Senior Manager, Carbon & Coking

Phillips 66 & YOU - Together we can fuel the future

As a Senior Manager, Carbon & Coking, you will lead research and development efforts to advance carbon and coking innovations while guiding a team that delivers impactful scientific solutions. You will drive strategic research initiatives, translate complex findings into practical applications, and support business needs with high‑quality technical insight.

What You’ll Do

• Lead and develop a team of researchers, managing experimental design, execution, and portfolio oversight while fostering a culture of scientific curiosity and problem‑solving.
• Manage significant research programs, identifying opportunities, generating innovative experiments, and translating results into practical applications that support business and operational needs.
• Engage with internal stakeholders to understand challenges, synthesize needs into research direction, and provide expert technical guidance across carbon and coking initiatives.
• Develop and implement new methodologies, tools, and processes to enhance research capability and efficiency across the organization.
• Communicate research findings clearly to technical and business audiences, presenting data and insights through written and oral formats.
• Oversee budgeting, planning, and performance management for the research team, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and driving continuous improvement.

What You’ll Bring – Required

• 10 or more years of research and development experience, demonstrating advanced scientific and analytical capabilities or refinery process engineering experience with coking units
• 2 or more years of managerial experience overseeing teams, resources, or research programs
• Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering or a related field
• Legally authorized to work in the job posting country
• Travel up to 10% of the time

What Makes You Stand Out – Preferred

• Doctorate degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or related field
• Experience leading carbon product R&D or manufacturing projects
• Record of moving process improvements to implementation
• Experience applying research and statistical analysis techniques to drive data‑based decision‑making
• Experience with IP protection, business case development, and stakeholder engagement at multiple levels
• Supervisory experience supporting technical teams
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to simplify complex concepts

Compensation Range 

This position has a base salary range of $176,400 - $215,600.

At Phillips 66, we are committed to pay transparency and competitive, equitable compensation. Each role is assigned a salary grade with a defined pay range, benchmarked against industry peers. Where a candidate offer falls within the posted range depends on the candidate's experience, skills, and alignment with the role’s requirements. Offers are made to ensure internal equity and market competitiveness. Our compensation programs are designed to reward performance and support career growth.

Total Rewards

At Phillips 66, providing access to high quality programs and care for you and your family is important to us. Maintaining a culture of well-being — physical, emotional, social, and financial — is essential for a high-performing organization. When we are at our best, we are poised to deliver exceptional results — personally and professionally. Benefits for certain eligible, full-time employees include:

• Annual Variable Cash Incentive Program (VCIP) bonus
• 8% 401k company match
• Cash Balance Account pension
• Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits with an annual company contribution to a Health Savings Account for employees on HDHP
• Total well-being programs and incentives, including Employee Assistance Plan, well-being reimbursement, and backup family care services

Learn more about Phillips 66 Total Rewards.

Phillips 66 has more than 140 years of experience in providing the energy that enables people to dream bigger and go farther, faster. We are committed to improving lives, and that is our promise to our employees and our communities. We are sustained by the backgrounds and experiences of our diverse teams, which reflect who we are, the environment we create and how we work together. We have been recognized by the Human Rights Campaign, U.S. Department of Labor and the Military Times for our continued commitment to inclusive practices and policies in the hiring and retention of those in the LGBTQ+ community and military veterans. Our company is built on values of safety, honor and commitment. We call our cultural mindset Our Energy in Action, which we define through four simple, intuitive behaviors: We work for the greater good, cultivate an environment of trust, seek different perspectives and pursue excellence.

Learn more about Phillips 66 and how we are working to meet the world's energy needs today and tomorrow, by visiting phillips66.com.

To be considered

In order to be considered for this position you must complete the entire application process, which includes answering all prescreening questions and providing your eSignature on or before the requisition closing date of 03/29/2026.

Candidates for regular U.S. positions must be a U.S. citizen or national, or an alien admitted as permanent resident, refugee, asylee or temporary resident under 8 U.S.C. 1160(a) or 1255(a)(1).  Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, or TN or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.