General Manager Platforms & Engineering

Role Purpose

To execute approved digital initiatives by building scalable, secure, and high-performance platforms, applications, and data capabilities in alignment with architecturally governed roadmaps, ensuring reliable handover to operations and readiness for commercial deployment.

Position Information

• Unit: Digital \& Technology
• Division: Platforms \& Engineering
• Location: Muscat
• Grade: L1
• Line Manager: VP Digital \& Technology
• Minimum role requirements:
• Bachelor in relevant discipline
• 10 years of relevant experience with at least 5 years in a management position

Key Accountabilities

• Deliver initiatives approved through GMT and portfolio governance
• Execute according to defined sequencing, scope, and architectural standards
• Ensure build discipline and roadmap adherence
• Design and build modular, reusable digital platforms and integration layers
• Govern APIs, middleware, and system interoperability
• Support scalable and extensible platform ecosystems
• Develop, enhance, and modernize enterprise applications
• Ensure functional performance, scalability, and reliability
• Reduce legacy complexity through structured modernization
• Build and maintain enterprise data and AI platforms
• Ensure scalability, performance, and data integrity
• Enable advanced analytics and AI-driven capabilities
• Ensure performance validation, system stability, and scalability testing
• Embed security and compliance controls within engineering lifecycle
• Reduce post-release defects and production instability
• Ensure technical readiness prior to commercial launch
• Validate integration stability and performance thresholds
• Execute structured handover to GM Digital Service Operations
• Coordinate engineering execution with Architecture governance and Operations readiness
• Align build timelines with commercial launch milestones
• Surface technical risks impacting delivery or service continuity
• Manage system integrators and technology partners
• Ensure adherence to quality, security, and architectural standards
• Monitor vendor performance against delivery KPIs
• Build high-performance engineering teams across platforms and applications
• Strengthen DevSecOps, automation, and CI/CD maturity
• Foster accountability, technical excellence, and execution rigor

Key Competencies

Leadership

• Assertiveness and Conflict Resolution
• Fostering Learning and Development
• Inspiring and Leading Others
• Leading Change and Cultivates Innovation
• Visioning and Alignment

Behavioral

• Drives Achievements
• Ethics \& Compliance
• Timely Decision - Making