
Medtronic
IT Digital Lead, TURMECA Region
- Permanent
- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Experience 5 - 10 yrs
Job expiry date: 27/10/2026
Job overview
Date posted
12/09/2026
Location
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Salary
SAR 20,000 - 30,000 per month
Compensation
Comprehensive package
Experience
5 - 10 yrs
Seniority
Senior & Lead
Qualification
Bachelors degree
Expiration date
27/10/2026
Job description
TURMECA spans Türkiye, Russia, the Middle East and Central Asia, and this IT Digital Lead role sits inside Medtronic's IT EurAsia organization to help drive growth across that 25-country region from Riyadh. You partner closely with regional commercial leaders, turning strategy into practical digital and AI-enabled solutions that support market growth and improve customer engagement. IT strategy gets defined and executed in line with business priorities and transformation goals, working closely with Türkiye, Russia, Middle East & Central Asia Region Led Markets to understand business needs. Digital product ideation, creation and lifecycle management fall within scope, alongside close collaboration with the Regional Digital & AI Commercial Transformation Leader to accelerate value delivery through technology. You own and govern the IT portfolio, acting as the IT liaison for prioritization, investment decisions and return on investment management. Alignment between IT strategy and business decision makers gets maintained across Regions, Functions and Enablers, with IT products and services orchestrated end to end to support business objectives. Business and IT come together through this role, maximizing enterprise value and shared outcomes across the region. Joint accountability for Region, Function and Enabler goals rounds out the mandate, driving collective success across a fast-moving, strategically important part of the business.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Define and execute IT strategy aligned with business priorities and transformation goals
- Partner closely with TURMECA Region Led Markets to understand business needs and objectives across transformation initiatives
- Collaborate with the Regional Digital & AI Commercial Transformation Leader to accelerate value delivery through technology
- Drive digital product innovation, including ideation, creation and lifecycle management of new digital products and solutions
- Own and govern the IT portfolio, serving as IT liaison for prioritization, investment decisions and ROI management
- Ensure alignment between IT strategy and business decision makers across Regions, Functions and Enablers
- Orchestrate IT products and services end to end to support business objectives
- Act as a catalyst for business-IT convergence, maximizing enterprise value and outcomes
- Share joint accountability for Region, Function and Enabler goals
Experience & skills
- Hold a Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 7 years of relevant experience, or a Master's degree with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience
- Demonstrate leadership and influencing skills with a collaborative approach to shared accountability
- Communicate clearly and confidently, engaging diverse stakeholders through presentations and discussion
- Apply curiosity and hands-on interest in AI tools to improve ways of working
- Show experience contributing to or leading IT strategy execution aligned with business priorities
- Build trusted partnerships with commercial leaders in complex, multi-country environments
- Bring experience driving digital and AI initiatives and digital product innovation from idea to delivery
- Carry exposure to IT portfolio management, including prioritization, investment discussions and value realization
- Work across regions and functions, valuing collaboration, inclusion and different perspectives
- Offer fresh, out-of-the-box thinking combined with a pragmatic, results-driven approach
- Speak and write fluently in English