Strategy and Market Intelligence Leader (OFSE - ST) Houston

Are you passionate about developing strategy for a global organization?

So you enjoy collaborating with leaders across the globe to achieve shared success?

Join our Team

As the Strategy and Market Intelligence Leader, you will collaborate with business partners to develop analysis and insights to solve business challenges.  You will take ownership of delivering (i) operational, competitive, and strategic insights, and (ii) leading strategic projects to translate those insights into business actions and results.

This role requires close engagement with other functions and teams, such as Regions, Segments, Sales and commercial, Finance, and Business Development (M&A). You will be accountable for functional, business, and broad company objectives. In this role, you will be involved in market intelligence, long-term planning, and strategy.

As Strategy and Market Intelligence Leader, you will also be responsible for:

• Understanding the market trends and updating marketing forecasts. This includes tracking regional related activity drivers to provide timely and high-quality synthesis-driven research.
• Leading and delivering timely and accurate market analysis and insights (market, competition & customer intelligence, and analysis)
• Assessing competitor strategy and performance to develop insights about customer opportunities and future activities; evaluate implications for OFSE and develop appropriate competitive strategies
• Leading and participating in strategic projects – e.g., evaluation of potential new markets/products, realignment of businesses, market assessment of potential acquisitions
• Delivering elements of strategic planning processes (e.g. annual strategic plan / LRP - Long Range Plan, portfolio analysis, capital allocation etc.) Drive LRP tracking after review.
• Collaborating with colleagues in other functions, regions, and businesses while translating insights and strategic plans to practical and measurable business actions
• Effectively communicating throughout the organization via presentations, webchats, and written communication
• Other activities that fall within the remit of the OFSE Strategy and Market intelligence team

Fuel Your Passion

To be successful in this role, you will:

• Have a bachelor’s degree (required); MBA or advanced degree is preferred
• Have substantial experience in one or more of: oil & gas industry (including oilfield services and exploration & production), sell-side research, strategy consulting, or industrial marketing/strategy
• Have dynamic upstream oil and gas industry knowledge, relevant experience, and track record
• Have excellent analytics and problem-solving, including ability to form hypotheses and move forward in the absence of complete information
• Have the ability to instill a measurable and accountable, results-based culture throughout the Strategy and Marketing function
• Have excellent oral and written communication skills, including ability to synthesize complex topics into clear, simple and crisp messages
• Have the necessary interpersonal skills to foster collaboration with colleagues across all businesses/cultures and achieve objectives through effective influence,
• Have a resilient rapport-building ability, which will be necessary to establish credibility with all levels of the organization, including senior leaders
• Be proactive and a self-starter who is accountable and who exhibits ownership of delegated tasks and projects

Desired Characteristics

• Bachelor's degree (MBA preferred) in Finance, Economics, Engineering or equivalent work experience
• 10+ years' experience in the oil field industry, including roles serving the industry in an equity research or management consulting capacity
• A history of successful mentoring, team member development, and leadership
• Upstream exploration and production company experience, in the industry on in an advisory role
• Ability to work under minimal supervision

Work in a way that works for you

We recognize that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:

• Working flexible hours - flexing the times you work in the day

Working with us

Our people are at the heart of what we do at Baker Hughes. We know we are better when all of our people are developed, engaged and able to bring their whole authentic selves to work. We invest in the health and well-being of our workforce, train and reward talent and develop leaders