Digital Project Engineer
Location: Doha, Qatar
Contract Type: Short-term Secondment
Start Date: ASAP
End Date: 31 December 2025
Work Schedule: Office-based, 5 days on / 2 days off, 8 hours per day
Notice Period: 2 months
Allowances: Single status

About the Role
We're seeking a skilled and motivated Digital Project Engineer to join a dynamic digital transformation programme within a leading energy operator. The successful candidate will manage multiple digital product deliveries using agile practices and coordinate closely with business units, IT, and technology partners to design and deploy value-driven solutions. You'll help push the boundaries of digital innovation in one of the most technically advanced offshore oil fields in the world.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead digital product development, ensuring alignment with customer needs and business goals

• Manage project timelines, backlogs, and sprint activities using agile methodologies

• Support risk identification, track progress, and report key metrics and outcomes

• Collaborate with Product Owners, development teams, and vendors to ensure timely delivery

• Facilitate agile ceremonies: stand-ups, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives

• Drive user-centric design with clear user stories, acceptance criteria, and value tracking

• Lead or participate in workshops to map as-is and to-be business processes

• Coordinate rollouts, training materials, and change management support

• Maintain backlog tools and communicate updates to senior stakeholders

• Contribute to portfolio-wide collaboration, identifying synergies between products and platforms

Experience & Skills Required

• Minimum 6 years’ experience in digital product development and agile delivery

• Demonstrable track record of success in fast-paced, industrial digital environments

• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills across business and tech teams

• Experience with cloud platforms (e.g. Azure), DevOps, and agile tools like Jira/Confluence

• Knowledge of change management principles and digital transformation strategies

• Working knowledge of SDLC, UX/UI practices, and industry data platforms (e.g., OSDU or Cognite)

• Proven ability to lead agile squads and deliver across multiple simultaneous projects

• Fluent in English (written and spoken)

Desirable Qualifications

• Degree in engineering, data science, IT, or related field

• Certified Scrum Practitioner (CSP), ITIL, or equivalent

• Project Management or Business Analysis certification is an advantage