Engineering lead -MENA

Engineering Lead - MENA

The Engineering Lead will lead shaping, consulting and delivery of our transformation technology programmes across a varied set of Industries (Travel & Hospitality, Government Sector primarily). This role is responsible for framing geographically distributed technology groups internally and the technical management of on-site project teams. This individual will

• Guide architecture, technical design & development while providing best practice points of view within their area of expertise and be an authority for the latest engineering methods and processes.
• Lead business development and proposal work, developing client relationships at all levels and deliver compelling presentations to C-level internal and client stakeholders.
• Provide leadership and technical direction for multidisciplinary, international teams and play a key role in driving Publicis Sapient core organizational beliefs.

Your Skills and Experience

Core Skills & Experience

• Seasoned technology leader with a strong background in engineering and consulting roles

• Hands on technical delivery and leadership experience of globally distributed engineering teams of 100+ in size
• AI, Cloud Native Architectures for Digital Applications and Modern, scalable data implementations
• Track record of operating at exec board or senior leadership level – e.g. CTO, CIO
• Excellent client pitching and presentation skills
• Agile delivery experience
• Strong academic background in a relevant discipline
• Fluent English and Arabic speaker

Industry and Engineering Skills & Knowledge

• Industry knowledge of key T&H and Saudi Government sectors such as Smart Cities, Aviation & Hospitality
•  A proven track record of delivering enterprise scale engineering transformation projects using contemporary technologies and methodologies such as:
• AI and Data Implementations
• Online booking platforms (Off-the-shelf products and Custom implementations)
• Digital experience platforms (CMS, Search etc)
• Java, JavaScript
• DevOps/Automation (CI, CD) for large scale delivery
• Architecture and design knowledge of Headless approaches, API gateways, Microservices, iPaaS / ETL / ESB, Databases, and Big Data platforms
• Cloud platform architectures (one or more of Azure, GCP, AWS, OCI)
• Big Data / Machine learning platforms
• Quality Engineering

Openness to travel to KSA  as part of the role.

Arabic Native is preferred 

Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation partner helping established organisations get to their future, digitally enabled state, both in the way they work and the way they serve their customers. We help unlock value through a start-up mindset and modern methods, fusing strategy, consulting and customer experience with agile engineering and problem-solving creativity. United by our core values and our purpose of helping people thrive in the brave pursuit of next, our 20,000+ people in 53 offices around the world combine experience across technology, data sciences, consulting and customer obsession to accelerate our clients’ businesses through designing the products and services their customers truly value.