Chief Operating Officer / Delivery Unit Head

Chief Operating Officer / Delivery Unit Head of the Artificial Intelligence Delivery Unit, running day-to-day operations of all six pillar delivery teams.

• Manage the day-to-day operations of all pillar delivery teams and establish the Unit's delivery cadence (sprints, stand-ups, milestone reviews, quarterly stocktakes)
• Maintain the master delivery roadmap, portfolio dashboard and delivery calendar; consolidate progress across pillars and track dependencies and risks, driving timely unblocking
• Prepare Chief Minister and AI Wing stocktakes that answer, for every priority: what was promised, what has moved, what is blocked, what decision is needed and who is accountable
• Enforce a consistent product delivery methodology across pillars: problem statements, success metrics and stage gates from discovery through prototype, pilot, production and scale
• Coordinate cross-functional resourcing between pillar squads, the Data & Intelligence and AI Engineering wings and outsourced development partners
• Quality-assure deliverables before departmental hand-over and PSC reporting; own the overall delivery KPIs of the Unit
• Coach Pillar Heads and Product/Deployment Managers and institutionalize delivery playbooks and cross-pillar knowledge management
• Deputize for the Project Director as required

• Master's degree (16 years of education) in Public Policy, Economics, Business Administration, Public Administration, Management, Information Technology or Computer Science, in Business Administration, Computer Engineering/Sciences, Economics, Information Technology, Management, Public Administration, Public Policy, recognised by HEC
• Master's degree (16 years of education) in Public Policy, Economics, Business Administration, Public Administration, Management, Information Technology, Computer Science or a related field from an HEC-recognized university
• Previous C-level leadership or experience leading public sector organizations, technology organizations or large-scale transformation programs an advantage
• Preference would be given to foreign qualified candidates with proven track record
• Multi-team agile delivery management at scale
• Portfolio, dependency and risk management
• Track record of interface with governments, public sector and foreign institutions
• Stage-gate governance and product-delivery discipline
• Data-driven performance management (OKRs, dashboards, stocktakes)
• Strong facilitation, capacity building, coaching and executive reporting skills

• Required experience: At least 12 years
• At least 12 years of relevant professional experience including program/project management, public-sector reforms, digital transformation, technology-enabled initiatives, policy implementation or organizational management; previous C-level leadership an advantage
• Experience accepted from: Public Sector Organizations, Private Sector Organizations

• All candidates: 30 – 55 years
• Age is counted on the closing date, 12 Nov 2026.

An upper limit of 55 years means you must not have reached that age on the date age is counted. A relaxation applies only to the candidates the advertisement names, with the proof it asks for.

1. Interview

• Paper type: Mcqs

• Domicile

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22 Oct 2026

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