Director, Cloud, Connectivity & Operational Technology

Job Title: Director, Cloud, Connectivity & OT

Reporting To: CTO

Business Unit / Function: Technology & Innovation

Department: Cloud, Connectivity & Operational Technology

Grade: M13

Position Type: Regular

The Director, Cloud, Connectivity & OT shapes the technology foundations that enable secure, resilient and increasingly connected industrial operations across Ma’aden. The role sets the enterprise direction for operational technology, connectivity, cloud and edge environments, creating a consistent digital backbone between plant systems, production environments and enterprise technology.

The role creates value by improving the reliability, scalability and maturity of industrial technology while enabling automation, real-time operational insight and data-driven decision-making. It strengthens the convergence of OT and IT while ensuring architecture, platforms and technology investments remain aligned with operational priorities and enterprise standards.

Through enterprise governance, modernization and capability building, the role enables Ma’aden to scale digital and autonomous operations while strengthening operational resilience and managing industrial technology risk.

• Shape and execute the enterprise strategy and roadmap for OT architecture, cloud, edge, connectivity and industrial technology, aligned with enterprise architecture and technology priorities.
• Establish standards, governance and lifecycle principles that create consistent, scalable and resilient industrial technology environments across sites.
• Translate operational priorities and technology maturity gaps into targeted transformation initiatives with clear performance outcomes.

• Drive the modernization and standardization of critical OT systems and controls, including PLC, DCS, SCADA, MES, LIMS and historian environments.
• Strengthen the availability, reliability, interoperability and lifecycle performance of technology supporting mining and processing operations.
• Enable resilient cloud, edge, hosting and connectivity environments that provide dependable data exchange across industrial and enterprise systems.

• Build the technology foundations required to scale automation, advanced analytics, remote operations and increasingly autonomous operating models.
• Enable secure, reliable and high-quality OT data flows into enterprise, cloud and Data & AI environments.
• Improve operational visibility and technology performance through remote monitoring, optimization and proactive management of industrial systems.

• Strengthen OT governance, architecture and controls to manage technology risk, cybersecurity dependencies, obsolescence and lifecycle requirements.
• Direct enterprise modernization initiatives that improve technology maturity, operational resilience and scalability across sites.
• Establish meaningful KPIs for OT availability, reliability, resilience and maturity, using performance insights to prioritize investment and improvement.

• Align Operations, IT, Data & AI, Enterprise Architecture, Cybersecurity and Innovation around integrated technology roadmaps and transformation priorities.
• Lead and develop multidisciplinary capability across OT architecture, infrastructure, connectivity and related technology disciplines.
• Provide authoritative advice to executive stakeholders and strengthen decision‑making on industrial technology priorities, investments, risks and strategic partnerships.

• Enterprise OT, cloud, connectivity and edge architectures are standardized and adopted across relevant operations.
• Critical industrial…