Digital Transformation Consultant📣 Job Ad

About the Role

eSense is seeking a Digital Transformation Consultant to join its team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time position focuses on delivering compliance and readiness projects for the Digital Transformation Index - Qiyas. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in guiding government and public-sector entities through their digital transformation journey.

Role Purpose

The primary purpose of this role is to support clients in assessing their compliance with applicable digital transformation standards, identifying gaps, and developing strategic improvement plans. This involves coordinating various stakeholders and ensuring the timely preparation and submission of all required evidence. The consultant will leverage a practical understanding of Qiyas requirements to facilitate discussions and drive project success.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the end-to-end delivery of digital transformation readiness and Qiyas compliance engagements, encompassing assessment, planning, execution, monitoring, and reporting.
• Assess client compliance against DGA digital transformation standards, identifying gaps, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
• Develop and maintain compliance matrices, gap assessment reports, action plans, evidence trackers, and implementation schedules.
• Coordinate with business units, IT teams, data management functions, enterprise architecture stakeholders, and cybersecurity teams to address compliance requirements.
• Translate Qiyas standards and requirements into practical actions, clearly assigned responsibilities, and measurable deliverables.
• Organize and facilitate workshops, working sessions, and executive meetings to validate findings, agree on priorities, and monitor progress.
• Follow up with stakeholders to ensure timely completion of assigned actions and preparation of supporting evidence.
• Review policies, procedures, plans, reports, and other documentation to assess alignment with applicable digital government requirements.
• Support the collection, review, organization, and quality assurance of compliance evidence and measurement submissions.
• Prepare project status reports, management dashboards, executive presentations, meeting materials, and progress updates in both Arabic and English.
• Track project milestones, dependencies, risks, and issues, escalating concerns when necessary.
• Support mock assessments, readiness reviews, and corrective action planning ahead of official measurement cycles.
• Maintain effective communication between client leadership, operational teams, consultants, and external stakeholders.
• Promote sustainable compliance practices and support knowledge transfer to client teams.
• Monitor relevant updates to DGA standards, guidance, and measurement requirements and reflect them in project activities.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• 2-5 years of professional experience in digital transformation, compliance, or related consulting roles.
• Hands-on experience delivering compliance and readiness projects for the Digital Transformation Index - Qiyas.
• Demonstrated practical understanding of Qiyas standards and requirements.

Essential Skills and Attributes

• Strong project management and coordination capabilities.
• Ability to facilitate discussions confidently with executives, business owners, and technical teams.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, in Arabic and English.
• Strong analytical skills to assess compliance, identify gaps, and develop actionable plans.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The role involves working closely with government and public-sector clients, requiring a collaborative approach and effective stakeholder engagement across various organizational levels.