Head of Technology & Transformation

Abu Dhabi

Salary to be confirmed on a call + family benefits & schooling.

My client a leading IT company is looking for a Head of Technology & Transformation to take full accountability for building, commercializing, and operationalizing a high-impact technology practice serving complex enterprise environments. This role carries end-to-end responsibility for shaping service direction, strengthening delivery capability, and driving profitable expansion through innovation-led modernization.

Responsibilities

Full leadership of a multi-domain technology function with responsibility for strategy, capability development, and market differentiation.
Define multi-year growth and innovation priorities aligned to broader corporate objectives.
Anticipate shifts in enterprise technology consumption models and position the organization ahead of demand curves.
Govern the end-to-end lifecycle of enterprise-scale solutions across infrastructure modernization, cyber resilience, intelligent systems, cloud transformation, and advanced connectivity.
Establish architectural principles and technical standards to ensure scalability, resilience, and compliance.
Oversee large, multi-year modernization initiatives involving platform transformation, automation at scale, and data-driven operating model redesign.
Enable clients to transition from legacy operating structures to agile, digitally enabled environments.
Drive measurable business impact including cost optimization, operational efficiency, and revenue enablement.
Design and expand high-performing technical organizations across architecture, engineering, consulting, and program leadership disciplines.
Implement oversight frameworks for major transformation programs, ensuring predictable outcomes and managed risk exposure.
Standardize governance models across business units and geographies.
Optimize workforce utilization, cost structures, and investment allocation.
Translate technology capabilities into compelling market propositions.
Partner with commercial leaders to design expansion strategies and penetrate strategic accounts.

Requirements:

You must have previous experience managing large-scale, multi-disciplinary technology teams.
Demonstrated delivery of complex modernization programs in sophisticated enterprise landscapes.
Strong technical grounding in either, enterprise infrastructure, security architecture, distributed cloud platforms, data ecosystems, intelligent automation, or advanced networking.
Track record of scaling regional or multi-market operations.
Extensive leadership experience is needed for this position at least 15+ years within enterprise technology services, systems integration, or consulting environments.

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