SVP of Applied Analytics Technologies

Job description / Role

As part of DarkMatter Group, Digital X1 (DX1) helps our clients deliver smart and safe digital transformations to deliver better results and services to their communities and customers. We are a full-service provider of smart and safe digital transformation to clients in the public and private sector.

We bring our integrated capabilities in design thinking and agile development, applied technologies, software engineering, cyber security, and digital talent development, to provide our clients with the digital tools, capabilities, and solutions to improve their ways of doing business, better understand their clients, and how they make decisions in order to achieve better results more productively and safely.

Digital X1 teams are dynamic and multi-disciplinary combining clients, DX1 members, and strategic partners to deliver tangible impact. We bring the brightest talent to tackle the most challenging tasks facing our clients; whether a government agency aiming to improve citizen journeys, and leverage analytics to make more effective fact-based policies, or a private sector company seeking to improve productivity and accelerate creative product development.

The Role

As SVP of Applied Analytics Technologies, leading DX1 Applied Technologies function and a key contributor and member of the DX1 senior leadership team driving the strategic path of the practice, shaping our offering and value proposition, building our team and capabilities, steering the team to deliver impact to our client, and representing the organization credibly and honorably with clients and the community.

In addition to the integrative leadership role, you will be driving the development of DX1's applied technologies capabilities and offering to deliver on our common leadership vision and commitments. Our aim is to be THE leading reference for digital design and delivery, and applied technologies regionally in the Middle East and a respected contributor in the domain of applied technologies globally. You will lead us to achieve this vision. You will be working closely with other members of the leadership team to architect solutions that best address the clients' challenges and ensuring that your team successfully deliver on the promise.

Requirements

In this role, you will:

- Define a compelling vision for DX1 applied analytics service offering by forming a comprehensive understanding of clients, users and business objectives
- Ensure the applied analytics function's plans, capabilities, and delivery are aligned with the overall DX1 direction and priorities
- Articulate DX1 Applied Technologies value proposition and service offering; Manage the needs of the multiple internal and external stakeholders to ensure that our value proposition to clients in Applied Technologies is cutting-edge and relevant
- Explore new technologies and trends with sizable potential impact for DX1 and ensure DX1 maintains leadership in the domain
- Bring great understanding of DX1's ecosystem and architecture, systematically thinking through potential design impacts on other teams, the company, and clients
- Own the building and development of the Applied Analytics Technologies team
- Lead the development of partnerships and technology acquisition efforts to expand DX1 capabilities in Applied Analytics Technologies
- Own the deployment of Applied Analytics Technologies teams on client programs (part of the overall client engagements)
- Provide technical leadership for the Applied Analytics Technologies team
- Work with the "Digital Design, Delivery, and Platforms" leadership to architect and deliver a scalable, secure, and reliable analytics platform

About the Company

DarkMatter is transforming the cyber security landscape. Headquartered in the UAE and operating globally, we're the region's first and only fully integrated digital defence and cyber security consultancy and implementation firm. Our elite team of global experts deliver advanced, next-generation solutions to governments and enterprises across the cyber security spectrum.

We help clients simplify the enormous complexity of today's ever-evolving cyber threats. Our vision is to protect the future by securing its technologies. Innovation and Research are cornerstones to our development and the activities in these areas underpin our entire range of offerings, including Secure Communications, Public Key Infrastructure and Big Data & Analytics products.