Black Pearl is supporting a confidential executive search for a major asset-intensive organization in the UAE seeking an accomplished Senior Vice President – Power Infrastructure & Capital Projects.
This is a senior leadership role responsible for shaping and leading a major capital projects portfolio — from determining infrastructure investment priorities and long-term development requirements through engineering, governance, execution, commissioning, and handover.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead a portfolio of major power, energy, and infrastructure capital projects.
- Drive long-term capital planning, project prioritization, and investment decisions.
- Determine infrastructure development requirements based on future capacity, demand, asset performance, and business priorities.
- Lead major projects across power generation, transmission, distribution, substations, grid infrastructure, and associated assets.
- Oversee projects from feasibility and concept development through engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover.
- Establish strong portfolio governance, project controls, risk management, and performance frameworks.
- Provide executive oversight of CAPEX, budgets, schedules, contractors, consultants, and project performance.
- Lead multidisciplinary engineering, project management, commercial, and technical teams.
- Manage senior relationships with regulators, authorities, developers, consultants, EPC contractors, and strategic partners.
- Ensure capital projects support long-term network reliability, capacity expansion, modernization, and operational requirements.
Requirements
We are particularly interested in senior executives who have worked on the asset owner/developer side of large power or infrastructure organizations and have had responsibility beyond project execution.
Candidates should ideally demonstrate experience in:
- Large-scale power generation, transmission and/or distribution infrastructure
- Multi-billion capital project or infrastructure portfolios
- Capital investment planning and portfolio prioritization
- Infrastructure master planning and network expansion
- Major EPC and engineering projects
- Portfolio governance and executive-level decision-making
- CAPEX planning and financial accountability
- Contractor, consultant, and commercial management
- Government, regulatory, and senior stakeholder engagement
- Leading large multidisciplinary teams
Potential Relevant Titles
Candidates currently or previously holding titles such as the following may be particularly relevant:
SVP / VP – Projects | VP – Capital Projects | VP – Major Projects | Executive Director – Projects | Executive Director – Power Projects | Head of Capital Projects | Head of Major Projects | Director – Power Projects | Director – Transmission Projects | Director – Generation Projects | Director – Grid Infrastructure | Director – Infrastructure Development | Programme Director – Power Infrastructure
Candidates currently based in the UAE are preferred, followed by candidates with relevant GCC experience. International candidates should ideally come directly from the power, electricity, energy, or closely related infrastructure sector and be operating at a comparable functional and leadership level.
This is a confidential search, and further information regarding the organization will be shared with suitably qualified candidates at the appropriate stage of the recruitment process.
Interested candidates are invited to submit an updated CV highlighting the value and scale of capital portfolios managed, power infrastructure exposure, decision-making authority, team size, CAPEX responsibility, and major projects delivered.
Only candidates whose experience closely aligns with the requirements will be contacted
Skills Required
- Senior executive experience on the asset owner or developer side of a large power or infrastructure organization
- Experience with large-scale power generation, transmission, and/or distribution infrastructure
- Experience managing multi-billion capital project or infrastructure portfolios
- Capital investment planning and portfolio prioritization experience
- Infrastructure master planning and network expansion experience
- Major EPC and engineering project experience
- Portfolio governance and executive-level decision-making experience
- CAPEX planning and financial accountability experience
- Contractor, consultant, and commercial management experience
- Government, regulatory, and senior stakeholder engagement experience
- Experience leading large multidisciplinary teams
- Candidates based in the UAE are preferred, followed by candidates with relevant GCC experience
- International candidates should come directly from the power, electricity, energy, or closely related infrastructure sector at a comparable leadership level
What We Do
Black Pearl is a leading HR consultancy and specialist recruitment firm based in the UAE and GCC. They provide customized HR solutions, executive search, and strategic recruitment services across various corporate support, finance, accounting, and business operations roles, helping clients achieve success through tailored staffing and HR consulting services.
