Commercial Services Lead - Joint Ventures

Williams • Houston, TX

10d

About The Position

The Commercial Services Lead supports and leads joint venture governance activities for natural gas pipeline assets and related entities. The role is a key commercial and governance contact for joint venture partners and internal stakeholders, and is responsible for understanding, interpreting, negotiating, and administering complex governing agreements, including LLC Agreements and Construction, Operation & Maintenance Agreements. Success requires strong business judgment, independent management of multiple priorities, and clear communication across Commercial, Legal, Operations, Engineering, Finance, Accounting, senior leadership, customers, and external joint venture partners.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• At least 10 years of experience working in an energy environment.
• Outstanding organizational, interpersonal, negotiation, and communication skills, with safety as the utmost priority.
• Ability to read, understand, interpret, and administer complex commercial and governance agreements, including LLC Agreements and Construction, Operation & Maintenance Agreements.
• Experience drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and implementing commercial, contractual, and joint venture agreements.
• Strong business judgment and ability to translate complex contractual provisions into clear business requirements, recommendations, and actions.
• Ability to work independently and self-manage competing priorities, deadlines, partner requests, and high-visibility matters with limited day-to-day oversight.
• Strong executive communication skills and ability to communicate effectively with senior leadership, joint venture partners, legal counsel, and cross-functional internal teams.
• Ability to build consensus and negotiate across organizations with differing commercial, operational, or financial interests.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including identifying contractual obligations, governance requirements, commercial risks, and opportunities.
• Working knowledge of natural gas pipeline commercial and operational activities, including capital projects, expansions, budgeting, operations, and regulatory considerations.
• Ability to exercise discretion and professional judgment when handling confidential, commercially sensitive, and high-visibility matters.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and PC skills.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, or a related field.
• At least 10 years of experience working in an energy environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate joint venture governance activities for assigned natural gas pipeline assets, ensuring governing agreements, contractual obligations, approval requirements, and governance processes are understood and managed.
• Interpret, negotiate, amend, and implement joint venture and related commercial agreements, including provisions for management committees and boards, voting rights, budgets, capital expenditures, expansions, operating responsibilities, and funding obligations.
• Serve as a primary point of contact for external joint venture partners and assigned customers, building relationships, navigating differing commercial interests, and representing the company’s commercial and governance interests.
• Coordinate with Commercial, Legal, Operations, Engineering, Finance, Accounting, Regulatory, and other stakeholders to evaluate joint venture matters, identify risks and required approvals, and facilitate timely decisions.
• Support management committee, board, and partner activities, including meeting materials, governance recommendations, approval items, follow-up actions, and evaluation of proposed projects, expansions, capital expenditures, and operational changes.
• Identify growth opportunities and develop market-area viewpoints, supply and demand analyses, and other market intelligence to support strategic decisions and capital project development.
• Coordinate customer and market activities, including open seasons, interconnecting facilities, required agreements and documentation, and tariff recommendations for new and existing services in alignment with applicable FERC policies and tariff provisions.
• Maintain a strong understanding of the natural gas, oil, and NGL industries and communicate complex contractual, commercial, financial, operational, and regulatory matters to senior leadership, internal stakeholders, customers, and external partners.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Annual incentive program.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• 401(k) with company match and an annual company contribution.
• Paid time off, including company and floating holidays.
• Paid parental leave of up to six weeks per parent.
• Fertility and adoption support.
• Tuition reimbursement and continuing education support.
• Health savings account (HSA) and flexible spending account (FSA) options.
• Company-paid life insurance and disability coverage.
• Employee stock purchase plan.
• Domestic partner benefits.
• Employee resource groups and wellness support.
• Paid volunteer time and company matching for charitable causes.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: High school or GED