Manager Exploration
Role Purpose:
As the Manager of Exploration, your primary responsibility is to lead and manage the Exploration Function within the Middle East (ME) region. This involves providing expert advice, ensuring quality assurance, establishing and updating technical standards, supporting project work, and ensuring organizational capability to achieve business goals.
Key Responsibilities:
Strategy Development:
- Contribute to the formulation of long-term goals and strategy for ME.
- Develop an integrated Exploration Strategy aligned with ME’s overarching goals.
- Ensure regional exploration strategies align with ME’s overall strategy.
Exploration Portfolio Management:
- Provide guidance on managing the exploration portfolio to support ME’s strategy.
- Align portfolio actions across regions and new business development activities with the strategy.
- Establish and maintain portfolio tracking and performance measurement systems.
Work Programs, Budgets, and Plans:
- Direct the creation of ME’s annual exploration work plan and budget.
- Oversee the preparation of budgets for Joint Venture (JV) partners in operated licenses.
- Manage work plan delivery and monitor financial performance against budget.
New Business Development & Ventures:
- Identify, evaluate, and recommend new exploration acquisition opportunities.
- Ensure technical capability and quality assurance for geoscience aspects of new business development.
Organizational Capability Development:
- Ensure the organization has the necessary functional capabilities to meet business goals.
- Develop and implement a resourcing and technology plan to support exploration activities.
- Oversee recruitment, training, and development of geoscience staff.
- Develop strategic relationships with third-party service providers.
Policies, Systems, Processes & Procedures:
- Develop and align functional policies, standards, processes, and systems with ME’s overall framework.
- Oversee the technical aspects of ME’s Petroleum Resource Management System (PRMS).
Budgets and Plans:
- Coordinate the development of an integrated multi-year Exploration Business Plan and Annual Work Program & Budget (WP&B).
- Ensure the plan aligns with business goals and includes necessary activities, resources, and milestones.
Leadership:
- Lead the exploration function by clearly communicating strategy, plans, and policies.
- Promote Health, Safety, Security, and Environment (HSSE) through leadership actions.
- Ensure staff development through clear objectives, performance feedback, and individual development plans.
Partnerships & Relationship Management:
- Identify and manage relationships with key stakeholders, including JV partners, government entities, and service providers.
- Operations and Development Support:
- Provide functional advice, quality assurance, and support to operations and development activities as needed.
- Exploration & Appraisal Activities:
- Oversee the portfolio of exploration activities and provide functional support for execution.
- Change Management:
- Identify and implement necessary changes to improve performance and compliance within the exploration function.
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement.
- HSSE & Safety:
- Ensure fitness for offshore and offsite facility visits.
- Maintain valid offshore health and training certifications.
Knowledge, Skills & Experience:
- Education:
Bachelor’s degree in Geology, Geophysics, or Geoscience. An MSc or PhD is advantageous. - Experience:
Minimum of 15+ years in international exploration activities, with significant exposure to multiple basins and geological settings. Experience with geophysical and geological operations is essential. - Skills:
- Strong relationship management and interpersonal skills.
- Analytical and critical thinking abilities.
- Experience in portfolio management and project management.
- Effective communication and presentation skills.
- Leadership skills, with a focus on mentoring and developing teams.
This role offers a significant opportunity to influence the exploration function within ME, contribute to strategic business goals, and lead a highly skilled team in delivering exploration success.
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