Manager / Senior Manager – Natural Gas & NGL Value Chain

Role Overview

Lead client engagements focused on natural gas and NGL value chain optimization and digitalization. Define strategic initiatives, assess operations and technology landscapes, and develop practical roadmaps that improve cost, margin, throughput, and decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

• Define strategic vision and prioritized short-, medium-, and long-term roadmaps across upstream supply, midstream processing, and downstream distribution.
• Identify quick wins and translate strategic initiatives into quantified business cases.
• Facilitate executive workshops and align stakeholders across operations, finance, IT, and commercial functions.
• Analyze natural gas and NGL value chains, including gathering, compression, treating, fractionation, storage, transportation, marketing, and product delivery.
• Identify operational inefficiencies, value leakage, scheduling bottlenecks, and commercial misalignments; benchmark performance and recommend targeted improvements.
• Model alternative value chain configurations and commercial structures to improve netback and margin capture.
• Assess SCADA, DCS, ERP, scheduling, nomination, and measurement systems; map data flows and identify silos, manual processes, reporting gaps, and integration failures.
• Evaluate data quality, governance, and master data management, and develop systems capability heat maps and gap analyses.
• Identify and prioritize digitalization opportunities, including automation, real-time monitoring, analytics, AI/ML, and integrated planning tools.
• Develop phased digitalization roadmaps with technology recommendations, milestones, resource requirements, and expected ROI.
• Advise on fit-for-purpose technology and integration architecture in collaboration with IT and OT teams.
• Lead project workstreams and deliver client-ready reports, recommendations, and executive briefings on time, within budget, and to quality standards.
• Build trusted client relationships, support change management, and contribute to proposals, client scoping, and thought leadership.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Chemical Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Process Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in the natural gas and/or NGL sector across operations, commercial, or consulting roles.
• Demonstrated expertise across the natural gas value chain and strong knowledge of NGL products, processing requirements, quality specifications, and markets.
• Proven experience in supply chain or value chain analysis, optimization, or transformation, and in digital maturity assessments, systems reviews, or OT/IT integration.
• Strong quantitative modeling, data analysis, communication, and facilitation skills.
• Preferred: MBA or related advanced degree; gas scheduling, nomination, and balancing systems experience; familiarity with digital transformation methods and AI/ML; management consulting experience; and knowledge of natural gas and NGL regulatory frameworks.