Talent And Data Analytics Specialist

Job description / Role

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 of 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.

Job Purpose

We are seeking a Talent & Data Analytics Specialist to join the Executive Development & Compensation team. Executive Development & Compensation reports directly to the President & CEO, and is responsible for matters pertaining to development & compensation for corporate, executive & general management level employees.

This is a hybrid position requiring the skills, experience, and credibility. Your primary role is to provide talent consulting and advanced talent data services serving Saudi Aramco's management and executive population globally and undertaking strategic staffing studies particularly around talent management and succession planning, providing the relevant internal authorities with insights on managerial and executive bench-strength and vulnerabilities. A particular focus of the role will involve ownership and management of advanced data analytics within Aramco's Executive Development & Compensation Department. Given this is a startup unit, it will be critical to establish metrics related to performance and development, compensation, engagement, diversity & inclusion, and workforce planning. This role will require both setting the strategy and hands-on delivery.

Key Responsibilities

As a successful candidate, you will perform the following:

• Provide analyses and recommend solutions to HR issues pertaining to professional, manager, and executive level development solutions.
• Keep internal stakeholders informed on Aramco's executive assessment and development procedures and recommend and implement approved programs.
• Oversee the complete life-cycle of analytic projects within the area of authority, including design, research, development, testing, validation, implementation, and ongoing support.
• Lead innovation creating additional value through the use of data assets and analytics.
• Provide technical guidance in the development of complex analytics programs and machine learning algorithms.
• Engage with SMEs and technical authorities to enhance operational efficiency and provide new talent insights in the field of talent analytics.
• Lead data gathering and data cleaning activities, including the identification and resolution of data quality problems and develop processes and tools to improve accuracy & efficiency.
• Undertake the analysis of large data sets using both conventional and machine learning techniques.
• Manage the overall design of rich data visualizations to communicate complex solutions to management.

The successful candidate will be able to collaborate across functions, drive for results, work closely with HR, IT, and other departments to align talent analytics with organizational goals. They will be able to partner with external vendors and consultants as needed, as well as stay current with industry trends and best practices in talent analytics.

Minimum Requirements

As a successful candidate, you will have:

• B.Sc. in business, management, psychology, computer & information systems, applied statistics or related discipline. An advanced degree is preferred (Masters or Ph.D.).
• Minimum of 12 years of experience in data analytics, talent management, management assessment, management development, or executive coaching.
• Expert knowledge of Python, R, Matlab, Scala, SQL, and visualization tools (Power BI, Spotfire or Tableau).
• Excellent knowledge of statistics, problem solving, machine learning, and AI/GenAI.

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.

About the Company

Saudi Aramco is an integrated global energy enterprise. The company markets and exports crude oil, petroleum products, natural gas liquids and sulfur. It also ships crude oil worldwide through an affiliated company and participates in petroleum refining and marketing activities at home and abroad. Its overseas affiliates are in the United States, Egypt, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea and Japan.

Saudi Aramco's subsidiaries span the globe, with offices in Houston, Washington, New York, London, Leiden, Dubai, Singapore, Beijing, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Seoul.