Oil & Gas Ops Director: Strategy, Growth & Delivery

Confidential; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 200,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential in Houston seeks an accomplished oil and gas executive to lead the business unit, overseeing strategy, budgets, staffing, and project priorities. You will shape delivery methods, ensure safety, quality, and profitability, and partner with engineering, finance, and operations to meet client requirements.

You will mentor managers, expand client relationships, drive proposals, and translate market opportunities into actionable plans while maintaining a collaborative, inclusive culture

Qualifications

• Demonstrated success leading operations and building multidisciplinary teams in oil and gas.
• Ability to balance project delivery, budgets, and resource constraints through planning and problem-solving.
• Strong client relationship management and business development with profitability focus.
• Understanding of financial reports and operating metrics with data-driven actions.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating across teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead an oil and gas business, overseeing strategy, budgets, staffing, operational priorities, and project deliverables.
• Build and develop a productive team and foster a collaborative, inclusive work environment.
• Manage work assignments, performance management, employee development, and issue resolution.
• Mentor managers and strengthen leadership capabilities across the business segment.
• Partner with operational leadership to align project delivery methods with internal quality standards and client requirements.
• Implement improvements that strengthen quality, cost efficiency, and on-time delivery.
• Expand client relationships and promote the business unit's capabilities within the oil and gas market.
• Develop industry contacts, generate leads, and identify new project opportunities.
• Represent the organization at industry and client events.
• Convert existing engagements into follow-on opportunities and participate in or lead proposal presentations.
• Establish business unit priorities and coordinate with engineering, quality, finance, human resources, project delivery teams, and suppliers.
• Define and communicate performance standards, track progress against priorities, and address operational gaps.
• Manage project workflow and labor utilization to maximize productivity and control costs while meeting safety, quality, and backlog objectives.
• Partner with operational leadership on daily, weekly, and quarterly workforce planning to meet productivity targets.
• Analyze variable labor costs, determine staffing needs, and support resource reallocation as business demands change.
• Administer organizational policies and procedures.

Skills

Operations leadership

Budget management

Team building

Client relationships

Business development

Problem solving

Independent work

Education

Bachelor's degree or commensurate experience

Job description

Confidential in Houston seeks an accomplished oil and gas executive to lead the business unit, overseeing strategy, budgets, staffing, and project priorities. You will shape delivery methods, ensure safety, quality, and profitability, and partner with engineering, finance, and operations to meet client requirements.

You will mentor managers, expand client relationships, drive proposals, and translate market opportunities into actionable plans while maintaining a collaborative, inclusive culture