Physics
Systems thinking, analytical discipline and the habit of looking for the variable that actually changes the outcome.
Career profile · Saudi relocation
Governance, change and delivery for AI-enabled organisations.
My background is unusual. Physics taught me to model systems. Law taught me where accountability fails. Thirteen-plus years of practice taught me how to make the fix hold.
Target location · Riyadh primary, Eastern Province secondary · Employer-sponsored visa required
Why the background makes sense
Three disciplines, one operating pattern.
Law
Risk architecture, accountability, evidence and a practical view of where formal structures fail under real pressure.
Practice
Cross-functional delivery without a large team, through ambiguity, competing interests and implementation constraints.
The through-line is the ability to diagnose a messy system, translate requirements into roles, controls, registers and decisions, then work through implementation with the people who must use it.
Evidence recruiters can test
The profile is broad. The proof points are specific.
13+years
Legal, governance and operational work since November 2012
8companies
Sole legal and governance function across a multi-sector group
15domains
Operational IP system now being populated and embedded
2disciplines
Specialist Diplomas in Physics and Law
Selected evidence
Work that shows the operating pattern.
Designed a multi-module governance architecture and is now operationalising it.
Policies, agreements, ownership structures, registers, team guidance, sign-off waves and implementation routines across 15 numbered operational domains.
Worked as the only legal and governance function across eight companies.
Construction, manufacturing, healthcare, logistics and retail workstreams, including procurement, licensing, inspections, contracts, acquisitions and internal workflows.
Held responsibility across confidential, high-value matters without overstating ownership.
Prepared and supported tender documentation for public procurements exceeding RUB 100M under ongoing legal-services engagements. Contributed legal and documentary work to an industrial-asset acquisition valued at RUB 150M+, including document preparation and asset-transfer formalities.
Client identities and matter files are confidential. These are participation claims, not claims of sole deal ownership.Role families
Where the evidence is strongest now.
AI Governance & Change is the chosen market direction. It is not a claim of long AI-governance tenure.
Strong fit
Governance and implementation
- Governance Manager / Specialist
- Policy or PMO Governance
- Procurement and Vendor Governance
- IP and Data Governance
- Process Improvement
Plausible with a tailored case
Change and AI-enabled delivery
- Transformation and Change
- AI Adoption / Enablement
- Digital implementation consulting
- Project or Programme roles where governance is central
- Legal-governance privacy roles
Filter early
Different technical or local track
- ML / AI engineering
- Technical data platform ownership
- Cybersecurity leadership
- Arabic-essential roles
- Saudi-national-only roles
Experience
A career built close to the point where decisions become operations.
2025 - present
IP & Data Governance Consultant
Independent · software company engagement
Designed an IP and personal-data governance architecture and is now operationalising it with the team. The work includes policy suites, ownership structures, registers, process guides, sign-off waves and implementation routines.
2017 - present
Independent Legal Practice · Founder
Multi-workstream business practice
Contracts, procurement, compliance, regulatory processes and cross-functional operational problems for manufacturing, construction and technology businesses.
2012 - 2017
Legal Counsel
Eight-company group
The only legal function across construction, manufacturing, healthcare, logistics and retail entities. Covered procurement, licensing, inspections, acquisitions, contracts and internal workflows.
2009 - 2012
Public-Sector Analyst
Employment agencies
Built and maintained labour-market databases and prepared statistical and analytical reporting for regional government leadership.
Foundation
Physics and law, both completed as five-year Specialist degrees.
2004 - 2009
Specialist Diploma · Physics
Siberian Federal University · five-year degree2009 - 2013
Specialist Diploma · Law
Siberian Federal University · five-year degree · International Law and Legal StudiesRecent learning
Focused additions for the direction of travel.
Completed
Google Project Management Professional Certificate
Google · completed June 2026Completed
Intellectual Property as Competitive Advantage for Companies
EDHEC Business School · completed January 2026Completed
Intellectual Property Law Specialization
University of Pennsylvania · completed November 2025Completed
IP specialist courses
WIPO Academy · patents, PCT and the Hague System · 2025Completed
Arabic for Beginners
Khalifa University · completed November 2025Why Saudi Arabia
This is a long-term professional direction, not a short stop.
I am preparing for relocation to Saudi Arabia and building jurisdictional understanding through primary-source study, public working notes and Arabic learning. I am looking for work where governance, technology, people and implementation meet.
English · professional working | Arabic · elementary, developing
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