Associate Director - Reservoir Engineering, GBM CIB, GIB-Energy (Houston)

About the role

Purpose-driven execution of primarily international oil and gas-related projects from the Houston office. Provide technical and strategic advice to public and private corporations, national oil companies, financial sponsors and other private capital providers who transact and/or are interested in energy industries while ensuring compliance with governing regulations, internal policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Lead reservoir engineering evaluation of oil and gas assets for primarily international assignments, including reserve estimation, type curve creation, base and upside evaluation, risk assessment, facility constraints and requirements, plan of development, economic assumptions, and single-well and project-level economics.
• Review marketing materials including confidential information memoranda, management presentations, data rooms, and pitch books.
• Lead reservoir engineering and associated technical execution of both buy-side and sell-side pitches/mandates.
• Review data room materials for completeness and accuracy; contribute to data room preparation as needed.
• Market oil and gas assets to potential buyers, including presentation of technical materials to clients (e.g., RFPs, pitches, management presentations).
• Attend internal and external project kick-off meetings; support generation of new business ideas for clients.
• Provide technical-level relationship management for transaction structuring and execution, including technical analysis, financial modeling, valuations, and advisory.
• Support business development and idea generation activities alongside senior team members; participate in A&D screening activities.
• Lead a customer-focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems, and knowledge.
• Ensure consideration of the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture in day-to-day activities and decisions.
• Create an environment in which the team pursues effective and efficient operations aligned with Scotiabank’s Values, Code of Conduct, and Global Sales Principles; ensure adequacy and adherence to business controls for operational, compliance, AML/ATF/sanctions, and conduct risk.
• Champion a high-performance environment and contribute to an inclusive work environment.
• Build and implement a people strategy that attracts, retains, develops, and motivates the team by fostering inclusion, coaching, communicating vision/values/business strategy, and managing succession and development planning.
• Liaise with Data Systems Manager to ensure execution of internal support functions including graphics, IT, and vendor/third-party services.
• Oversee engineering execution process alongside peers and juniors, including full review of technical analyses and marketing materials, maintaining timelines, and ensuring completion of mandates.
• Work alongside Corporate Finance counterparts to ensure seamless delivery of technical work product for oil and gas valuation exercises.
• Generate strategic and technical ideas for key clients; oversee and contribute to the writing of pitch materials to originate new mandates.
• Maintain compliance, regulatory, and risk management on target.
• Hold FINRA securities licenses (SIE, Series 79, and 63).

Requirements

• University graduate, preferably with a petroleum specialty, or equivalent combination with work experience.
• More than 15 years of Reservoir Engineering and Reserves-level experience in the oil and gas industry, preferably with exposure to both international and domestic regions.
• Preference for prior A&D evaluation experience.
• Broad technical oil and gas experience (reservoir types, recovery techniques, technological advances).
• Strong understanding of the energy industry including offshore and onshore assets, conventional/unconventional reservoirs, contracts, agreements, economic evaluations, and fiscal regimes.
• Strong communication and cross-cultural skills.