Technical Delivery Director

About the Role

Takamol Holding is seeking a Technical Delivery Director to join its team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time role involves leading multiple concurrent delivery tracks, ensuring their successful outcomes, and managing all aspects of delivery governance. The director will be responsible for overseeing technical delivery, managing staff and vendors, and driving continuous improvement in delivery practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead multiple concurrent delivery tracks, each with its own lead, and be accountable for their combined outcomes, dependencies, and priorities.
• Own delivery governance, including planning, milestones, resource allocation, risk and issue management, and executive-level reporting on status, risks, and financial exposure.
• Manage and develop track leads and delivery staff, focusing on performance, capability, workload, and succession planning.
• Oversee vendor and contractor delivery, including scope, performance, escalations, renewals, and transitions.
• Set and enforce engineering and delivery standards, covering architecture governance, quality gates, release management, and documentation.
• Lead the stabilisation and modernisation of existing systems, including legacy platforms with varied technology stacks.
• Oversee release and change management across tracks, ensuring coordinated, low-risk deployments to production.
• Manage delivery budgets and forecasts, ensuring spend is tracked against plan.
• Establish delivery metrics and reporting (velocity, quality, incident trends, SLA adherence) and use them to drive decisions.
• Maintain effective working relationships with client stakeholders and ensure delivery commitments are clearly communicated and met.
• Identify and manage delivery, technical, security, and compliance risks.
• Ensure delivery practices align with information security, data protection, and regulatory requirements.
• Drive continuous improvement in delivery maturity, automation, and team capability.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in technology, including several years leading multi-track or multi-team delivery.
• A hands-on engineering background (software development, architecture, platform engineering) with credible technical judgment across modern and legacy stacks.
• Proven experience managing employees, contractors, and vendors within a single delivery organization.
• Strong vendor and contract management experience, including performance management and transition of outsourced services.
• Experience managing delivery budgets and reporting to executive stakeholders.
• Solid understanding of agile and hybrid delivery methods, and the judgment to apply the appropriate approach per track.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms, DevOps practices, ITSM frameworks, and modern quality engineering.
• Working knowledge of enterprise IT cybersecurity and regulatory requirements.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to handle conflict constructively.
• Decisive under pressure, with a track record of resolving delivery blockers and escalations quickly.
• Clear, direct communication skills in English are required; Arabic is an advantage.
• Experience in managed service or outsourced delivery models.
• Background in digital products or customer-facing platforms.
• Exposure to data platforms or AI initiatives.
• Relevant certifications (*, PMP, SAFE, ITIL, or a cloud provider certification) are preferred.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, within a dynamic technology environment focused on delivering complex projects and modernising existing systems.

Application Process

Candidates who meet the above qualifications are encouraged to apply. Salary details will be discussed during the interview process.