SURE​/Principal – Oil & Gas; Upstream, Midstream & Downstream

Overview

Principal – Oil & Gas (Upstream, Midstream & Downstream) – SURE Practice (Execution‑Driven, Digital Transformation Focus)

About the Role

We are expanding our Energy practice to accelerate digital transformation across the Oil & Gas value chain. As a Principal, you will lead the delivery of mission‑critical digital, data, and automation programs across Upstream, Midstream, and Downstream operations. Your focus will be on execution excellence—guiding teams to design, build, and deploy solutions that enhance operational performance, reliability, efficiency, and safety. You will bring strong operational understanding of O&G combined with practical experience applying digital technologies such as advanced analytics, predictive modeling, optimization, and intelligent automation.

Digital Transformation Delivery (Execution Focus)

• Lead end‑to‑end delivery of digital programs across exploration, drilling, production operations, pipeline operations, terminal management, refining, and downstream logistics.
• Translate operational challenges into executable digital solutions—analytics models, automation workflows, optimization tools, real‑time monitoring, and digital worker enablement.
• Drive detailed requirements, solution design, development, testing, deployment, and stabilization.
• Lead buildout of digital workflows, data‑enabled dashboards, predictive models, and automated decision support tools.
• Work directly with client operations, engineering, IT/OT, and field teams to ensure successful implementation and adoption.

• Serve as program lead, project manager, or Agile delivery leader for multi‑million‑dollar transformation programs.
• Provide Scrum Master leadership when required—facilitating sprints, ceremonies, backlog refinement, and cross‑team coordination.
• Manage scope, schedules, risks, dependencies, financials, and quality across globally distributed teams.
• Conduct workshops, solution walkthroughs, and operational readiness assessments with business and technical stakeholders.
• Apply Agile, SAFe, hybrid, or waterfall delivery models depending on engagement needs.

• Identify and prioritize digital use cases across reliability, safety, throughput improvement, cost optimization, energy efficiency, and emissions management.
• Guide development of predictive and prescriptive analytics (e.g., equipment health, well performance, pipeline integrity, refinery yield optimization).
• Enable scaling through reusable architectures, data pipelines, automation frameworks, and digital operating models.
• Support design of automation‑first solutions such as exception‑based surveillance, events triage, and rules‑based workflow automation (keeping NLP/LLM usage light and relevant).

Experience

• Bachelor’s degree with ~10 years of progressive experience in consulting or in the Oil & Gas industry (Upstream, Midstream, or Downstream).
• Strong experience delivering digital transformation, analytics, or automation programs—not just strategy.
• Hands‑on experience with advanced analytics or predictive modeling and exposure to machine learning techniques.
• Experience implementing digital workflows, automation solutions, real‑time monitoring, or intelligent operations.
• Experience leading distributed teams using Agile or hybrid delivery methodologies.

Skills

• Strong ability to break down operational problems and drive structured execution.
• Proficiency in process analysis, solution design, user story creation, and delivery governance.
• Ability to lead client workshops, articulate technology solutions, and oversee field/operations deployment.
• Effective communication, stakeholder management, and leadership of delivery teams in a Global Delivery Capacity.
• Ability to travel extensively.
• Candidates authorized to work for any employer in the United States without employer-based visa sponsorship are welcome to apply. Infosys is unable to provide immigration sponsorship for this role at this time.

• Industry experience in Exploration & Production, Pipeline Operations, Refining, Petrochemicals, LNG, or Trading.
• Experience implementing…