Director of Marketing Operations (E&P)

Job Description

Title: Director of Marketing Operations
Location: Houston, TX

Petroplan is working exclusively with a leading operator. We are recruiting a top caliber Director of Marketing Operations for a position, based in Houston who meets the following criteria.
 
Position Overview:
 
The Director of Marketing Operations will market enablement, portfolio reporting, controls and standards, and measuring sales strategies supporting oil and gas marketing efforts.
 

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with global Marketing team members to execute and optimize global marketing operations standards, procedures, and supporting systems.
• Work with upstream production teams to ensure seamless integration of marketing activities with supply operations.
• Maintain agreed controls and compliance measures in support of commercial marketing activities.
• Ensure trades are verified and recorded 
• Provide tools to monitor trading activities and ensure they comply with regulatory requirements.
• Lead the production of portfolio valuation reports based on realized and forecasted trade positions and market pricing data.
• Maintain procedural documentation of daily, weekly, and monthly marketing activities involved in the negotiation and delivery of products.
• Support marketing accountants with the reconciliation of internal systems and third-party statements of oil and gas trading and logistics settlements.
• Work with the credit team to produce accurate credit reports and ensure they are made available to marketing team members.
• Create solutions to measure marketing activities against agreed limits and terms arising from commercial agreements and policies.
• Work to develop tools to assess and track the terms and conditions embedded in marketing contracts.
• Manage data gathering and reporting for marketing KPIs, benchmarking, and performance analysis.
• Support evaluation of marketing commercial results, strategies, and opportunities.
• Improve data quality and availability, increase automation, and develop AI-enabled tools and procedures.
• Serve as the marketing team representative in corporate technology initiatives.
• Manage marketing-focused vendor service relationships related to market pricing, fundamentals, and technology.
• Work with market data vendors and internal teams to provide oil and gas pricing and fundamentals data to marketers.
• Support the buildout of a CRM platform to capture critical commercial communications and records
• Fulfill data requests from non-marketing teams, including Audit, Legal, Finance, Accounting, and Risk.

Qualifications 

• 20 or more years of experience in commodity makets operations, technology and/or consulting 
• Oil and gas industry experience - understanding of downstream markets
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• Proven experience and working knowledge of natural gas and oil pipeline infrastructure
• Strong knowledge of natural gas and oil nominations systems

About Petroplan

Petroplan is the trusted, specialist global Talent Solutions partner of choice for employers and professionals in the Energy sector. Since 1976, Petroplan has been here to help people like you make the most of the opportunities available and find the best fit for you as an individual.

Over 10,000 placements in more than 55 countries for over 550 clients across 65 disciplines.

In an industry where skilled and experienced professionals are increasingly sought after resource, we appreciate the true value of what you have to offer. What's more, we understand that different things are important to different people in today's world of work - it's about making exactly the right connections for you as an individual.

Our reputation for contractor and candidate care, understanding what makes you tick, and finding you the best match is second-to-none. We understand the industry inside-out and seek to understand YOU and your motivations in the same way. We take the time to evaluate your individual strengths, understand the most important things to you, and establish exactly what you're looking for from your next role.