IT Business Analyst

Chevron Corporation; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Chevron Corporation in Houston seeks a seasoned Business Analyst to translate business needs into actionable digital solutions across Base Assets and Emerging Countries. You will partner with BAEC stakeholders, enterprise technology teams, and delivery partners to drive adoption, measure value, and enable strategic initiatives.

The role requires a track record of delivering in complex environments, strong analytical and communication skills, and Oil & Gas domain understanding.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, IT, Engineering, CS, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years in business analysis, project coordination, or related roles.
• Experience using data, analytics, automation, AI, or digital tech to improve outcomes.
• Ability to document requirements, map processes, and translate needs into solutions.
• Strong written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.
• Proven multitasking and ability to deliver in dynamic environments.
• Oil & Gas domain knowledge is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Develop relationships with BAEC stakeholders to understand priorities and objectives.
• Lead discovery sessions, document current and future processes, and define requirements.
• Support intake, demand management, prioritization, and portfolio planning.
• Drive adoption, measure outcomes, and identify continuous improvements.
• Collaborate across asset IT leads, architects, data teams, and delivery orgs.
• Balance strategic and tactical work, managing multiple priorities with urgency.

Skills

Business analysis

Data analytics

Stakeholder communication

Problem solving

Project coordination

Digital enablement

Oil & Gas acumen

Requirements gathering

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Position Details

Chevron is accepting online applications for the position Business Analyst – Base Assets and Emerging Countries through September 07, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. (Central Time).

Overview: The Base Assets & Emerging Countries (BAEC) business is responsible for Chevron-operated assets across a diverse global portfolio, including San Joaquin Valley, Saudi Arabia Partitioned Zone, Thailand, Bangladesh, Venezuela, Malaysia, and other emerging and transition assets. The BAEC Digital Team serves as the bridge between business priorities and Chevron's enterprise technology capabilities. The team ensures that digital solutions, data products, AI capabilities, cybersecurity initiatives, operational technologies, and enterprise applications are effectively deployed and adopted across BAEC assets to improve business outcomes. Within the team, Business Analysts play a critical role translating business needs into actionable solutions, partnering with both business stakeholders and enterprise technology teams to deliver measurable value. This role provides analytical and project management support across the full lifecycle of initiatives (work intake, development, deployment/testing, support) including workflow and process definition while ensuring successful execution within BAEC assets. The BAEC Business Analyst serves as a partner to asset and functional stakeholders, helping identify opportunities, define and document business requirements, develop business cases, support prioritization decisions, coordinate solution delivery, and drive adoption of digital capabilities. The Business Analyst will support initiatives throughout the entire lifecycle, from opportunity identification and work intake through requirements definition, solution design, deployment, adoption, and value realization. The role will actively engage enterprise delivery teams and asset stakeholders to ensure enterprise capabilities are fit-for-purpose. The successful candidate will operate across multiple business domains, geographies and time zones, serving as a connector between asset teams, business leaders, digital program managers, enterprise product teams, IT delivery teams, and external partners. Successful candidates must demonstrate comfort working in ambiguous situations, balancing strategic and tactical work, and delivering high-quality outcomes under compressed timelines. The role requires flexibility, adaptability, sound judgment, and a strong bias toward action while maintaining alignment with business objectives and enterprise standards.

Responsibilities

• Business Partnership - Develop strong relationships with stakeholders across BAEC assets and functions. Understand business priorities, operational challenges, and strategic objectives. Identify opportunities to improve performance through scaling enterprise digital solutions, automation, AI, analytics, workflow optimization, and process redesign.
• Requirements and Solution Development - Lead discovery sessions, workshops, interviews, and process reviews. Document current-state and future-state business processes. Define business requirements, user stories, success measures, and acceptance criteria. Evaluate solution alternatives and support business case development. Ensure business requirements are clearly communicated to delivery teams.
• Initiative and Project Support - Support work intake, demand management, prioritization, and portfolio planning activities. Coordinate execution across business stakeholders, enterprise product teams, and technology delivery organizations. Track risks, dependencies, actions, and decisions. Support testing, deployment planning, training, and change management activities.
• Value Realization and Adoption - Drive stakeholder engagement throughout implementation. Support user adoption and operational integration of delivered solutions. Measure business outcomes and value realization. Identify continuous improvement opportunities following solution deployment.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration - Partner with business stakeholders, Program Managers, Asset IT Leads, Architects, Cyber Advisors, Data & Insights teams, and enterprise delivery organizations. Ensure solutions align with enterprise standards while supporting BAEC-specific business needs. Facilitate communication across geographically dispersed assets and stakeholders.
• Execution and Agility - Respond quickly to evolving business needs and emerging priorities across BAEC assets and functions. Support rapid-turnaround analyses, leadership requests, business planning activities, and strategic initiatives. Effectively manage multiple concurrent priorities while maintaining focus on business outcomes. Adapt plans and approaches as requirements evolve, ensuring alignment and clear stakeholder communication. Demonstrate a strong sense of ownership and urgency to advance work, remove obstacles, and drive timely decision-making.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of demonstrated experience in business analysis, project coordination, process improvement, digital enablement, technology delivery, or a related role.
• Experience leveraging data, analytics, automation, AI, or digital technologies to improve business outcomes.
• Proven ability to gather and document business requirements, business processes mapping and analysis, and translate stakeholder needs into actionable solutions.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills, with the ability to evaluate alternatives and recommend practical solutions.
• Strong written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities, adapt to changing business requirements, and deliver results in a dynamic environment.
• Ability to work with a strong sense of urgency and maintain high-quality outcomes under compressed timelines.
• Demonstrated commitment to collaboration, teamwork, and building effective working relationships.
• Demonstrated Oil & Gas business acumen.

Preferred Qualifications

• 15+ years of demonstrated experience in business analysis, project coordination, process improvement, digital enablement, technology delivery, or a related role.
• Strong Upstream business acumen.
• Knowledge of Chevron business processes, systems, data environments, and digital capabilities.
• Experience partnering with both business stakeholders and technology delivery organizations.
• Experience with workflow design, value stream analysis, or continuous improvement methodologies.
• Experience supporting project delivery, change management, user adoption, testing, or deployment activities.
• Experience working with cross-functional stakeholders and influencing outcomes without direct authority.
• Experience working across geographically dispersed teams, assets, or global organizations.
• Demonstrated ability to identify opportunities, develop business cases, and deliver measurable business value through technology-enabled solutions.

Relocation Options

Relocation may be considered.

International Considerations

Expatriate assignments will not be considered.

Visa and Sponsorship

Chevron regrets that it is unable to sponsor employment Visas or consider individuals on time-limited Visa status for this position.

Equal Opportunity Employer

U.S. Regulatory notice: Chevron is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin or ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition, reproductive health decision-making, military or veteran status, political preference, marital status, citizenship, genetic information or other characteristics protected by applicable law. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need assistance or an accommodation, please email us at [e-mail]. Chevron participates in E-Verify in certain locations as required by law.

About Chevron

Chevron Corporation is one of the world's leading integrated energy companies. Through its subsidiaries that conduct business worldwide, the company is involved in virtually every facet of the energy industry. Chevron explores for, produces and transports crude oil and natural gas; refines, markets and distributes transportation fuels and lubricants; manufactures and sells petrochemicals and additives; generates power; and develops and deploys technologies that enhance business value in every aspect of the company's operations. Chevron is based in Houston, Texas. More information about Chevron is available at www.chevron.com.