Senior Manager - Assets Security Design & Delivery

JOB PURPOSE:

Perform hands-on infrastructure security design, configuration, integration, testing, and troubleshooting across Qiddiya’s assets, districts, and city-wide programs, ensuring alignment with operational requirements, infrastructure strategies, security standards, and long-term city objectives. Act as a hands-on technical lead within the Asset Infrastructure Design & Delivery function, directly implementing and validating security controls, resolving integration issues, and coordinating cybersecurity, network security, and OT security requirements. This technical delivery leadership role goes beyond strategy or governance to drive the implementation and continuous enhancement of infrastructure security frameworks, security blueprints, technical standards, and operational security readiness across network, compute, OT, physical security, infrastructure systems, and smart city environments, ensuring scalable, resilient, and secure infrastructure ecosystems.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES/ ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Security Design & Standards

·       Translate business needs, operational requirements, infrastructure strategies, and long-term city objectives into secure-by-design solutions for Qiddiya’s assets, districts, and city-wide programs.

·       Develop and maintain security architecture principles, frameworks, blueprints, and technical standards, incorporating lessons from delivery.

Implementation & Integration

·       Deploy, implement, configure, and harden security controls across network, compute, OT, infrastructure systems, and smart city environments.

·       Integrate cybersecurity, network security, OT security, physical security, and operational security requirements into a cohesive technical solution.

·       Troubleshoot integration failures, resolve technical conflicts, and remediate vulnerabilities to strengthen infrastructure resilience.

Technical Assurance, Testing & Handover

·       Conduct design reviews, risk assessments, and compliance checks against approved architecture, security standards, and regulatory expectations; define mitigation measures and escalate critical risks.

·       Perform and lead security testing and commissioning to verify that implemented systems and controls meet approved designs and operational requirements.

·       Assess operational readiness for acceptance and handover, including incident preparedness, business continuity, and critical infrastructure protection.

·       Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, or a related field

·       CISSP, CISM, PMP, or equivalent certifications (preferred)

·       Demonstrated proficiency in oral and written English and Arabic

·       Hands-on infrastructure security design, configuration, hardening, testing, and troubleshooting

·       Security architecture management across large-scale infrastructure and smart city environments

·       Physical security systems, OT security, and cybersecurity integration management

·       Infrastructure security frameworks, technical standards, and security blueprint development

·       Security risk assessment, vulnerability management, and infrastructure protection planning

·       Technical security governance and operational security readiness oversight

·       Cross-functional security integration across network, compute, OT, infrastructure systems, and operational environments

·       Security compliance management and technical assurance activities

·       Strategic stakeholder engagement and multidisciplinary technical leadership

·       Infrastructure resilience, critical infrastructure protection, and operational security alignment

·       Strong leadership, analytical, communication, problem-solving, and decision-making skills