AI Product Expert for Oil & Gas📣 Job Ad
| Contract Type | Full-time | |
| Workplace type | On-site | |
| Location | Riyadh |
About the Role
SAP is seeking an AI Product Expert to join its team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This role focuses on leveraging AI to drive innovation within the Oil & Gas and Chemicals industries. The position involves collaborating directly with customers to identify high-impact AI use cases within their SAP landscape and working with SAP's Product & Engineering and Customer Services & Delivery teams to build and implement end-to-end solutions. This is an opportunity for continuous learning and skill growth within a supportive team environment.
As part of a dedicated AI and industry expert team serving customers across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, you will contribute to a collaborative environment that combines AI expertise, industry knowledge, and regional understanding. The role requires thriving in a fast-paced setting, transforming business challenges into practical, scalable solutions, with a strong emphasis on curiosity, ownership, and continuous learning.
Key Responsibilities
- Engage directly with customers in the Oil, Gas & Energy and Chemicals industries in KSA to identify, prioritize, and frame AI use cases on SAP S/4HANA and SAP BTP.
- Design and implement comprehensive AI solutions, including data pipelines from SAP, model selection and integration using SAP Business AI/BTP services, and UI/process integration.
- Manage agile cycles from Proof of Concept to Pilot and Production, gather user feedback, and drive the adoption of AI solutions within business processes.
- Serve as a liaison between Riyadh Lab customers and global SAP Product & Engineering, contributing requirements, identifying gaps, and highlighting patterns for the product roadmap.
- Develop reusable accelerators such as reference architectures, templates, and best practices for scaling across KSA and the wider region.
- Translate complex business challenges into clear technical designs and deliver end-to-end, production-ready solutions.
- Lead discovery sessions, deliver compelling demonstrations, and explain technical trade-offs in business terms to customers.
- Operate effectively in a forward-deployed role, taking ownership, collaborating closely with global teams, and focusing on creating measurable customer impact.
Qualifications and Experience
- A strong software engineering background with hands-on experience in Python, Java, or TypeScript.
- Proven experience with SAP BTP, integrations, and at least one major SAP domain (Finance, Supply Chain, HR, or Public Sector).
- A solid understanding of data and AI/ML concepts, including data modeling, APIs, and common AI patterns such as forecasting, classification, and copilots/assistants.
- End-to-end process knowledge of fundamental Oil & Gas processes, including Asset Management, Finance, Procurement, and Logistics across Upstream, Midstream, and Downstream operations.
- End-to-end process knowledge of fundamental Chemicals processes, such as Product Lifecycle Management, Production Planning, and Environmental, Health & Safety.
- Familiarity with the utilities market, its evolution, industry-specific challenges, and SAP's industry portfolio.
- Confidence in customer-facing and partner-facing engagements, including leading discovery workshops, delivering demos, managing stakeholders, and articulating technical trade-offs in business language.
- Comfort operating as a "forward-deployed" engineer with a high degree of ownership, tolerance for ambiguity, and a collaborative approach with global teams, driven by customer impact.
- Experience working with local customers and partners is considered a plus.
Technical and Industry Skills
- Programming Languages: Python, Java, TypeScript
- SAP Technologies: SAP BTP, S/4HANA, SAP Business AI, SAP BTP services
- Integration Skills
- SAP Domain Knowledge: SAP Finance, SAP Supply Chain, SAP HR, SAP Public Sector
- Data & AI/ML: Data Modelling, APIs, AI Patterns (Forecasting, Classification, Copilots/Assistants), AI/ML Concepts
- Industry Process Knowledge: Oil & Gas Processes (Asset Management, Finance, Procurement, Logistics - Upstream, Midstream, Downstream), Chemicals Processes (Product Lifecycle Management, Production Planning, Environmental, Health & Safety), Utilities Market Knowledge
- Customer & Partner Engagement: Customer Facing Work, Partner Facing Work, Discovery Workshops, Demos, Stakeholder Management, Explaining Technical Trade-offs in Business Terms
- Project & Delivery: Agile Methodologies, User Feedback Gathering, Adoption Driving, Translating Business Challenges to Technical Designs, Delivering End-to-End Solutions, Production-Ready Solutions, Driving Measurable Impact Creation
- Soft Skills: Ownership, Collaboration, Ambiguity Tolerance, Problem Solving, Teamwork, Leadership, Communication
Work Environment and Location
This is a full-time, regular position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The role operates within the Riyadh Region. Expected travel is between 0-10%.
Requirements
- No experience required
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