Product Owner

LHR Américas; Riyad Al Khabra; On-site; SAR 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled product owner to join their Global Optimizer Development Department. This pivotal role focuses on identifying business requirements for innovative digital solutions that enhance downstream operations and maximize profitability. The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in business analysis, product management, and a deep understanding of the oil and gas sector. This opportunity offers a dynamic work environment with excellent compensation and benefits, including housing allowances and healthcare access, making it perfect for those looking to make a significant impact in a global organization.

Benefits

Annual bonus

Housing allowance

Top-notch healthcare

High School education allowance

22 days of vacation leave

11 paid company holidays

Repatriation allowance

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in business analysis and product management.
• Proven experience as a digital solution product owner or similar role.

Responsibilities

• Identify and document business requirements for digital solutions.
• Participate in solution ideation and design sprints.
• Lead user acceptance testing to ensure solutions meet requirements.

Skills

Business Analysis

Product Management

Agile Methodologies

Communication Skills

Oil and Gas Industry Knowledge

Refining Planning Process

Digital Solutions Knowledge

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science

Bachelor's in Software Engineering

Bachelor's in Information Technology

Bachelor's in Business Administration

Bachelor's in Petroleum Studies

Job description

WHO IS OUR CLIENT?

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.

WHAT IS YOUR CHALLENGE?

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.

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.

RESPONSABILITIES

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

• 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.

REWARDS & BENEFITS OVERVIEW

Our client offers excellent compensation and industry-leading benefits and other programs designed to meet the diverse needs of their employees and their families.

Salary - commensurate with experience and individual qualifications.

Salary packages can include expatriate premiums & supplemental benefits plans

Annual bonus

Housing: housing allowance

Healthcare: Access to top-notch healthcare is an important part of working as an expatriate for our client.

Dependent Education: High School allowance

Annual vacation: 22 days of vacation leave per year. In addition to annual vacations days, employees also receive 11 paid company holidays each year.

Repatriation allowance: Annually round trip to your home country.

THE STAGES OF THIS PROCESS ARE:

1. Resume Evaluation: A member of our recruitment team will evaluate that your resume matches the client's job description requirement.

Use the job description requirements to highlight your relevant experience and skills.

Be specific and describe the significance of your work, keyword alignment is important. Emphasize the impact of the work you've contributed to HR areas and tasks. Use your professional profile/resume to focus on major accomplishments and qualifications that match the job.

If your resume evaluation is suitable for this position, the recruitment team will invite you to a preliminary phone/video interview in 2-3 days.

If your resume evaluation is not suitable, you will be receiving an e-mail notification in 2-3 days.

2. Interviews stage

2.1 LHR Americas preliminary phone/video interview: A member of the Talent Acquisition team from LHR Americas will first schedule a call with you to discuss the details of the position, your interests, and qualifications. Furthermore, your English level will be evaluated at this stage, ONLY native or advanced speakers will approve this evaluation.

If this preliminary phone/video interview is successful your resume will be submitted to our client.

If your preliminary phone/video interview is not successful our Talent Acquisition consultant will inform you.

2.2 Client phone/video interview: This interview will happen only if your resume is approved by our client, we cannot guarantee the time our Client will take to approve your resume, but it should take less than a week.

If your resume is approved a member of the Talent Acquisition Team from our client will schedule a call with you to evaluate your qualifications.

The client interview contains technical questions that help assess your familiarity with problem-solving in your given field and may include a behavioral evaluation. Be prepared to explain how you approach problems and produce solutions.

If your phone interview is successful, the hiring team will further evaluate your resume, and they will invite you to a video interview when hiring managers are available.

If your resume is not approved, LHR Americas will inform you.

2.3 Video interviews with hiring managers: which may also contain technical questions that help us assess your familiarity with problem-solving in your given field.

3. Conditional Offer

A successful interview may result in a conditional offer of employment.

Conditions for employment include but are not limited to: medical examinations, and permission to secure a visa to work and reside in-country.

4. Relocation process

After your offer is accepted and all conditions for employment are met, you will be assigned a relocation advisor from LHR Americas. This advisor is your go-to resource for the transition, providing helpful advice on everything from when to give notice to your current employer to visa services.