Project Delivery Manager - Crude

We are recruiting a dynamic and high‑performing Project Delivery Manager to drive the execution of the Crude business strategy through the effective integration, optimisation, and governance of end‑to‑end performance project delivery. This is a unique opportunity to make a tangible impact within the T&S Crude business, supporting an ambitious growth agenda in a fast‑paced, commercially driven environment, where disciplined delivery, cross‑functional coordination, and value realisation are critical to success.

The Project Delivery Manager is accountable for driving the disciplined delivery of strategic transformation initiatives across the global Crude Trading landscape, enabling the Crude business strategy through effective end‑to‑end integration, optimisation, and execution of performance‑critical projects. Sitting within Trading & Supply (T&S) Project Delivery Manager reporting to Crude COO, the role supports the EVP of Crude Trading by translating strategic intent into tangible business outcomes, ensuring that complex change initiatives are delivered on time, within scope, and with sustained value realisation.

The role has a global remit and leads the delivery of multi‑disciplinary projects and programmes spanning new business propositions, trading mandates, business model evolution, investment opportunities, and ad‑hoc initiatives triggered by market or external drivers (e.g. regulatory or reporting changes). This role leads, develops and manages a team of four to provide strong delivery of projects, prioritisation, and decision support while navigating a fast‑paced, commercially driven trading environment.

Success in the role requires close collaboration with senior business stakeholders, Commercial Operations, peers within and beyond the Crude COO organisation, and subject matter experts across Compliance, Operational Risk, and functional teams. Through rigorous delivery discipline, stakeholder engagement, and outcome‑focused leadership, the Project Delivery Manager plays a critical role in enabling and strengthening execution capability across the Crude value chain.

Role accountabilities:

• Lead end‑to‑end delivery of global Crude Trading transformation initiatives, including business growth, new market entry, and future‑state operating model changes.
• Manage and govern complex, multi‑disciplinary projects and programmes across Commercial teams, ensuring alignment to Crude and T&S strategic priorities.
• Apply project management disciplines to deliver commitments within agreed time, cost, and quality parameters, with a strong focus on value realisation.
• Lead initiatives or projects to enhance enablers and remove blockers.
• Partner with VPs and Regional Trading Manager to understand transformation aspirations and future‑state vision, shaping delivery plans that support strategic execution.
• Develop and embed effective communication, change and engage strategy, including impactful channels such as internal sites, briefings, and digital content, to drive sustained business adoption.
• Conduct post‑implementation reviews, capturing lessons learned and embedding continuous improvement into future initiatives.
• Ensure robust delivery governance, including development, maintenance, and completeness of required documentation across the full project lifecycle.
• Lead and deliver, in collaboration with cross‑functional and cross‑organisational teams, Trading‑specific and selected global improvement initiatives aligned to T&S imperatives across HSSE, Risk Management, and Value.

The individual is also responsible for:

• Driving internal organizational discipline in ensuring that all business delivery supported by the Crude COO team follow through the delivery life cycle in accordance to the Project governance approach of Crude.
• Lead and project manage complex strategic business initiatives, and impacts from market externalities including tax, compliance and regulatory changes.
• Act as a center of excellence with deep knowledge of crude business to deliver complex business projects from inception to post execution activities.
• Management of internal stakeholder relationships with other T&S organisations.
• Support wider team people development and learning in Crude.

What you bring:

Candidates should ideally have deep Trading & Supply experience (strongly preferred) and a proven solid track record in:

• Prior experience in solid project management, or process leadership, involving single or cross-business strategic projects deliveries (new market entry, book structure build, etc) through the full project life cycle.
• Team management experience.
• Demonstrating excellent stakeholder management, working collaboratively with business stakeholders and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), Regulatory Affairs, Risk and Compliance functions, finance and Tax.
• Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, PowerBI or Qlik.
• Strong leverage of AI to deliver efficiency and creativity to project works.
• Knowledge of Energy Trading Risk Management (ETRM) systems & SAP.
• Leadership, discipline and self-motivated and strong drive to success.

Furthermore, you will have:

• Demonstrates courage and determination to challenge the status quo, constructively influencing senior leaders and stakeholders while maintaining strong, trust‑based relationships and effective outcomes.
• Brings strong collaboration and integration skills, operating effectively across multiple interfaces.
• Applies a structured and disciplined approach to project and delivery governance, ensuring frameworks are embedded consistently across business delivery.
• Possesses working knowledge of Group and T&S carbon management frameworks, including methodologies to track emissions and support regulatory reporting across multiple regimes (e.g. UK ETS, EU ETS, Fuel EU Maritime), and understands their implications for trading and business delivery.
• Demonstrates strong problem‑solving and analytical capability, with the ability to dive into detailed operational processes to diagnose root causes, while elevating key themes and insights that drive structural improvements, scalability, and end‑to‑end cost‑to‑serve optimisation.

What we offer:

You bring your skills and experience to Shell and in return you work with talented, committed people on one of the most important challenges facing our planet. You’ll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another. You’ll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself. Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together. Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead. Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices. Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise. Achieve your balance in a values-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself. Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performance related salary increase – our pay and benefits packages are considered to be among the best in the world. Join an organisation working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply. Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and international teams. Gain access to a wide range of training and development programmes.

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