Regional Stakeholder Management Lead - Asia and Russia

Job Snapshot
- Role:
Regional Stakeholder Management Lead
- Asia and Russia

- Location:

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Industry: Oil and Energy
- Function:
Strategic Planning-Intelligence

- Experience:

Minimum 10 years
- Job Type: Full Time
- Work Arrangement:
On-site

ADNOC Group is seeking an experienced strategic stakeholder management professional to lead its priority stakeholder portfolio across Asia and Russia. Based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, the role focuses on strengthening strategic relationships, coordinating executive engagements, and advancing partnership opportunities aligned with ADNOC Group and Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) priorities. The position is responsible for developing regional stakeholder strategies, managing Tier 1 and Tier 1 accounts, providing geopolitical and market intelligence, and coordinating engagement activities across ADNOC business lines, Group Companies, XRG, Masdar, and regional offices.

The successful candidate will maintain a consolidated view of stakeholder relationships, strategic opportunities, risks, agreements, and executive commitments. The role also requires effective governance, accurate executive reporting, and disciplined follow-through to ensure measurable outcomes and a consistent One ADNOC approach.

Applicants must hold a Bachelor 's degree in Business Administration, International Relations, Economics, Political Science, Communications, or a related discipline, with at least 10 years of relevant professional experience.

• Regional Stakeholder Portfolio Strategy
  - Lead the development, implementation, and periodic review of ADNOC 's stakeholder portfolio strategy for Asia and Russia.
  
  - Align regional stakeholder priorities with ADNOC Group, GCEO, and relevant business objectives.
  
  - Establish and maintain strategic account management frameworks for Tier 1 and Tier 1 stakeholders.
  
  - Define account objectives, engagement schedules, relationship ownership, strategic requests, opportunities, risks, and follow-up actions.
  
  - Prioritize stakeholders and executive engagements according to strategic relevance, relationship value, timing, risk, and potential contribution to ADNOC and XRG objectives.
  
  - Maintain a consolidated overview of regional relationships, agreements, joint ventures, commercial exposure, commitments, and potential collaboration opportunities.
  
  - Support continuity of strategic relationships through structured account planning and stakeholder information management.
• Geopolitical and Market Intelligence
  - Monitor geopolitical, policy, market, and industry developments affecting ADNOC 's interests across Asia and Russia.
  
  - Assess the potential implications of regional developments for ADNOC 's strategic and commercial priorities.
  
  - Provide timely intelligence, analysis, and recommendations to senior management.
  
  - Identify strategic opportunities arising from market developments, stakeholder engagement, and business-line intelligence.
  
  - Escalate relevant opportunities to appropriate leadership and business owners for further assessment.
  
  - Prepare regional intelligence materials that support informed executive decision-making.
  
  - Maintain awareness of emerging stakeholder concerns and relationship risks across the regional portfolio.
• Executive Advisory and Engagement Support
  - Coordinate the preparation of executive briefings, talking points, stakeholder engagement plans, country overviews, partnership reviews, and decision papers.
  
  - Ensure executive materials provide accurate information, clear recommendations, and appropriate strategic context.
  
  - Support senior leadership meetings, regional visits, executive engagements, and strategic events.
  
  - Coordinate inputs from ADNOC business lines, Group Companies, and relevant corporate functions.
  
  - Align engagement objectives, key messages, stakeholder priorities, and expected outcomes.
  
  - Capture executive engagement decisions, commitments, and agreed actions.
  
  - Assign follow-up responsibilities, monitor deadlines, elevate delays, and verify completion through supporting evidence.
  
  - Maintain accurate engagement histories and action records in approved stakeholder management systems.
• Strategic Stakeholder Engagement
  - Build and maintain trusted relationships with priority government, commercial, investment, technology, and energy‑sector stakeholders across Asia and Russia.
  
  - Engage national oil companies (NOCs), international oil companies (IOCs), customers,…