Vice President – Digital Workspace

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Hiring Remotely in Abu Dhabi, ARE
Remote
Expert/Leader
Real Estate
The Role
Lead the Group's digital workspace strategy and delivery, owning service desk, end-user support, devices, collaboration and AV technology. Manage outsourced partners, establish experience-level agreements, standardize workspace estates, support corporate events, and build a Digital Workspace team while partnering with Information Security and Technology Governance.
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JOB PURPOSE

Own the technology experience of every Aldar employee: the services, devices and workplace technology through which the Group's people work every day, covering service desk, end-user support, end-user software and devices, audio-visual and meeting room technology, and technology support for corporate events.
 
Shift end-user services from reactive support to a managed employee experience, measured by how well people can work, not only by ticket statistics, delivered through internal teams and outsourced managed services across all Group locations.
 
The role is for a UAE National
 

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES


Digital Workspace Strategy & Experience:

Define and evolve the digital workspace strategy: devices, end-user software, collaboration tools and workplace technology.
 
Establish employee experience measures (experience-level agreements) alongside traditional service levels, and manage to them.
 
Standardize the workspace estate across the Group and subsidiaries, reducing variants and local exceptions.

Service Desk & End-User Support:

Own the Group service desk and end-user support services, delivered through outsourced IT Managed Services.
 
Ensure responsive, high-quality support across all entities and locations, including on-site presence where required.
 
Drive first-contact resolution, self-service adoption and support automation.

Workplace Technology & Events:

Own audio-visual and meeting room technology across the Group's offices, ensuring reliable, consistent collaboration experiences.
 
Provide technology support for corporate events with professional execution.
 
Plan workplace technology for new offices and refurbishments with Corporate Services.

End-User Software & Device Lifecycle:

Own the end-user device and software lifecycle: standards, provisioning, refresh, patching coordination and retirement.
 
Ensure secure configuration of the workspace estate in partnership with Information Security.
 
Manage software licensing hygiene for end-user tools with Technology Governance.

Service Performance & Improvement:

Manage managed services performance against service-level and experience-level agreements, with structured improvement plans.
 
Use experience and usage data to prioritize improvements that employees actually feel.
 
Contribute workspace service definitions to the Group's service catalogue and chargeback model.

Leadership & Talent Development:

 
Build and lead the Digital Workspace team and direct outsourced delivery partners.
 
Develop service management capability and support Emiratization objectives.
 
 

RELATED YEAR OF EXPERIENCE

Minimum of 10+ years in end-user services, digital workplace or IT service management leadership within large organizations.


YOE IN MANAGERIAL POSITION

Minimum of 2+ years of managerial experience in a related field.


FIELD OF EXPERIENCE

Service desk and workplace services delivered through outsourced managed services
 
Device and end-user software lifecycle management at scale
 
Experience-level measurement introduction is an advantage

TECHNICAL AND INTERPERSONAL SKILLS

 
Employee-experience obsessed; sees the workspace through the user's eyes, not the ticket queue
 
Strong vendor manager; gets performance from managed services without micromanaging them
 
Visible and service-minded leader; workspace issues are personal, immediate and universal
 
Disciplined on standards while pragmatic about executive and event-critical needs

QUALIFICATION

 
Bachelor's degree in a relevant field is required
 
Master's degree is preferable

Skills Required

  • UAE National
  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant field
  • Master's degree
  • Minimum 10+ years in end-user services, digital workplace or IT service management leadership within large organizations
  • Minimum 2+ years managerial experience in a related field
  • Experience delivering service desk and workplace services through outsourced managed services
  • Device and end-user software lifecycle management at scale
  • Experience with audio-visual and meeting room technology and event technology support
  • Strong vendor management and ability to manage outsourced delivery partners
  • Ability to define and manage experience-level agreements and service improvement plans
  • Experience managing software licensing hygiene and secure workspace configuration in partnership with Information Security
  • Experience introducing or working with experience-level measurement (advantage)
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The Company
20 Employees

What We Do

AlDar Properties was incorporated in 2004 by the founder, Mr. Sulaiman Al-Banai. The company is engaged in property management of multi-family residential properties & commercial properties throughout Doha, Qatar. We are focused on maintaining a large diverse portfolio of properties; furnished, semi-furnished & unfurnished. Here at AlDar Properties, we are committed in giving our valued customers the best quality at affordable prices, with no agency fee. We are simply the experts in the art of real estate with a team that is trained to understand all of your needs and provide you with clear expert advice to help you easily navigate the process and give you the best living experience

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