Business Development Rep III/Sr/Lead

Williams is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis protected under applicable discrimination law.

Do something that means something at Williams. This isn’t just a job - it’s an opportunity to explore and discover your passion with coworkers who become friends and mentors who push you to be your best self in and out of the office. At Williams, we make clean energy happen. And you can too, so bring your energy to ours.

As Business Development Lead, you'll lead large projects and transactions and develop solutions to sophisticated problems using your extensive knowledge of the natural gas industry in ways that are unique or innovative. You'll demonstrate superb communication and interpersonal skills as you interact with customers and provide your expertise negotiating various agreements. Your ability to cultivate and nurture a network across functions and influence others to gain support and dedication to get results are keys to success!

Your work will challenge you, and with our Core Values to guide you, you’ll quickly learn and grow with us.

• Develops innovative services, technologies, processes, or products that address current and future customer problems and needs

• Leads projects and programs with significant risk and complexity to achieve breakthroughs and objectives

• May lead or mentor others

• Understands all components of a deal structure

• Partners with others on sophisticated, greenfield business opportunities; uses financial and quantitative information to guide actions and performance

• Accurately forecasts financial information and makes prudent decisions regarding expenditures; identifies, monitors and estimates contributors to costs

• Considers industry and market trends when making decisions and balances strategic impact on the organization

• Develops opinions and challenges recommendations on basin, customer and competitor intelligence based off third party tools and publications

• Builds strategies for development of commercial insight and knowledge

• Other duties as assigned

We welcome candidates with a variety of backgrounds and experiences — if you don’t meet every qualification, this role may be filled at a level that aligns with your skills and growth potential   

• Required: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering or related field and a minimum of fifteen (15) years’ related experience

• Preferred: MBA

• Knowledge of upstream, midstream or downstream assets

• Demonstrates in-depth knowledge of energy market fundamentals and economics including commodity pricing, basin market fundamentals and competitor strategies and actions

• Demonstrates in-depth knowledge of commercial aspects of the energy industry

• Experience with asset development

• Considered a specialist regarding deal structure, contract terms, financial issues and other aspects of project development

• Demonstrates excellent organizational/interpersonal skills and safety as the utmost priority

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Application and PC skills

About Houston (Williams Tower Location):

Our Houston office is located in the Williams Tower, just steps from the Houston Galleria on Post Oak Boulevard, an area with more than 700 retailers, fine dining and hotels within two square miles. We offer free onsite-parking!

Houston is the fourth most populous city in the nation and greater Houston is the most ethnically diverse metropolitan area in the United States. Houston is a dynamic mix of imagination, talent and first-class attractions that makes it a world-class city!

If you love being outside, Houston rates first in total park acreage among U.S. cities with more than one million residents and offers a 300-mile interconnected bikeway network spread over 500 square miles. Check out visithoustontexas to learn more!

Why Choose Williams?

We are committed to providing our employees with competitive compensation and benefits as part of your Total Rewards package to help protect your current and future physical, emotional, and financial health. We generally offer health benefit programs to our employees and their families that are competitive and flexible enough to meet your needs, and retirement benefits to allow you to invest now for financial security when you retire.  With rich learning and development programming and a high internal mobility rate, you are not just applying to a job with Williams; you are embarking on an exciting career!

• Competitive compensation

• Annual incentive program

• Hybrid work model - one work from home day each week for most office-based roles

• Flexible work schedule for most field-based roles

• 401(k) with company matching contribution and a fixed annual company contribution

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits

• Generous company-paid life insurance and disability benefits

• A consumer-driven health plan option with the potential for a generous company contribution to a Health Savings Account

• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

• Paid time off, including floating and company holidays

• Employee stock purchase plan

• Robust employee learning and development

• High internal mobility (we promote from within)

• Parental leave (we provide up to 6 weeks for each parent)

• Fertility coverage and adoption benefits

• Domestic partner benefits

• Educational reimbursement

• Non-profit donation matching contributions and time off to volunteer

• Employee resource groups

• Employee assistance programs

• Technology to make our work more productive and collaborative

• Regular employee engagement surveys and feedback processes

Williams has a long history of making a significant difference in the communities where we live and work, and we strive to cultivate an environment of employee inclusion, innovation and passion that values all voices and opinions. We help each other succeed and great things happen when people from a diverse set of backgrounds come together. Together, we make clean energy happen.

Eligibility and benefits are governed by the terms of the applicable plan or program document which can be amended or terminated at any time.

For more information, please visit Total Rewards | Williams Companies.

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