SVP, Power Infrastructure & Capital Projects

Black Pearl Consult; Dubai; On-site; AED 900,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Black Pearl Consult 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 senior leadership role shapes and leads a multi-billion capital projects portfolio, defines infrastructure investment priorities, and oversees engineering, governance, execution, commissioning, and handover.

Qualifications

• Experience on asset owner/developer side of large power/infrastructure organisations.
• Experience with multi-billion dollar capital projects and portfolios.
• Strong CAPEX planning and financial accountability.

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 capacity, demand, asset performance, and business priorities.
• Oversee projects from feasibility and concept through engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and handover.
• Establish 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 partners.
• Ensure capital projects support long-term network reliability, capacity expansion, modernization, and operational requirements.

Skills

Senior leadership

Capital projects

Portfolio governance

Stakeholder management

CAPEX planning

Job description

Black Pearl Consult 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 senior leadership role shapes and leads a multi-billion capital projects portfolio, defines infrastructure investment priorities, and oversees engineering, governance, execution, commissioning, and handover.