Head of Enterprise Architecture - Dubai Exclusive to eMagine

Overview

• Exclusive mandate – eMagine Solutions
• This is one of those rare Dubai architecture leadership roles that doesn’t come around often.
• We’ve been exclusively retained to appoint a Head of Enterprise Architecture for a leading, tech-focused organisation in Dubai.
• This is a replacement hire for a highly respected leader who’s spent the last 3 years scaling the function and putting serious foundations in place so you’re stepping into a team that’s already moving, with executive backing, budget, and momentum.
• If you’re the kind of EA leader who can set the direction, simplify complexity, and make architecture “real” across product, platforms, data, and security.
• We want someone who can simplify complexity, communicate clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders, and create real adoption reference architectures, principles, and decision frameworks that teams actually use.
• Experience driving transformation (cloud migration, legacy modernisation, platform consolidation, operating model change) and measuring outcomes through tangible business value is a big plus. this is built for you.
• High-impact seat: you’ll own the enterprise architecture agenda end-to-end, not just “governance on paper”
• Established runway: the team has been scaled and shaped — now it’s about levelling up, modernising, and accelerating
• Real influence: direct engagement with senior stakeholders, shaping investment decisions and delivery priorities
• Dubai-based, regional scale: complex environment, meaningful transformation, and visibility
• What you’ll be doing
• Define and drive the enterprise architecture strategy aligned to business growth and tech roadmap
• Lead and develop a high-performing EA capability (people, standards, operating model)
• Own architecture governance while keeping delivery fast and pragmatic
• Partner with product, engineering, data, infrastructure and security leaders to enable scalable platforms
• Translate business priorities into target-state architecture, roadmaps, and measurable outcomes
• Guide key technology decisions: cloud, integration, data, platforms, and modern architecture patterns
• What they’re looking for (high level)
• Proven enterprise architecture leadership in a large-scale, modern tech environment
• Strong stakeholder management at C-level / exec committee level
• Track record of building/leading architecture teams and influencing delivery across multiple domains
• Deep understanding of modern architecture (cloud, integration, data, security-by-design, platforms)
• Pragmatic operator: can balance governance with speed, and strategy with execution

Package

• 80,000–90,000 AED per month (plus package, depending on profile

Skills