Business Venture Manager

ExxonMobil • Spring, TX

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About The Position

ExxonMobil Global Trading is seeking an experienced Business Venture Manager to support the implementation and operationalization of strategic initiatives across its trading businesses. The role connects business stakeholders, project teams, and operational functions to integrate new business opportunities, capabilities, and processes into day-to-day operations. The manager will work with Trading, Market Risk, Scheduling, Accounting, Credit, Compliance, and Information Technology to translate strategic objectives into sustainable operating models.

The role partners with Project Managers on digital transformation and business implementation initiatives, representing business interests and helping ensure delivery meets agreed objectives, scope, budget, schedule, and quality targets. It leads business readiness and adoption activities, including requirements management, data preparation, testing, process design, training, communications, organizational change, go-live, and transition to support. The position also contributes to project governance, risk management, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Strong leadership, stakeholder management, influencing, communication, and negotiation skills.
• Strategic mindset and ability to translate business objectives into actionable plans and measurable outcomes.
• Experience leading business transformation, system implementation, organizational change, and process improvement initiatives.
• Solid understanding of project, program, and change management methodologies.
• Strong risk management, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities.
• Ability to anticipate challenges and dependencies and proactively drive solutions.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to balance strategic thinking with execution.
• Proven ability to work effectively across business, operational, and technology functions.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of commodity trading, risk management, and trade-to-cash processes.
• Experience supporting ETRM/CTRM platforms and trading system implementations.
• Direct experience with Gas, Power, and LNG Trading business processes, systems, and market operations.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Project Manager to deliver digital transformation and business implementation initiatives on time, within scope and budget, and to quality targets.
• Serve as the primary business representative for projects, driving stakeholder alignment and achievement of business objectives.
• Define, manage, and prioritize business requirements, scope, and user stories.
• Maintain alignment among project objectives, business strategy, and expected benefits throughout the project lifecycle.
• Coordinate business resources and subject matter experts, addressing resource constraints and delivery risks.
• Lead business readiness activities, including data preparation, testing, process design, training, and organizational change management.
• Oversee User Acceptance Testing (UAT) to confirm solutions meet business requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Develop and execute communication, training, go-live, and transition-to-support plans to enable adoption.
• Participate in project governance, steering committee reviews, and risk management activities.
• Capture lessons learned and incorporate best practices into future initiatives to drive continuous improvement.

Benefits

• Pension plan with automatic enrollment at no cost and a monthly retirement annuity.
• Savings plan allowing contributions of 6% to 20% of pay; the company contributes a 7% match when an employee contributes at least 6%.
• Workplace flexibility programs, including ad-hoc flexibility around when and where employees work, leaves of absence, and part-time work.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Culture of Health programs and resources supporting wellbeing.
• Employee Health Advisory Program with confidential professional counseling for employees and their families, including mental health and resiliency resources at no additional cost.
• Disability plan providing income replacement for illness or injury, with automatic enrollment at no cost.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed