Data & AI Lead – Head, MEA

Project & Programme Management

UAE-Dubai Permanent Negotiable

Job Overview:

My client is seeking a hands-on Data & AI Leader to run the Data and AI practice in MEA. You will be responsible for Growth, Practice development, end-to-end customer engagements, Alliances, thought leadership, and innovation. Also be responsible for pre-sales solutioning to delivering strategic transformation programs.

This role blends deep technical expertise, business acumen, and P&L responsibility to lead client conversations, craft compelling solutions, and ensure delivery of high-impact data and AI-driven transformation.

Key Responsibilities:

Pre-Sales & Solution Engineering

  • Engage with enterprise and government clients to understand their business needs and data maturity.
  • Design and present tailored solutions leveraging AI, ML, Data Engineering, Generative AI, and modern cloud-native platforms (e.g., Azure, AWS, GCP).
  • Lead RFP responses, technical proposal development, and effort estimation.
  • Collaborate with alliance teams (e.g., Microsoft, AWS, Databricks) for joint GTM opportunities.
  • Conduct workshops and technical demos to evangelize capabilities.

Transformation Delivery Leadership

  • Lead and oversee AI & data transformation engagements across sectors (e.g., BFSI, Public Sector, Healthcare, Telco).
  • Ensure the successful delivery of programs-data modernization, AI PoCs to production

Practice & Capability Development

  • Build and groom a high-performance team of AI consultants, engineers, and analysts.
  • Define reusable frameworks, AI accelerators, and reference architectures.
  • Stay current with trends in Generative AI, Agentic AI, LLMOps, and Responsible AI.
  • Contribute to thought leadership (whitepapers, blogs, webinars, etc.)

Key Skills & Experience:

  • 15+ yearsof experience in Data, Analytics, and AI domains, with at least 8+ years in a client-facing pre-sales / advisory capacity and leadership role
  • Proven experience in leading data-driven transformation programs on cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP).
  • Strong understanding of ML lifecycle, Generative AI, LLM fine-tuning, Prompt Engineering, and MLOps.
  • Experience working with enterprise clients in the Middle East is a strong advantage.
  • Excellent communication, storytelling, and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s or master’s in computer science, Engineering, Data Science, or equivalent.
  • Certifications in Azure AI Engineer, AWS Machine Learning, or GCP Data Engineering.
  • Prior experience with consulting firms or digital transformation service providers.

*** Only successful candidates will be contacted ***

Salt is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Job Information

Job Reference: JO-2507-354837
Salary: Negotiable
Salary per: annum
Job Duration:
Job Start Date: 01/09/2025
Job Industries: Project & Programme Management
Job Locations: UAE-Dubai
Job Types: Permanent

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