Operations & Business Readiness Workstream Lead

About Hatch

Hatch is a company with over 70 years of business and technical expertise in the mining, energy, and infrastructure sectors. With 10,000 colleagues operating in 150 countries, the company focuses on delivering practical, safe, innovative, and sustainable solutions globally while acting locally.

Role Overview

The Operations & Business Readiness Workstream Lead will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing an assigned Operational Readiness workstream. This role ensures the business is prepared to transition into operations safely, effectively, and sustainably. The Lead serves as the primary interface between the Operational Readiness Office, project delivery teams, operations, and functional stakeholders, providing workstream-level governance, reporting, and performance management. This is a full-time position based in Al Jubail, Eastern Province, requiring 2-5 years of experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the workstream Operational Readiness plan, aligning it with the overall OR roadmap and project milestones.
• Define workstream scope, deliverables, key milestones, resource requirements, and readiness criteria.
• Lead the execution of all workstream readiness activities and ensure deliverables are completed on schedule.
• Monitor progress against the plan and provide weekly and monthly status updates to the Operational Readiness Office.
• Manage workstream governance, including action tracking, decision logs, issue management, and escalation of risks.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate workstream-specific risks, gaps, and constraints impacting readiness.
• Coordinate interfaces and dependencies between project, business readiness, commissioning, and operational readiness workstreams.
• Facilitate workstream meetings, workshops, and stakeholder engagement activities.
• Prepare input for management, steering committee, and executive reporting.
• Support readiness reviews, stage-gate assessments, and operational acceptance activities.
• Obtain stakeholder approvals and sign-off for readiness deliverables and handover requirements.
• Drive problem-solving and issue resolution to maintain readiness commitments and first production targets.

Deliverables

• Workstream Readiness Plan
• Integrated Schedule and Milestone Tracker
• Risk, Issue, and Action Registers
• Dependency Management Register
• Readiness KPI Dashboard
• Weekly Progress Reports
• Decision and Governance Logs
• Functional Handover and Acceptance Documentation
• Readiness Closure and Sign-off Package

Qualifications and Experience

• Proven experience in leading small consulting engagements or discrete workstreams.
• Proven experience in Operational Readiness and ramp-up to stable operations.
• Demonstrated experience across both delivery and business development support.
• Experience in complex operating industries (*, mining, manufacturing) is strongly preferred.
• Availability to travel as required to support client engagements at the project site in Al Jubail.

Work Environment

This role is based in Al Jubail, with working hours from Sunday to Thursday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.