IT Governance Senior Specialist

About SiFi SiFi is a fast-growing B2B FinTech company specializing in spend management and card issuance solutions. We help companies take control of their spending, streamline expense workflows, and operate with greater efficiency.

Role Overview

The IT Governance Senior Specialist sets and governs the processes that control how SiFi runs and changes its technology. As a SAMA-licensed institution operating live payment systems, every production change and every service process has to be controlled, traceable and audit-ready. This role designs SiFi's IT governance, IT service management (ITSM) and change management processes together with the Infrastructure, Engineering and Cybersecurity teams, and makes sure they are implemented and followed. The processes must align with ITIL best practice and the SAMA IT Governance Framework, and hold up under audit and regulatory review.

Key Responsibilities

• IT Governance & Regulatory Alignment
• Develop and maintain IT governance policies, standards and procedures aligned with ITIL 4 and the SAMA IT Governance Framework
• Run gap and maturity assessments against SAMA requirements, and own the resulting remediation plans through to closure
• Prepare evidence and coordinate internal audits, external audits and regulatory reviews of IT governance controls
• Work with Cybersecurity GRC, Risk and Compliance on shared controls (SAMA Cyber Security and Business Continuity frameworks) 2. IT Service Management
• Co-design, roll out and continuously improve ITSM processes with Infrastructure, Engineering and Cybersecurity: incident, problem, service request, service level, configuration and asset, and knowledge management
• Define and maintain the IT service catalogue, SLAs and OLAs with Engineering, Operations and Customer Support
• Monitor third-party and vendor service levels and escalate breaches
• Configure process workflows in the ITSM platform and drive adoption across teams 3. Change Management
• Design and govern the change management framework: change request…