Role at a glance
- Employer: Saudi Aramco
- Job title: Governance, Risk & Compliance Specialist
- Job requisition: 17608
- Work location: Within Saudi Arabia; precise location to be specified in the job offer
- Working arrangement: Full-time
- Official listed closing date: December 31, 2026
- International route: Listed on Aramco’s European applicants portal; individual eligibility remains subject to Aramco’s recruitment process
What you would work on
The position supports technology governance and compliance across Aramco’s Digital & IT organization and group companies. The employer describes responsibilities in establishing governance frameworks, supporting risk and audit management, preparing executive reporting, and developing governance project plans and performance measures.
The specialist is also expected to support implementation of COBIT and IT governance frameworks, assess governance maturity and performance, and share specialist knowledge with the internal team. This is fundamentally a strategic governance position rather than a hands-on network administration or junior security-operations role.
Minimum qualifications and experience
Aramco’s published requirements include:
- A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or an equivalent relevant discipline.
- More than 20 years of experience in Digital & IT governance, including at least ten years developing and deploying COBIT and related governance frameworks.
- More than ten years implementing D&IT projects and providing consulting and training.
- Professional credentials listed by the employer spanning COBIT design/implementation, change management, PRINCE2, ISO 27001, AgilePM, ITIL 4 and CMMI.
Because the experience threshold is unusually high, applicants should read the complete certification requirements and assess their fit before applying. We have not added any unadvertised salary estimate or assumed relocation allowance to this vacancy.
Can you apply from outside Saudi Arabia?
This job is presented through Aramco’s official European international-applicant portal, which provides an overseas recruitment path rather than a Saudi-nationals-only channel. That is the basis for including it in this international-jobs section. It does not prove that all non-Saudi nationalities or applicants based in every country qualify for this specific vacancy.
Aramco’s international hiring-process guidance describes conditional offers and assistance with relocation and visa arrangements for successful overseas recruits. Eligibility, offer terms and government approvals must still be confirmed individually. The role advert does not specify a guaranteed visa or compensation amount.
How to apply
Use the employer’s requisition-specific page, confirm that it still accepts applications, and select its Apply now option. You may be asked to sign in to Aramco’s recruitment account. Use the relevant regional recruitment channel and submit information matching the position’s seniority.
For an overview of employer eligibility checks, contracts and work authorization, read our guide to finding jobs in Saudi Arabia from abroad.
Illustrative cybersecurity image: FlyD, via Unsplash. Image is not an Aramco job advertisement.
