Product Manager Asset Capacity amp Maintenance - Houston TX

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Texas, United States of America

Job Family Group:

Information Technology (IT)

Worker Type:

Regular

Posting Start Date:

January 12, 2021

Business unit:

RDS CIO

Experience Level:

Experienced Professionals

Job Description:

What’s the role?

The successful candidate will deliver or improves the range of activities necessary to seamlessly integrate and operate one of the world’s largest IT estates. The scope covers service management activities, Hybrid on-premise and Cloud operational landscapes with many integration points; and the integration of the interdependent services of diverse internal and external service providers into end-to-end services which deliver value to Shell.

Purpose and Accountabilities:

Oil Market Analysis in T&S is seeking to protect and grow in value by leveraging our full information flow advantage in Crude and Products. To achieve this, we are rebuilding our approach to fundamental analytics from the ground up to strengthen our trading bias. This means ensuring we are harnessing the information we gain from being active in so many markets, both as Shell Trading & Supply and the wider Shell Group, ingesting all relevant external market information and making use of cutting-edge data storage, analysis and visualization technology that is constantly evolving.

Focus shall primarily be 0-6 months forward seeking to form a tradeable view on key markers, cracks, time spreads and arbitrage opportunities.

The Product Manager is a critical role in the product lifecycle framework responsible for defining a compelling Product vision and inspiring a team with expert insight to enable it.

The Product Manager should obsess with creating more user value from the Product, that in turn should drive greater commercial value for Shell.

The Product Manager should operate across the full extent of the product lifecycle constantly working to discover and deliver the best solutions to problems, creating the right Product roadmap and defining the right success metrics.

The Product Manager should bring together the capabilities needed to enable the Product roadmap from across the organization, and through a unique combination of Oil Market Analysis and technical skill lead and inspire their team with influence.

The key focus areas of the role are:


Global oil refinery capacity and maintenance schedules, focusing establishing forecasts, nowcasts and actualizing data.
Drive the exploration of the problem space with the business, absorbing problem, business and practical knowledge and using this to provide constructive and effective direction and suggestions.
Challenge and advise - the best Product Managers are partners and consultants, not just executors of process.
Coordinate and motivate the team, keeping the work progressing at a constant, effective pace, ensuring that team morale and output quality always remain high , ensuring that the entire team is doing all it can to delight our end users.
Embody best practice in the use of SCRUM and bring others on that journey through training, coaching and support.


What we need from you?


Must have legal authorization to work in the US on a full-time basis for anyone other than current employer.
Bachelor’s Degree required.
Minimum 8 years as a consultant at a top consulting firm.
Minimum 3 years of experience as a scrum master in a software development organization which has been diligently applying Scrum principles, practices and theory.
Working knowledge of other agile approaches e.g. Kanban, XD, etc. Practical experience is a strong plus.
Experience working in Oil Trading and Oil Market Analysis.
A commercial mindset enabled by understanding of business, consumer, and technology
Ability to shape and translate a technology enabled vison into delivery of successful business outcomes
Ability to build strong collaborative partnerships within and outside of the organization
Ability to build and lead high performing natural teams aligned around driving greater business value across the product lifecycle in challenging environments.
Gravitas and excellent communication skills coupled with the ability to engage and influence a multitude of people to overcome organizational complexity
Strong written and verbal communications skills, in English, required.
Experience creating and using a wide range of scrum and agile artefacts and techniques e.g. continuous improvement, automated testing, personas, user stories, agile games etc.
Highly analytical, troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
Ability to work under pressure with tight deadlines and balancing multiple priorities.
Resilience, courage and the willingness to challenge and manage expectations.
Astute attention to detail and compliance mindset while demonstrating strategic thinking.
Experience working with developers on typical corporate IT systems or projects.
Experience working in a global team/working in a global business environment/different cultures is preferred.
Experience with reporting/visualization tools (e.g. SAP Lumira/Design Studio, Spotfire, Power BI) is nice to have.
Experience with information architecture and design techniques (local/abstract) is preferred.
Design and coding skills (e.g. Python, Scala, JavaScript).


An innovative place to work

There’s never been a more exciting time to work at Shell. Everyone here is helping solve one of the biggest challenges facing the world today: bringing the benefits of energy to everyone on the planet, whilst managing the risks of climate change.

Join us and you’ll add your talent and imagination to a business with the power to shape the future – whether by investing in renewables, exploring new ways to store energy or developing technology that helps the world to use energy more efficiently.

An inclusive place to work

To power progress together, we need to attract and develop the brightest minds and make sure every voice is heard. Here are just some of the ways we’re nurturing an inclusive environment – one where you can express your ideas, extend your skills and reach your potential…


We’re creating a space where people with disabilities can excel through transparent recruitment process, workplace adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Feel free to let us know about your circumstances when you apply, and we’ll take it from there.
We’re closing the gender gap – whether that’s through action on equal pay or by enabling more women to reach senior roles in engineering and technology.
We’re striving to be a pioneer of an inclusive and diverse workplace, promoting equality for employees regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.
We consider ourselves a flexible employer and want to support you finding the right balance. We encourage you to discuss this with us in your application.


A rewarding place to work

Combine our creative, collaborative environment and global operations with an impressive range of benefits and joining Shell becomes an inspired career choice.

We’re huge advocates for career development. We’ll encourage you to try new roles and experience new settings. By pushing people to reach their potential, we frequently help them find skills they never knew they had, or make career moves they never thought possible.

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