At Williams, we’re powering a cleaner, more connected future — and that starts with you. Here, your work fuels communities, drives innovation, and helps deliver reliable energy the world depends on. Join a Fortune 500 team that invests in your growth, values your contributions, and challenges you to make a lasting impact every day.
As Business Development Lead, you'll lead large projects and transactions and develop solutions to sophisticated problems using your extensive knowledge of the natural gas industry in ways that are unique or innovative. You'll demonstrate superb communication and interpersonal skills as you interact with customers and provide your expertise negotiating various agreements. Your ability to cultivate and nurture a network across functions and influence others to gain support and dedication to get results are keys to success!
As Business Development Lead (Corporate Development M&A), you'll lead large projects and transactions and develop solutions to sophisticated challenges using your extensive knowledge of the natural gas industry in ways that are unique or innovative. You'll demonstrate superb communication and interpersonal skills as you interact with internal and external customers and stakeholders, and provide your expertise in negotiating various transaction related agreements. Your ability to develop and lead a network across multiple functions and influence others to gain support and dedication to get results are keys to success!
Responsibilities/Expectations:
- Leads projects and programs with significant risk and complexity to achieve breakthroughs and objectives
- Able to distill complex concepts concisely in writing, speech and presentation form for executive communication
- May lead or mentor others
- Understands all components of deal structure
- Partners with others on sophisticated opportunities; uses financial and quantitative information to guide actions and performance
- Considers industry and market trends when making decisions and balances strategic impact on the organization
- Develops opinions and challenges recommendations on basin, energy commodity markets, and customer and competitor intelligence based off third party tools and publications
- Builds strategies for development of industry insight and knowledge
- Other duties as assigned
Lead:
- Required: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering or related field and a minimum of fifteen (15) years’ related experience
- Preferred: MBA
Senior:
- Required: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering or related field and a minimum of seven (7) years’ related experience
- Preferred: MBA
III:
- Required: Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering or related field and minimum of five (5) years’ related experience
- Preferred: MBA
- Knowledge of upstream, midstream or downstream assets
- Demonstrates in-depth knowledge of energy market fundamentals and economics including commodity pricing, basin market fundamentals and competitor strategies and actions
- Demonstrates in-depth knowledge of commercial aspects of the energy industry
- Considered a specialist regarding deal structure, contract terms, financial issues and other aspects of corporate development
- Demonstrates excellent organizational/interpersonal skills and safety as the utmost priority
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Application, AI, and PC skills
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We invest in our people in ways that actually show up in your day-to-day, not just on paper. Our Total Rewards are built to support how you work, live, and plan for what’s next.
Here’s a look at what that means:
- Strong pay plus an annual incentive program
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage with options that fit your life, not the other way around
- 401(k) with company match and an annual company contribution
- Paid time off, including company and floating holidays
- Paid parental leave (up to six weeks per parent), plus fertility and adoption support
- Advanced AI tools and resources to help level up and work smarter
- Clear paths to grow your career, with a strong culture of promoting from within
- Tuition reimbursement and support for continuing education
- HSA and FSA options
- Company-paid life insurance and disability coverage
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Domestic partner benefits
- Employee resource groups, wellness support, paid volunteer time, and company matching for causes you care about
Eligibility and benefits are governed by the terms of the applicable plan or program document which can be amended or terminated at any time.
For more information, please visit Total Rewards | Williams Companies.
Williams is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis protected under applicable discrimination law.
Education Requirements:Skill Requirements:
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, or a related field
- At least 15 years of related experience for the Lead level
- At least 7 years of related experience for the Senior level
- At least 5 years of related experience for the III level
- MBA
- Knowledge of upstream, midstream, or downstream assets
- In-depth knowledge of energy market fundamentals and economics, including commodity pricing, basin market fundamentals, and competitor strategies
- In-depth knowledge of commercial aspects of the energy industry
- Specialist knowledge of deal structure, contract terms, financial issues, and corporate development
- Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, AI, and PC skills
What We Do
Williams has been around for more than a century, but our work has never been more important. Our employees impact people’s lives every day, fueling the clean energy economy with large-scale energy infrastructure that connects natural gas supplies to markets with growing demand for cleaner fuel. We handle 30% of the natural gas in the United States that is used every day to heat our homes, cook our food and generate our electricity. Williams works closely with customers to provide the necessary infrastructure to serve growing markets and safely deliver natural gas products to reliably fuel the clean energy economy. With interstate natural gas pipelines and gathering & processing operations throughout the country, we reliably deliver value to our employees, investors, customers and communities by running our business with authenticity and a safety-driven culture, leading our industry into the future. Our employees are our most valued resource and the driving force behind our reputation as a safe, reliable company that does the right thing, every time. At Williams, we make clean energy happen. And you can too, so bring your energy to ours.
