Director, Strategy

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The Strategy Director works closely with a wide range of Phillips 66 leadership, including business unit management and senior executives, to execute the annual strategy process. The position reports through the Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Development and directly to the Managing Director, Corporate Strategy.  The role leads and assists with strategic planning, including capital allocation and evaluating investment opportunities.  The position will lead strategic evaluations and analysis of financial data, industry trends, and competitive landscapes to assess the viability and strategic fit of potential opportunities.  The Director will also be responsible for providing guidance and developing comprehensive business cases, financial models, and projections to guide strategic planning. 

Further, this analytical role will monitor portfolio performance and maintain competitive assessments, providing timely analysis of key industry trends, business drivers and other factors that impact Phillips 66 - drawing conclusions and communicating findings throughout all levels of management. Further, this assignment is an excellent developmental position that provides a broad understanding of all business areas within Phillips 66, the key market and competitive drivers, and broad exposure to senior leadership.

Responsibilities May Include:

• Provide detailed market and competitor analysis and timely reporting to ensure key leaders are kept apprised of marketplace activities, trends, opportunities and threats
• Develop economic models and provide detailed analysis to identify and assess strategic portfolio options 
• Monitor U.S. and Global refining, NGL, and chemical markets (supply, demand, pricing, industry structure)
• Model capital structure and corporate finance options (dividends, share buybacks, capital expenditures, debt)
• Assess industry impacts of government policy 
• Develop effective review packages to communicate findings and recommendations
• Able to present findings in a credible, confident and concise manner to a variety of audiences
• Provide business outlook presentations to internal groups and senior leadership team(s)
• Maintain confidentiality of business activities
   

Required Qualifications:

• Legally authorized to work in the United States
• Bachelor's degree
• 7 or more years working in the Oil and Gas, Manufacturing, Banking, Management Consulting, or Industrial industries
• 3 or more years of experience demonstrating analytical skills with strong quantitative, statistical and analytical thinking
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Intermediate proficiency in accounting and finance concepts
• Intermediate proficiency of corporate valuation methodologies, including financial modeling of project returns, and how companies are valued
   

Preferred Qualifications:

• MBA or Bachelor's degree in Economics, Finance, Accounting, or Engineering
• Experience with Bloomberg, FactSet
• Previous strategy or corporate development background
• Sound business knowledge/judgment
• Good business and economic sense; ability to ensure accuracy in data and information provided
• Strong team participation capabilities
• Strong influence 
• Strong oral, written, and presentation skills
• Able to work in fast-paced setting; multi-task and advance several projects at a time - often in ambiguous and fast changing environment
• Able to develop communication packages in presentation and written form; can present sophisticated analysis in a credible, confident and concise manner to a variety of audiences
• Strong critical thinking skills for framing and analyzing complex problems to discover salient insights
• Can define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid concise conclusions
   

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, create an environment of trust, seek different perspectives and achieve 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 12/01/2024.

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.