About the Company

Established in 2014, we are ADNOC's leading upstream company charged with driving marginal field development, and the first joint venture in the GCC between ADNOC (60%) and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC - 40%). Our activities span the hydrocarbon value chain from exploration to oil production of onshore and offshore concession areas. By taking an entrepreneurial approach and drawing on the expertise of established ADNOC upstream operating companies, we are using a cost-effective operating model to develop these concession areas and enable their profitable development. We are contributing to ADNOC's 2030 strategy by helping to create a more profitable upstream and supporting the growth of the UAE's economy.

About the Job

Lead the execution of the Upstream Corporate Data Management activities, involving data activity and data quality, ensuring strict adherence and compliance to requirements.
Develop plans, initiatives and requirements across the data management for various upstream disciplines to ensure data completeness and data quality is managed consistently in Al Yasat Petroleum.
Manage the implementation of Data Management solutions for effective storage, controlled access, maintenance, integrity and security of data across Al Yasat Petroleum.

Key Accountabilities

Provide technical expertise in managing, developing, loading, monitoring and delivering complete validated data, covering company-wide data domain scope.
Comprising upstream databases, archives, information and knowledge. Ensures technical quality and integrity of all activities carried out by the team and/or contractors.
Lead the operation geology team to achieve the main objective of drilling safely, efficiently and successfully the development and exploration wells of ADP as per approved DWS.
Lead the operation Petrophysics team to achieve the main objective of performing the petro physical evaluation of ADP exploration and development wells and perform data gathering planning and execution of those wells.
Plan and manage Corporate Upstream Business systems, support business requirement gathering, including off-the-shelf and in-house developed requirements consolidation, that serve ADNOC & Group Companies' corporate business functional areas, as part of supporting overall vision, objectives, strategy and operational requirements.
Lead various studies, researches and initiatives aimed at identifying solutions for providing optimum Corporate Upstream Business System support, including Image interpretation & integration. Evaluate and assess the Data Management Support to ensure that optimal productivity levels are maintained at all times.
Monitor work performance and report the progress, areas of concerns and the appropriate courses of action needed to rectify any deviations to ensure successful achievement of the established targets and objectives. Interact with decision-makers at all levels in ADNOC & Group Companies, and provide clear descriptions of the business requirements.
Ensure technical data is made available efficiently and sustainable solutions are in place to support business process and activities.

Lead and coordinate the setting up of Master Upstream Corporate Databases, including design, maintenance, development of the requirements and data flow procedure in conjunction with vendors and users. Set technical specifications consistently with ADNOC project procedures, specifying interface level to maintain the data integrity.
Negotiate and establish Service Level Agreements with vendors, suppliers, upstream users to ensure prompt, effective service delivery, and support. Monitor performance according to Service Level Agreements and provide regular feedback on the nature and status of support provided to upstream users.
Manage and monitor upstream users' satisfaction levels by establishing mechanisms and performance measures through which the level of customer satisfaction can be measured and monitored.
Coordinate Corporate Upstream Systems upgrades, risk and crisis management, and deployment of critical business and technology improvements.
Supervise the processes of gathering/loading/completing Data in ADNOC Corporate Database.
Oversee performance, availability, reliability, optimum integration of all Corporate Upstream Systems. Set up the necessary controls and measures to assess and improve the quality and integrity of Corporate Upstream System Support services.
Collaborate with relevant stakeholders to identify business requirements, assess Corporate Upstream System solutions feasibilities, determine cost versus benefits scenarios, and establish project teams. Build project team with specialists in various technical areas, evaluate alternative options, select the optimum solution, ensure successful implementation that addresses the business needs, and ensure adherence to established strategic business and objectives.
Participate in planning, evaluating and acquiring the necessary development software, hardware and tools for upstream users in Al Yasat Petroleum. Plan the provision of suitable end users training on various application systems functionalities to increase work efficiency and productivity.
Lead the execution of the upstream corporate database management activities involving data modelling ensuring strict adherence and compliance to business requirements. Monitor activities through conducting regular reviews and checks at certain milestones to guarantee accomplishment of established goals and objectives.
Coordinate with Upstream end users to provide data in agreed standard format through standard data loading and standard integration/interface procedures. This includes addressing any new data requirements consistently with business needs and corporate guidelines and in line with industry standards where applicable.
Establish benchmarking strategy in coordination with ADNOC, for business processes, best practices and knowledge sharing and transfer.
Recommend business process and/or national process improvements, in line with sustainable best practices, and the strategic and tactical goals of the business.
Manage all activities related to data application, workflow and customization/enhancement. This includes review of data mapping; data rationalization; data entry/management forms; data migration; and loading procedures, providing appropriate assistance as required.
Verify, validate and update in conjunction with other team members the exploration database on routine basis. Recommend exchange of exploration data with other oil companies operating in neighbouring countries. Coordinate the analysis and review of such data to obtain clearer picture of the hydrocarbon prospect in the Company's concession areas.
Integrated analysis of various geoscientific data to arrive at robust sub-surface solutions to existing and new challenges.
Participate in digital transformation projects and cooperate with ADNOC upstream data governance committee.

General Accountabilities

Supervision

Plan, supervise and coordinate all activities in the assigned area to meet functional objectives.
Train and develop the assigned staff on relevant skills to enable them to become proficient on the job and deliver the respective Team objectives.

Budgets

Provide input for preparation of Al Dhafra data management budget, and assist in the implementation of the approved Budget and work plans to deliver Team objectives.
Investigate and highlight any significant variances to support effective performance and cost control

Policies, Systems, Processes & Procedures

Implement approved Department / Team policies, processes, systems, standards and procedures in order to support execution of the Department / Team's work programs in line with Company and International standards.
Comply with all applicable legislations and legal regulations.

Performance Management

Contribute to the achievement of the approved Performance Objectives for the Department / Team in line with the Company Performance framework.

Innovation and Continuous Improvement

Design and implement new tools and techniques to improve the quality and efficiency of operational processes.
Identify improvements in internal processes against best practices in pursuit of greater efficiency in order to define intelligent solutions for issues confronting the function

Health, Safety. Environment (HSE) and Sustainability

Comply with relevant HSE policies, procedures, controls, applicable legislation, and sustainability guidelines in line with international standards, best practices and ADNOC Code of Practices

Minimum Requirements

Bachelors' Degree in Petroleum Engineering, Geology, Reservoir Engineering, Geophysics or equivalent.

At least 12 years' experience in petroleum development covering exploration, reservoir engineering, drilling operations, production operations and geosciences supplemented with experience in database management including database modelling