2025USH - Exploration & New Ventures - Business Development Advisor

What you will do

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Business Development Advisor to join our Exploration and New Ventures team within the Upstream Commercial Organization. This role is ideal for professionals with a strong foundation in geoscience and a proven track record in international business development and negotiations, particularly in the upstream exploration space.
You will play a pivotal role in identifying, evaluating, and commercializing new exploration opportunities across the globe. Working closely with technical teams, external partners, and internal stakeholders, you will help shape the company’s future exploration portfolio through strategic deal-making and commercial leadership.

Location: Spring, Texas
Travel: Up to 50% international travel required

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Skills and Qualifications

 Key Responsibilities

• Lead commercial negotiations and execute agreements related to exploration ventures, acquisitions, and divestments.
• Collaborate with geoscientists and technical teams to assess prospectivity and commercial viability of new opportunities.
• Represent the company in joint ventures, partner discussions, and government engagements across diverse international markets.
• Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, including NOCs, IOCs, and other industry participants.
• Support strategic portfolio decisions by integrating technical insights with commercial analysis.
• Ensure alignment across internal functions and secure necessary endorsements for new ventures.
• Monitor market trends, regulatory developments, and competitive activity to inform strategy and deal execution.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Geoscience, Engineering, Business, Finance, or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years in international business development and negotiations within the upstream oil and gas sector.
• Demonstrated experience in exploration-focused commercial roles, including deal origination and execution.
• Strong understanding of exploration project economics and risk assessment.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to travel internationally up to 50% and work effectively across cultures and geographies.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence decision-making. 
  
  

Preferred Experience

• Background in geoscience or technical upstream disciplines.
• Experience in emerging basins, frontier exploration, or new venture screening.
• Familiarity with drafting and negotiating term sheets, contracts, and joint venture agreements.
• Prior exposure to M&A transactions in exploration contexts (e.g., deepwater, unconventional, LNG).
• Strategic thinker with strong business acumen and a passion for unlocking new opportunities.

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Your Total Rewards

An ExxonMobil career is one designed to last. Our commitment to you runs deep: our employees grow personally and professionally, with benefits built on our core categories of health, security, finance, and life. 

We offer you: 

• Pension Plan: Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you. The basic benefit is a monthly annuity to be paid to you in retirement for the rest of your life. 

• Savings Plan: You can contribute between 6% and 20% of your pay and are encouraged to enroll right away. If you contribute at least 6% to your savings plan, the Company will contribute a 7% match. 

• Workplace Flexibility: We have several programs such as “Flex your Day”, providing ad-hoc flexibility around when and where you work, as well as longer-term programs such as leaves of absence and part-time work.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans. 

• Culture of Health: Programs and resources to support your wellbeing. 

• Employee Health Advisory Program: Provides confidential professional counseling for you and your family, including tools and resources promoting mental health and resiliency at no additional cost to you. 

• Disability Plan: Income replacement for when you cannot work due to illness or injury occurring on or off the job. Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you.

More information on our Company’s benefits can be found at www.exxonmobilfamily.com.

Please note benefits may be changed from time to time without notice, subject to applicable law.
 

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EEO Statement

ExxonMobil is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or physical or mental disability.