Senior Commercial Professional

Job Description

A key support to the Ghana Business Unit Manager, this role will manage the main commercial aspects of the Ghana business – position likely to expand into the wider GoG area.

Responsibilities

  • Develops and manages a small team of specialists.
  • Gas commercialization strategy, negotiations and all relevant agreements
  • Chairs Gas Commercialization Sub-committee
  • Maintains contact with key players and operators in the GoG area
  • Actively seeks value creation opportunities from both current portfolio and the wider GoG area.

Education

Technical, commercial/legal, finance/business degree

Skills

  • Strong upstream background, ideally with operator.
  • Technical or commercial / legal with a finance / business background.
  • Preferable experience with unitisation negotiations;
  • Experience with gas commercialisation, ideally in emerging markets;
  • Track record of creating value by entrepreneurial thinking and the ability to close high value transactions; Familiarity with requisite contracts;
  • Good understanding of, and experience across, the E&P lifecycle, especially appraisal to production.
  • In depth knowledge of upstream economic value drivers and analysis;
  • Strong leadership and motivational skills
  • Business Behaviours: • Excellent communication skills, both internal and external
  • Cultural awareness
  • Good influencer
  • Entrepreneurial attitude
  • Flexible and quick to respond
  • Frequent traveller