Transformation Lead_ Oil & Gas

Key ResponsibilitiesOwn and maintain the integrated ST&S transformation roadmap, combining process simplification, knowledge management, conventional automation, analytics and agent-assisted opportunities.Prioritize initiatives using business value, operational risk, control impact, data readiness, integration feasibility, process maturity, adoption effort and delivery capacity.Lead process diagnostics and target operating model design across settlements, iData, contracts and confirmations, accounting, reporting and enabling controls.Validate timing and benefit assumptions using actual volumes, variants, exceptions, manual workarounds, service baselines and operational dependencies.Establish readiness gates covering process stability, data objects, UDP/KDO onboarding, interface feasibility, quality thresholds, access, write-back controls and operational support.Lead cross-functional workstreams spanning operations, process excellence, business analysis, product, technology, data, automation, reporting, risk, compliance and change.Govern scope, plans, resources, interdependencies, risks, issues, decisions, financials and outcomes; escalate material concerns to the Delivery Head and client sponsors.Sponsor workflow, digitization, analytics and agentic use cases, while ensuring material commercial and regulated decisions remain human-owned.Preserve four-eye checks, delegated authorities, escalation paths, audit evidence, business-continuity fallbacks and manual operating procedures through change.Define SME participation and knowledge retention across design, testing, UAT, hypercare, governance and sustainment.Lead stakeholder engagement, change-impact planning, communications, training, adoption and operational readiness.Establish joint scorecards covering service, efficiency, automation effectiveness, adoption, controls, risk and sustained benefits.Own benefits validation and realization, including baseline approval, dependency attribution, post-implementation measurement and corrective action.Build and coach the transformation team, create reusable methods and promote evidence-led continuous improvement.Core Domain & Transformation SkillsStrong Oil & Gas, energy or commodity-trading domain knowledge, with end-to-end understanding of ST&S and post-trade operations.Demonstrated experience leading multi-workstream transformation portfolios, target operating model design and cross-functional change execution.Strong capability in process diagnostics, Lean/process excellence, business analysis, portfolio governance, financial tracking and benefits realization.Ability to connect process, data, controls, technology, workflow, analytics and operating-model decisions.Experience with ETRM/CTRM, ERP, workflow/case-management, reconciliation, process-mining, automation and analytics environments.Executive stakeholder management, governance facilitation, commercial awareness and clear transformation storytelling.Experience & Qualifications8-14 years of relevant experience, including 5+ years leading transformation, process excellence, consulting, product, change or program delivery.Experience in Oil & Gas, energy, commodities, trading operations, shared services or another control-intensive process environment.Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Engineering, Technology, Operations, Energy Management or a related discipline.Lean Six Sigma, Agile/Scrum, business analysis, process mining, project management, change management or automation certification is desirable.Fluent business English, with flexibility to engage stakeholders across regions and business timelines.Leadership & Behavioural ExpectationsStrategic perspective combined with hands-on delivery discipline and attention to operational reality.Strong judgement when balancing value, pace, risk, controls, continuity and stakeholder expectations.Confident leadership across senior client, operations, technology, control and transformation stakeholders.Coaching mindset that protects specialist knowledge and builds sustainable capability.