Technology Value Realization Specialist - Relocate To Saudi Arabia

Saudi Aramco; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Technology Value Realization Specialist to drive leadership in technology integration and value realization. This role is pivotal in overseeing the technology stage-gate process, ensuring that innovative solutions are effectively developed and deployed. With a commitment to maximizing energy value and enhancing societal benefits, this position offers the chance to work on groundbreaking projects that address global challenges. Join a team that values expertise, collaboration, and continuous improvement in a dynamic and rewarding environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in technology development and value realization.
• Expertise in Project and Portfolio Management systems.

Responsibilities

• Support company-wide roll-out of Technology Realized Value KPI validation.
• Manage technology stage-gate process for R&D and deployment.

Skills

Commercial Technology Development

Value Realization

Change Management

Project and Portfolio Management (PPM)

Education

Bachelor in Science or Engineering

MBA or Finance

Tools

Planisware

Accolade

Clarity

Job description

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Title: Technology Value Realization Specialist

Description:

Aramco energizes the world economy.

Aramco occupies a special position in the global energy industry. We are one of the world’s largest producers of hydrocarbon energy and chemicals, with among the lowest Upstream carbon intensities of any major producer.

With our significant investment in technology and infrastructure, we strive to maximize the value of the energy we produce for the world along with a commitment to enhance Aramco’s value to society.

Headquartered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and with offices around the world, we combine market discipline with a generations’ spanning view of the future, born of our nine decades experience as responsible stewards of the Kingdom’s vast hydrocarbon resources. This responsibility has driven us to deliver significant societal and economic benefits to not just the Kingdom, but also to a vast number of communities, economies, and countries that rely on the vital and reliable energy that we supply.

We are one of the most profitable companies in the world, as well as amongst the top five global companies by market capitalization.

Overview

We are seeking a Technology Value Realization Specialist to join our Technology Strategy & Planning Department (TSPD).

TSPD’s mission is to provide high-impact leadership and support across the technology life-cycle, from strategy setting to value realization and sustainable growth, and partner with corporate and business stakeholders to integrate new technologies into the company’s strategies and investment plans.

Your primary role is to play a central part in the corporate stage-gate and value realization process. You will provide leadership in the implementation, governance and sustainable capability needed to support full integration, application and continuous improvement of the technology stage-gate process.

Key Responsibilities

As the successful candidate you will be required to perform the following:

• Support the company-wide roll-out of the Technology Realized Value (TRV) KPI validation and reporting process in partnership with Upstream, Downstream, Finance & Technology Organizations.
• Manage and oversee the technology stage-gate process, including ongoing implementation to support R&D, technology development, demonstration and deployment, and transition to operations in order to enable value realization from technology investments.
• Provide leadership for scientists, engineers, and other business/functional specialists to enable de-risking and go/no go decisions for R&D projects, ensuring technical-commercial readiness prior to deployment and value realization.
• Serve as an internal consultant for project teams on the development of robust business cases, deployment and value realization strategies, including partnering with technical, commercial and business leads to implement robust commercial review process to maximize financial return and strategic impact from R&D projects.
• Assess technology stage-gate practices and related activities across the Company, in order to maintain high-standards and compliance with the Corporate Technology Development General Instructions.
• Partner with R&D staff and stakeholders in technology, business and supporting functions, in order to ensure alignment across all areas and to support a smooth transition and adoption of the enhanced technology management processes.
• Provide expert guidance to project teams and technology/executive management on related activities, including business case development, IP and commercial strategy, supply chain development, deployment plans, business models, value realization and related techno-economics.

Minimum Requirements

• You must hold a Bachelor degree in Science or Engineering. An advanced degree (MBA/Finance) is highly desirable.
• You should have at least 10 years of professional experience, including at least 5 years of experience in commercial technology development and value realization, preferably with some experience in oil and gas, chemicals and related industries.
• You must possess subject matter expertise, business acumen and effective change management skills.
• You will be able to demonstrate experience with Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) systems, such as Planisware, Accolade, Clarity and similar software applications.
• A proven track record of successfully working with multi-cultural, cross-functional teams, and developing productive working relationships.
• Experience with Operation Excellence (OE) process development, implementation, including continuous improvement is also required.

Working environment

Our high-performing employees are drawn by the challenging and rewarding professional, technical and industrial opportunities we offer, and are remunerated accordingly.

At Aramco, our people work on truly world-scale projects, supported by investment in capital and technology that is second to none. And because, as a global energy company, we are faced with addressing some of the world’s biggest technical, logistical and environmental challenges, we invest heavily in talent development.

We have a proud history of educating and training our workforce over many decades. Employees at all levels are encouraged to improve their sector-specific knowledge and competencies through our workforce development programs – one of the largest in the world.