Senior IT Project Manager - Oil & Gas Transformation

Recru; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Recru is seeking a Senior IT Project Manager with extensive oil and gas experience to lead complex, cross-functional technology initiatives from concept through deployment and closeout.

The ideal candidate will own the project lifecycle, establish governance, drive business process integration across IT, operations, and vendor teams, and ensure alignment with enterprise strategy and scalable transformations.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of IT project management experience.
• Lead projects with full ownership from planning to completion.
• Experience in downstream or midstream oil and gas.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise IT projects from greenfield concept through implementation, deployment, and project closeout.
• Serve as the primary Project Manager responsible for project planning, execution, risk management, stakeholder communication, and delivery.
• Manage cross-functional initiatives involving business, operations, IT, and vendor teams.
• Establish and maintain project governance frameworks, standards, reporting, and controls.
• Drive business process integration efforts across multiple departments and business functions.
• Develop project charters, schedules, budgets, resource plans, and status reporting.
• Facilitate executive steering committees, project reviews, and governance meetings.
• Identify and manage project risks, issues, dependencies, and change requests.
• Ensure projects align with business objectives and enterprise technology strategies.
• Support composable enterprise and business transformation initiatives focused on improving scalability, flexibility, and operational efficiency.

Skills

IT Project Management

Stakeholder management

Executive communication

Governance & controls

Agile/Waterfall/Hybrid

PMP certification

Job description

Recru is seeking a Senior IT Project Manager with extensive oil and gas experience to lead complex, cross-functional technology initiatives from concept through deployment and closeout.

The ideal candidate will own the project lifecycle, establish governance, drive business process integration across IT, operations, and vendor teams, and ensure alignment with enterprise strategy and scalable transformations.