Business Architect (IOT and AI)
Date: 7 Sep 2024
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Company: Al Rostamani Group of Companies LLC
Every employee at Al Rostamani Group plays a role in making a real difference to the business and our customers. We care for our employees by offering them meaningful and purposeful work and an opportunity to grow, learn, contribute and succeed. Today, the Al Rostamani Group has come a long way since its birth in 1957. Our group has grown steadfastly with the guiding principles of Commitment, Care & Vision, alongside a strong sense of active involvement in the community. We are a well-diversified group, with a key presence in industries such as General Trading, Automobiles and Heavy Equipment, Travel, Foreign Exchange, Financial Services, Property Management, Construction, Infrastructure Development and Information Technology Services. Our Group employs approximately 2000 people from 41 different nationalities, which contributes to our multicultural and multi-national environment.
Al Rostamani Communications is a leading IT & Telecommunication Solutions Provider and Systems Integrator, offering Innovative, Integrated Technology Solutions and Professional Services to customers in UAE and other GCC countries.
Job Purpose
We are seeking an experienced and strategic Business Architect with a strong focus on technology business development to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of both business operations and ICT systems, enabling them to develop and drive strategies that align with our clients' goals. The Business Architect will play a critical role in identifying emerging technologies and transforming these into new business opportunities, developing client relationships, and ensuring the successful delivery of these solutions
Job Responsibilities
- Define, review, analyse, evaluate ideas, projects and opportunities to develop new products, new technologies and business models for the Customer business
- Identify potential customers and lead the customer engagement through a business-focused approach
- Involve in a high-degree of interaction with customer business leaders and relevant stakeholders to solve complex business problems
- Involve various internal members - Solution Architects, Technical Architects, and Client Managers in customer engagement
- Engage with technology partners for business solutions roadmap
- Continuously acquire knowledge on latest technologies, skills, certifications and experiences in line with business architecture model
- Build credibility and rapport with Customer business and technology partner team
- Establish long term relationship with customer as a trusted advisor
- Cross-selling and up-selling opportunities
- Responsible for lead-generation, proposal reviews, follow-up, negotiation and closing deals along with Client Managers
- Business Development of new category solutions or products, establishing sales funnel through Client Managers and drive the sales
Job Requirements
Qualifications
- Diploma/Graduate in Computer engineering preferably IT/Electronics and Communication
- MBA/PG is preferred
Experience
- Minimum 5-8 years’ experience preferably as Business Development role
- Should have experience in Private/Public Cloud, Managed Service, Big Data, IoT and related technologies
Knowledge & Skills
- With business acumen in preparing costing sheets, NPV, proposals, ROI calculations, OPEX models
- Understanding of architecture frameworks, ITIL, ISO 9001, ROI, TCO, NPV, Hurdle rate
At Al Rostamani Group, we seek talented people who work hard to achieve great things. We consider not only your skills and experience, but also your passion for the role, your desire to learn and how well you align with our core values of care, commitment and vision. If this position represents an opportunity you wish to pursue, we invite you to apply.