LEAD, TRADING BUSINESS ANALYST

Primary Purpose Of The Job

Lead stakeholder engagement and build strong relationships with QET stakeholders to understand requirements, design, and implement effective technology solutions. Foster collaboration across ICT and commercial functions, bringing together diverse parties.
Lead the business analysts to facilitate solution evaluation and decision-making. Provide expert technical support, manage solution implementation, and ensure compliance with ICT requirements.
Oversee product backlogs and prioritization with the business, manage resource allocation and coordinate with technical teams for seamless delivery of the required changes.
Coordinate procurement and contract arrangements, manage vendor performance, and control resources and budget. Lead negotiations and ensure successful contract execution.
Maintain a structured portfolio and roadmap of the Trading solutions and develop capacity management strategies and plans by forecasting long-term demands and short-term variations to ensure the availability, capability, functionality, and optimization of IT services related to Trading systems and applications.
Lead business analysis activities to deliver all Trading IT projects as per their charter-defined responsibilities to implement new or transform existing QET solutions with a delineated scope of work to be executed within a finite time frame.
Keep abreast of current technology trends through research and on-going interaction with local, regional, and international software providers and other Oil and Gas Companies, to ensure that the application software used remain current and in line with international trends.
Mentor team members and promote continuous learning and innovation.
Act as the on the Job Trainer for Qatari Associates, mentors those with less experience and ensure knowledge transfer for proper career planning for National and non-National staff and to enhance the team’s capability.

Required Experience And Skills

Minimum 10 years of progressive and directly related work experience in Commodities trading with leading IOCs, trading houses, NOCs, or vendors in change, process, and technology.
Minimum 6 years of C/ETRM experience in designing and implementing solutions to enhance trading strategies, risk mitigation, and operational efficiency. Hands-on experience with C/ETRM systems such as Openlink Endur, TriplePoint, Allegro is required. Product knowledge of Planlogic EOS, Veson Nautical IMOS and SAP is an advantage.
Strong understanding of commodity markets (LNG is preferred), trading strategies, related organization, processes, risk management principles and related technologies solutions (C/ETRM, Fleet Management, Trading Platform, Market Analytics, etc).
Specialized experience in Physical LNG Trading, Cargo Operations, Shipping, Derivative Trading, Trading Risk and Finance, or Portfolio Optimization, with advanced knowledge of the front-to-back office trade lifecycle.
Exceptional analytical and conceptual thinking skills. Ability to work with the unknown, own problems and make decisions.
Proven ability to translate business requirements into technical requirements, manage backlog and relevant documentations with development team.
Track records of delivering large transformational projects as a lead business analyst.
Familiar with IT standards & best practices, architecture, integration, methods.
Excellent communication, presentation and influencing skills, and ability to communicate concepts as appropriate to management, stakeholders and vendors.
High proficiency with workplace applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook), project management and collaboration tools (e.g. MS Project, Azure DevOps / Confluence Jira, Miro/Mural etc). Proficient in working with SQL queries and Excel.

Practical experience with agile frameworks, PMP or Prince2 is an advantage

Educational Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in technology or finance subject from an internationally recognized university.

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