Product Owner

Aramco Overseas Company UK Ltd; Dhahran Compound; On-site; SAR 299,000 - 375,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global energy firm in Saudi Arabia seeks a Product Owner to enhance digital solutions within the Global Optimizer Development Department. The successful candidate will identify business requirements, engage in design sprints, and define user stories for solutions that boost downstream margins. A Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 5 years' experience in product management are essential, with knowledge of the Oil and Gas sector preferred. This full-time role offers an inspiring work environment and the chance to contribute significantly to world-scale energy projects.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in business analysis and product management.
• Proven experience as a digital solution product owner or similar role.
• Certification in Agile Methodologies preferred.

Responsibilities

• Identify and document business requirements for downstream digital solutions.
• Participate in solution ideation and user interviews.
• Benchmark industry best-practices.

Skills

Business analysis

Product management

Agile methodologies

Communication

Collaboration

Understanding of Oil and Gas industry

Refining planning process modelling

Digital solutions knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Advanced degree (preferred)

Job 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 product owner to join our Global Optimizer Development Department.

The Global Optimizer Development Department (GOD) charter is to optimize crude allocation and the operations of global manufacturing facilities in order to maximize revenue, increase profitability, and capture international market opportunities.

Your primary will be to focus on identifying and detailing the business requirements for Global Optimizer digital solutions. You will actively participate in solutions that improve Downstream margin form design stages to deployment.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify and document business requirements for downstream digital solutions.
• Participate in solution ideation, design sprints and user interviews to gather and synthesize information.
• Benchmark industry best-practices and exiting solutions in the market.
• Assist in the design of target customer journeys.
• Translate end-user requirements into features and software functionalities and document them in industry standard formats.
• Define and review clear acceptance criteria and ensure user stories are ready for design and development.
• Participate in demo sessions to ensure the design / development meets the requirements and provide feedback.
• Participate / Lead user acceptance testing to ensure solutions meet the business requirements.
• Define standards and templates on how to write requirements documents, user stories, acceptance criteria and other based on industry best practices and Aramco's guidelines.

Minimum Requirements

As the successful candidate you will hold a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Business Administration, Petroleum Studies. Preferred advanced degree.

• You should have a minimum of 5 Years of experience in business analysis and product management.
• Proven experience as a digital solution product owner or similar role.
• Certification in Agile Methodologies (Preferred).
• Excellent communication with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Excellent understanding of the Oil and Gas industry and downstream in particular.
• Knowledge of refining planning process modelling requirements.
• Knowledge of digital solutions and technologies including software development process, user experience design and testing.

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

Job Post Duration

Job posting start date : 07 / 03 / 2025

Job posting end date : 12 / 31 / 2025

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.

Country / Region : SA