General Manager

Role Purpose

Represent and protect the organization’s ownership interests in strategic investments and affiliated entities through effective governance, stakeholder engagement, performance oversight, risk management, and value optimization.

Key Responsibilities

  • Represent the organization in governance forums, boards, committees, and stakeholder engagements.
  • Monitor investment performance against strategic objectives, business plans, and agreed targets.
  • Oversee governance, risk management, assurance, and compliance activities.
  • Influence strategic, commercial, operational, and investment decisions to protect and enhance shareholder value.
  • Support negotiations, business planning, and major investment decisions.
  • Coordinate with partners, investors, regulators, and other stakeholders on strategic matters.
  • Provide oversight of development projects and operating assets to ensure delivery of business objectives.
  • Support sustainability, carbon management, and operational excellence initiatives.
  • Lead stakeholder engagement and maintain effective relationships with senior executives, government entities, industry bodies, and strategic partners.
  • Provide leadership and coordination across multidisciplinary teams supporting the investments

Job Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Economics, Finance, Law, or a related discipline.
  • Significant experience in corporate strategy, investment management, commercial management, business development, project management, governance, or portfolio management.
  • Experience working with senior stakeholders, boards, executive leadership teams, and external partners.
  • Strong understanding of business planning, financial analysis, risk management, and governance frameworks.
  • Experience managing complex stakeholder environments and influencing without direct authority.
  • Knowledge of large-scale capital projects, commercial agreements, and investment decision-making processes.
  • Experience in sustainability, energy transition, or carbon management initiatives is advantageous.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities across diverse stakeholder groups.

Skills and Competencies

Technical Skills:

  • Corporate governance
  • Strategic planning
  • Investment and portfolio management
  • Financial and commercial analysis
  • Risk management
  • Business performance management
  • Project and portfolio oversight
  • Sustainability and carbon management
  • Contract and commercial negotiation

Generic Skills:

  • Strategic thinking
  • Stakeholder management
  • Relationship building
  • Negotiation and influencing
  • Leadership and collaboration
  • Communication and presentation skills
  • Problem-solving and decision-making
  • Cross-functional coordination
  • Change management
  • Executive engagement

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