Senior Manager - Global IT Operations Manager

Masdar (Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company); Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 300,000 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

Masdar (Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company) is seeking an IT Operations leader based in Abu Dhabi, UAE. This role requires orchestrating and scaling modern IT operations across various platforms, with a focus on transforming service delivery and governance.

The ideal candidate will have over 12 years of experience in managing multi-domain IT environments, strong understanding of cloud platforms, and a proven track record in infrastructure transformation.

Qualifications

• 12–15+ years in IT operations, multi-domain IT environments.
• Demonstrated success in large-scale infrastructure transformation.
• Strong understanding of cloud platforms and digital workplace.

Responsibilities

• Orchestrate and scale IT operations across cloud, infrastructure, digital workplace.
• Lead and align multiple IT operational domains.
• Ensure integrated operational platforms with end-to-end accountability.

Skills

Cloud platforms (Azure preferred)

ITIL v4 service management

FinOps and cost optimisation

ServiceNow/enterprise workflow

IT/OT convergence

Vendor governance and performance management

Strong systems thinking

Education

Bachelor's or master's in IT, Engineering, or related field

Job description

Established in 2006, Masdar (Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company) is a global clean energy leader, transforming how the world produces and consumes energy through bold innovation and commercial excellence. Masdar is a clean energy investor, developer and operator, advancing renewable energy projects across key markets and technologies, with a global project portfolio capacity to date of over 65 gigawatts (GW). Jointly owned by TAQA, ADNOC and Mubadala, Masdar is driving the scale‑up of renewables worldwide, targeting a portfolio capacity of 100GW by 2030.

Job Description

To orchestrate and scale a modern, product‑driven IT operations function across cloud, infrastructure, digital workplace, service management, and enterprise platforms—retaining full internal accountability for service outcomes, platform governance, and transformation execution within a lean internal structure and a highly outsourced, multi‑vendor delivery model.

Key Accountabilities

• Lead and align multiple IT operational domains: cloud platforms and FinOps; infrastructure, network, and digital workplace; IT service delivery and automation; and the ServiceNow enterprise workflow platform.
• Ensure all domains operate as integrated products, not siloed services, with end‑to‑end accountability for service performance and user experience.
• Translate enterprise strategy into coordinated operational execution across domains.
• Establish and chair a weekly IT Operations Governance Forum, bringing together all domain leads to review SLA performance, elevate cross‑domain issues, align on roadmap dependencies, and cascade priorities.
• Own the IT Operations Service Catalogue, a published, versioned inventory of all IT services, their owners, SLAs, costs, and dependencies, maintained and reviewed quarterly with domain lead.
• Institutionalise a “platform‑as‑a‑product” operating model and establish governance for roadmaps, prioritisation, backlog management, delivery cadence, and value‑realisation tracking.
• Align all operational platforms (cloud, infrastructure, ServiceNow, workplace) into a cohesive ecosystem.
• Enforce a standardisation‑first approach with minimal customisation and technical‑debt discipline.
• Define and own a Platform Governance Framework covering how new platform requests are assessed and approved, how customisation exceptions are governed and tracked, how platform retirements are managed, and how vendor‑introduced changes are reviewed before acceptance into production.
• Lead a global ecosystem of managed service providers and system integrators, shifting delivery from resource‑based to outcome‑based accountability.
• Define and enforce SLA/KPI frameworks linked to business outcomes, and architecture and governance compliance.
• Drive vendor performance through executive governance forums and performance reviews, delivering measurable improvements in cost efficiency per user, per workload, service quality, and delivery predictability.
• Own global IT operations performance across availability, resilience, and service continuity; service quality (SLA, CSAT, responsiveness); and cloud and operational cost efficiency.
• Establish integrated executive dashboards across ServiceNow metrics, infrastructure and network health, and cloud consumption/FinOps.
• Define and lead an automation‑first IT operations strategy across ServiceNow workflows and virtual agents, service‑desk automation and self‑service, and infrastructure automation (IaC, policy‑driven provisioning).
• Own the integrated 3‑year IT operations transformation roadmap across all domains (stabilise & standardise — optimise & automate — AI‑enable & transform).
• Manage cross‑domain dependencies and execution risks; act as the central execution authority for all IT operations initiatives.
• Ensure IT operations platforms support industrial and OT‑integrated environments, enabling secure IT/OT data integration and scalable infrastructure for industrial IoT and smart assets.
• Embed Zero Trust architecture principles and OT security and segmentation models.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in IT, Engineering, or a related field.
• ITIL v4 (Managing Professional or Strategic Leader); Azure Solutions Architect (or equivalent cloud certification); TOGAF or enterprise‑architecture exposure; FinOps certification (advantageous).

Preferred Experience

• 12–15+ years in IT operations, infrastructure, or platform leadership, managing multi‑domain IT environments (cloud, infrastructure, service management).
• Demonstrated success in large‑scale infrastructure transformation and highly outsourced/SIAM operating models; energy, utilities, or industrial sectors, or high‑performance environments (financial services, private‑equity‑backed organisations).

Job‑Specific Skills

• Strong understanding of cloud platforms (Azure preferred), infrastructure and network architecture, digital workplace (M365 ecosystem), and ServiceNow/enterprise workflow platforms.
• Deep familiarity with ITIL v4 service management, FinOps and cost optimisation, and automation, AIOps, and AI‑enabled operations; working knowledge of IT/OT convergence.
• Strong systems thinker able to integrate multiple domains into a cohesive operating model; exceptional vendor governance and performance management; product‑oriented, data‑driven, execution‑focused, and pragmatic, with proven ability to lead lean teams with high vendor leverage.

Role is to be based in Abu Dhabi, UAE.