Downstream Technology Consultant

Our Client operates in the Oil and Energy industry, with its headquarters rooted strongly in Saudi Arabia. It has its branches spread to more than 50 countries, providing employment to more than 68,500 people all over the world. They fall under the Fortune 500 Companies. They are one of the world’s largest oil producers. They are constantly growing by creating new technologies through its Research and Development efforts and branch into new business lines through Investments and Acquisitions.

Responsibilities:

• Engage with Global Manufacturing organizations as well as business and engineering stakeholders to identify, evaluate, develop and support technology deployment programs that offer long-term, global, competitive differentiation
• Identify and build a network of strategic technology engineering partnerships for effective pre-and post-deployment support and to accelerate deployment.
• Develop the technology roadmaps with the Global Manufacturing Excellence subject matter experts and corporate organizations.
• Lead portfolio analysis, reviews to enable technology portfolio prioritization through providing insights and recommendations.
• Partner with Downstream and Engineering Services organizations to develop a consolidated forecast programs and investment plans.
• Build a shared understanding of long-term business needs, prioritized deployment scenarios informed by business investment plans, underlying technology challenges, and minimum performance criteria for a fit-for-purpose technology solution
• Through understanding of technology performance criteria, define a value hypothesis for a minimum viable product that satisfies defined business needs, and validate market-specific use cases and value propositions for targeted solutions, and support technology business case development and techno-economic evaluation
• Develop and delivers technology deployment plans for each project, including intellectual property (IP) exploitation opportunities.

Requirements:

• You must hold a Bachelor Degree in Science or Engineering discipline. An advance degree (MBA/ Finance) is preferable.
• You should have a minimum of 12 years’ experience in the areas of technology scouting, technology research and technology development. With at least 5 years of experience in product development, technology marketing and exposure to energy-related and/or software-related technology licensing.
• Finance experience in either downstream refinery, chemicals, natural gas distribution, energy services, alternative or renewable energy, engineering and technology innovation is required.
• Sufficient understanding and expertise across the “Strategy-to-Value” technology lifecycle, including: R&D and IP strategy, engineering, scale-up, project development, economic evaluation, supply chain development, risk evaluation and mitigation, as well as strategy and business development.
• Deep experience of developing business cases for new strategies or products.