Lead Corporate Strategist - Industrial Portfolio

Saudi Aramco; Dhahran Compound; On-site; SAR 550,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Saudi Aramco is seeking a Lead Corporate Strategist to join the Corporate Strategy Department. The role focuses on strategic assessment of portfolio sectors, evaluating investment opportunities, and delivering actionable recommendations to Executive Management.

You will advise on strategic priorities, lead sector assessments across diverse industries, and develop data-driven recommendations with rigorous market and financial analysis.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Materials Science, Supply Chain, Finance, Economics, or related discipline. Advanced degree is a plus.
• Minimum of 15 years experience in Industrial/Mining/Energy companies, Management Consulting, Private Equity, or Investment Banking.
• 5+ years of strategy or transaction advisory, or experience in diversified portfolio management and multi-sector investment strategy.
• Advanced expertise in financial modeling, valuation, and investment analysis.
• Extensive experience operating within large, complex corporate environments with matrixed decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Advise Executive Management on strategic priorities and long-term plans for industrial portfolio businesses.
• Lead sector-level strategic assessments across industries such as mining, shipbuilding, manufacturing, technology, and other diversified sectors.
• Develop data-driven strategic recommendations supported by rigorous market analysis, benchmarking, and financial evaluation.
• Generate diversification options including acquisitions, partnerships, joint ventures, and organic expansion initiatives.
• Guide development and refinement of portfolio business units’ strategies and execution roadmaps with SMEs and Finance teams.
• Evaluate and modify investment proposals to ensure strategic alignment and commercial viability.

Skills

Executive-level communication

Leadership

Financial modeling

Valuation

Investment analysis

Strategic thinking

Market dynamics

Education

Engineering degree

Materials Science degree

Supply Chain degree

Finance degree

Economics degree

Job description

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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 Lead Corporate Strategist to join the Corporate Strategy Department.

The Corporate Strategy department directly contributes to the Company's strategy development and update process through the application of best-practices in the fields of upstream, downstream, new energies and corporate strategy.

Your primary role will be responsible for the strategic assessment of portfolio sectors, evaluating investment opportunities and delivering actionable recommendations to Executive Management.

Key Responsibilities

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

• Advise Executive Management and senior leadership on strategic priorities and long-term plans for the industrial portfolio businesses.
• Lead sector-level strategic assessments across industries such as mining, shipbuilding, manufacturing, technology, and other diversified sectors.
• Develop data-driven strategic recommendations supported by rigorous market analysis, competitive benchmarking, and financial evaluation for the industrial portfolio businesses.
• Generate and propose diversified growth options, including acquisitions, partnerships, joint ventures, and organic expansion initiatives for new or existing portfolio sectors.
• Guide the development and refining of existing portfolio business units’ strategies and execution roadmaps in collaboration with the business unit management team and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs).
• Evaluate and modify business unit investment proposals to ensure strategic alignment, commercial viability, and adherence to the Company’s investment criteria in collaboration with the business unit SMEs, Finance and New Business Development teams.
• Facilitate periodic strategy execution reviews, identifying performance gaps, emerging risks, and course-correction opportunities for business units within the portfolio.
• Prepares high-impact research, special studies, and strategic analyses for the Strategy & Market Analysis organization and various Corporate Committees, as required.
• Lead special studies and strategic research initiatives for Executive Management and the Company Board on industrial sectors within the portfolio.
• Acts as a bridge between fundamental market research and disciplined financial execution.

Minimum Requirements

As a successful candidate, you will hold a:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Materials Science, Supply Chain, Finance, Economics, or a related discipline from an accredited university. Advanced degree is a plus.
• Minimum of 15 years experience in Industrial/Mining/Energy companies, Management Consulting, Private Equity, or Investment Banking.
• 5+ years of strategy or transaction advisory, or demonstrated experience in diversified portfolio management and multi-sector investment strategy.
• Advanced expertise in financial modeling, valuation, and investment analysis.
• Extensive experience operating within large, complex corporate environments, with a strong appreciation for matrixed decision-making, and driving collaboration across multiple departments and functions.
• Strong knowledge of market dynamics, investment trends, regulatory environments, commercialization models, and market entry strategies across multiple industrial sectors.
• Proven commercial acumen and experience in business development in one or more industrial sector.
• Proven ability to synthesize complex data into clear, compelling strategic recommendations.
• Executive-level communication skills demonstrated ability to influence and challenge senior stakeholders, including C-suite with executives.
• Strong leadership skills with experience coaching and mentoring other cross-function team members.

Work Location and Work Schedule

Work Location: Within Saudi Arabia – To be specified in Job offer
Work Schedule: Full Time - To be specified in Job offer

Posting Duration

Job posting start date: 10/22/2026

Job posting end date: 12/31/2026

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.