Dir Commodity Marketing Operations

Williams is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis protected under applicable discrimination law.

Do something that means something at Williams. This isn't just a job - it's an opportunity to explore and discover your passion with coworkers who become friends and mentors who push you to be your best self in and out of the office. At Williams, we make clean energy happen. And you can too, so bring your energy to ours!

As an Dir Commodity Marketing Operations, you will oversee several operations teams in support of commodity marketing and trading function related activities. You will lead asset management, and will be responsible for the valuation of assets, transactions and commercial opportunities including transportation, storage, physical and financial options, and for the management of complex structured transactions across all industry sectors. You will also oversee natural gas scheduling and a team of schedulers responsible for the movement of natural gas across dozens of pipelines across the US and a few in Canada. Strong leadership, sense of urgency and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment are keys to success!

Your work will challenge you, and with our Core Values to guide you, you'll quickly learn and grow with us.

Responsibilities/Expectations:

• Carries out wholesale asset management strategy, including physical and financial, storage and transportation, and base and add-on agreements to drive financial and operational performance
• Runs our gas scheduling function and ensures the team is well positioned to support and deliver on trading strategies
• Maintains and grows relationships with key counterparties, partnering with commercial teams as applicable
• Identifies and negotiates new opportunities to expand the portfolio, while working to renew and extend existing arrangements
• Develops and communicates detailed reporting and analytics related to structure activities, asset management performance, talent development and readiness, and other topics
• Leads a diverse group of commercial leaders in the development, implementation and maintenance of key performance indicators; Leads efforts to interpret data and collaborates with leadership to develop action plans
• Coordinates market intelligence, commercial, origination and business development leadership; Assists in prioritization of workload consistent with our highest priority trading strategies
• Other duties as assigned

Education/Years of Experience:

• Required: Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, Finance, Accounting, Math, Engineering or similar; a minimum of ten (10) years of experience in the energy/gas industry, commodities marketing and trading, deal valuation, asset and/or customer relationship management, or similar
• Preferred: Master's degree, MBA, or related

Other Requirements:

• Demonstrates outstanding organizational/interpersonal skills and safety as the utmost priority
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Applications
• Preferred: Thorough understanding of natural gas infrastructure, players, and financial and physical commodity markets
• Preferred: Excellent quantitative skills with the ability to tell a compelling story and/or influence others with data
• Preferred: Proven problem-solving skills with natural curiosity and willingness to challenge status quo
• Preferred: Compelling leadership approach that sets vision, defines expectations, creates and maintains high performance, and develops and champions talent

Why Choose Williams?

We are committed to providing our employees with competitive compensation and benefits as part of your Total Rewards package to help protect your current and future physical, emotional, and financial health. We generally offer health benefit programs to our employees and their families that are competitive and flexible enough to meet your needs, and retirement benefits to allow you to invest now for financial security when you retire. With rich learning and development programming and a high internal mobility rate, you are not just applying to a job with Williams; you are embarking on an exciting career!

• Competitive compensation
• Annual incentive program
• Hybrid work model - one work from home day each week for most office-based roles
• Flexible work schedule for most field-based roles
• 401(k) with company matching contribution and a fixed annual company contribution
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Generous company-paid life insurance and disability benefits
• A consumer-driven health plan option with the potential for a generous company contribution to a Health Savings Account
• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid time off, including floating and company holidays
• Wellness Program with annual rewards
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Robust employee learning and development
• High internal mobility (we promote from within)
• Parental leave (we provide up to 6 weeks for each parent)
• Fertility coverage and adoption benefits
• Domestic partner benefits
• Educational reimbursement
• Non-profit donation matching contributions and time off to volunteer
• Employee resource groups
• Employee assistance programs
• Technology to make our work more productive and collaborative
• Regular employee engagement surveys and feedback processes

Williams has a long history of making a significant difference in the communities where we live and work, and we strive to cultivate an environment of employee inclusion, innovation and passion that values all voices and opinions. We help each other succeed and great things happen when people from a diverse set of backgrounds come together. Together, we make clean energy happen.

Eligibility and benefits are governed by the terms of the applicable plan or program document which can be amended or terminated at any time.

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