Digital Product Owner

Total Number of Openings: 1

Job Title

Digital Product Owner

Job Summary

The Wells Product Owner position is responsible for supporting the Wells Digital Platform. This role involves delivering the highest priority objectives, based on value, on a quarterly basis for the digital portfolio. This role will be based in Chevron's office in Bengaluru. Chevron ENGINE supports global operations, and work hours are aligned to business needs. Standard working hours are 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM or 1:30 PM to 10:30 PM, Monday to Friday. These may evolve based on operational or business requirements.

Responsibilities

• The Wells Digital Product Owner will be accountable for the support, operation, and maintenance of digital solutions within the Wells Digital Platform
• This position entails updating the product roadmap, contributing to the vision and strategy of digital products, and ensuring alignment with the overarching product line strategy
• This position will be actively engaged in sprint planning, providing clear details and elaborating on features and user stories to develop comprehensive requirements and success metrics. The goal is to deliver valuable outcomes that align with the Wells functional vision for Wells digital
• This role necessitates close collaboration with IT resources, the Wells Digital Platform, and teams across Chevrons global units to ensure the integration of essential skills and operational capabilities for delivering advanced digital products. Supporting the main platform, this position will assist in maintaining and prioritizing the product backlog to maximize business value, aid in trade-off decisions, and ensure customer satisfaction
• The position reports to the Product Line Manager and may flex between primary product ownership and supporting other product owners as team dynamics evolve. Central mission for this position will be to drive business results and enhance customer value through the strategic implementation of digital solutions within the context of well construction and execution workflows
• The responsibilities for this position include providing day-to-day operations support for applications through troubleshooting and technical analysis to pinpoint root causes and develop solutions
• The role involves partnering with global customers to address application break-fixes and enhancements to meet maintenance requirements, participating in application upgrades, enhancements, or deployment in new sites, and having experience with applications interfacing with SQL databases and API Integrations
• The candidate should have experience in design, configuration, and unit testing within the product lifecycle methodology, possess fundamental knowledge of processes and tools related to Security & Control (cyber), Problem Management, and Change Management. Additionally, the role requires the ability to frame business problems, identify and collaborate on solutions with analysts, architects, and stakeholders, and gather business requirements, workflows, and associated data models

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree from a recognized university in petroleum, mechanical, chemical, civil, or electrical engineering with minimum CGPA 7.5 and above
• Minimum 5 total years of work experience in Oil and Gas Industry specializing in Drilling, Completions, or Workovers. Including 3 years of experience in related fields such as Applications Support and Business Analysis is required
• The ideal candidate should have 1 year of field-related experience in Drilling, Completions, or Workovers
• Knowledge of Scrum or SAFe; Skilled at eliciting and articulating requirements into clear backlog items. Understanding of software development lifecycle and Agile principles. Familiarity with tools like Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar backlog management systems
• The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience with multiple engineering basins, though it is not mandatory, and be familiar with engineering design processes such as casing design, directional planning, and completion design
• Proficiency with software tools and digital applications used on rig/frac sites is essential. Additionally, the role requires a strong digital awareness, the ability to utilize technology to solve problems and complete tasks, and an understanding of the importance of data for making informed business decisions
• The candidate must demonstrate clear communication, foster positive relationships, and encourage team collaboration by sharing information and providing feedback. Empowering others to make decisions, identifying crucial data for decision-making, removing barriers to success, and tracking performance through impactful data are also key skills. An understanding of well construction design and execution workflows is necessary