Digital Manager

Job Purpose

This role will be on a definite contract of 36 months. 

The Digital Manager serves as the leader for digital transformation at NOC, acting as the strategic interface between executive leadership, technical departments, and external partners. 

The role is accountable for defining, governing, and delivering NOC’s digital ambition ensuring measurable business value,  operational resilience, product optimization, and long term sustainability of digital capabilities. 

ACTIVITIES

• Act as a role model for NOC’s core values, fostering an incident-free culture, strong governance, and ethical  leadership across all digital initiatives.
• Own and continuously evolve NOC’s enterprise digital  strategy and roadmap, ensuring alignment with  corporate objectives, operational excellence, and long-term asset sustainability.
• Lead the Digital Department across Conceptualization,  Delivery, Governance, and Performance Excellence,  ensuring integrated and disciplined execution of the  digital portfolio. 
• Ensure all digital initiatives deliver measurable business value, with clear KPIs, ROI tracking, and  transparent performance reporting to executive  management. 
• Drive effective collaboration across DBS peer functions and technical departments to ensure architectural  coherence, cybersecurity compliance, and data  governance adherence. 
• Champion user adoption, organizational change, and  capability development to embed digital solutions  sustainably across operations and corporate functions. 
• Define and mature NOC’s digital ecosystem and  platform architecture, ensuring scalability, resilience,  and alignment with shareholder and strategic partner  expectations.
• Own digital financial stewardship, including budget  preparation, portfolio prioritization, and value realization oversight through established governance forums.

Key Accountabilities

Digital Strategy & Value Realisation

• Own and continuously evolve NOC’s digital program and portfolio, ensuring alignment with corporate  objectives and “must-win battles,” with clear  prioritization and governance.
• Ensure all digital initiatives deliver measurable  business value (production uplift, OPEX reduction, risk imitigation, asset life extension,…), with standardized KPI, ROI, and benefit tracking, value delivery, and  governance 

Program Leadership & Delivery

• Lead the execution of NOC’s digital portfolio within approved budgets, timelines, and resource constraints,  ensuring integration across technical domains and business functions, and all DBS departments. 
• Establish agile, scalable and robust delivery models in close collaboration with DBS teams, across NOC  internal teams and external partners to ensure sustainable, high-quality execution, and handover to support/operate.

Governance, Financial Oversight & Risk

• Maintain enterprise-level governance of the digital portfolio, including budget accountability (~USD 25M),  investment trade-offs, and transparent reporting to  SteerCo and Executive Management. 
• Ensure digital initiatives strengthen operational  resilience through integrated cybersecurity, data  governance, and risk management practices. 

Digital Ecosystem & Partnerships

• Act as the primary digital interface with shareholders, strategic partners, and technology vendors, ensuring  alignment, transparency, and sustained support for the  digital agenda.
• Develop and manage strategic vendor and partnership  models that accelerate innovation and maximize long-term value.

Capability, Culture & Adoption

• Build and sustain enterprise digital capabilities by strengthening workforce readiness through upskilling  across agile delivery, advanced analytics, and  emerging technologies in collaboration with HR and  business leaders. 
• Champion user adoption, change management, and  value realization to embed digital ways of working  across NOC. 

JOB DIMENSIONS

• End‑to‑end digital program and portfolio covering NOC’s full digital agenda. 
• Leadership span of approximately 30 resources across  internal teams, contractors, and strategic partners. 
• Annual digital investment portfolio of approximately USD 25 million.
• Direct influence on production optimisation and operating cost efficiency through digital enablement.
• Multi‑vendor and partner landscape encompassing technology providers, consulting firms, and strategic alliances, including non‑traditional commercial and partnership models.
• Cross‑functional reach across core technical departments, including FOPS, E&C, D&W, RGS, CPD, and C&P.
• Primary organisational interface for Digital Transformation with TotalEnergies EP Digital Factory, QatarEnergy, and affiliated entities.
• Advanced domain expertise spanning enterprise data platforms, data contextualisation, and Digital Twin–enabling technologies.
• Regular engagement at executive and shareholder level, including direct interaction with the CEO.
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Competencies

Education

• Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree in Engineering (Petroleum, Reservoir, or related discipline preferred).

Experience

• 15–20 years’ experience in core Oil & Gas operations and/or large-scale transformation programs.
• 5-10 years’ experience in Digital Transformation programs/initiatives
• Proven leadership experience in managing complex O&G operational domains (e.g., FOPS, E&C, D&W, RGS) and/or large-scale project and agile delivery environments.
• Strong understanding of production operations, capital projects, and asset lifecycle managementProven leadership of enterprise digital transformation within complex industrial environments.
• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence across organizational boundaries.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver scalable IT and digital solutions through robust delivery models.Demonstrated ability to motivate and lead teams, including non-direct reports.
• Experience managing multi-vendor ecosystems and strategic partnerships.
• Strong financial acumen (business case evaluation, ROI, IRR, portfolio governance).
• Exceptional stakeholder management and executive communication capability.
• Fluent in English.