Principal Specialist, Partnerships & Stakeholder Management

Ma'aden Aluminium Company (MAC); Medina; On-site; SAR 260,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Ma'aden Aluminium Company (MAC) is seeking a senior Business Integration lead to drive ERD digital AI automation initiatives. The role coordinates between IT, AI Factory, Data Management, Cybersecurity, Finance, Procurement, Legal, and external partners to ensure clear scoping, approvals, and sustained adoption.

You will manage delivery from concept through planning, design, testing, deployment, and post-implementation review, building governance and alignment across diverse stakeholders while

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Engineering, Geoscience, Business, IT, Data Science, or related discipline.
• Master degree or project/digital/change certification is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of projects and initiatives from concept to post-implementation review.
• Develop delivery plans, milestones, governance routines, and risk decisions.
• Translate business priorities into practical use cases and roadmaps.
• Monitor progress, address delivery issues, and ensure alignment with scope and readiness.

Skills

Stakeholder Management

Partnership Development

Relationship Management

Strategic Planning

Business Development

Corporate Communications

Negotiation & Influencing

Risk Assessment

Governance & Compliance

Project Management

Education

Bachelor degree in Engineering, Geoscience, Business, IT, Data Science, or related discipline

Master's degree or project/digital/change certification

Job description

Why This Role Matters

The role leads the planning coordination approval implementation and adoption of ERD digital AI automation analytics and decision-support initiatives with primary focus on project delivery stakeholder alignment governance and business integration rather than hands-on technical development The role acts as the business integration lead between ERD IT AI Factory Data Management Cybersecurity Finance Procurement Legal external advisors vendors and implementation partners to ensure initiatives are clearly scoped approved delivered adopted and sustained

What You Will Deliver

• Project and Initiative Delivery Manage approved initiatives from concept and business case through planning design coordination testing deployment adoption and post-implementation review
• Develop delivery plans milestones governance routines resource needs dependencies risks decisions and escalation paths
• Translate ERD business priorities into practical use cases requirements implementation roadmaps and management update materials
• Monitor progress resolve delivery issues coordinate approvals and ensure initiatives remain aligned with scope value and business readiness

Stakeholder and Governance Management

• Serve as the central coordination point across ERD programs technical teams IT AI Factory Data Management Cybersecurity Finance Procurement Legal external advisors and vendors
• Build alignment among business technical control and leadership stakeholders with different priorities expectations and decision requirements Facilitate workshops governance discussions design reviews issue-resolution meetings and approval processes
• Prepare concise executive updates recommendations decision papers and implementation status reports

Team and Partner Coordination

• Coordinate small internal teams project-based contributors external consultants implementation partners and developers to deliver agreed outcomes
• Delegate work clarify expectations track deliverables support issue resolution and promote knowledge transfer and sustainable internal capability
• Mentor team members and project contributors in structured problem solving stakeholder communication delivery discipline and business integration

What Success Looks Like

• Improved stakeholder satisfaction index
• Strategic partnerships are established or enhanced in line with agreed value objectives
• Partnership performance meets agreed objectives
• Stakeholder engagement plans are completed within agreed timelines
• Stakeholder issues and concerns are resolved effectively
• Governance and reporting requirements are consistently met
• Stakeholder engagement effectiveness metrics demonstrate continuous improvement

Skills That Matter

• Stakeholder Management
• Partnership Development
• Relationship Management
• Strategic Planning
• Business Development
• Corporate Communications
• Negotiation amp Influencing Risk Assessment Governance amp Compliance Project Management

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor s degree in Engineering, Geoscience, Business, IT, Data Science, or a related discipline.
• Master s degree or project/digital/change certification is preferred.

Experience

• Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience, including cross-functional project delivery, stakeholder management, business case development, implementation coordination, and adoption support.
• Experience managing senior-level stakeholders and strategic external relationships.
• Experience in mining, exploration, industrial operations, technology implementation, digital transformation, analytics, or business improvement is preferred.