Digital Portfolio Lead

We are seeking an experienced Digital Portfolio Lead to oversee a strategic digital product portfolio in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This techno-functional leadership role is responsible for driving end-to-end portfolio delivery, aligning business objectives with technology execution, and leading cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality digital products and services. The successful candidate will work closely with senior stakeholders, provide strategic direction across multiple workstreams, and ensure effective governance, delivery excellence, and continuous improvement.ResponsibilitiesLead the overall strategy, governance, planning, and delivery of an assigned product portfolio, ensuring alignment with business objectives.Manage and coordinate cross-functional teams across product management, business analysis, architecture, engineering, QA, UX, DevOps, and production support.Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and act as the primary point of contact for portfolio priorities, progress, risks, and decision-making.Translate business priorities into delivery roadmaps, milestones, and actionable outcomes.Participate in solution and architecture discussions to ensure technical solutions align with business and product objectives.Oversee end-to-end delivery from discovery and design through development, testing, deployment, and production support.Establish portfolio governance, reporting, risk management, dependency management, and resource planning.Monitor delivery performance, quality, timelines, and overall portfolio outcomes while driving continuous improvement.Mentor delivery managers, product owners, technical leads, and other key team members.Ensure compliance with architecture, security, quality, governance, documentation, and production readiness standards.RequirementsBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or a related discipline.10+ years of experience in technology delivery, digital transformation, product management, consulting, or program management.At least 5+ years of experience leading complex digital programs, product portfolios, or multiple cross-functional delivery teams.Proven experience delivering large-scale digital transformation initiatives within government or enterprise environments.Strong techno-functional expertise with the ability to bridge business needs and technical delivery.Experience managing multiple digital products, Agile teams, vendors, and stakeholders.Strong understanding of digital platforms, solution architecture, enterprise integrations, APIs, cloud technologies, cybersecurity, DevOps, and quality assurance.Strong portfolio governance, delivery planning, risk management, and executive stakeholder management skills.Excellent leadership, communication, negotiation, and problem-solving abilities.Professional proficiency in English; Arabic language skills are an advantage.Previous experience working within the public sector or large enterprise organizations is preferred.Saudi Nationals are encouraged to apply.