Chief Product Officer — Low-Carbon Platform

The mandate

The investment committee has withheld further expansion pending clarity on a broad portfolio lacking clear product accountability within a institutionally backed integrated energy producer and services platform. The immediate arena is the low-carbon platform during an asset-integrity programme. For mandate 397, the successful executive inherits decisions that have been deferred, competing stakeholder expectations and a need to establish facts before committing further capital.

The Chief Product Officer operating perimeter covers approximately AED 40,700 million in operated asset and trading portfolio, with activity spanning several low-carbon platform customer, product and delivery clusters rather than a single asset. The Chief Product Officer Oil & Energy remit carries direct influence over roughly 1,350 colleagues and third-party capacity.

The chair, executive committee and principal capital sponsors want a Chief Product Officer who can convert ambiguity into a short list of explicit choices for the low-carbon platform. The Chief Product Officer Oil & Energy seat must resolve an asset-integrity programme, while preserving the underlying strengths of the low-carbon platform. For mandate 397, value will come through sharper allocation, stronger leaders and an operating cadence that exposes variance early.

The Chief Product Officer’s first year on the low-carbon platform is expected to end with portfolio coherence, product economics and customer adoption. In mandate 397, 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 Chief Product Officer — Low-Carbon Platform 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 low-carbon platform, 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 Chief Product Officer value-creation thesis for the low-carbon platform, translate it into no more than five enterprise priorities and stop work that does not support them.
• Carry stewardship of approximately AED 40,700 million in operated asset and trading portfolio, including allocation, risk acceptance and board forecasts.
• Lead the Chief Product Officer Oil & Energy organisation of about 1,350 employees and partners, appointing a team with clear decision rights and credible succession for every critical seat.
• Resolve the low-carbon platform economics and execution constraints created by an asset-integrity programme, with Chief Product Officer-approved owners, dated milestones and transparent escalation thresholds.
• Establish one Chief Product Officer operating review across commercial, customer, financial, people, technology and risk outcomes for the low-carbon platform; remove reconciliations that obscure accountability.
• Have owned portfolio economics, roadmap choices and adoption across a multi-product customer base in mandate 397.
• Build the Chief Product Officer’s three-year succession and capability plan for the low-carbon platform, reducing dependence on individual executives and improving mobility across the wider Oil & Energy organisation.

The first 12 months

• Days 1–90: Validate the low-carbon platform baseline, meet the 30 stakeholders most consequential to a broad portfolio lacking clear product accountability, assess the leadership team, stabilise immediate delivery risks and agree a board-owned scorecard with explicit decision gates.
• Months 4–9: Make the principal Chief Product Officer portfolio and organisation choices for the low-carbon platform, 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 low-carbon platform trend against portfolio coherence, product economics and customer adoption, 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 Chief Product Officer’s agreed first-year low-carbon platform value case within a 10% tolerance, with variance explained before rather than after the relevant quarter closes.
• A Chief Product Officer forecast that remains decision-useful across three consecutive quarters and reconciles the low-carbon platform’s operating, cash, customer and people assumptions.
• Closure of the Chief Product Officer mandate’s highest-priority low-carbon platform risk and execution issues by their board-approved dates, with independent evidence that fixes are sustained.
• Retention of at least 90% of critical low-carbon platform talent and ready-now successors for at least 70% of the Chief Product Officer’s direct reports.
• A quantified Chief Product Officer-owned improvement in the low-carbon platform operating constraint behind an asset-integrity programme, supported by a clean baseline and named data owner.
• Clear stakeholder confidence in mandate 397: 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 Chief Product Officer, SVP Product or Product Business GM in a institutionally backed Oil & Energy or adjacent enterprise. In relation to the low-carbon platform, your Chief Product Officer 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 Chief Product Officer brief.

As a Chief Product Officer 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 AED 23,600 million and led an organisation of at least 950 people.

For mandate 397, the board wants two transitions: a difficult low-carbon platform portfolio choice and a leadership-system change during an asset-integrity programme. As the prospective Chief Product Officer for this low-carbon platform, you must challenge optimistic cases and still create followership. References for mandate 397 must distinguish your contribution from the institution around you.

The Chief Product Officer must be based in Abu Dhabi; 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 Chief Product Officer, SVP Product or Product Business GM, with direct exposure to a board, investment committee or equivalent Oil & Energy governance forum.
• Proven Chief Product Officer ownership of at least AED 23,600 million and leadership of no fewer than 950 employees in a comparable low-carbon platform context.
• One completed Oil & Energy or adjacent-sector example of a broad portfolio lacking clear product accountability 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 Chief Product Officer-level low-carbon platform consequences will not meet the bar.
• Willingness to meet the Abu Dhabi location expectation, complete conflicts and background diligence, and protect the confidentiality of mandate 397.

Compensation and terms

The anticipated Chief Product Officer package is AED 1.9–2.7 million fixed + annual incentive and LTI, calibrated to the final low-carbon platform scope and the candidate’s current mix. Any long-term participation for mandate 397 follows standard vesting and performance conditions. The Chief Product Officer appointment in Abu Dhabi, centred on the low-carbon platform, offers regular exposure to the chair, executive committee and principal capital sponsors. A notice period of up to 6 months can be accommodated for the selected executive in mandate 397.

Confidentiality

Client identity is withheld at this stage and will be disclosed under mutual confidentiality after an initial fit discussion for mandate 397. Rounded ranges and blended context prevent this document from being used to triangulate the organisation for mandate 397.