Deal Quality Specialist

Aramco energizes the world economy.

Aramco occupies a special position in the global energy industry. We are one of the world's largest producers of hydrocarbon energy and chemicals, with among the lowest Upstream carbon intensities 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 an Deal Quality Specialist to join Strategy & Business Development Division (SBDD) within the Gas Venture Department.

SBDD is responsible for sourcing and developing international gas value chain (upstream, liquefaction, marketing, regasification) investment opportunities. The Division is also responsible for coordinating the execution of these investment opportunities and managing investments post transaction, with an objective of creating a viable, material integrated global gas business by 2035.

Your primary role, as part on the economics modeling team, is to support the commercial business development team who develops the supply side of the LNG business and will lead the economic evaluation of LNG projects in terms of plant investment and offtake trading for investment decision making. Additionally, you will be required to engage with support functions such as Treasury, Group Finance and Strategy & Market Analysis as part of the model sign-off and due diligence process.

Key Responsibilities

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

• Screen upstream gas and Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) investment opportunities globally.
• Identify project opportunities available.
• Screen opportunities coming from internal screening, i.e., monitoring of the global market, reserves, possible expansions of existing projects, and Screen opportunities coming from external proposals through communication with gas & LNG players.
• Characterize the opportunities and prioritize them through set of defined criteria (e.g., Upstream potential, project maturity, quality of potential partners, project economics and local policies, identification of key areas pending to take Final Investment Decision (FID).
• Handle complex deal structures, with the development and interpretation of data used in a highly technical and confidential analysis platform.
• Assess pre-FID projects and coordinate M&A task force.
• Coordinate M&A task force to collect inputs from different units (Upstream, Gas Ventures Department Origination, Legal to support assessment of pre-FID projects).
• Conduct negotiations with partners to finalize investment terms, and execute transactions.
• Manage technical, financial, commercial, environmental and legal due diligences.
• Manage external advisors on the assessment process.
• Identify alternative investments for Gas Ventures Department (GVD).
• Explore and assess acquisition of stake in existing or FID projects.
• Support decision making at management level with reports on specific opportunities.
• Coordinate communication on LNG & gas opportunities across the organization.
• Provide Market Intelligence with inputs on focus areas and request ad-hoc analyses required for specific project assessments.
• Provide all necessary inputs for contract negotiations and management for specific projects, at the same time involving Origination in M&A task force.

Minimum requirements

As the successful candidate you will have the following:

• You will hold a Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance or Engineering from a recognized and approved program. MBA or other advanced Post Graduate degree in MPA or a business-related degree is preferred .
• You must have a minimum of 15 years of experience with 10 years of relevant M&A and business development, transactions, Gas & LNG work experience, preferably in a major petrochemical or energy industry corporation.
• You will be able to demonstrate leadership and management experience.
• You will have a strong ability to establish and maintain networks, both within and across company organizations is Necessary.
• Capability to work effectively within a matrix organization and with multi-disciplinary teams is also preferred.

Work Location and Work Schedule

Work location: Within Saudi Arabia - To be specified in Job offer

Work schedule: Full Time - To be specified in Job offer

Job Posting Duration:

Job posting start date: 1/12/2026

Job posting end date: 12/30/2026

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.

Country/Region: SA