead diverse people.
- Strong analytical skills and fact based decision making.
- Strong sense of urgency and ability to prioritize.
- Skilled and comfortable in giving and receiving feedback.
- Critical thinking, ability to find new solutions.
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