Lead Specialist Technical Solutions

About Ma'aden

Ma'aden, established in 1997, is a leading multi-commodity mining and metals company in the Middle East. The company is focused on developing the mining industry to become a key pillar of Saudi Arabia’s economy by building an integrated mining value chain. This role contributes to the company's growth and its objectives within the Kingdom.

Role Summary

The Lead Specialist, Technical Solutions, is responsible for enabling the successful delivery of technology and innovation initiatives. This involves transforming business needs into scalable, integrated, and deployable technical solutions. The role ensures that technology investments achieve measurable business outcomes while aligning with enterprise architecture, operational requirements, and long-term strategic objectives. Operating as a key technical authority, this position bridges business priorities, domain requirements, and enterprise technology capabilities to ensure solutions are architecturally sound, operationally viable, secure, and capable of supporting sustainable growth across mining, processing, and enterprise operations in Riyadh. This is a full-time position requiring 5-10 years of experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop end-to-end technical solutions that align with business objectives, operational requirements, and enterprise technology standards.
• Define scalable architectures, integration patterns, data flows, interfaces, deployment approaches, and non-functional requirements.
• Guide multidisciplinary delivery teams through implementation, testing, deployment, and transition into operations.
• Strengthen delivery quality through technical oversight, design assurance, and proactive resolution of complex technical challenges.
• Translate business priorities into practical and achievable technical solutions that support strategic and operational objectives.
• Shape solution scope, success measures, value hypotheses, and implementation roadmaps with business and technology stakeholders.
• Enable seamless integration across data, applications, OT, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and enterprise platforms.
• Resolve technical dependencies, design risks, and implementation constraints that may impact solution success.
• Develop reusable solution patterns, standards, templates, and best practices to improve delivery efficiency and consistency.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend adoption opportunities based on business value, scalability, and maintainability.

Success Metrics

Success in this role will be measured by the following:

• Technical solutions are approved, implemented, and consistently aligned with enterprise architecture standards.
• Solutions demonstrate strong reliability, scalability, security, maintainability, and operational readiness.
• Technical risks, integration challenges, and dependencies are identified and resolved effectively.
• Delivery teams achieve successful implementation outcomes with minimal rework and strong architectural compliance.
• Stakeholders report high levels of satisfaction with solution quality, business alignment, and value delivery.
• Reusable technical patterns improve delivery speed, consistency, and long-term sustainability.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 5-10 years of relevant experience in technical solutions or a related field.
• Demonstrated ability to transform business needs into scalable and deployable technical solutions.
• Experience in guiding multidisciplinary delivery teams through the full solution lifecycle.
• Proficiency in ensuring solutions meet performance, reliability, and security expectations.

Application Process

We invite qualified candidates to apply for this position to contribute to Ma'aden's strategic objectives in Riyadh.