SVP – Engineering — Trading And Supply Organisation

The mandate

A deliberate change of pace is required to deal with engineering commitments exceeding delivery capacity and architecture coherence within a privately held integrated energy producer and services platform. The immediate arena is the trading and supply organisation during an asset-integrity programme. For mandate 380, the successful executive inherits decisions that have been deferred, competing stakeholder expectations and a need to establish facts before committing further capital.

The SVP – Engineering operating perimeter covers approximately SAR 39,250 million in operated asset and trading portfolio, with activity spanning several trading and supply organisation customer, product and delivery clusters rather than a single asset. The SVP – Engineering Oil & Energy remit carries direct influence over roughly 650 colleagues and third-party capacity.

The group board and the relevant risk and people committees want a SVP – Engineering who can convert ambiguity into a short list of explicit choices for the trading and supply organisation. The SVP – Engineering Oil & Energy seat must resolve an asset-integrity programme, while preserving the underlying strengths of the trading and supply organisation. For mandate 380, value will come through sharper allocation, stronger leaders and an operating cadence that exposes variance early.

The SVP – Engineering’s first year on the trading and supply organisation is expected to end with roadmap predictability, quality and stronger technical leadership. In mandate 380, authority covers resources and leadership appointments; material trade-offs go directly to the board sponsor.

Why this seat is open

This is a newly created SVP – Engineering — Trading And Supply Organisation seat, established because an asset-integrity programme now requires one accountable executive rather than distributed ownership. The board has classified the appointment as urgent and intends to move from qualified shortlist to offer within 6–8 weeks. Interim governance protects the trading and supply organisation, but it is not a substitute for a permanent appointee. The external search remains confidential to avoid unnecessary disruption before the appointment is agreed.

What you will own

• Set the SVP – Engineering value-creation thesis for the trading and supply organisation, translate it into no more than five enterprise priorities and stop work that does not support them.
• Carry stewardship of approximately SAR 39,250 million in operated asset and trading portfolio, including allocation, risk acceptance and board forecasts.
• Lead the SVP – Engineering Oil & Energy organisation of about 650 employees and partners, appointing a team with clear decision rights and credible succession for every critical seat.
• Resolve the trading and supply organisation economics and execution constraints created by an asset-integrity programme, with SVP – Engineering-approved owners, dated milestones and transparent escalation thresholds.
• Establish one SVP – Engineering operating review across commercial, customer, financial, people, technology and risk outcomes for the trading and supply organisation; remove reconciliations that obscure accountability.
• Show end-to-end ownership of a material platform or value stream, including budget, talent and measurable operating outcomes in mandate 380.
• Build the SVP – Engineering’s three-year succession and capability plan for the trading and supply organisation, reducing dependence on individual executives and improving mobility across the wider Oil & Energy organisation.

The first 12 months

• Days 1–90: Validate the trading and supply organisation baseline, meet the 30 stakeholders most consequential to engineering commitments exceeding delivery capacity and architecture coherence, assess the leadership team, stabilise immediate delivery risks and agree a board-owned scorecard with explicit decision gates.
• Months 4–9: Make the principal SVP – Engineering portfolio and organisation choices for the trading and supply organisation, install the new operating cadence, fill critical leadership gaps and deliver the first measurable release of cash, capacity or customer value.
• Months 10–12: Demonstrate a repeatable trading and supply organisation trend against roadmap predictability, quality and stronger technical leadership, lock the following year’s capital and talent plan, evidence control sustainability and present a credible three-year value case with downside actions.

What the board will measure

• Delivery of the SVP – Engineering’s agreed first-year trading and supply organisation value case within a 10% tolerance, with variance explained before rather than after the relevant quarter closes.
• A SVP – Engineering forecast that remains decision-useful across three consecutive quarters and reconciles the trading and supply organisation’s operating, cash, customer and people assumptions.
• Closure of the SVP – Engineering mandate’s highest-priority trading and supply organisation risk and execution issues by their board-approved dates, with independent evidence that fixes are sustained.
• Retention of at least 90% of critical trading and supply organisation talent and ready-now successors for at least 70% of the SVP – Engineering’s direct reports.
• A quantified SVP – Engineering-owned improvement in the trading and supply organisation operating constraint behind an asset-integrity programme, supported by a clean baseline and named data owner.
• Clear stakeholder confidence in mandate 380: no unresolved high-severity escalation older than 30 days and no material surprise withheld from its agreed governance forum.

The person

You are currently a SVP Engineering, VP R&D or Engineering Centre Head in a privately held Oil & Energy or adjacent enterprise. In relation to the trading and supply organisation, your SVP – Engineering track record includes a transition where the original plan was no longer sufficient; you can explain your choices, evidence and numerical impact. Candidates from energy, oil and gas, utilities, chemicals, renewables or industrial services will be considered where the operating model, customer stakes and governance intensity match this SVP – Engineering brief.

As a SVP – Engineering candidate, you bring 22–28 years of progressive Oil & Energy or adjacent-sector experience, consistent with the 22-28 experience band. At minimum, you have carried a P&L, book, budget or accountable portfolio of SAR 22,750 million and led an organisation of at least 650 people.

For mandate 380, the board wants two transitions: a difficult trading and supply organisation portfolio choice and a leadership-system change during an asset-integrity programme. As the prospective SVP – Engineering for this trading and supply organisation, you must challenge optimistic cases and still create followership. References for mandate 380 must distinguish your contribution from the institution around you.

The SVP – Engineering must be based in Riyadh; international relocation is supported, but this Oil & Energy role is not designed as a remote appointment.

Non-negotiables

• Current or recent accountability at the level of SVP Engineering, VP R&D or Engineering Centre Head, with direct exposure to a board, investment committee or equivalent Oil & Energy governance forum.
• Proven SVP – Engineering ownership of at least SAR 22,750 million and leadership of no fewer than 650 employees in a comparable trading and supply organisation context.
• One completed Oil & Energy or adjacent-sector example of engineering commitments exceeding delivery capacity and architecture coherence with outcomes sustained for at least two reporting periods after the initial intervention.
• Sector credibility from energy, oil and gas, utilities, chemicals, renewables or industrial services; experience that is purely functional and lacks SVP – Engineering-level trading and supply organisation consequences will not meet the bar.
• Willingness to meet the Riyadh location expectation, complete conflicts and background diligence, and protect the confidentiality of mandate 380.

Compensation and terms

The anticipated SVP – Engineering package is SAR 1.4–1.9 million fixed + annual incentive, calibrated to the final trading and supply organisation scope and the candidate’s current mix. Any long-term participation for mandate 380 follows standard vesting and performance conditions. The SVP – Engineering appointment in Riyadh, centred on the trading and supply organisation, offers regular exposure to the group board and the relevant risk and people committees. A notice period of up to 6 months can be accommodated for the selected executive in mandate 380.

Confidentiality

To protect the board, incumbent team and candidate, the organisation remains unnamed until a confidential conversation confirms mutual relevance for mandate 380. The operating facts have been rounded and blended expressly to remove identifying signals for mandate 380.