Strategic Field Development Commercial Director - Flexible Hours

Baker Hughes; Dubai; On-site; AED 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical care

Life insurance

Disability programs

Tailored financial programs

Additional benefits

Job summary

Baker Hughes seeks a leader to drive commercial strategy for integrated field development projects in the UAE. You will shape end‑to‑end commercial frameworks, lead high‑stakes proposals, and negotiate terms to maximize shareholder value while mitigating technical and contractual risk.

This role requires extensive E&P BD experience and cross‑functional leadership across geoscience, engineering, legal, and finance.

Qualifications

• Have a bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college.
• Have 10+ years of experience working as a commercial advisor in an E&P business development function.
• Have 10+ years of experience drafting commercial agreements and negotiating terms related to asset acquisition, joint operating agreements, and associated liabilities.
• Have strong knowledge of upstream development practices across geoscience and engineering disciplines.
• Have the ability to understand the technical context of an end‑to‑end field development plan and structure an accompanying commercial framework.

Responsibilities

• Develop proposals; may negotiate with customers; ensure deals deliver shareholder value; drive competitive pricing.
• Lead the commercial structuring of integrated field development opportunities, including pricing, scope definition, contracting strategy, risk allocation, and customer value proposition.
• Apply knowledge of upstream development practices across geoscience and engineering disciplines to support technically informed commercial solutions.
• Understand the technical context of end‑to‑end field development plans and develop accompanying commercial frameworks that support customer and business objectives.
• Manage complex long‑term sales processes. Contracts involve pricing and conditions of sales, rental, operation, maintenance, services, integrated solutions, and other field development‑related commercial arrangements.
• Support drafting, review, and negotiation of commercial agreements related to E&P business development, including asset acquisition, joint operating agreements, commercial partnerships, and associated liabilities.
• Handle important business unit clients and senior customer interfaces.
• Coordinate sales teams involving engineering, legal, risk, finance, operations, product lines, and leadership.
• Participate in major sales and business development activities involving large, complex, or strategically important opportunities.
• Handle big or highly complex markets with large potential for growth.
• Ensure proposals and negotiated agreements comply with internal governance, risk management, approval processes, and shareholder value expectations.

Skills

E&P business development

Upstream field development

Negotiation & pricing

Commercial framework design

Cross-functional coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Baker Hughes seeks a leader to drive commercial strategy for integrated field development projects in the UAE. You will shape end‑to‑end commercial frameworks, lead high‑stakes proposals, and negotiate terms to maximize shareholder value while mitigating technical and contractual risk.

This role requires extensive E&P BD experience and cross‑functional leadership across geoscience, engineering, legal, and finance.