Are there any expat woman in workforce in Saudi? I joined a bank here in Saudi 8 months ago and haven’t seen any expat woman in bank. I’m looking to bring my wife here and she’d like to continue working. I’m getting concerned seeing hardly any expat woman here. She has core banking background (underwriting, risk, RM) but is open to fintech.
Would she be able to get any job in Saudi? Where are women in workforce?
We are at a point where I have a choice to go back to US now or bring her here.

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Meaning - I have a job offer back in US now, and we both can continue working there. Or she comes here but I’m worried about her career since I don’t see any woman here and she wants to work. And only if she works, there is financial upside for us. When she gets a job here is obviously uncertain, but what’s the probability for expat woman to find a job in Saudi?

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Other than in consulting have seen very few expat women actually working in KSA. At my previous clients there I can’t even remind of a single one

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Plenty of women in the workforce. Our undergrad recruiting in KSA is ~50% women at this point (anecdotal, don’t have hard numbers). No harm in her starting to recruit already.

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im expat, i work for one of the megaprojects and there are many expat ladies however they are mostly in development (area where saudis dont have so much experience in, yet). i would say if she has specialised knowledge (seems she does) she should be able to find a job but it might take some time. another thing to consider though is that typically they hire expats with 8+ years of experience and age>30. what i heard is below 27 it is impossible for expat to get a job in saudi now (outside consulting). she could try to look into specialised banking related consulting roles

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