Digital & IT Strategy Consultant

About the Role

Saudi Aramco is seeking a Digital & IT Strategy Consultant to join the Strategy and Investment Department. This full-time role involves designing, governing, and evolving Saudi Aramco’s digital and IT strategy, ensuring alignment with long-term business objectives while optimizing investments and partnerships.

Role Purpose and Context

The primary purpose of this position is to serve as an IT strategic advisor. The consultant will identify opportunities to enhance digital and IT capabilities through targeted investments, innovative partnership models, and adaptive operating frameworks. These efforts are aimed at driving operational excellence and competitive advantage for Saudi Aramco.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and refine Saudi Aramco’s Digital & IT strategy, aligning long-term priorities such as operating model transformation, sustainability, operational resilience, and innovation with emerging technologies (*, AI, cloud, cybersecurity, quantum) and industry benchmarks.
• Provide strategic advisory to senior leadership by translating market trends, competitor activities, and technological disruptions into actionable insights to shape priorities and capabilities.
• Conduct financial modeling and scenario analysis for digital/IT investments, including cloud migration and automation programs, evaluating risks, costs, and revenue impacts to inform decision-making.
• Design execution frameworks for strategic initiatives, ensuring alignment between technical delivery teams and business goals, and monitoring progress through KPIs and milestone reviews.
• Conduct market intelligence and scenario planning, including competitor analysis, technology adoption curves, and regulatory shifts, to identify risks, opportunities, and innovation pathways.
• Collaborate with technical teams to translate strategic priorities into implementation roadmaps, resolve execution bottlenecks, and ensure cross-functional alignment.
• Benchmark global best practices in digital/IT strategy and execution, adapting frameworks to Saudi Aramco’s operational context and regulatory environment.
• Lead capability assessments to evaluate gaps in current digital/IT capabilities and recommend targeted improvements, such as skill development, technology adoption, and process optimization.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in a relevant field is required.

Work Environment

Saudi Aramco offers challenging professional, technical, and industrial opportunities. The company invests in capital and technology to support world-scale projects and addresses global technical, logistical, and environmental challenges. There is a strong emphasis on talent development, with extensive workforce development programs available to employees at all levels to enhance sector-specific knowledge and competencies.