Manager Data & AI Portfolio & Project Management

About the Role

Ma’aden is seeking a Manager, Data & AI Portfolio & Project Management, to join its team. This full-time role focuses on the strategic management, governance, and value realization of Exploration and Petroleum Development & Evaluation (PDE) data assets across the organization. The position ensures that critical subsurface, geological, geophysical, drilling, reservoir, and related technical data are reliable, accessible, secure, and aligned with business priorities.

This role contributes to business value by enabling data-driven decision-making, improving data quality and consistency, accelerating digital initiatives, and maximizing the return on data investments. Through domain stewardship and collaboration with stakeholders, the role strengthens operational performance, supports innovation, and enhances organizational data maturity.

Key Responsibilities

• Shape and execute the Exploration & PDE data domain strategy in alignment with enterprise data and digital objectives.
• Establish a scalable data domain framework to improve data accessibility, usability, and business value.
• Drive prioritization of data initiatives supporting exploration, evaluation, and resource development objectives.
• Strengthen governance practices to ensure data integrity, consistency, ownership, and regulatory compliance.
• Deliver measurable improvements in data quality through standards, controls, and stewardship processes.
• Govern critical data assets across their lifecycle to improve reliability and reduce operational risk.
• Lead the development and enhancement of data products that enable operational and strategic decision-making.
• Increase adoption of trusted data assets across technical and business functions.
• Translate business requirements into scalable data solutions that generate measurable business outcomes.
• Provide expert guidance on exploration, geological, geophysical, drilling, reservoir, and subsurface data management practices.
• Influence enterprise data architecture decisions to improve interoperability and domain integration.
• Promote industry-leading practices, technologies, and methodologies across the data ecosystem.
• Build partnerships between business functions, digital teams, and external partners to align priorities and outcomes.
• Facilitate effective decision-making through clear data ownership, accountability, and governance structures.
• Strengthen collaboration across domains to improve enterprise-wide data consistency and effectiveness.
• Accelerate the adoption of advanced analytics, automation, AI, and digital capabilities through high-quality domain data.
• Identify opportunities to optimize processes, reduce manual effort, and improve data lifecycle efficiency.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement and data-driven performance.

Outcomes of Success

• Improved data quality, consistency, and trust across Exploration and PDE data assets.
• Increased utilization of data products for operational and strategic decision-making.
• Enhanced compliance with data governance standards, policies, and regulatory requirements.
• Reduced data-related risk and improved data lifecycle management effectiveness.
• Faster delivery of digital, analytics, and AI initiatives enabled by trusted domain data.
• Strong stakeholder satisfaction and clear ownership of critical business data assets.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Geoscience, Petroleum Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Management, or a related discipline.
• 10–15 years of relevant experience in exploration, subsurface, petroleum development, data management, or digital transformation environments.
• Demonstrated experience in data governance, data domains, master data, or enterprise data management frameworks.
• Experience leading cross-functional data initiatives and delivering business-focused data solutions.
• Experience working within large-scale energy, mining, natural resources, or industrial organizations.