Manager, Global Development Center
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
As Manager of the Global Development Center at SABIC, I spearheaded the app modernization and agility development strategies. In this role, I analyzed technology, industry, and market trends (RPA, cognitive and micro-services, Citizen development) to determine their potential impact on the technical development life cycles. Additionally, I was responsible for defining, building, and maintaining the Web, Mobile, middleware, and any other development aspects in the business applications domain.As part of my role, I ensured that all policies, procedures, and systems’ best practices were applied in the diverse areas of IT while delivering applications development demands and ensured that all security requirements were met. I reviewed and understood requirements delivered by the peers' managers in CoE (center of excellence) Team and created and managed detailed technical specifications based on high-level designs.Furthermore, I inspired the team to adopt an open innovation culture and to do things in a more effective way. I also managed IT CIB projects/initiatives schedule, budget, and other financial matters and aligned them with Global IT Strategy & Planning and COE.As a leader in IT workstreams, I led technical and integration teams in CRM project planning and designed solutions to meet business requirements, aligned with the ERP team to enable business process automation. I enabled business strategies, goals, and objectives and their metrics, SLAs, and measures for Business applications technical development demands.