Strategic Relations Manager - Asia and Russia

ADNOC Abu Dhabi UAE; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 500,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

ADNOC Group, based in Abu Dhabi, seeks a Strategic Relations Manager for Asia and Russia to lead the regional stakeholder portfolio. The role requires coordinating executive engagements, identifying partnership opportunities, and delivering geopolitical, market, and industry intelligence to senior leadership.

Based on the UAE, this on-site position emphasizes building One ADNOC governance, maintaining relationships with government entities and regional offices, and driving measurable outcomes

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, International Relations, Economics or related field.
• At least 10 years of relevant professional experience.
• Strong stakeholder management and executive briefing abilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead regional stakeholder portfolio strategy for Asia and Russia.
• Manage Tier 1 stakeholder accounts and engagement cadence.
• Coordinate executive engagements and provide governance.
• Develop geopolitical and market intelligence for leadership decisions.

Job description

Strategic Relations Manager - Asia and Russia Job Snapshot - Role: Strategic Relations Manager - Asia and Russia - Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Industry: Oil and Energy - Function: Strategic Planning-Intelligence - Experience: Minimum 10 years of relevant experience - Job Type: Full Time - Work Arrangement: On‑site Position Overview ADNOC Group is seeking an experienced strategic relations professional to lead the management of its priority stakeholder portfolio across Asia and Russia. Based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, the role will strengthen strategic relationships, coordinate executive engagements, and identify partnership opportunities aligned with ADNOC Group and Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) priorities. The successful candidate will develop and implement regional stakeholder strategies, oversee account management for Tier 1 and Tier 1 stakeholders, and provide geopolitical, market, and industry intelligence to support executive decision‑making. The position requires close coordination with ADNOC business lines, Group Companies, XRG, Masdar, regional offices, government entities, national and international oil companies, investors, customers, and strategic partners. A key responsibility is maintaining a consolidated understanding of regional relationships, existing agreements, commercial exposure, commitments, opportunities, and potential risks. The role will also coordinate executive briefings, ensure timely follow-up on leadership engagements, and monitor progress against agreed actions. The Strategic Relations Manager will promote a consistent One ADNOC approach across the region, maintain effective stakeholder governance, and support measurable outcomes from strategic relationships. The role requires at least 10 years of relevant experience, strong stakeholder management capabilities, executive communication skills, and the ability to interpret regional developments and translate complex information into practical recommendations.

Job Details

• Country: United Arab Emirates
• City: Abu Dhabi
• Industry: Oil and Energy
• Function: Strategic Planning-Intelligence
• Salary: Not disclosed
• Gender: No Preference
• Candidate Nationality: Not specified
• Job Type: Full Time
• Work Arrangement: On‑site

Key Responsibilities

• Regional Stakeholder Portfolio Strategy
  • Lead the development and implementation of ADNOC ’s stakeholder portfolio strategy for Asia and Russia.
  • Ensure regional stakeholder priorities align with ADNOC Group objectives and GCEO strategic direction.
  • Review and update the regional portfolio strategy periodically to reflect changing business priorities.
  • Identify priority relationships based on strategic relevance, potential value, timing, and associated risks.
  • Evaluate regional engagement opportunities against ADNOC and XRG objectives.
  • Coordinate strategic planning inputs from relevant business lines and Group Companies.
  • Maintain a comprehensive view of the regional stakeholder portfolio.
  • Recommend adjustments to engagement priorities based on emerging opportunities and developments.
• Strategic Account Management
  • Own the regional account management framework for Tier 1 and Tier 1 stakeholders.
  • Establish clear objectives for priority stakeholder relationships.
  • Define appropriate engagement frequency and relationship management responsibilities.
  • Maintain account strategies covering strategic objectives, opportunities, risks, commitments, and next actions.
  • Coordinate relationship management activities across relevant ADNOC functions.
  • Monitor progress against agreed stakeholder account objectives.
  • Identify gaps in relationship coverage and recommend corrective actions.
  • Promote consistent and coordinated management of strategic accounts.
• Executive Stakeholder Engagement
  • Plan and coordinate executive engagements with priority stakeholders across Asia and Russia.
  • Support senior leadership meetings, official visits, and strategic events.
  • Prepare engagement plans aligned with corporate and regional objectives.
  • Coordinate relevant background information and stakeholder intelligence.
  • Identify strategic discussion priorities and potential partnership opportunities.
  • Ensure executive engagements reflect approved ADNOC positions and messaging.
  • Facilitate coordination between leadership offices and relevant business stakeholders.
  • Support effective execution of executive engagement programs.
• Executive Briefings and Strategic Advisory
  • Coordinate preparation of executive‑ready regional briefings.
  • Develop talking points and engagement materials for senior leadership.
  • Prepare country overviews, partnership reviews, and strategic decision papers.
  • Consolidate information from internal stakeholders and relevant external sources.
  • Translate geopolitical, commercial, and market developments into practical management insights.
  • Ensure briefing materials clearly identify relevant opportunities, risks, and recommendations.
  • Verify the accuracy and completeness of executive submissions.
  • Support timely delivery of reliable information for leadership decision‑making.
• Geopolitical and Market Intelligence
  • Monitor geopolitical developments across Asia and Russia.
  • Assess relevant government policies and regulatory developments.
  • Track market and industry trends affecting ADNOC ’s strategic relationships.
  • Evaluate potential implications for existing partnerships and commercial interests.
  • Identify emerging risks and opportunities arising from regional developments.
  • Coordinate intelligence inputs from business lines, Group Companies, and regional representatives.
  • Prepare timely assessments and recommendations for senior management.
  • Support informed decisions through accurate interpretation of regional intelligence.
• Relationship Portfolio Monitoring
  • Maintain an integrated view of ADNOC ’s priority relationships across the region.
  • Track existing agreements, joint ventures, commercial exposure, and stakeholder commitments.
  • Identify potential areas for future collaboration.
  • Monitor relationship health and emerging stakeholder concerns.
  • Evaluate developments that may affect strategic relationship value.
  • Coordinate updates from relevant relationship owners.
  • Highlight significant relationship risks and unresolved issues.
  • Support continuity and consistency in regional stakeholder management.
• Strategic Opportunity Identification
  • Identify partnership opportunities arising from stakeholder engagements and regional intelligence.
  • Review opportunities emerging from market and industry developments.
  • Coordinate inputs from ADNOC business lines and portfolio companies.
  • Assess the strategic relevance of potential collaboration areas.
  • Escalate promising opportunities to appropriate management stakeholders.
  • Refer opportunities to accountable business owners for evaluation.
  • Track progress on agreed opportunity‑related actions.
  • Support coordination without assuming investment, transaction, or final approval authority.
• Government and Institutional Relations
  • Build and maintain trusted relationships with priority government and semi‑government stakeholders.
  • Coordinate engagement with relevant diplomatic missions and regional institutions.
  • Support relationships with UAE government entities involved in strategic regional matters.
  • Maintain professional communication with international organizations.
  • Identify government and institutional developments relevant to ADNOC ’s regional interests.
  • Support leadership engagement with public‑sector stakeholders.
  • Coordinate approved communications and follow‑up activities.
  • Promote constructive and consistent institutional relationships.
• Energy Industry Stakeholder Relations
  • Maintain strategic relationships with national oil companies and international oil companies.
  • Support engagement with priority customers, investors, and technology companies.
  • Coordinate relationship activities involving strategic commercial partners.
  • Identify relevant industry developments affecting stakeholder priorities.
  • Facilitate communication between external stakeholders and accountable ADNOC business functions.
  • Support exploration of potential collaboration opportunities.
  • Monitor relevant relationship commitments and outstanding actions.
  • Promote long‑term strategic engagement aligned with ADNOC objectives.
• Group‑Wide Stakeholder Coordination
  • Serve as a central regional coordination point for Strategic Relations Management.
  • Coordinate stakeholder activities involving ADNOC business lines and Group Companies.
  • Work closely with XRG, Masdar, and relevant UAE entities.
  • Consolidate Group‑wide inputs for regional engagement planning.
  • Identify overlapping stakeholder responsibilities and engagement activities.
  • Support resolution of coordination issues across business functions.
  • Escalate conflicting priorities requiring management direction.
  • Promote effective collaboration and consistent stakeholder coverage.
• Regional Office Coordination
  • Coordinate with ADNOC ’s China and Japan offices on regional stakeholder activities.
  • Maintain communication with other relevant regional representatives.
  • Align stakeholder intelligence and relationship management priorities.
  • Coordinate approved messages and executive engagement preparations.
  • Support consistent follow‑up on regional commitments.
  • Share relevant stakeholder developments with responsible teams.
  • Identify opportunities to improve coordination between regional offices and corporate functions.
  • Maintain continuity in strategic relationship management across the region.
• One ADNOC Stakeholder Approach
  • Promote consistent representation of ADNOC Group in external stakeholder engagements.
  • Coordinate approved corporate messages across relevant business functions.
  • Ensure engagement activities reflect established Group priorities.
  • Identify and address overlapping stakeholder communication requirements.
  • Support alignment between corporate and business‑line relationship objectives.
  • Escalate inconsistent positions or unresolved priorities.
  • Maintain effective communication between internal relationship owners.
  • Strengthen coordinated stakeholder engagement across ADNOC Group.
• Post‑Engagement Follow‑Up and Action Management
  • Capture key outcomes from executive meetings and stakeholder engagements.
  • Document agreed commitments, follow‑up actions, and responsible owners.
  • Establish and monitor action deadlines.
  • Coordinate with accountable stakeholders to track progress.
  • Identify delayed or unresolved commitments.
  • Escalate significant delays requiring management attention.
  • Obtain appropriate evidence of action completion.
  • Maintain reliable records of engagement outcomes and closure status.
• Stakeholder Relationship Management Systems
  • Maintain accurate stakeholder profiles in approved Strategic Relations Management systems.
  • Ensure engagement histories and correspondence records remain current.
  • Record relevant agreements, commitments, opportunities, and action items.
  • Monitor completeness and consistency of regional stakeholder information.
  • Support effective use of approved dashboards and digital stakeholder platforms.
  • Preserve relevant source references and supporting documentation.
  • Coordinate timely updates from responsible relationship owners.
  • Maintain reliable stakeholder records to support continuity and management oversight.
• Governance and Executive Submission Quality
  • Review regional submissions prepared for senior management.
  • Verify accuracy, completeness, and consistency of executive briefing materials.
  • Ensure submissions contain clear recommendations and relevant supporting evidence.
  • Confirm appropriate stakeholder inputs have been incorporated.
  • Maintain source traceability and document version integrity.
  • Resolve discrepancies with originating teams.
  • Obtain specialist validation when required.
  • Support submission of accurate and decision‑ready management information.
• Approval Governance and Decision Rights
  • Ensure stakeholder engagements remain within approved mandates.
  • Verify that proposed messages and commitments follow established approval pathways.
  • Confirm required internal approvals are obtained and recorded.
  • Refer commercial and strategic opportunities to accountable business owners.
  • Respect established decision‑making responsibilities.
  • Avoid commitments beyond authorized engagement mandates.
  • Escalate matters requiring additional management direction.
  • Maintain appropriate governance throughout stakeholder engagement activities.
• Relationship Risk Management
  • Identify emerging stakeholder concerns and relationship sensitivities.
  • Assess potential risks affecting strategic partnerships and regional engagement.
  • Coordinate with relevant Directorates to evaluate material relationship issues.
  • Recommend appropriate responses to protect stakeholder value and continuity.
  • Escalate significant risks and unresolved decisions.
  • Support coordinated management of sensitive stakeholder matters.
  • Track corrective actions with responsible relationship owners.
  • Contribute to protection of ADNOC ’s reputation and strategic interests.
• Sanctions and Trade Compliance Coordination
  • Maintain awareness of sanctions and trade restrictions relevant to the regional portfolio.
  • Identify stakeholder engagements that may require specialist compliance assessment.
  • Refer affected discussions or commitments to Legal and Compliance teams.
  • Obtain appropriate specialist guidance before progressing relevant matters.
  • Incorporate approved compliance advice into engagement planning.
  • Avoid independently determining legal permissibility or interpreting regulatory requirements.
  • Escalate potential compliance concerns through established channels.
  • Support responsible and compliant stakeholder relationship management.
• Information Confidentiality and Records Governance
  • Ensure stakeholder information is accurate, controlled, and appropriately maintained.
  • Protect confidential correspondence and sensitive relationship information.
  • Preserve source references and document version integrity.
  • Restrict circulation of sensitive materials to authorized recipients.
  • Maintain reliable records of relevant decisions and commitments.
  • Identify potential conflicts of interest.
  • Refer inappropriate requests or sensitive matters for internal guidance.
  • Follow approved information management and confidentiality requirements.
• Regional Reporting and Performance Monitoring
  • Prepare accurate management information and progress updates.
  • Monitor stakeholder engagement activities against agreed objectives.
  • Track outstanding commitments and action completion.
  • Maintain visibility of strategic opportunities and relationship risks.
  • Support development and use of relevant performance indicators and dashboards.
  • Consolidate information from regional stakeholders and internal functions.
  • Highlight significant developments requiring management attention.
  • Provide timely reporting to support oversight and decision‑making.
• Team Leadership and Development
  • Plan and supervise activities within the assigned area.
  • Guide and develop the Senior Specialist, Asia and Russia.
  • Establish clear work priorities and expected quality standards.
  • Provide coaching and professional guidance to assigned employees.
  • Support knowledge transfer and continuity of regional stakeholder relationships.
  • Review work outputs for accuracy and completeness.
  • Identify opportunities to strengthen stakeholder management capabilities.
  • Promote accountability for assigned responsibilities and business objectives.
• Budget Planning and Cost Control
  • Contribute to preparation of relevant functional and departmental budgets.
  • Support implementation of approved budgets and work plans.
  • Monitor expenditure against established financial requirements.
  • Identify and investigate significant budget variances.
  • Recommend corrective measures to support effective cost control.
  • Coordinate budget‑related information with relevant stakeholders.
  • Maintain attention to efficient use of assigned resources.
  • Support achievement of approved financial and operational objectives.
• Policies and Process Compliance
  • Implement approved ADNOC policies, processes, systems, and procedures.
  • Ensure assigned activities follow established corporate requirements.
  • Support consistent application of stakeholder governance standards.
  • Review internal working practices for compliance and effectiveness.
  • Identify procedural gaps requiring improvement.
  • Recommend practical solutions to strengthen process consistency.
  • Maintain alignment with relevant company and international standards.
  • Support effective delivery of approved work programs.
• Innovation and Continuous Improvement
  • Identify opportunities to improve strategic relations management processes.
  • Develop practical tools that improve stakeholder information quality.
  • Recommend methods to strengthen engagement coordination and reporting.
  • Review internal processes against relevant leading practices.
  • Support improvements to stakeholder dashboards and digital platforms.
  • Identify opportunities to simplify repetitive administrative activities.
  • Promote efficient and consistent relationship management practices.
  • Contribute to continuous improvement of regional portfolio management.
• Health, Safety, Environment and Sustainability
  • Comply with applicable ADNOC HSE policies and procedures.
  • Follow relevant sustainability requirements and internal controls.
  • Maintain compliance with applicable legislation.
  • Apply relevant ADNOC Codes of Practice.
  • Support safe and responsible execution of assigned activities.
  • Follow established organizational requirements during stakeholder events and engagements.
• Internal Working Relationships
  • Vice President, Strategic Relations Management.
  • Executive Office.
  • Managing Director and Group Chief Executive Officer Office.
  • ADNOC business lines and Group Companies.
  • XRG and Masdar.
  • ADNOC China and Japan offices.
  • Relevant corporate functions and regional representatives.
• External Working Relationships
  • Government and semi‑government organizations across Asia and Russia.
  • Diplomatic missions and relevant public‑sector institutions.
  • National Oil Companies and International Oil Companies.
  • Priority customers and commercial partners.
  • Investors and technology companies.
  • Strategic partnership organizations.
  • Relevant UAE government entities.
  • International organizations and regional institutions.
• Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor ’s degree in Business Administration, International Relations, Economics, Political Science, Communications, or a related discipline.
• Minimum Experience
  • At least 10 years of relevant professional experience.
• Core and Technical Competencies
  • Level 4 - Strategic Stakeholder Management.
  • Regional Account Management.
  • Strategic Planning and Management.
  • Stakeholder Communication and Analysis.
  • Executive Briefing and Advisory.
  • Opportunity Identification and Escalation.
  • Cross‑Functional Coordination.
  • Level 3 - Geopolitical and Market Intelligence.
  • Partnership Governance.
  • Relationship Risk Management.
  • Project and Action Management.
  • Negotiation and Influence.
  • Corporate Reporting.
  • KPI Development and Dashboards.
  • Data Gathering and Reporting.
  • Digital Stakeholder Platforms and Customer Relationship Management.
  • Artificial Intelligence Fluency.
  • Intelligent Data Interpretation.
• Additional Professional Capabilities
  • Strategic relationship development across international markets.
  • Executive‑level communication and stakeholder engagement.
  • Regional political, economic, and industry intelligence analysis.
  • Ability to prepare concise, evidence‑based executive recommendations.
  • Management of complex stakeholder portfolios and engagement priorities.
  • Coordination across multiple corporate functions and business entities.
  • Strong analytical thinking and professional judgment.
  • Effective management of confidential and sensitive information.
  • Ability to identify and escalate relationship risks.
  • Structured follow‑up and commitment tracking.
  • Strong written and verbal communication.
  • Stakeholder information management and reporting.
  • Ability to manage competing priorities and time‑sensitive executive requirements.
  • Team supervision, coaching, and knowledge transfer.

About ADNOC Group

ADNOC Group operates across the energy sector and maintains strategic relationships with governments, industry organizations, customers, investors, and commercial partners. The Strategic Relations Management function supports coordinated engagement with priority stakeholders, alignment of relationship activities with corporate objectives, and effective communication across ADNOC business lines and Group Companies. Within the Asia and Russia portfolio, the function provides regional intelligence, supports executive engagements, coordinates strategic account management, and maintains oversight of stakeholder commitments and emerging opportunities. The role contributes to a consistent One ADNOC approach by ensuring that strategic relationships are managed through effective governance, reliable information, and coordinated engagement.

Role Contribution

The Strategic Relations Manager - Asia and Russia contributes to ADNOC Group ’s international relationship priorities by leading regional stakeholder portfolio management and coordinating strategic engagement activities. The position supports executive decision‑making through geopolitical and market intelligence, structured account strategies, accurate briefing materials, and effective follow‑up on leadership commitments. Through coordination with ADNOC business lines, Group Companies, XRG, Masdar, and regional representatives, the role helps maintain relationship continuity and identify potential partnership opportunities. The successful candidate will strengthen stakeholder governance, improve visibility of relationship risks and opportunities, and support measurable outcomes from ADNOC ’s strategic engagements across Asia and Russia.