Associate Procurement Governance - Prioritized For UAE Nationals
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About Us: Mubadala is a global and responsible investor with US$330 billion assets under management, five global offices and business investments in 50+ countries. While creating sustainable financial returns for the Government of Abu Dhabi, we deliver impact and help find solutions to the world’s biggest challenges.
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About Us
Mubadala is a global and responsible investor with US$330 billion assets under management, five global offices and business investments in 50+ countries.
While creating sustainable financial returns for the Government of Abu Dhabi, we deliver impact and help find solutions to the world’s biggest challenges.
We aim to double the size of our portfolio over the next decade.
For this, we need the very best talent at all levels who are looking to take on a new challenge to meaningfully support the growth of the business and contribute to the future of the UAE and the world.
We are looking for talented UAE Nationals to join our team and make a contribution to our business and impact.
If you are looking for your next move, a career at Mubadala will provide you with an unrivalled opportunity for growth, development and success, while contributing to Mubadala’s positive impact on local and global communities.
Join us at Mubadala and make change happen!
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will support the Procurement Governance function in ensuring compliance with Mubadala’s policies, Delegation of Authority (DoA), and audit requirements, while also bringing an investment-minded perspective to procurement decisions.
This role requires not only strong knowledge of procurement frameworks and governance, but also the ability to assess commercial models, cost drivers, and value creation opportunities relevant to investment entities and portfolio companies
Procurement Governance
- Support execution of procurement governance processes, including CTW, CAS variations, and audit-ready documentation
- Review procurement cases for alignment with policy, DoA thresholds, and compliance requirements.
- Assist in updating procurement policies, manuals, and governance frameworks in coordination with Legal, Audit, and Finance.
- Track and report procurement governance KPIs, audit observations, and remediation actions
Investment & Commercial Acumen
- Analyze procurement proposals with an investment lens, assessing commercial structures, pricing models, and long-term value impact.
- Support evaluation of commercial models (e.g., MFAs, investment banking agreements, AI-enabled procurement initiatives) to ensure financial sustainability
- Conduct benchmarking, market intelligence, and cost-modelling to support decision-making.
- Collaborate with investment teams, portfolio companies, and external advisors to ensure procurement governance enables business value while mitigating risk
Cross-Functional Support
- Provide governance input into strategic sourcing initiatives and supplier onboarding processes.
- Support preparation of decks, reports, and briefing materials for senior management and committees.
- What will you bring:
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, or Supply Chain Management.
Experience
- Minimum of 4 years’ experience in procurement, governance, commercial advisory, or investment-related roles
- Strong governance foundation with clear experience in policy alignment, controls, Delegation of Authority, and compliance with enterprise standards.
- Investment or commercial mindset, with the ability to assess commercial structures, understand financial implications, and support decision making for investment and corporate units.
- Exposure to complex organizational environments, ideally within financial institutions, consulting firms, or investment entities where corporate governance and strategic oversight are core functions.
- Ability to operate cross functionally with Legal, Finance, Audit, DTS, and business units, ensuring alignment on governance requirements and execution.
- Strong analytical and communication skills, with the capability to produce governance inputs, dashboards, and senior level briefing materials.
- Leadership maturity, with the potential to evolve into a governance lead role over time and support long term continuity for the function
- Knowledge of procurement systems (Oracle Fusion, Ivalua, Ariba, etc.) is a plus.
- What we offer:
- A Superior Platform To Grow Your Career Including
- Great working environment with talented colleagues
- Hybrid working and wellness benefits to help you live your best work and private life.
- Opportunity to grow and develop through learning and experience.
- Excellent work culture enabled by our values of Accountability, Inspiration, Integrity & Partnership
- Mubadala has an engrained working culture, enabled by our values of Accountability, Inspiration, Integrity & Partnership.
- You will operate in a diverse, energetic and forward-thinking environment with hybrid working and wellness benefits to help you grow and develop and market leading pay and benefits.
Location: Abu Dhabi
Flexible Working: Remote working up to 5 days a month
Job Details
Role Level: Mid-Level Work Type: Full-Time Country: United Arab Emirates City: Abu Dhabi Company Website: http://www.mubadala.com Job Function: Supply Chain & Logistics Company Industry/
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