[3] In April 2007, Al Sada was appointed minister of state for energy and industry affairs and served in that position until 2011.

[5] On 18 January 2011, he replaced Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah in the post of minister of industry and energy.

[5] Al Sada remained unchanged in the cabinet reshuffle in June 2013, which saw the change of the prime minister.

[20][21] In July 2023, Al Sada was elected as chairman of the board of directors for the Russian Oil company Rosneft.

[22][23] Al Sada is the president of the Dadu Children’s Museum advisory committee.