Market Research & Intelligence Expert

Candidate must Relocate to Saudi Arabia

Aramco energizes the world economy.

Aramco occupies a unique position in the global energy industry. We are the world's largest producer of hydrocarbons (oil and gas), with the lowest upstream carbon intensity of any major producer.

With our significant investment in technology and infrastructure, we strive to maximize the value of the energy we produce for the world along with a commitment to enhance Aramco’s value to society.

Headquartered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and with offices around the world, we combine market discipline with a generations’ spanning view of the future, born of our nine decades experience as responsible stewards of the Kingdom’s vast hydrocarbon resources. This responsibility has driven us to deliver significant societal and economic benefits to not just the Kingdom, but also to a vast number of communities, economies, and countries that rely on the vital and reliable energy that we supply.

We are one of the most profitable companies in the world, as well as amongst the top five global companies by market capitalization.

Overview

We are seeking a Market Research & Intelligence Expert to join our Technology Commercialization Division (TCD).

TCD’s mission is to maximize value realization from Aramco technologies through internal and external Intellectual Property (IP) commercialization, to address the company’s business and sustainability priorities.

Your primary role is to support technology commercialization efforts and business case development by providing critical market insights. Through actively collaborating and engaging with key stakeholders, you will develop market landscape assessments and robust analyses, which support and steer informed decisions in the commercialization process.

Key Responsibilities

As the successful candidate you will be required to perform the following:

• Engage with various Research & Development (R&D) organizations and internal stakeholders to identify and evaluate technology projects for market studies and competitive intelligence.
• Conduct qualitative and quantitative research to gather data on technology position, market conditions, customer viewpoints and competitors.
• Perform competitive analysis for commercialization projects, innovation topics, and other key initiatives.
• Conduct market opportunity, market segmentation, valuation analysis, competitor assessments and strategy development.
• Present research findings to stakeholders across the organization, delivering insights and recommendations in a clear and concise manner.
• Analyze and evaluate Intellectual Property (IP), focusing on understanding claims and proposed value propositions.
• Analyze and interpret data from numerous sources to identify emerging industry trends, patterns, and insights.
• Assess commercial viability for in-house developed IP assets prior to patent filing.
• Stay updated on industry trends and best practices, applying this knowledge to enhance research methods and approaches.

Minimum Requirements

• As the successful candidate you will hold a Bachelor’s degree in Science or Engineering disciplines. An advance degree (Master e.g. MBA, MSC / PHD) is preferable.
• You will have a minimum of 10 years’ experience within strategy, consulting, research and analytical roles. This should include a combination of technical, operational, commercial, and strategic experience.
• Proficiency in qualitative and quantitative research methods, statistics, and data analysis.
• You must be familiar with competitive intelligence tools (e.g. Derwent Database, PitchBook Platform, LUX Research, etc.), systems, vendors, and market advancements.
• You should be able to demonstrate the ability to analytically review information, assessing its reliability, completeness, relevance, and importance.
• You should have the ability to prepare high quality reports that represent key findings and analysis in both visual and written formats.
• Knowledge and/or training in IP management is required.

Working environment

Our high-performing employees are drawn by the challenging and rewarding professional, technical and industrial opportunities we offer, and are remunerated accordingly.

At Aramco, our people work on truly world-scale projects, supported by investment in capital and technology that is second to none. And because, as a global energy company, we are faced with addressing some of the world’s biggest technical, logistical and environmental challenges, we invest heavily in talent development.

We have a proud history of educating and training our workforce over many decades. Employees at all levels are encouraged to improve their sector-specific knowledge and competencies through our workforce development programs – one of the largest in the world.