Senior Director - Digital Architecture
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About the Role
Qiddiya is seeking a Senior Director of Digital Architecture to lead the Architecture Centre of Excellence and govern the enterprise digital architecture. This role requires deep expertise in Adobe AEM/AEP, e-commerce, and cloud-native patterns, with 12+ years of experience in large-scale environments.
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Responsibilities
- Define and govern the enterprise Digital architecture aligned to Qiddiya's strategic technology direction
- Lead the Architecture CoE, developing capability and ensuring consistency across matrixed Solution Architects
- Act as Design Authority to approve solution architectures, platform changes and technical risk mitigation plans
- Enforce architectural standards, security, integration guardrails and scalability objectives
- Drive platform evolution for e Commerce, Adobe AEP/AEM, CRM, identity, payments, and shared platform services
- Lead adoption of API first, modular, cloud native and event driven architecture patterns
- Manage architectural oversight of SI and vendor deliveries ensuring compliance to approved designs
- Balance pragmatic delivery needs with long term efficiency, technical quality and reuse
- Partner closely with Product, DevSecOps, CRM, MarTech, and Digital Platforms leadership teams
- Evaluate emerging technologies including AI driven automation and advanced customer engagement capabilities
Requirements
- 12+ years experience in enterprise or digital architecture roles in large scale consumer or destination environments
- Deep expertise in Adobe AEM SaaS, Adobe Experience Platform (AEP/CDP, Target, Campaign)
- Strong e Commerce architecture experience including payment and identity services
- Hands on technical credibility with modern integration, API security and cloud engineering
- Experience managing matrixed teams and coaching technical talent
- Strong communication and executive presentation capabilities
- SI/vendor oversight experience ensuring design governance and delivery quality
- Bachelor degree in MIS or related field
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Role Overview
- This role is the enterprise wide technical authority responsible for designing and governing Qiddiya's Digital architecture, ensuring scalable, secure, reusable, cost efficient solutions aligned to the strategic roadmap.
- Leads the Architecture Centre of Excellence (CoE) within Digital & CE, with matrix leadership responsibility for Solution Architects across products, platforms, CRM, MarTech, commerce, and in destination systems.
- Plays a critical role in shaping Qiddiya's digital ecosystem including e Commerce, Adobe Experience Cloud (AEM & AEP), identity, payments, and omnichannel experience.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and govern the enterprise Digital architecture aligned to Qiddiya's strategic technology direction.
- Lead the Architecture CoE, developing capability and ensuring consistency across matrixed Solution Architects.
- Act as Design Authority to approve solution architectures, platform changes and technical risk mitigation plans.
- Enforce architectural standards, security, integration guardrails and scalability objectives.
- Drive platform evolution for e Commerce, Adobe AEP/AEM, CRM, identity, payments, and shared platform services.
- Lead adoption of API first, modular, cloud native and event driven architecture patterns.
- Manage architectural oversight of SI and vendor deliveries ensuring compliance to approved designs.
- Balance pragmatic delivery needs with long term efficiency, technical quality and reuse.
- Partner closely with Product, DevSecOps, CRM, MarTech, and Digital Platforms leadership teams to align dependency and release planning.
- Evaluate emerging technologies including AI driven automation and advanced customer engagement capabilities.
Requirements
- 12+ years experience in enterprise or digital architecture roles in large scale consumer or destination environments.
- Deep expertise in Adobe AEM SaaS, Adobe Experience Platform (AEP/CDP, Target, Campaign).
- Strong e Commerce architecture experience including payment and identity services.
- Hands on technical credibility with modern integration, API security and cloud engineering.
- Experience managing matrixed teams and coaching technical talent.
- Strong communication and executive presentation capabilities with ability to influence without authority.
- SI/vendor oversight experience ensuring design governance and delivery quality.
- Bachelor degree in MIS, or any related field.
Benefits
- Offering a comprehensive compensation and benefits package.
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