Director Industrial Artificial Intelligence

About Maaden

Maaden, established in 1997, is recognized as one of the fastest-growing mining companies globally and the largest multi-commodity mining and metals company in the Middle East. The company is instrumental in developing the mining industry to become the third pillar of Saudi Arabia’s economy, achieved by building a world-class, unique, and fully integrated mining value chain. This full-time role is based in Riyadh.

Role Overview: Director, Industrial Artificial Intelligence

The Director, Industrial Artificial Intelligence will be responsible for leveraging operational data and emerging AI capabilities to enhance safety, productivity, reliability, and efficiency across Maaden's operations, including exploration, mining, mineral processing, and industrial assets. This role involves shaping the strategy and portfolio to convert high-value operational challenges into scalable AI solutions, connecting operational priorities with AI, data, digital, OT, and engineering capabilities. The objective is to move Industrial AI beyond experimentation into production and sustained operational adoption, while building the necessary capabilities, governance, partnerships, and responsible AI practices to scale impact across Maaden.

Key Responsibilities

• Shape and evolve Maaden’s Industrial AI strategy and investment portfolio, directing resources toward opportunities with strong strategic, operational, and economic value.
• Translate exploration, mining, processing, and asset performance priorities into a balanced portfolio of scalable AI opportunities with clear value, feasibility, risk, and adoption criteria.
• Establish the operating model, standards, and governance required to scale Industrial AI responsibly and consistently across operations.
• Drive measurable improvements across safety, productivity, recovery, reliability, process stability, cost, energy efficiency, and sustainability through targeted Industrial AI solutions.
• Advance AI-enabled decision-making across exploration, geology, mine planning and operations, mineral processing, process control, maintenance, and asset performance.
• Lead the development and deployment of production-grade AI capabilities that address complex industrial and operational challenges at scale.
• Enable effective integration of AI with operational technology, control systems, historians, fleet systems, digital twins, laboratory platforms, and relevant enterprise technology.
• Govern Industrial AI solutions across model performance, reliability, cybersecurity, data governance, explainability, operational safety, and responsible AI requirements.
• Build and lead an integrated Industrial AI function spanning exploration, mining, mineral processing, and industrial operations, strengthening both AI capability and operational domain expertise.
• Develop strategic relationships with technology providers, OEMs, universities, research institutions, and specialist organizations to accelerate innovation and capability development.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 15 years of relevant professional experience.
• Demonstrated ability to move high-value AI initiatives from experimentation through production and adoption to sustained operational ownership and measurable benefits realization.
• Experience in leveraging enterprise AI platforms, reusable capabilities, architecture standards, and lifecycle controls to accelerate deployment while reducing duplication and technology risk.
• Proven capability to establish transparent portfolio performance, value tracking, and risk oversight to enable informed investment and scaling decisions.

Success Factors

Success in this role will be measured by a prioritized Industrial AI portfolio that delivers demonstrable operational and financial value aligned with Maaden’s strategic priorities. This includes measurable improvements in safety, productivity, recovery, reliability, process stability, energy efficiency, cost, and sustainability through AI solutions. The successful candidate will ensure high-value AI use cases progress from experimentation into production, sustained adoption, and operational ownership, with solutions demonstrating reliable performance, effective governance, cybersecurity, and responsible AI practices.

Application Process

Candidates interested in this opportunity are invited to apply. Salary details will be discussed during the interview process.