178 open roles at SDAIA
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SDAIA is the Saudi state's central AI body — running the National Strategy for Data & AI, the country's sovereign LLM (ALLaM), and the talent pipeline behind Vision 2030's AI mandate. It hires both Saudi nationals and senior internationals on premium relocation terms.
SDAIA by the numbers.
178
Verified live postings
+212%
Net-new AI hires (12-month)
Sovereign · Vision 2030 mandate
AI Policy · National AI Infrastructure
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Who runs talent at SDAIA.
Abdullah Alghamdi
President
Esam Alwagait
Director, National Information Center
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