AI Industry Architect - KSA

Location: Saudi Arabia. Due to Saudization local legal mandates, only Saudi nationals will be considered for external vacancies. What you'll build: You will design and deliver industry-specific, AI-driven solutions that solve high-value business challenges for SAP's most strategic customers. Your work will directly influence how AI is adopted, scaled, and ultimately productized within SAP's standard AI portfolio. In This Role, You Will: Shape end-to-end AI solutions that connect real industry processes with SAP S/4HANA, SAP BTP, and SAP Business AI capabilities; Help customers translate complex industry challenges into clear, actionable AI use cases that deliver measurable business impact; Drive digital transformation by ensuring solutions are technically feasible, scalable, and aligned with long-term business value; Work closely with customers in discovery sessions to identify priorities, design solutions, and guide adoption in live business processes; Lead agile delivery cycles from proof of concept to pilot and production; Act as a bridge between customers and SAP's global Product and Engineering teams; Create reusable accelerators, reference architectures, and best practices. What you bring: Solid grounding in data and AI/ML concepts, including data modeling, APIs, and common AI patterns; Strong end-to-end understanding of industry processes within Oil & Gas, Public Sector, Manufacturing, Utilities, or Retail; Confidence in customer-facing and partner-facing interactions; A strong software engineering foundation (Python, Java, TypeScript) with hands-on experience in SAP BTP, integrations, and at least one major SAP domain; Comfort operating in a forward-deployed, high-ownership role; Fluency in English; additional Arabic language skills are a plus.