Director Cloud Connectivity & Operational Technology

About Ma'aden

Ma'aden - Saudi Arabian Mining Company | معادن, established in 1997, is a multi-commodity mining and metals company in the Middle East. The company is involved in developing the mining industry in Saudi Arabia. This full-time role is based in Riyadh and offers an opportunity to contribute to the company's growth.

Role Overview

The Director, Cloud, Connectivity & Operational Technology shapes the technology foundations for secure, resilient, and connected industrial operations across Ma’aden. This role defines the enterprise direction for operational technology, connectivity, cloud, and edge environments, establishing 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 of architecture, platforms, and technology investments with operational priorities and enterprise standards. Through enterprise governance, modernization, and capability building, the role supports scaling digital and autonomous operations, enhancing operational resilience, and managing industrial technology risk.

Key Responsibilities

• Shape and execute the enterprise strategy and roadmap for OT architecture, cloud, edge, connectivity, and industrial technology, aligned 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 that 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 capability across OT architecture, infrastructure, connectivity, and related technology disciplines.
• Provide advice to executive stakeholders and strengthen decision-making on industrial technology priorities, investments, risks, and strategic partnerships.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 10 years of relevant experience.

Indicators of Success

Successful performance in this role will be demonstrated by the standardization and adoption of enterprise OT, cloud, connectivity, and edge architectures across relevant operations. Critical industrial technology environments will achieve targeted levels of availability, reliability, resilience, and scalability. Technology modernization efforts will deliver measurable improvements in operational performance, automation readiness, and technology maturity. OT and enterprise technology environments will exchange secure, reliable, and high-quality data, enabling analytics, automation, and operational decision-making. Industrial technology, cybersecurity, and lifecycle risks will be proactively governed and reduced through effective standards, controls, and investment planning. Enterprise technology teams and operational stakeholders will execute integrated roadmaps with clear accountability, priorities, and measurable outcomes.

Application Information

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh. Salary details are not disclosed.