D&C - Digital Strategy and Realization - Smart Cities and Digital Strategy - Senior Manager 1

<div><h3>Overview</h3><p>PwC Middle East | Posted Mar 6 | Full-time | Riyadh Region | Negotiable</p><p>Role: D&C - Digital Strategy and Realization - Smart Cities and Digital Strategy - Senior Manager 1</p><h3>Roles&Responsibilities</h3><ul><li>Smart City and Digital Strategy Development: Lead the development of smart city technology masterplans and digital transformation strategies for city authorities, governments and developers.</li><li>Develop multi-year digital transformation roadmaps with phased technology, data and organizational initiatives, including milestones and measurable impact on city performance and citizen experience.</li><li>Conduct in-depth competitive benchmarking and ecosystem analyses to evaluate leading global smart city destinations, governance models, and international frameworks; translate insights into actionable best practices for the regional context.</li><li>Define a cohesive digital vision and strategic direction for next-generation, sustainable, human-centric urban environments aligning urban design, infrastructure, data and digital service delivery.</li><li>Develop city-wide digital and data frameworks/guidelines that foster interoperability, open data exchange, platform integration and innovation across all city domains.</li><li>Advise clients on designing and delivering citizen-centric, digitally-enabled services leveraging emerging technologies to improve quality of life, operational efficiency and inclusivity across sectors.</li><li>Define, monitor and communicate measurable outcomes and success indicators for digital programmes ensuring alignment with national strategies, KPIs and global benchmarks.</li></ul><ul><li>Digital Platform and Ecosystem Design: Lead the design of integrated smart city digital architectures ensuring scalability, interoperability and resilience across city domains.</li><li>Ensure alignment with local and global cybersecurity, data governance and privacy standards, embedding trust in digital initiatives.</li><li>Collaborate with infrastructure, technology, and system integration partners to achieve seamless digital integration and operational interoperability across city domains.</li><li>Manage vendor selection and procurement strategy, including preparation of procurement documents, assessing proposals, defining SLAs and establishing vendor KPIs and performance frameworks.</li><li>Ensure data governance, interoperability, open-data framework and privacy/compliance frameworks promoting cross-entity data sharing, transparency and regulatory compliance.</li><li>Drive innovation and scalability by supervising pilot programs, proof-of-concepts and phased roll-outs of smart city digital services, ensuring transition from concept to full-scale implementation and measurable impact.</li></ul><ul><li>Emerging Technology and Innovation: Leverage AI, digital twins, IoT, advanced analytics and other technologies to optimise city operations, enhance decision-making and drive data-informed governance across urban ecosystems.</li><li>Conceptualise and deliver high-impact innovation use cases that improve urban capabilities across multiple city domains.</li><li>Foster partnerships with technology providers and startups to advise on accelerated adoption of next-generation smart solutions.</li><li>Continuously track global smart city trends and benchmark against leading cities/destinations to ensure strategies remain cutting-edge, scalable and future-ready.</li></ul><h3>Educational Qualifications&Certifications</h3><ul><li>Educational Background: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Urban Planning, Computer Science, Information Systems or related discipline.</li><li>A postgraduate degree focused on Information systems, digital transformation, urban innovation, Smart cities or related discipline is desirable.</li><li>Professional certifications (preferred): PMP, Prince 2, TOGAF, ITIL or credentials in Digital Strategy, Innovation or Emerging Technologies are an advantage.</li><li>Fluency in English is essential; Arabic proficiency is an advantage.</li></ul><h3>Work Experience</h3><ul><li>Minimum of 9-12 years of experience in management consulting or related strategic advisory roles, with at least 5 years focused on smart cities, digital transformation or innovation strategy.</li><li>Proven track record of advising city authorities, governments, and large developers on the formulation and execution of smart city strategies, digital masterplans and technology-driven transformation programs.</li><li>Demonstrated leadership in delivering large-scale, complex smart city initiatives such as design and implementation of digital/smart city platforms, data ecosystems and integrated urban solutions.</li><li>Demonstrated experience with data strategy, urban platforms or emerging technologies.</li><li>Strong understanding of international smart city frameworks and benchmarks.</li></ul></div>#J-18808-Ljbffr