Senior Specialist, Governance – ADNOC

ADNOC is hiring a Senior Specialist, Governance to help maintain and strengthen the corporate governance framework that underpins how decisions get made and documented across the group. This role sits within the corporate governance function and is focused on the policies, procedures, and mechanisms that keep ADNOC’s decision-making structured, auditable, and aligned with both internal standards and external regulatory expectations.

In practice, that means reviewing and helping maintain governance documentation, supporting board and committee processes, and working with stakeholders across business units to make sure governance frameworks are actually being followed rather than just existing on paper. A meaningful part of the role is translating governance requirements into practical guidance that operational teams can actually use, which takes both technical governance knowledge and the ability to communicate it clearly to non-specialists.

Because ADNOC Group spans upstream, downstream, and a wide range of subsidiary companies, governance consistency across that footprint is a real organizational challenge, and a Senior Specialist in this role will be expected to spot where local practices are drifting from group standards and help bring them back in line.

This is a strong fit for someone with solid corporate governance, company secretarial, or compliance experience who wants to work at group level inside a major national energy company rather than at a single business unit.

Corporate governance work rarely gets noticed when it's done well, which is exactly the point — a governance framework's job is to make sure decisions across a sprawling organization like ADNOC Group are made consistently, documented properly, and defensible if anyone ever asks why a particular call was made. A Senior Specialist, Governance is one of the people actually keeping that framework alive day to day, rather than letting it become a binder nobody opens until there's a problem. In an organization with ADNOC's scale and regulatory exposure, inconsistent governance practice across subsidiaries isn't a minor paperwork issue; it can create real legal, reputational, and regulatory risk, so someone whose job is to catch that drift early is protecting the group from problems that would be far more expensive to fix after the fact. This role also supports the people making the actual business decisions — boards and committees function better when the governance support behind them is organized, so a strong Senior Specialist indirectly makes every decision those bodies make a little more sound. There's a quieter but real contribution too: good governance documentation and process discipline make external audits, regulatory reviews, and investor scrutiny go more smoothly, which matters a great deal for a company of ADNOC's profile operating under constant external attention.

Working in corporate governance at ADNOC Group level is a different career experience from governance roles inside a single company, because the scope here spans a genuinely complex multi-entity structure with upstream, downstream, and diversified subsidiary businesses, each with its own governance nuances. That breadth gives a Senior Specialist exposure to governance challenges — cross-entity policy alignment, board support at scale, regulatory coordination across multiple regimes — that are hard to get anywhere outside a handful of major corporates in the region. ADNOC's standing as a leading global energy company also means governance practice here is held to a high bar, so professional credibility built in this role tends to travel well, whether toward a bigger governance leadership position, a company secretarial path, or a move into broader corporate compliance or legal functions. The role also builds genuinely transferable skills: policy drafting, board and committee process management, and cross-functional influence are valued in governance, compliance, and legal teams across industries, not just energy. Being embedded in a group-level governance function additionally means regular exposure to senior leadership and board-level discussions, which is a significant professional development opportunity for anyone building toward a governance or company secretarial leadership career. On top of the experience itself, ADNOC Group companies generally offer UAE energy-sector-competitive compensation and the stability of working for a long-established, strategically important national employer.

• Bachelor’s degree in law, business administration, or a related field; relevant governance or company secretarial certification is an advantage
• Demonstrated experience in corporate governance, compliance, or company secretarial functions, ideally within a large or multi-entity organization
• Solid understanding of governance frameworks, policies, and board/committee support processes
• Strong documentation and drafting skills for governance policies and procedures
• Ability to work across business units and influence without direct authority
• High attention to detail and comfort working with sensitive or confidential corporate information