Specific Responsibilities
The Midstream Oil & Gas Senior Manager is responsible for developing and executing commercial strategies that maximize the value of Apache’s crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids production and secure reliable, cost-effective access to markets. The position oversees midstream and liquids marketing agreements, negotiates commercial terms, and evaluates infrastructure and capacity alternatives to support development plans. Working closely with Operations, Marketing, Land, Legal, and Finance, the Senior Manager aligns commercial commitments with production needs, supports timely well connections, and resolves constraints that affect production and netbacks. The role also leads the commercial team and manages relationships with midstream providers and other counterparties.
- Lead commercial management of midstream agreements, including crude oil gathering and transportation, natural gas gathering and processing, NGL sales, storage, and terminaling.
- Lead negotiations for new agreements and amendments with pipelines, processors, marketers, and other midstream service providers to secure competitive terms and reliable service.
- Align midstream capacity and commercial commitments with production forecasts and development plans, accounting for infrastructure constraints and available third-party capacity.
- Identify and evaluate opportunities to improve netbacks, reduce operating costs, increase reliability, and create optionality through commercial arrangements and infrastructure investments.
- Oversee contract performance and compliance with volume commitments, well connection obligations, forecasting requirements, rate escalations, service levels, and notice deadlines.
- Partner with Operations and Production teams to resolve daily or near-term flow, capacity, measurement, quality, balancing, and operational issues that affect commercial performance.
- Prepare economic analyses and recommendations for infrastructure projects, expansions, dedications, capacity commitments, and other capital or commercial decisions.
- Manage relationships with key midstream counterparties and represent the company in commercial discussions, joint planning sessions, and industry meetings.
- Coordinate with Legal and internal stakeholders to structure agreements that protect the Apache’s commercial and operational interests.
- Support budgeting, forecasting, accruals, and financial reporting related to midstream and liquids marketing costs and revenues.
- Maintain clear records of contracts, obligations, key dates, commercial decisions, and approved deal terms.
- Lead, mentor, and develop team members with clear priorities and accountability for commercial results.
Skills
- Strong working knowledge of oil, natural gas, and NGL midstream systems, gas processing economics, commercial agreements, tariffs, and market fundamentals.
- Demonstrated experience negotiating and administering complex fcommercial agreements.
- Experience using commercial systems, contract-management tools, and data visualization platforms
- Strong financial and analytical skills, including the ability to evaluate contract economics, capital alternatives, and risk exposure.
- Ability to translate technical and operational information into clear commercial recommendations.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across functions and with senior internal and external stakeholders.
- Proven ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced commercial environment
Qualifications & Experience
The successful candidate will have the following qualifications and experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Marketing or other Business field required; MBA preferred.
- 15+ years' experience in gas midstream and marketing, preferably in the Permian Basin.
- Demonstrated experience leading and developing commercial teams.
Competencies
The successful candidate will lead by example through successfully demonstrating the following:
- Core Competencies
- Communication: Writes, speaks, and presents information effectively and persuasively across communication setting;
- Results: Pursues work with energy, drive, and results orientation to positively impact Apache’s business success;
- Collaboration: Works in partnership with others and encourages different perspectives, while building and maintaining trust; and
- Culture: Willingness and ability to align one’s behavior with the needs, priorities, and goals of Apache.
- Leadership Competencies
- Servant Leadership: Inspires and enables performance excellence through feedback, empathy, development and empowerment;
- Strategic Mindset: Applies business acumen to see the big picture, understand business issues, and exhibit financial stewardship;
- Change Leadership: Inspires change by challenging the status quo, generating support, and executing improvement projects to achieve business outcomes; and
- Leading Effective Teams: Enables performance excellence through effective structure, delegation, and motivation.
Company Overview
Our primary product is energy, and where there is affordable, abundant energy, people are healthier, have access to better education, and are given greater opportunities to elevate their families to higher standards of living.
Nearly 3 billion people — roughly one-third of the global population — live without electricity or without clean cooking facilities. We are committed to providing energy in innovative and more sustainable ways to help raise the standard of living for those living in energy poverty and to meet the ongoing demands of people and economies around the world.
The products we deliver power increasingly cleaner electricity across the globe, fuel tractors and trucks, make fertilizer to keep the world's food supply on the table, and heat our schools, hospitals and businesses.
Our employees bring a wide range of talents and skills to the job every day to tackle complex business challenges. We believe in providing a truly rewarding work environment supported by a benefits platform that ranks among the best in our peer group. Our company offers career development opportunities where employees can grow personally and professionally. We promote employee benefits that cultivate a family-friendly work environment and focus on our employees' overall well-being.
We are committed to being a workplace where all employees are valued and can thrive with a sense of belonging. Our commitment to non-discriminatory, equal employment opportunities benefits our individual employees, our company and our external stakeholders; we are better as an organization when various experiences, ideas, and perspectives are brought to the table.
Apache Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of APA Corporation (NASDAQ:APA). Apache has operations in the United States, Egypt's Western Desert and the United Kingdom's North Sea and a sister company with exploration opportunities offshore Suriname. Whether supporting Apache, APA Corporation or one of its subsidiaries, team members are employed by Apache Corporation.
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Apache Statement on Hiring
To provide genuine equal opportunity to all people, it is the policy of Apache Corporation and its subsidiaries to base all employment-related decisions and actions exclusively on employment-related criteria. To provide genuine equal opportunity to all people, it is the policy of Apache Corporation and its subsidiaries to provide broad dissemination of job opportunities, as consistent with the nature of the positions. To provide genuine equal opportunity to all people, it is the policy of Apache Corporation and its subsidiaries to review its employment-related policies and actions on a regular basis to ensure that their application is consistent with their intent.