General Manager - Additive Manufacturing

Role and mandate

Business establishment and investment

• Develop the business plan, feasibility study, financial model, and phased mobilization roadmap; validate demand and select applications, technologies, facilities, and investment sequence.
• Lead permits, licenses, facilities, equipment, operating systems, and supplier setup; identify incentives and prepare funding proposals and Board investment cases.
• Build local capability through technology transfer, workforce development, and partnerships.

Partnerships and commercial growth

• Lead joint-venture negotiations under Board mandate and establish governance, investment, technology-transfer, IP, licensing, quality, and commercial-rights arrangements.
• Build relationships with operators, OEMs, government stakeholders, and the industrial ecosystem; develop the customer pipeline, lead tenders and proposals, and negotiate contracts within delegated authority.
• Develop authorized contract-manufacturing models for equipment and spares, including properly authorized solutions for obsolete parts.
• Convert proofs of concept into repeat orders, framework agreements, and enduring customer relationships.

Operational delivery and technical assurance

• Own proofs of concept, setting scope, acceptance criteria, responsibilities, milestones, and customer approval gates.
• Oversee application selection, engineering, manufacturing, post-processing, inspection, testing, qualification, logistics, and customer acceptance.
• Deliver on time, to specification and required quality, with complete documentation; establish quality, health and safety, traceability, and supplier assurance processes.
• Address OEM IP, design authority, licensing, warranties, and product liability; protect customer technical data and digital manufacturing files under confidentiality, cybersecurity, and export-control requirements.

Financial and organizational leadership

• Own P&L, budgets, cash flow, working capital, capital expenditure, and business performance; manage pricing, costing, margins, contract risks, and cash collection.
• Recruit and lead a capable team, use partner expertise, and develop local competence.
• Set performance measures, management reporting, and escalation processes for the COO and Board; scale investment and capacity in line with validated demand and delivery readiness.

Adoption and change leadership

• Help engineering, integrity, maintenance, procurement, and leadership teams assess operational and commercial value of additive manufacturing.
• Address concerns through evidence, transparent technical evaluation, and controlled qualification; translate proven technologies into repeatable practices and procurement pathways.
• Build adoption through trust-based relationships and consistent delivery in Qatar's business and working environment.

Essential qualifications and experience

• Substantial oil and gas experience across asset integrity, reliability, maintenance, and supply chain in asset operations or asset management.
• Record of establishing, scaling, or transforming an industrial business or substantial business unit with commercial and financial accountability.
• Experience delivering complex industrial projects or manufacturing programs where safety, specification, quality, and schedule are critical.
• Technical understanding of additive manufacturing, materials, qualification, and manufacturing economics; understanding of critical spares, obsolescence, equipment lifecycles, and supply disruption.
• OEM experience, including IP, licensing, or contract manufacturing; strong negotiation and agreement-development skills.
• Cultural awareness and ability to build durable relationships in Qatar; engineering or related technical qualification, or equivalent professional experience.
• Strong professional English, willingness to travel internationally, and ability to mobilize immediately and work full-time in Qatar.

Particularly valuable experience

• Leadership in metal additive manufacturing or advanced industrial manufacturing; establishing a manufacturing facility, industrial joint venture, or localized technology capability.
• Exposure to aviation or defence qualification and customer requirements; Qatar or GCC industrial development and supply-chain experience.
• Experience developing national talent and transferring technical capability from international partners.

Remuneration

• Compensation includes fixed base salary, performance-related pay, and shares subject to agreed vesting terms.

Success measures and working approach