Large-scale transformation programs require more than project management—they require disciplined execution, strategic leadership, and the ability to bring complex technical and business teams together around a common objective. This role puts you at the center of a major modernization initiative that will change how critical trading data is used to support global commodity trading operations.
A global energy organization is seeking an experienced
Program Manager
to lead delivery of a strategic enterprise data transformation within its Crude Trading organization. This role will oversee the successful execution of the Crude Data Exchange (CDE) Phase 2 program, driving the modernization of critical trading data using Azure Databricks while partnering with senior business and technology leaders worldwide.
Responsibilities
- Lead delivery of the Crude Data Exchange (CDE) Phase 2 program, ensuring objectives are achieved for scope, schedule, budget, quality, risk, and business value.
- Direct delivery of Azure Databricks workstreams, including operational data stores, curated data views, reporting solutions, and enterprise data products.
- Manage modernization and migration of legacy trading data from the WONA Data Warehouse to a strategic cloud-based platform.
- Coordinate multidisciplinary teams across business, architecture, engineering, technology, vendors, and delivery partners in multiple global locations.
- Establish program governance through milestone management, RAID logs, dependency tracking, financial oversight, resource planning, and benefits realization.
- Identify program risks, technical dependencies, and delivery challenges while driving timely escalation and informed decision-making.
- Align business requirements, ETRM data domains, architecture standards, and technical delivery activities.
- Develop and execute change management and stakeholder engagement plans to support adoption of new reporting and data capabilities.
- Communicate program status, risks, trade-offs, and executive decisions to senior leadership.
- Ensure delivered capabilities are operationally supportable and provide measurable value to Crude Trading, Operations, Risk, and Finance.
Qualifications
- Proven experience delivering enterprise programs with budgets up to $10M+ and teams of 50+ resources.
- Extensive experience supporting Crude & Products Trading environments.
- Strong knowledge of ETRM platforms and trading data domains, including trades, risk, positions, P&L, settlements, and market data.
- Experience delivering Azure Databricks and cloud-based data platform initiatives.
- Background leading enterprise data migration, data warehouse modernization, and cloud transformation programs.
- Experience managing Agile program delivery across multiple engineering and data teams.
- Demonstrated ability to manage program governance, scope, roadmaps, dependencies, and business outcomes.
- Strong executive communication, stakeholder management, leadership, and problem-solving skills.
- Experience with commodity trading analytics, reporting, data governance, and business value realization is preferred.
- Experience with OpenLink Endur is highly preferred.