Innovation Translation Lead: Scale-Up & Value Realization

Ma'aden Aluminium Company (MAC)

Saudi Arabia

On-site

SAR 300,000 - 540,000

Full time

14 days+
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Job summary

Ma'aden Aluminium Company (MAC) is seeking a Principal Specialist Innovation Translation to bridge science and industry, turning breakthrough concepts into scalable, investment-ready solutions. You will build robust design bases, run techno-economic analyses, and guide projects through maturity gates toward industrial deployment.

The role collaborates across Innovation, PD&E, operations and external ecosystems to enable FOAK deployments while minimizing risk and accelerating value realization in

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Chemical/Metallurgical/Mining/ Mineral Processing or related field.
  • 10+ years in technology development, industrial innovation, or process engineering.
  • Experience leading pilot, demonstration, or first industrial deployment initiatives.
  • Mining, metallurgy, or extractive sectors experience preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Establish scalable pathways that convert scientific concepts into industrially deployable solutions.
  • Develop techno-economic models to quantify value, risk, and investment attractiveness.
  • Define maturity governance to guide progression from pilot validation to deployment and reduce technical uncertainty.
  • Ensure readiness for FOAK deployments and scale-up within industrial environments.

Skills

Technology Translation
Industrial Scale-Up
Techno-Economic Analysis
Maturity Governance
Risk Management
Systems Thinking
Stakeholder Engagement
Cross-functional Leadership
FOAK Deployment
Knowledge Transfer

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemical/Metallurgical/Mining/ Mineral Processing or related field
Advanced technical degree preferred

Job description

Ma'aden Aluminium Company (MAC) is seeking a Principal Specialist Innovation Translation to bridge science and industry, turning breakthrough concepts into scalable, investment-ready solutions. You will build robust design bases, run techno-economic analyses, and guide projects through maturity gates toward industrial deployment.

The role collaborates across Innovation, PD&E, operations and external ecosystems to enable FOAK deployments while minimizing risk and accelerating value realization in

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