Summary
The Islamic Development Bank is hiring a Lead Digital Business Development Specialist for its Jeddah headquarters on a fixed-term contract. The role leads digital solution and product delivery, guides development teams, and oversees architecture, quality, performance, and stakeholder coordination. Applicants need a relevant master’s degree and 10 years of product development experience, including 3 years in a managerial or supervisory role; experience with at least 5 full-cycle implementations is also required. English is mandatory, while Arabic and French are preferred. Applications close on 2026-11-18.
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OVERVIEW
Business Unit:
President Complex
Department:
Information Management and Disruptive Technology
Division/Section:
Solution Delivery
Country:
Saudi Arabia
Location:
IsDB, HQ Jeddah
Job Grade:
E4
Contract Type:
Fixed Term
Closing Date:
18-Nov-2026
JOB PURPOSE
The Digital Business Development Lead is responsible to; develop and implement digital solutions aligned with organizational digital strategy and objectives, identify and cultivate strategic partnerships with key stakeholders, including technology vendors, platforms, and industry partners. Should be able to provide leadership and guidance to software development teams, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards. As a lead, should collaborate with internal and external, track and analyze key performance indicators (KPIs) related to software development initiatives, and implement measures to optimize performance and achieve business objectives.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
• Provide guidance, mentorship, and technical expertise to the development team, ensuring adherence to best practices and standards.
• Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of development projects, including defining project scope, timelines, and resource allocation.
• Drive the architectural design and technical approach for development projects, ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance.
• Conduct code reviews, ensure code quality and adherence to coding standards, and implement quality assurance processes.
• Foster a collaborative and inclusive team environment, encouraging knowledge sharing, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with stakeholders, including product managers, business analysts, and clients, to understand requirements and priorities, and communicate project progress and technical solutions effectively.
• Identify and mitigate technical risks and challenges, proactively addressing issues to ensure project success.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, including design documents, architectural diagrams, and code documentation, to support knowledge transfer and future maintenance.
• Evaluate new technologies and tools and make recommendations for their adoption to improve development processes and outcomes.
• Identify performance bottlenecks and optimize code and infrastructure to improve application performance and scalability.
• Collaborates with the Enterprise Architect on alignment of platforms and support collaboration with the Business to build and strengthen the architecture pillars mainly those tied to the business e.g.: Information and Application architecture.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives, including process optimization, tooling enhancements, and automation, to increase efficiency and effectiveness in development processes.
• Ensure that the related department’s demands adhere to the demand intake process with a strong business case in place and plan to ensure the annual work plan is based on a good foundation for planning and implementation.
• Manage the end-to-end solution delivery for the product group, according to agile methodologies, from solution design, to delivery, operations, and maintenance to ensure the quality at each stage gate meets the expected outcome and execution meets the deadlines through the life cycle of the implementation, and ensure the reliability, the timely resolution of raised issues, and the satisfaction of business users with the applications and services provided.
• Manage and ensure the effective achievement of functional objectives through leadership of the Team. Setting Team and individual objectives, conducting regular meetings, managing performance, developing and motivating staff, provision of formal and informal feedback, and appraisal to maximize subordinates and Team performance.
• Review the prioritized business, functional, and technical requirements and provide feedback to the Business Analyst and Business relationship manager based on product subject-matter expertise.
• Understand immediate technology priorities, support innovation proofs of concept and trials and recommend areas for Innovation Hub research and development.
• Coordinate product-level issues and escalate to the solution delivery manager when required to proactively ensure issues are managed with the stakeholders at the required pace.
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
- Master’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field.
- 10 years of experience in product development, 3 years of which need to be in a managerial or relevant supervisory role.
- Languages: English: Mandatory | Arabic: Preferred | French: Preferred
SKILLS & NECESSARY KNOWLEDGE
- Hands-on experience in Solution Architectures including cloud SA and preferably Azure.
- Hands-on experience in solution design and UML modeling
- Knowledge in various application platforms; web, desktop and mobile.
- Hands-on experience in standard SDLC methodologies; waterfall, agile, and DevOps.
- At least 5 full cycle project implementations.
- Experience in JAVA frameworks.
- Senior level experience in SAP solutions; ABAP, PI/PO, ERP, NetWeaver, SAP BPM.
- Hands-on experience in APIs (WS, RS), Artificial Intelligence, Integration, Machine Learning.
- Project management experience is an advantage.
ABOUT APPLICATION PROCESS
If you meet the criteria and you are enthusiastic about the role, we would welcome your application. To complete the application you would need the following document(s):
- Resume/CV
- Copy of passport
- Academic certificate
If you are currently an IsDB Regular staff applying for this role and get selected through the competitive selection process; your current contract type and other terms and conditions will remain unchanged.
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