Senior Communications Manager; Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; In-office; Full-time; Industry: Financial Services; Public Relations & Communications

 

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Job Title: Senior Communications Manager

• Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; In-office; Full-time
• Industry: Financial Services; Public Relations & Communications

Overview:

• MSelect is looking to hire a Senior Communications Manager for an international fintech client in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
• Candidates must have a minimum of 8 years of experience in communications, corporate communications, PR, or non-profit mission-driven communications.
• Fluency in English and Arabic is a must.

Job Purpose:

• Senior Manager, Corporate Communications will be responsible for developing and executing external and internal communications strategy, advancing client business interests in Bahrain, Oman and Saudi Arabia (KBO cluster).
• He or she will be tailoring global strategy, managing communications agencies across the markets and implementing communications activities that meet the global, regional (CEMEA) and local business priorities while protecting and advancing clients.
• An ideal candidate is an experienced communications generalist, who excels at working collaboratively, delivering high-quality work and strives to become a strategic business partner to other functional leads.

Key Responsibilities:

• Proactively execute efficient and timely communications strategies and approaches that align to and support the regional business development priorities in markets of responsibility, including KBO
• Raise awareness of the company and improve its corporate reputation among critical audiences as measured by media coverage, message pull-through and, where possible, perception audits
• Build and implement product communications plans, with a focus on digital payments and innovation
• Direct and manage communications agencies to ensure that corporate messages and news stories are managed and distributed in a way that enhances external perceptions of clients and meets business objectives, providing briefings, toolkits and advice
• Work with business units to develop and manage specific project-based campaigns and communications plans, ensure appropriate implementation through communications agency, monitor and manage against targets
• Work with Subject Matter Experts, and business units to agree on the messaging that supports business objectives and overall corporate narrative and ensure adoption across local markets' communications activities
• Manage corporate profiling for the market key speakers to support business objectives, and to develop a proactive plan for where their presence can add the most value
• Foster relationships with key media representatives, pitching stories appropriately and effectively with a focus on Tier1 outlets in markets of responsibility Become a contributor to crisis and issues management
• Manage evaluation of media monitoring to provide reporting
• Manage budgets for Corporate Communications for the indicated markets, communications agencies and campaigns assigned
• Ensure appropriate communications processes are aligned with global requirements, documented, in place and followed, including approvals
• Liaise with major partners to develop shared strategy and messages for significant launches including all approvals required
• Develop and execute internal communications strategy and develop plans and key messages to support GCC business priorities and executive speaking engagements to engage employees
• Partner closely with colleagues driving external communications to ensure message alignment and consistency, and to generate new content ideas
• Plan and execute internal events including all-staff meetings, speaker series programs and other employee engagement events, which include creating narrative themes, developing executive messaging, and overseeing event logistics
• Work with cross-functional teams to support various employee communications initiatives
• Leverage an in-depth understanding of the Saudi Arabian market, including cultural, economic, and regulatory factors, to tailor communication strategies effectively
• Develop and implement targeted digital and social media strategies specific to Saudi Arabia to engage with local audiences and stakeholders
• Work closely with the Social Impact team to incorporate Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives that resonate with Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030, promoting the client’s role in social and economic development
• Utilize AI tools and data analytics to enhance communication strategies, optimize media monitoring, and personalize content for different audience

Requirements:

• 8+ years of experience in communications, corporate communications, PR, or non-profit mission-driven communications
• Fluent Arabic and English speaker with strong copywriting skills in both languages
• Previous experience in Saudi Arabia or the broader GCC region is highly preferred
• Expertise in managing and leveraging social media platforms popular in Saudi Arabia, such as Twitter and LinkedIn, for corporate communications
• Communications acumen Strategic thinker, strong judgment, research and data-driven, understanding of audiences, tools, technologies, and best practices, able to represent clients publicly
• Writing excellence Clarity and conciseness, corporate narrative and storytelling, insights-driven content development, language proficiency, content organization and adaptation, information that resonates with audiences
• Communications Planning and Program Management Multi-channel communications planning, project management audience mapping and prioritization, digital mindset, measurement
• Business Acumen Understanding business and ecosystem, strategic imperatives and priorities, data privacy, innovation, products payments and fintech, digital currency and crypto, budget development and planning, policies, standards, guidelines, and processes
• Partnership and Relationship Management Executive management and counselling, stakeholder and client management, presentation skills cross-functional program management, network of contacts, agency and partners management, cultural nuances
• Leadership Champion Leadership Principles, accountability, empathy, and credibility support leaders in driving the company culture, flexibility, influencing skills
• Highly proficient in PowerPoint, Word, and Excel, comfortable managing spreadsheets, devising formulas, and performing data analysis

*Only applicants meeting the strict criteria outlined above will be contacted as part of the shortlisting process.

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Fire & Life Safety Consultant; Location: Riyadh, Ar Riyāḍ, Saudi Arabia; In-office; Full-time; Salary: US$80K - US$80K per annum; Industry: Health and Safety

 

Job Title: Fire & Life Safety Consultant

• Location: Riyadh, Ar Riyāḍ, Saudi Arabia; In-office; Full-time
• Salary: US$80K - US$80K per annum
• Industry: Health and Safety

Overview:

Fire Safety Consultant (Fire Alarms), KSA will be highly motivated and experienced with strong analytical and creative thinking skills to manage diverse project workloads across KSA.

This will be a client-facing role and therefore a solid technical understanding along with excellent communication and organizational skills are a must.

In this role, you will demonstrate experience and passion in Code Consulting, Fire Protection System Design, particularly Fire Detection and Alarms Systems.

Qualifications:

• Relevant experience in Code consulting, design of fire detection & alarm systems.
• 10 years of experience in Fire engineering/consulting is highly desirable.
• Excellent report writing and interpersonal skills are required along with excellent communication skills including speaking and writing in English. Ability to present clear and technically sound fire protection engineering strategies, speak in public, negotiate, explain fire protection concepts, and enforce standards while strengthening relationships, occasionally under pressure.
• Should be able to work independently and as part of a team, enjoying professional challenges and wanting to be an integral part of the long-term growth of the client.
• Strong Project Management capabilities and understanding of Project Financial management.
• Expert knowledge of NFPA suite of codes and standards in particular NFPA 72.

Responsibilities:

• Managed projects and coordinated the technical workload of diverse projects implementing a variety of Fire & Life Safety consulting projects across KSA displaying expert experience in Code consulting, design of fire suppression & alarm systems, and developing performance-based strategies in a project design environment.
• Riyadh-based project assignment, however, travel may be required occasionally across project sites for meetings, workshops, and inspections.
• Attend client project & design meetings managing project expectations and completing assigned tasks on schedule and within budget.
• Prepare and present Technical Reports and presentations.
• Lead and carry out Design reviews, participating in various levels of Business Development meetings and presentations with Clients assisting in the development of effective business proposals and solutions.

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Senior Software Engineer; Location: Partially Remote Nagavara, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India; Salary: US$36 - 55 K/Year; Longterm (Duration)

 

Job Title: Senior Software Engineer

• Work Location: Partially Remote Nagavara, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
• Annual salary: US$36 - 55 K/Year; Longterm (Duration)

Description:

As a Senior Software Engineer, your role will be instrumental in advancing healthcare interoperability. We're currently developing a self-service global infrastructure designed to facilitate seamless, secure, and compliant data exchange between data providers (such as care providers) and data consumers (including applications, lab systems, IoT devices, and other care providers). Our mission extends to a global scale, presenting an array of challenges due to diverse healthcare processes, diverse electronic health record (EHR) implementations, unique terminologies, fragmented data (standards), and varying regulations.

Things you could be working on:

• Build a pre-fetch service that ensures medical images are available on the local PACS device when needed
• Build a Metrics API that aggregates, stores and exposes tens of millions of data points from different sources that provide insights to our customers
• Build world class developer experience for our platforms.
• Work on a data normalisation and terminology layer that ensures a uniform gateway experience independent of the EHR system that is interacted with.
• Expand our interaction patterns by adding new functional flows in a standardized way.
• Rewrite a performance heavy service from Java to golang.

In our engineering team:

• We value teamwork and collaborate to tackle complex problems.
• We actively contribute to the roadmap.
• We perform code reviews and test our work. These activities are integral to our daily workflow. We prioritize quality over quantity.
• We all have the ability to push code to production; ownership is a core value.
• We can contribute across the entire codebase, ensuring a collaborative and inclusive environment.
• We have engineering leadership that has a technical background. We provide mentorship and guidance.
• We are committed to your individual growth and invest in your professional development.
• We work on projects that positively impact the world every day.
• We have a remote first culture, but like to meet once a week in our clubhouse.

Our Technology Stack

• Back-end: Java, Golang, Python, Postgres, Redpanda, Redis, Pact.
• Front-end: Vue 3, Typescript, Nuxt, Vite, Pinia, Antdv, Pact, Playwright.
• Infrastructure: Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS.
• Tooling: Gitlab, Elastic, Prometheus, Alert manager, Github co-pilot, Unleash, Sentry, ArgoCD, Linear.
• Working methodology: Shape up.

Our Ideal Candidate

• Demonstrates a versatile engineering skill set, contributing to various parts of the platform; a true Polyglot engineer.
• Is comfortable working with two or more of the following languages: TypeScript, Golang, Python, or Java(mandatory).
• Brings multiple years of production experience with event-driven (micro)services in a scaling environment.
• Advocates for a strong engineering culture and cloud native thinking. Actively supports its continuous improvement.
• Possesses a proactive "can-do and can-learn" mindset.
• Has the ambition to grow to a staff level position and understands what it takes to get there.

The Recruitment Process

• Introductory call - with our People Partner. We look forward to getting to know you and tell you all about Founda.
• Team Introduction Call - with two of your future peer engineers.
• Technical Case - Deep-Dive Session - with two of your future peer engineers. A technical conversation covering a wide range of topics focused on our technical stack.
• Conversation with our Engineering Managers: A final conversation to talk about company goals, your ambitions and shared expectations.
• Our offer. Including all the time and space you need to ask any questions. Our people team is ready to support you in this final step.

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