How the Middle East Is Leapfrogging Shared Services Maturity with AI

How the Middle East Is Leapfrogging Shared Services Maturity with AI

Discover how Shared Services and GBS leaders across the Middle East are bypassing legacy transformation timelines - leveraging AI, agentic automation, and digital-native design to become value creators, not just cost centers.

As global enterprises rethink the role of Shared Services, the Middle East is emerging as a strategic epicenter. With smart infrastructure, multilingual digital talent, and government-backed innovation ecosystems, cities like Cairo, Riyadh, and Dubai are positioning themselves at the forefront of next-gen service delivery.

In this exclusive article from SSON, you'll learn:

✅ Why the region’s greenfield advantage and investment momentum allow Shared Services Centers (SSCs) to leapfrog traditional maturity stages

✅ How leading organizations are deploying RPA, GenAI, and Agentic AI to automate beyond the transactional

✅ What metrics, governance models, and risk frameworks top-performing GBS teams are using to ensure safe, scalable innovation

✅ Where real-world success stories from the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt are showing measurable impact - from predictive analytics to first-contact resolution rates

✅ What global benchmarks tell us about the shifting role of shared services - and how the Middle East is rising to meet that opportunity

Whether you’re building a new delivery hub, expanding GBS capabilities, or rethinking your automation roadmap, this article delivers the insights, data, and regional context you need to move forward.