Senior Manager, Corporate Development - Subsurface Strategy

About the role

The Senior Manager, Corporate Development – Subsurface Strategy will provide technical subsurface expertise to support corporate development, commercial, and strategic planning initiatives. The position will evaluate producer drilling inventories, forecast future well performance, assess development plans, and identify areas of potential upside or risk associated with acquisitions, greenfield projects, commercial opportunities, and long-term infrastructure planning. This individual will act as the company’s technical resource for all subsurface characteristics across key basins. The role will work closely with Executive Management, Corporate Development, Business Development, Engineering, and Operations to translate subsurface insights into actionable commercial and investment decisions. As the role develops and expands, this individual will be a team leader, building out a technical strategic team they oversee and manage.

Responsibilities

Subsurface & Reservoir Evaluation

• Evaluate historical and forecasted well performance using production data, decline curve analysis, and type curve development.
• Assess producer development plans, drilling inventories, spacing assumptions, and completion designs.
• Analyze acreage quality, geologic trends, reservoir characteristics, and operator development strategies.
• Develop independent forecasts of future production volumes, rig activity, and well counts.
• Identify risks and opportunities associated with undeveloped inventory and future drilling economics.
• Benchmark operator forecasts against publicly available data and third-party databases.

Corporate & Business Development Strategy & Investment Evaluations

• Lead subsurface diligence efforts for M&A opportunities, joint ventures, and strategic investments.
• Evaluate forecast assumptions included in confidential information memoranda (CIMs), reserve reports, and management presentations.
• Evaluate reservoir performance, drilling inventories, acreage quality, and development plans for both public & private operators.
• Provide technical assessments of producer-provided forecasts and identify areas of potential over- or under-performance.
• Quantify long-term development potential supporting gathering, processing, transportation