Risk Operations & Analytics Lead - Trading Risk & Analytics

Chevron; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Chevron is seeking a Risk Operations & Analytics Team Lead to drive delivery of risk reporting and analytics for a global trading environment. You will lead cross-functional teams across trading, risk, operations, and analytics, delivering risk systems, dashboards, and data workflows.

The role requires 15+ years in risk or project management within energy or financial services, with strong leadership, communication, and technical skills in analytics, SQL, Python, and Power BI.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Engineering (or related field).
• 15+ years of progressive experience in program/project management within Energy, financial services or related industries, as well as market risk management, commodity trading or financial analysis.
• Proven track record leading and delivering complex, cross-functional risk systems / projects and ETRM/CTRM implementations (e.g. RightAngle, Endur or comparable).
• Strong understanding of commodity markets, trading lifecycle, and risk metrics (e.g., VaR, P&L, exposure).
• Hands-on experience across trading systems, business processes and risk systems.
• Cross-functional team leadership and change management experience, including managing globally distributed teams in a dynamic operational setting across multiple global locations.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to interpret complex datasets.
• Proficient with data analysis and programming and visualization/workflow tools (e.g., Excel, SQL, Python, Power BI, Power Platform).
• Ability to communicate complex risk concepts clearly and effectively to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional teams through the full delivery lifecycle — requirements gathering, risk system design, implementation, testing, training, deployment and production support and evergreen maintenance.
• Serve as functional lead for business integrations, including onboarding new trading portfolios, products and instruments into existing trading risk systems, as well as new risk analytics and trade surveillance system production platforms and aligning data and process flows across systems including Energy Trade Risk Management (ETRM).
• Own, streamline and standardize risk reporting, optimization for commodity portfolios (crude, refined products, NGLs), partnering with risk groups on market risk, pricing, exposure management and trade surveillance.
• Define project scope and work breakdown structures, manage schedules, and secure formal acceptance of deliverables from stakeholders.
• Drive continuous improvements across business and risk processes through innovation and simplification, including automation solutions.
• Design and implement interactive dashboards and visualizations to enhance market risk, credit risk and trade compliance transparency and insights
• Apply data analytics, transformation, and modeling techniques to support risk reporting, scenario modeling and decision-making.
• Leverage tools such as Power BI, Power Automate, Power Apps, SQL, and Python to improve data accessibility and usability.
• Ensure consistent application and execution of trading controls and risk processes globally.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Project management

Data analytics

Risk analytics

Stakeholder management

Python

SQL

Power BI

Excel

Trading systems knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Econ/Math/CS/Engineering

Master’s degree in STEM field

Tools

Power BI

Power Automate

Power Apps

SQL

Python

Excel

Job description

Chevron is seeking a Risk Operations & Analytics Team Lead to drive delivery of risk reporting and analytics for a global trading environment. You will lead cross-functional teams across trading, risk, operations, and analytics, delivering risk systems, dashboards, and data workflows.

The role requires 15+ years in risk or project management within energy or financial services, with strong leadership, communication, and technical skills in analytics, SQL, Python, and Power BI.