Senior Strategic Performance Advisor

ལཱ་ག་ཅི་འབད་དགོཔ་ཨིན་ན།

About the Role Saudi Aramco | Aramco Al-Saudiya is seeking a Senior Strategic Performance Advisor to join the Corporate Strategy Department. This full-time role contributes directly to the company's strategy development and update processes, applying best practices across upstream, downstream, new energies, and corporate strategy. Role Purpose and Impact The primary purpose of this role is to translate long-term strategic ambitions into measurable outcomes. The advisor will provide independent, data-driven insights into the company’s strategy execution, monitor the realization of strategic intent, and facilitate strategy execution reviews and diagnostic assessments to identify and close strategic performance gaps. Key Responsibilities Serve as a trusted advisor to the Corporate Strategy organization and Corporate & Executive Management on strategic performance matters, offering objective analysis, data-driven insights, and recommendations. Lead the development, deployment, and continuous enhancement of the company’s strategic performance management framework, ensuring alignment with enterprise strategy and long-term value creation objectives. Conduct comprehensive strategic performance analysis, including historical and forward-looking performance trend analysis, impact of investment plans, organizational execution capability, and readiness assessments. Analyze business strategies and associated investment plans to develop strategic recommendations on business strategy options, choices, and overall corporate strategic direction. Partner with Business Lines and Corporate Function teams to validate performance metrics, tracking methodologies, reporting standards, and corrective actions. Facilitate periodic enterprise-wide strategy execution reviews and diagnostic assessments, identifying strategic performance gaps, emerging risks, early warning signals, and areas requiring course correction. Benchmark the company’s strategic performance and related processes, practices, and technologies against leading peer companies. Develop and cultivate key matrix relationships to advance strategic performance initiatives that ensure the Company is effectively and dynamically managing the execution of its strategies. Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with industry experts and external consultancies to stay informed of key developments in strategic performance management and other arenas impacting competitive performance. Support the Secretariat to the Company’s Group Strategy Committee, ensuring effective documentation and follow-up on decisions and action items. Provide coaching and mentorship to junior professionals, fostering capability development and knowledge transfer. Qualifications and Experience Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Business Administration, Financial Management, or a related discipline from an accredited university. Minimum of 15 years of experience as a Strategic Performance Advisor, with at least 5 years in a similar function within a major energy company or consultancy house. Demonstrated experience evaluating and validating corporate-level strategy execution and performance outcomes. Deep expertise in Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) frameworks, systems, and best practices. Strong project management, problem-solving, and change management skills; comfortable leading and facilitating the implementation of new practices. Proven ability to quickly build credibility and collaborative relationships across all organizational levels, including executive leadership. Good understanding of oil & gas, chemicals, and broader energy market dynamics, including evolving technologies and strategic trends. Exceptional English written and oral communication skills. Excellent written and oral communication skills in Arabic are highly desirable. Experience coaching and mentoring multinational teams. Application Information This is a full-time position requiring over 10 years of experience. Salary information is not disclosed.