Director Cloud Connectivity & Operational Technology

About Ma'aden and the Role

Ma'aden - Saudi Arabian Mining Company | معادن, established in 1997, is a rapidly growing multi-commodity mining and metals company in the Middle East. The company is instrumental in developing the mining industry as a key pillar of Saudi Arabia’s economy. This full-time role for a Director, Cloud, Connectivity & Operational Technology is based in Riyadh and requires over 10 years of experience.

Role Purpose and Impact

The Director, Cloud, Connectivity & Operational Technology is responsible for establishing the technological foundations that ensure secure, resilient, and connected industrial operations across Ma’aden. This role defines the enterprise direction for operational technology, connectivity, cloud, and edge environments, creating a consistent digital backbone between plant systems, production environments, and enterprise technology. The position aims to improve the reliability, scalability, and maturity of industrial technology, enabling automation, real-time operational insight, and data-driven decision-making. It strengthens the convergence of OT and IT while ensuring alignment with operational priorities and enterprise standards. Through governance, modernization, and capability building, this role supports the scaling of digital and autonomous operations, enhances operational resilience, and manages industrial technology risk.

Key Responsibilities

• Shape and execute the enterprise strategy and roadmap for OT architecture, cloud, edge, connectivity, and industrial technology, aligning with enterprise architecture and technology priorities.
• Establish standards, governance, and lifecycle principles for consistent, scalable, and resilient industrial technology environments across sites.
• Translate operational priorities and technology maturity gaps into targeted transformation initiatives with clear performance outcomes.
• Drive the modernization and standardization of critical OT systems and controls, including PLC, DCS, SCADA, MES, LIMS, and historian environments.
• Strengthen the availability, reliability, interoperability, and lifecycle performance of technology supporting mining and processing operations.
• Enable resilient cloud, edge, hosting, and connectivity environments for dependable data exchange across industrial and enterprise systems.
• Build technology foundations to scale automation, advanced analytics, remote operations, and autonomous operating models.
• Enable secure, reliable, and high-quality OT data flows into enterprise, cloud, and Data & AI environments.
• Improve operational visibility and technology performance through remote monitoring, optimization, and proactive management of industrial systems.
• Strengthen OT governance, architecture, and controls to manage technology risk, cybersecurity dependencies, obsolescence, and lifecycle requirements.
• Direct enterprise modernization initiatives to improve technology maturity, operational resilience, and scalability across sites.
• Establish KPIs for OT availability, reliability, resilience, and maturity, using performance insights to prioritize investment and improvement.
• Align Operations, IT, Data & AI, Enterprise Architecture, Cybersecurity, and Innovation around integrated technology roadmaps and transformation priorities.
• Lead and develop multidisciplinary capabilities across OT architecture, infrastructure, connectivity, and related technology disciplines.
• Provide authoritative advice to executive stakeholders and strengthen decision-making on industrial technology priorities, investments, risks, and strategic partnerships.

Indicators of Success

• Enterprise OT, cloud, connectivity, and edge architectures are standardized and adopted across relevant operations.
• Critical industrial technology environments achieve targeted levels of availability, reliability, resilience, and scalability.
• Technology modernization delivers measurable improvements in operational performance, automation readiness, and technology maturity.
• OT and enterprise technology environments exchange secure, reliable, and high-quality data that enables analytics, automation, and operational decision-making.
• Industrial technology, cybersecurity, and lifecycle risks are proactively governed and reduced through effective standards, controls, and investment planning.
• Enterprise technology teams and operational stakeholders execute against integrated roadmaps with clear accountability, priorities, and measurable outcomes.

Qualifications and Experience

• Over 10 years of relevant professional experience.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.