Chief Technology Officer/Technology Leader - Dubai

وصف الوظيفة


What Are You Going To Do

  • Reporting to the Managing Director and part of the Executive Committee, the position is to be (ideally) located in Dubai, due to its central location and the large client concentration;
  • The CTO/Technology Leader will work with the leadership team to set clear priorities and goals for technology innovation, development and management;
  • Define the company’s overall technology strategy to support business objectives;
  • Oversee data security, management and governance;
  • Manage strategic technology partner relationships;
  • Identify and assess potential targets for acquisition;
  • Strengthen and expand the company portfolio of process technologies/solutions targeting the energy industry and the transition to clean energy;
  • Lead new development and improvement efforts across organization technologies/solutions;
  • Be the repository of the company’s core process design knowledge, return of experience and spearhead innovation and dissemination;
  • Protect company technical knowledge and expertise via patents, secrecy and/or controlled access to critical information;
  • Lead Pilot and Demonstration units’ initiatives;
  • Technical Leader for Consulting projects (feasibility studies, pre-FEED) involving new technologies and complex process schemes;
  • Support Proposals Managers and Sales teams in taking ‘new technology’ offerings to the market with the objective of creating and occupying a ‘niche’;
  • Ensure close collaboration across departments to drive strategic initiatives, including understanding of the alignment between market needs and technology strategies;
  • Create strategic plans and set timelines for evaluation, development, and deployment of all technological developments;
  • Provide advice and direction on ‘Technology Risk’ on complex or novel processes;
  • Continuously improve Company design tools, systems (including Software Simulations) Procedures and Design Guidelines to best meet the needs of the business;
  • Provide technology training and mentoring to technical staff;
  • Adapt the product portfolio to the market changes and opportunities;
  • Increase competitiveness and/or differentiation of products/technologies through innovation & improvement;
  • Monitor industry innovations and improvements in the old and new Energy landscape and assess their impact on technologies/solutions;
  • Establish dialogue with key client technologists to identify process improvements and new business opportunities as identified by their own operations;
  • Participate in project model reviews focusing on optimizing process designs when requested;
  • Participate in troubleshooting underperforming systems to identify improvement solutions;
  • Be responsible for the collection and analyses of equipment performance data leading to product optimization;
  • Provide leadership and support of Health, Safety & Environment culture and values.


Essential Skills And Knowledge

  • Science or Engineering Degree with minimum of 20 years conventional and/or renewable energy industry or related industry experience;
  • Strong skills in strategic planning, goal setting, processes development, budgeting, and creating opportunities for professional development within technology teams;
  • Creative and Innovation driven;
  • Excellent communication, leadership, and strategic thinking abilities with a problem-solving aptitude;
  • Solid understanding of broad technology trends and the ability to align innovation with business goals;
  • Strong communication with ability to convey technical topics in easy-to-understand business terms and work collaboratively with cross-functional teams and external partners.