Senior Business Development Specialist - Commercial and Project Execution

Maaden; رأس الخير; On-site; SAR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

MAADEN is seeking a Senior Business Development Specialist - Commercial and Project Execution to lead the commercial and project-development activities for a potential JV in Ras Al Khair, Eastern KSA. The role entails market analysis, pricing, offtake, and coordination across technical and financial teams.

You will translate commercial assumptions into CAPEX/OPEX metrics, compare JV options with the base case, and drive due diligence with partners and customers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; postgraduate qualification preferred.
• Industry experience in commercial modelling and market analysis is essential.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional project development.

Responsibilities

• Develop the commercial case including demand, pricing, and offtake.
• Coordinate technical and project inputs for scope, schedule, and interfaces.
• Translate assumptions into CAPEX, OPEX, IRR, NPV and sensitivities.
• Maintain JV option vs Carbon Plant base-case comparisons with consistent criteria.
• Oversee due diligence on partners, customers, and feedstock.
• Identify scope optimisations to shorten delivery time while preserving assurance.
• Define offtake principles, service levels, and performance guarantees.
• Support commercial negotiations and terms reflecting the business case.
• Prepare SteerCo and Board materials; support handover to execution.
• Assist transition from development to execution with issue tracking.

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, Finance, Economics or a related discipline; postgraduate qualification is preferred.

Job description

MAADEN, established in 1997, is one of the fastest-growing mining companies in the world and the largest multi-commodity mining and metals company in the Middle East. We are leading the development of the mining industry as the third pillar of Saudi Arabia’s economy by building a world-class, unique, and fully integrated mining value chain.

We are pleased to share an exciting career opportunity with MAADEN. This role offers the chance to contribute to our ambitious growth plans and play a key role in shaping the future of the mining industry in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Role Profile

Job Title: Senior Business Development Specialist - Commercial and Project Execution

Business Unit/Function: Maaden Aluminum / Strategy & Business Development

Department: Business Development

Job Location: Ras Al Khair, Eastern KSA

Working hours: 8 hours

Job post duration: starting 27 September 2026 - end date 11 October 2026

JOB PURPOSE

Lead the commercial and project-development execution needed to turn the selected JV concept into an executable industrial opportunity. The role will integrate market, supply, offtake, operating-model, technical-interface and implementation inputs and ensure that the preferred option is robustly compared with the continuing Carbon Plant base case.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Develop the commercial case, including demand, pricing, product specifications, offtake, supply security and partner value proposition.
• Coordinate technical and project inputs for scope, interfaces, schedule, utilities, land, logistics, operating model, performance and implementation requirements.
• Work with Finance to translate commercial and project assumptions into CAPEX, OPEX, IRR, NPV, sensitivities and downside cases.
• Build and maintain the comparison between the JV option and the Carbon Plant base case, using consistent assumptions and decision criteria.
• Coordinate the business and market components of due diligence, including partner capability, customers, feedstock, supply chain and operating readiness.
• Identify opportunities to simplify scope, sequence activities in parallel and shorten delivery time while maintaining required assurance.
• Define proposed offtake principles, service levels, quality requirements, performance guarantees and commercial remedies.
• Support negotiation of commercial schedules and ensure agreement terms reflect the approved business case.
• Prepare workstream outputs for SteerCo, Investment Committee, ExCom and Board materials.
• Support transition from transaction development into execution, including assumptions register, open issues, benefit baseline and handover requirements.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's degree in business, Finance, Economics or a related discipline; postgraduate qualification is preferred.
• Typically, 10+ years of industrial business development, project development, commercial strategy or investment evaluation experience.
• Experience in aluminum, mining, metals, carbon, energy, chemicals or other capital-intensive industries is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated capability in commercial modelling, market analysis, project economics and cross-functional project development.
• Experience supporting complex negotiations and executive investment decisions.