SAP BW & Analytics Services Team Lead

About the Role

Alfanar is seeking an experienced SAP BW & Analytics Services Team Lead to join their team in Riyadh. This full-time position involves leading the delivery and execution of enterprise data and analytics solutions, overseeing BI, analytics, and data infrastructure teams to provide accurate, integrated insights that align with business goals. The role requires 5-10 years of relevant experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and drive the overall data and analytics strategy, ensuring alignment with the organization’s vision, mission, and strategic objectives.
• Lead the development and execution of enterprise-wide data initiatives, ensuring integration across BI, analytics, and data infrastructure functions.
• Promote a data-driven culture by encouraging the use of analytics in decision-making across business units.
• Oversee the design, development, and delivery of dashboards, reports, and visualizations that provide actionable insights.
• Guide the development of advanced analytics models and ensure their alignment with business needs.
• Ensure robust architecture and governance of data warehouses and data lakes to support scalable and secure data operations.
• Act as the primary liaison between the data & analytics function and business stakeholders to ensure alignment of data initiatives with business priorities.
• Translate complex data concepts into business-friendly language to support executive decision-making.
• Evaluate and implement emerging technologies and tools to enhance data capabilities across the organization.
• Foster innovation by encouraging experimentation with new data methodologies, tools, and platforms.
• Establish and enforce data governance frameworks, policies, and standards to ensure data integrity, security, and compliance.
• Monitor data quality across systems and lead initiatives to improve data accuracy and reliability.

Leadership and Management Accountabilities

• Recruit, recognize, and cultivate high performers, ensuring a robust second line of management.
• Address low performance through guidance or necessary action.
• Ensure fair treatment of subordinates, with performance as the primary assessment criterion.
• Maintain a delegation of authority matrix in line with company policy.
• Take full responsibility for operations and deliverables, adhering to company guidelines.
• Anticipate problems and implement proactive prevention steps.
• Make timely and appropriate decisions.

Operational Delivery and Quality

• Deliver required results in a timely manner, meeting quality and cost standards.
• Contribute tangibly to the area of operation, exceeding business expectations.
• Translate corporate goals into business plans, and then plan, follow up, and execute these plans.
• Monitor plan performance, initiate actions to strengthen results, and implement corrective measures.
• Provide periodic work progress reports.
• Monitor and control budgets and expenses to achieve optimum cost efficiency.
• Develop the organizational structure based on current and future requirements.
• Ensure job descriptions are available for all roles and deployed effectively.
• Develop and coordinate well-defined written systems, policies, and procedures, seeking automation opportunities.
• Be conversant with and able to navigate IT solutions relevant to the job and business, promoting their full utilization.
• Maintain quality as a prime competitive advantage, acting accordingly in all tasks.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 5 to 10 years of experience in SAP BW and Analytics services.
• Proven leadership experience in managing BI, analytics, and data infrastructure teams.
• Strong understanding of data governance, quality assurance, and emerging data technologies.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, offering an opportunity to lead critical data and analytics initiatives within Alfanar.