Program Manager - Drilling, Completions & Facilities

Entity:

Production & Operations

Job Family Group:

IT&S Group

Job Description: Role synopsis

The Drilling, Completions, and facilities Program Manager leads a team of contract personnel to deliver innovative technology solutions for bpx’s development team. This role partners with the development execution teams to define a technology strategy, roadmap, and delivery plan. Technology solutions will include both third-party off-the-shelf tools and custom-created solutions. This role is responsible for the development, deployment, ongoing support, and integration of these solutions. This position requires a forward-thinking individual ready to lead technology initiatives that aim to redefine performance in the onshore oil and gas industry.

The position:

- Drives innovation and change strategy for bpx drilling, completions, and facilities

- Develops and implements technology solutions to optimize drilling and completions designs and field execution

- Continuously improves, optimizes, and automates drilling and completions processes

- Estimates and tracks the realized value of associated technology solutions

- Coordinates projects and resource management within the squad

- Communicates and collaborates effectively with business and technology stakeholders

- Manages budgets and ensures financial management of the squad

- Meets project timelines and communicates progress

- Adapts to an evolving business landscape and customer requirements

Key accountabilities:

- Collaborate with the drilling and completions teams to implement innovative technology solutions

- Lead a squad with multidisciplinary touchpoints including product owners, field personnel, and engineers

- Actively manage technology interfaces and dependencies to deliver scalable solutions

- Focus on user-centric designs to enhance profitability

- Supervise project execution and ensure timely completion

- Monitor and resolve project dependencies and conflicts

- Manage vendor team across multiple time zones and locations

Essential Education:

Bachelors degree in engineering, computer science, information systems, business administration or related field, or equivalent work experience

Essential experience and job requirements:

- 5 years of experience in shale production and/or IT

- Experience working with large, cross-functional technology teams and effectively influencing business stakeholders and field personnel

- Capability in driving entrepreneurial IT initiatives in office and field environments

Desirable criteria & qualifications:

- Self-starting, results-focused, with an entrepreneurial mindset

- Team-oriented mentality with a highly developed collaborative leadership style

- Demonstrates humility and respect for others in both technology and business teams

- Capable of hands-on work to prototype initial tool concepts

- Capable of training and rolling out products to field personnel across multiple assets

- Strong financial acumen, including familiarity with industry trends and innovation

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, able to explain and advocate goals and objectives to both business and technical leadership

- Experienced in using scaled agile methodologies to deliver products

- Deep understanding of current and emerging technologies, and how they can be employed to drive digital business

Travel Required

Yes - up to 25% (Denver, Houston, & Field locations as needed)

Employment Type

Full-time – Houston or Denver flexible

How much do we pay (Base)?

$136,000-$172,000

- Note that the pay range listed for this position is a good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible base compensation at the time of posting.

Why join our team?

At bpx, we provide an excellent working environment and a reward and wellbeing package to enable your work to fit with your life. These can include, but not limited to, access to health, vision and dental insurance, flexible working schedule, paid time off policy, discretionary annual bonus program, long-term incentive program, and a generous 401K matching program.

We support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and exciting environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to crafting an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations to participate in the job application or interview process, perform crucial job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

Don’t hesitate to get in touch with us to request any accommodations!

Travel Requirement

Negligible travel should be expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:

This role is not eligible for relocation

Remote Type:

This position is a hybrid of office/remote working

Skills: Agility core practices, Agility core practices, API and platform design, Benefits Management, Business Analysis, Business modelling, Client Counseling, Cloud Platforms, Configuration management and release, Data Analysis, Data design, Data Management, Demand Management, Design Thinking, Dialogue enablement, Digital Innovation, Digital Product Management, Employee Experience, Empowering Others, Facilitation, Influencing, Long Term Planning, Managing change, Marketing strategy, Measurement and metrics {+ 5 more}

Legal Disclaimer:

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, socioeconomic status, neurodiversity/neurocognitive functioning, veteran status or disability status. Individuals with an accessibility need may request an adjustment/accommodation related to bp’s recruiting process (e.g., accessing the job application, completing required assessments, participating in telephone screenings or interviews, etc.). If you would like to request an adjustment/accommodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us.

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