HEAD, DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY – QatarEnergy

Job Description:

Head, Digital Technology

EC-2008129

QatarEnergy

Qualification & Experience:

•Bachelor’s and or a Master’s Degree of Science.
•Advanced degrees (Master’s or PhD) in Oil & Gas, Energy Management, or Petroleum Engineering is highly desirable.

•15 years of experience in Energy sector, upstream, midstream, or downstream.
•Minimum 6 years of experience in the digital space managing and executing digital program with recognized vendors through a robust digital delivery model.
•Good team spirit, leadership, strong interpersonal communication, proven ability to work cross-functionally.
•Strategic partnership development with top digital service providers Join us to lead the charge in transforming our data landscape and driving innovation through digital, analytics, AI, and ML.

Note: Candidates without recent experience in the Oil and Gas industry and Cloud will not be considered.

Primary purpose of job

Lead our Digital Delivery team to ensure the digital strategy and roadmap are aligned with business objectives. Collaborate with business units, IT, and external vendors under a robust digital governance framework to swiftly demonstrate results through PoCs, MVPs, and the development of data-driven digital products that deliver value.
•Develop and own QatarEnergy’s Digital Strategy and Roadmap in alignment with QatarEnergy’s Strategic Objectives.
•Identify and prioritize digital use-cases in coordination with internal sponsors with clear Cost/Benefit and expected ROI.
•Builds the Digital Delivery team and the skills required to execute and develop governance & processes to manage the Digital Function to deliver the Program objectives while identifying new capability gaps and opportunities.
•Lead the implementation of Data Analytics, AI and ML solutions to optimize exploration, production, drilling, predictive
maintenance, reservoir characterization etc… or other typical use cases in the Energy sector.
•Monitor Digital technologies and trends, promote innovations and demonstrate value within Qatar Energy.
•Support business Analytics & Digital literacy program and employ change management best practices to improve adoption of new solutions.
•Accountable for financial management of the Digital function, including setting the annual budget, quality of reporting and spend oversight.
•Setting Digital performance goals and overseeing KPIs, optimizing and prioritizing the backlog of products (pipeline).
•Organize or lead the Digital related committees as per the approved governance.

Tagged as: Cloud Solutions, Digital Transformation, Innovation Strategy, IT Management, Technology Leadership