Legal Analyst

Chevron•Houston, TX

10d•Onsite

About The Position

Chevron is accepting online applications for the position of Corporate Governance Legal Analyst located in Houston, TX through April 9, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. (Central Time) This Corporate Governance Legal Analyst position is based in Houston, TX and is part of the Corporate Governance department in the Law Function. Overview: This position reports to the Assistant Secretary and Senior Managing Counsel, whose team assists with advising the Board of Directors and senior management with corporate governance and Executive Committee matters and subsidiary governance. The position will also support the Assistant Secretary and Senior Counsel who, among other responsibilities, supports the Board of Directors and senior management of Hess Midstream LP (Hess Midstream), a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange, with corporate governance and securities law matters. This position will primarily support activities of Chevron Corporation’s Executive Committee and Hess Midstream.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or 5+ years of relevant experience
Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite of tools (Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams)
Ability to maintain high quality performance with varied deadlines and competing priorities in a fast-paced work environment
Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
Demonstrated strong communications skills (both oral and written), with the ability to convey information clearly and professionally to executives and directors and/or their assistants
Strong interpersonal skills and collaborative mindset
Self-starter who is adept at working in a team environment and partnering with management, business partners, counsel, and staff
Ability to independently organize and handle projects requiring a high degree of confidentiality and the ability to review, analyze and compile results; the successful candidate must be acutely aware of the confidential, and often privileged, nature of the information involved and diligently maintain confidentiality and/or privilege
Availability to support projects on evenings and weekends, as needed

Nice To Haves

Proficiency with Adobe Acrobat and DocuSign and willing to learn iManage
Willing to learn Nasdaq BoardVantage, Diligent Boards, or similar board portal system
Willing to learn how to draft general Corporate Governance agendas and Board resolutions

Responsibilities

Reach out to presenters and oversee all logistical details for meetings
Summarizes pre-read material into a short abstract for incorporation into various Excom documents (agenda(s), minutes, summary minutes)
Direct planning, organization and distribution of highly confidential Excom pre-reading material
Provide oversight and strategic direction to business unit advisors, OPCO heads and others regarding Policy 190 and Excom reporting guidelines
Develop and execute a communication plan for all Excom communications to advisors, business unit heads, executive IT personnel, assistants and presenters
Update Excom pre-read distribution website
Oversees Excom meeting logistics on day of meeting (via Teams): starts meeting, admits presenters into the meeting, communicates with meeting Secretary, presenters, IT, EAs during the meeting
Manages and oversees “post-Excom” tasks: emails presenters, updates policies if required, drafts final minutes, transfers documents to iManage, compiles final documents and memos and send to presenters
Review final Excom documents prior to Assistant Secretary signage
Provide guidance to Excom Advisors and others as to reporting guidelines (per Policy 190)
Maintain Excom checklist and detailed instructions on process
Assist business units in researching and providing historical and archival Executive Committee information
Provides detailed information related to Excom reportings to Assistant Secretary and Managing Counsel for ongoing audit and litigation purposes
Maintains Excom SubCommittee memberships; drafts Excom resolutions as needed
Maintain Corporation Policy site and contents
Coordinate activities of interested parties for Policy changes and amendments
Provide or obtain interpretive opinions on the application of Policy provisions and advisability of inclusion in the Corporation Policy Manual
Ensure any changes to corporate policies, committee charters and memberships are updated on Governance website
Track changes to corporate polices for periodic translation into 10 languages published on Governance website
Responsible for the Corporate Governance Department’s internal and external websites, including the Executive Committee Website
Work closely with Law Administration Information Technology Group to design and maintain site consistent with policy and standards
Develop, lead and support a communication strategy plan and format for all Corporate Governance communications
Draft board and committee agendas and coordinate schedules for each meeting cycle, including distribution of board materials through Nasdaq Boardvantage (or successor) board portal and liaising directly with board and committee meeting presenters and contributors
Maintain corporate records and obtain signatures for board and committee minute books, corporate governance guidelines, board committee charters and other governance documents
Assist with annual D&O questionnaires, board and committee self-evaluations as well as director onboarding and orientation materials
Support quarterly financial certification process and collection of signatures related to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York Stock Exchange
Prepare resolutions and other documents related to quarterly distribution payments by Hess Midstream entities, including lower tier subsidiaries
Provide transactional and special project support under supervision of counsel, including due diligence, deal execution and preparation of ancillary corporate documents