Principal Specialist, Partnerships &stakeholder Management
At a Glance
- Category
- 💻 Technology
- Level
- Senior
- Type
- Full-time
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Why This Role Matters
The role leads the planning, coordination, approval, implementation, and adoption of ERD digital, AI, automation, analytics, and decision-support initiatives, with primary focus on project delivery, stakeholder alignment, governance, and business integration rather than hands-on technical development.
The role acts as the business integration lead between ERD, IT, AI Factory, Data Management, Cybersecurity, Finance, Procurement, Legal, external advisors, vendors, and implementation partners to ensure initiatives are clearly scoped, approved, delivered, adopted, and sustained.
What You Will Deliver
Project and Initiative Delivery
• Manage approved initiatives from concept and business case through planning, design coordination, testing, deployment, adoption, and post-implementation review.
• Develop delivery plans, milestones, governance routines, resource needs, dependencies, risks, decisions, and escalation paths.
• Translate ERD business priorities into practical use cases, requirements, implementation roadmaps, and management update materials.
• Monitor progress, resolve delivery issues, coordinate approvals, and ensure initiatives remain aligned with scope, value, and business readiness.
Stakeholder and Governance Management
• Serve as the central coordination point across ERD programs, technical teams, IT, AI Factory, Data Management, Cybersecurity, Finance, Procurement, Legal, external advisors, and vendors.
• Build alignment among business, technical, control, and leadership stakeholders with different priorities, expectations, and decision requirements.
• Facilitate workshops, governance discussions, design reviews, issue-resolution meetings, and approval processes.
• Prepare concise executive updates, recommendations, decision papers, and implementation status reports.
Team and Partner Coordination
• Coordinate small internal teams, project-based contributors, external consultants, implementation partners, and developers to deliver agreed outcomes.
• Delegate work, clarify expectations, track deliverables, support issue resolution, and promote knowledge transfer and sustainable internal capability.
• Mentor team members and project contributors in structured problem solving, stakeholder communication, delivery discipline, and business integration.
What Success Looks Like
- Improved stakeholder satisfaction index.
- Strategic partnerships are established or enhanced in line with agreed value objectives.
- Partnership performance meets agreed objectives.
- Stakeholder engagement plans are completed within agreed timelines.
- Stakeholder issues and concerns are resolved effectively.
- Governance and reporting requirements are consistently met.
- Stakeholder engagement effectiveness metrics demonstrate continuous improvement.Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Geoscience, Business, IT, Data Science, or a related discipline.
- Master’s degree or project/digital/change certification is preferred.Experience
- Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience, including cross-functional project delivery, stakeholder management, business case development, implementation coordination, and adoption support.
- Experience managing senior-level stakeholders and strategic external relationships.
- Experience in mining, exploration, industrial operations, technology implementation, digital transformation, analytics, or business improvement is preferred.Skills That Matter
- Stakeholder Management
- Partnership Development
- Relationship Management
- Strategic Planning
- Business Development
- Corporate Communications
- Negotiation & Influencing
- Risk Assessment
- Governance & Compliance
- Project Management
Requirements
- •Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience
- •Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Geoscience, Business, IT, Data Science, or a related discipline
- •Ability to manage initiatives from concept through post-implementation review
- •Strong stakeholder alignment and governance skills
- •Experience coordinating internal teams and external vendors/consultants
Nice to Have
- •Master’s degree
- •Project management certification
- •Digital transformation certification
- •Change management certification
Responsibilities
- •Manage approved initiatives from concept, planning, design coordination, testing, deployment, to adoption
- •Develop delivery plans, milestones, governance routines, resource needs, and risk management
- •Translate business priorities into practical use cases, requirements, and implementation roadmaps
- •Serve as the central coordination point between ERD, IT, AI Factory, Data Management, Cybersecurity, Finance, Procurement, and Legal
- •Build alignment among business, technical, control, and leadership stakeholders
- •Facilitate workshops, governance discussions, design reviews, and approval processes
- •Prepare concise executive updates, recommendations, and decision papers
- •Mentor team members and project contributors in problem solving and stakeholder communication
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Ma'aden is a Saudi Arabian mining and metals company developing the country's mineral resources. They focus on producing aluminum, gold, phosphates, and other industrial minerals.