Senior Vice President – Power Infrastructure & Capital Projects.

Black Pearl; Dubai; On-site; AED 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Black Pearl is conducting a confidential executive search for a Senior Vice President - Power Infrastructure & Capital Projects in the UAE. The role leads a portfolio of major power and infrastructure capital projects, from long-term planning to delivery, governance, and handover.

The candidate will shape infrastructure priorities, oversee CAPEX, and manage senior stakeholders including regulators and EPC contractors, ensuring alignment with network reliability and expansion goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, or related field).
• MBA or equivalent postgraduate qualification is an advantage.
• Strong experience in operations and maintenance within large-scale infrastructure or industrial environments.
• Proven leadership experience managing large teams and multi-site operations.
• Strong understanding of asset management and maintenance strategies.
• Experience in budgeting, planning, and performance management.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead a portfolio of major power, energy, and infrastructure capital projects.
• Drive long-term capital planning, project prioritization, and investment decisions.
• Determine infrastructure development requirements based on future capacity, demand, asset performance, and business priorities.
• Lead major projects across power generation, transmission, distribution, substations, grid infrastructure, and associated assets.
• Oversee projects from feasibility and concept development through engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover.
• Establish strong portfolio governance, project controls, risk management, and performance frameworks.
• Provide executive oversight of CAPEX, budgets, schedules, contractors, consultants, and project performance.
• Lead multidisciplinary engineering, project management, commercial, and technical teams.
• Manage senior relationships with regulators, authorities, developers, consultants, EPC contractors, and strategic partners.
• Ensure capital projects support long-term network reliability, capacity expansion, modernization, and operational requirements.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Budgeting & planning

Asset management

Communication

Governance & controls

Regulatory engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, or related)

MBA or equivalent postgraduate qualification

Job description

Black Pearl is supporting a confidential executive search for a major asset-intensive organization in the UAE seeking an accomplished Senior Vice President - Power Infrastructure & Capital Projects. This is a senior leadership role responsible for shaping and leading a major capital projects portfolio — from determining infrastructure investment priorities and long-term development requirements through engineering, governance, execution, commissioning, and handover.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead a portfolio of major power, energy, and infrastructure capital projects.
• Drive long-term capital planning, project prioritization, and investment decisions.
• Determine infrastructure development requirements based on future capacity, demand, asset performance, and business priorities.
• Lead major projects across power generation, transmission, distribution, substations, grid infrastructure, and associated assets.
• Oversee projects from feasibility and concept development through engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover.
• Establish strong portfolio governance, project controls, risk management, and performance frameworks.
• Provide executive oversight of CAPEX, budgets, schedules, contractors, consultants, and project performance.
• Lead multidisciplinary engineering, project management, commercial, and technical teams.
• Manage senior relationships with regulators, authorities, developers, consultants, EPC contractors, and strategic partners.
• Ensure capital projects support long-term network reliability, capacity expansion, modernization, and operational requirements.

Requirements

We are particularly interested in senior executives who have worked on the asset owner/developer side of large power or infrastructure organizations and have had responsibility beyond project execution.

Candidates should ideally demonstrate experience in:

• Large-scale power generation, transmission and/or distribution infrastructure
• Multi-billion capital project or infrastructure portfolios
• Capital investment planning and portfolio prioritization
• Infrastructure master planning and network expansion
• Major EPC and engineering projects
• Portfolio governance and executive-level decision-making
• CAPEX planning and financial accountability
• Contractor, consultant, and commercial management
• Government, regulatory, and senior stakeholder engagement
• Leading large multidisciplinary teams

Potential Relevant Titles

• SVP / VP - Projects
• VP - Capital Projects
• VP - Major Projects
• Executive Director - Projects
• Executive Director - Power Projects
• Head of Capital Projects
• Head of Major Projects
• Director - Power Projects
• Director - Transmission Projects
• Director - Generation Projects
• Director - Grid Infrastructure
• Director - Infrastructure Development
• Programme Director - Power Infrastructure

Candidates currently based in the UAE are preferred, followed by candidates with relevant GCC experience. International candidates should ideally come directly from the power, electricity, energy, or closely related infrastructure sector and be operating at a comparable functional and leadership level.

This is a confidential search, and further information regarding the organization will be shared with suitably qualified candidates at the appropriate stage of the recruitment process.

Skills

To be considered for this role, you need to meet the following criteria:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, or related field)
• Postgraduate qualification (MBA or similar) is an advantage
• Strong experience in operations and maintenance within large-scale infrastructure or industrial environments
• Proven leadership experience managing large teams and multi-site operations
• Strong understanding of asset management and maintenance strategies
• Experience in budgeting, planning, and performance management
• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills