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About Air Products Qudra

Air Products Qudra operates as part of Air Products, a world-leading industrial gases company with a proud history of innovation and operational excellence. We are seeking a dedicated professional to join our team in Duba, Saudi Arabia, for a full-time position.

The Role: NGHP IT/DT Cybersecurity Lead

The NGHP IT/DT Cybersecurity Lead will be responsible for coordinating and executing comprehensive cybersecurity activities at our site in Duba. This role serves as a central point of coordination for cybersecurity efforts across various stakeholders, ensuring alignment with project schedules, commissioning priorities, and regulatory compliance milestones.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate site cybersecurity activities, including cyber site acceptance testing, cyber hygiene, readiness reviews, proof-of-compliance documentation, and closure of implementation gaps.
• Serve as the site-based cybersecurity point of coordination among DT, OT/ICS Cybersecurity, project management, process controls, vendors, subcontractors, and NGHC stakeholders.
• Provide day-to-day direction to cybersecurity engineers, external partners, and site-based cyber resources for implementation, testing, documentation, and evidence collection.
• Ensure cyber activities align with project schedules, commissioning priorities, start-up needs, and compliance milestones.
• Coordinate with the DT Project Manager and OT/ICS Cybersecurity team to maintain a consolidated schedule of cybersecurity deliverables, dependencies, risks, and milestones.
• Support the execution of cybersecurity activities aligned with KSA regulatory requirements (NCA ECC, NCA OTCC, HCIS/SAIS, CNI/critical systems obligations).
• Lead the collection, organization, quality review, and readiness of Proof of Compliance documentation for HCIS and NCA compliance.
• Coordinate with NGHC on CSAT witnessing, evidence review, documentation feedback, and comment resolution.
• Support NGHC in preparing cybersecurity evidence packages and responses for regulatory submission.
• Ensure compliance documentation is complete, traceable, controlled, and organized for audit, regulatory review, and stakeholder approval.
• Interface regularly with the OT/ICS Cybersecurity team and PDO on-site cyber resources.
• Conduct routine coordination meetings with relevant stakeholders to align cyber execution activities, risks, blockers, and decisions.
• Communicate cybersecurity status, risks, issues, dependencies, and escalation items effectively to senior management and project leadership.
• Translate technical cybersecurity and compliance topics into clear, actionable updates for project executives and partners.
• Support governance meetings, executive cyber oversight reviews, and compliance readiness discussions.
• Manage and supervise external partners involved in designing, implementing, documenting, testing, or supporting cybersecurity solutions for the GHE scope.
• Oversee on-site work by external cybersecurity implementation partners to ensure deliverables meet all requirements.
• Coordinate third-party support across CSAT, commissioning, start-up, and handover to NGHC.
• Track, review, document, and escalate vendor/subcontractor cybersecurity deliverables when gaps or delays affect compliance or project readiness.
• Support the review of vendor documentation, cyber execution plans, network/security architecture, hardening evidence, access control matrices, SIEM/monitoring documentation, and POC packages.
• Serve as the interface between DT infrastructure activities and cybersecurity-related activities at the site.
• Support alignment across OT systems, industrial DMZs, site network architecture, identity/access controls, monitoring, cyber hygiene, and cyber readiness activities.
• Identify scope gaps, accountability gaps, technical blockers, and documentation gaps that could affect regulatory compliance, start-up readiness, or handover.
• Partner with site engineering, process controls, and project management teams to integrate cybersecurity activities into site work plans and commissioning sequences.
• Support handover readiness by ensuring documentation, evidence, operating assumptions, and support responsibilities are clearly defined.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Experience leading OT/ICS cybersecurity activities in industrial, energy, chemical, utility, critical infrastructure, or large capital project environments.
• Experience with cybersecurity site acceptance testing, proof-of-compliance documentation, regulatory evidence collection, cyber risk assessment closure, and audit readiness.

Essential Skills and Knowledge

• Strong understanding of KSA cybersecurity regulations and regulatory expectations, including NCA and HCIS requirements.
• Understanding of contractual cybersecurity obligations between Air Products/APEPC and NGHC.
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent priorities across project execution, stakeholder coordination, regulatory compliance, vendor management, and site readiness.
• Ability to communicate effectively with senior management while also understanding and directing detailed day-to-day work activities at site.
• Strong stakeholder management skills across project, engineering, cybersecurity, operations, vendors, and external/customer organizations.
• Familiarity with OT/ICS security principles, including segmentation, industrial DMZs, secure remote access, access control, hardening, monitoring, and incident readiness.

Work Environment and Collaboration

This role operates within a complex, multi-party environment involving Air Products, NGHC, PDO, DT, EPC contractors, vendors, and regulatory stakeholders. Effective collaboration and coordination are critical for success in this dynamic setting.