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Who Are We HALA is a leading fintech player in the MENAP region that aims to redefine financial services and build the future bank of SMEs. HALA aims at empowering SMEs to start, run, and grow their businesses by providing them with cutting-edge financial and technological tools. HALA currently holds multiple entities in UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt (including HALA Payments and HALA Logistics) and offers solutions that enable merchants to digitize their payments as well as manage their sales and operations. Founded in 2017, HALA is currently licensed by the Saudi Arabian Central Bank. Job Description Operations Risk & Governance Manager Job Purpose The Operations Risk & Governance Manager ensures that operational processes, controls, and product launches are well governed, compliant, and managed within HALA’s risk appetite. The role works closely with Operations, Product, Technology, Risk, Compliance, Information Security, and Internal Audit to identify risks, strengthen controls, manage incidents, and support safe product launches. Key Responsibilities Operational Risk and Controls Maintain the Operations risk register and track mitigation actions. Conduct risk and control assessments across operational processes. Review the design and effectiveness of key operational controls. Identify control gaps and ensure corrective actions are completed. Monitor operational risk indicators, incidents, losses, and recurring issues. Escalate material risks and control failures to management. Product Launch Governance Manage the governance process for new product and service launches. Ensure all launches complete the required risk, compliance, operational, technology, security, and customer-impact assessments. Coordinate launch-readiness reviews with Product, Technology, Compliance, Risk, Operations, Finance, and Customer Experience. Confirm that operating procedures, controls, training, customer support, reporting, and incident processes are ready before launch. Maintain

About Scale AI Scale's rapidly growing Global Public Sector team is focused on using AI to address critical challenges facing governments around the world. Our core work consists of: Creating custom AI applications that will impact millions of citizens Generating high-quality training data for national LLMs Upskilling and advisory services to spread the impact of AI As these applications move from prototype to production, we're investing heavily in the infrastructure and people that keep them reliable, secure, and trusted by our government partners. At Scale, we're not just building AI solutions - we're enabling the public sector to transform their operations and better serve citizens through cutting-edge technology. If you're ready to shape the future of AI in the public sector and be a founding member of our team, we'd love to hear from you. Role Overview We are looking for a technically strong and customer-oriented Engineering Manager to lead the development of AI applications for Saudi government clients. This role sits at the intersection of engineering leadership, AI/ML delivery, and direct client engagement—requiring someone who is equally comfortable presenting to a government stakeholder as they are reviewing a system architecture or shipping code. As a founding member of our regional team, you will help define how Scale AI shows up for some of the most ambitious public sector AI initiatives in the Gulf. If you thrive in fast-paced, high-impact environments and want to shape the future of AI in government, we would love to hear from you. What You'll Do Lead and manage a team of engineers delivering AI-powered applications for KSA government clients, ensuring high-quality output and on-time delivery Serve as the primary technical point of contact for KSA government stakeholders—translating complex engineering concepts into clear, accessible language for non-technical audiences Design, build, and optimize full stack AI applications end-to-end, fro

About the team: Scale is growing rapidly, and joining the Global Public Sector team is an opportunity to work on one of the most rapidly expanding teams at Scale. This team is responsible for generating, executing, and fostering Scale’s work outside of the United States. There are three core types of work involved: Building custom AI applications for government Providing high-quality training data for research institutions building LLMs from scratch Partnerships, upskilling, and advisory About the role: As the Engagement Manager, you will be responsible for establishing deep customer and prospect relationships, proactively identifying opportunities where Scale can build custom AI applications to improve lives for citizens and residents, overseeing the execution to ensure timelines are met and/or communicated effectively, interfacing with premier research institutions to discuss how Scale can best support them, and partnering with organizations who are looking to train and educate people on how to use AI, AI safety, and more. You and your team will work closely with the business development and go-to-market team, the product and engineering execution teams, and various customers and prospects to ensure success. The ideal candidate has a nose for value and opportunity, is highly personable and can build relationships with all types of stakeholders, is an excellent communicator, is highly organized, and has a demonstrated track record of high-achievement. They are naturally empathetic and excel at building long-term relationships through diligent problem-solving and thoughtful, strategic discussions. The blend of customer engagement, operations, and business development to drive our most important outcomes makes this a unique and exciting role at the heart of one of Scale's most exciting growth businesses. You will: Drive the process of identifying high-value use cases for custom LLMs that Scale can build within government entities Partner

Scale is growing rapidly, and joining the Global Public Sector team is an opportunity to work on one of the most exciting and quickly expanding teams at Scale. This team is responsible for generating, executing, and fostering Scale’s work with governments and government-backed entities outside of the United States. We develop bespoke solutions that leverage our customers’ proprietary data and expertise to transform their organizations with AI. We work with them to understand their pain points and workflows and then forward deploy our team to build cutting-edge solutions. The applications we build are powered by the Scale GenAI Platform, a full stack product to build, test and deploy frontier AI systems. Developing custom AI applications Building custom LLMs Providing high-quality training data for research and government institutions building LLMs Developing partnerships to foster regional talent growth and AI adoption We are looking for an entrepreneurial and experienced product leader to play a pivotal role in the ideation and development of transformative AI solutions. The ideal candidate has deep experience with AI/ML application development, can think strategically about how to solve a problem, is an excellent listener, is comfortable getting into the weeds operationally, and has a strong understanding of software engineering principles and practices. You will be responsible for owning large AI projects for one or many customers. You will lead a cross-functional team of engineers, MLEs, and operators to build a highly impactful solution for our customers that will drive millions in revenue for our business as well. Responsibilities: Lead design workshops with the client to define custom AI solutions Scope out new AI application use cases across various government entities Lead cross-functional development of AI applications and custom LLMs with diverse stakeholders (Engineering + Ops + Go-to-Market) Consistently engage with future end-us

About Us Tamara is a leading fintech platform in Saudi Arabia and the GCC region with a mission to help people own their dreams built on being simple, trusted, and everywhere our customers need us. Today, more than 25 million customers and over 130,000 partner merchants depend on Tamara every day for reliable financial solutions across retail, travel, education, healthcare, and beyond. Tamara is backed by Sanabil Investments, a wholly owned company of the Public Investment Fund (PIF), and SNB Capital, among others. Your Role We're seeking an Engineering Manager II to lead a critical area of our engineering organization. In this role, you will be accountable for the delivery and technical strategy across multiple complex and related domains within our product. You will lead a high-performing team of 6-10 senior engineers, potentially structured across two squads, driving the execution of team-level goals that are directly aligned with broader organizational priorities. Drawing on your deep expertise in software development and proven leadership, you will guide the architectural evolution of your team's systems, ensuring they are reliable, scalable, and performant. You will be a key partner to product and business leadership, influencing medium- and long-term strategy and ensuring your teams are focused on delivering measurable impact. Your ultimate responsibility is to orchestrate technical excellence, foster the growth of senior engineers and future leaders, manage complex cross-team dependencies, and transform how millions of users engage in shopping, payment, and banking activities. You are a driven, determined, and curious leader, who knows that collective strength means we all win. With a positive outlook, you are solution-oriented–persevering regardless of circumstances, always finding a way through, no matter the challenges. You will effectively find a way to work with everyone through empathy and respect. You will be driven and comfortabl

About Us Tamara is a leading fintech platform in Saudi Arabia and the GCC region with a mission to help people own their dreams built on being simple, trusted, and everywhere our customers need us. Today, more than 25 million customers and over 130,000 partner merchants depend on Tamara every day for reliable financial solutions across retail, travel, education, healthcare, and beyond. Tamara is backed by Sanabil Investments, a wholly owned company of the Public Investment Fund (PIF), and SNB Capital, among others. About Your Role: It is a comprehensive and hands-on experience designed to accelerate your growth within the dynamic realm of Product. You will work with an executive mentor to help tackle company-wide initiatives with key stakeholders and gain professional development while handling live business challenges, making a mark from day one. Key Responsibilities: Create high quality requirements and user stories that accurately capture the user’s pain point Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including engineering, design, and marketing to deliver high quality products on time Work with squad members to gather feedback and incorporate it into the product development process. Support product policies and procedures, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements Support the team in defining and prioritizing Partner Self-Serve initiatives across the Partner Portal, Partner/Business mobile app, and merchant help centers. Coordinate with Engineering, Design, Partner Care, and other stakeholders to manage the backlog, document requirements and acceptance criteria, and follow initiatives from discovery through launch. Analyze partner contacts, journey data, and operational insights to identify friction and help turn support-heavy processes into simple in-app self-serve workflows. Help build tooling and surveys that systematically collect partner insights and feedback, using the findings to improve processes and measure the support experience pro