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Texas Capital provides a variety of benefits to colleagues, including health insurance coverage, wellness program, fertility and family building aids, life and disability insurance, retirement savings plans with a generous 401K match, paid leave programs, paid holidays, and paid time off (PTO).
Headquartered in Dallas with offices in Austin, Fort Worth, Houston, Richardson, Plano and San Antonio, Texas Capital was recently named Best Regional Bank in 2024 by Bankrate and was named to The Dallas Morning News’ Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex Top Workplaces 2023 and GoBankingRate’s 2023 list of Best Regional Banks. For more information about joining our team, please visit us at www.texascapitalbank.com.
Title: Executive Director, A&D & Technical Advisory
Summary:
The Executive Director, A&D & Technical Advisory serves as the firm's senior technical leader responsible for all reservoir engineering, technical due diligence, engineering valuation, and asset-level analysis supporting investment banking and advisory engagements across the energy sector. This individual will provide technical leadership to clients and internal deal teams and serve as a trusted advisor on acquisitions, divestitures, financings, strategic alternatives, and corporate transactions. This position is intended to evolve into a leadership role overseeing the firm's A&D practice and broader technical advisory capabilities.
The role requires a unique combination of deep reservoir engineering expertise, transaction experience, commercial acumen, and client-facing advisory skills. The Executive Director will work directly with senior management, private equity sponsors, public company executives, and investment banking leadership to evaluate opportunities, assess risk, develop valuation perspectives, and support transaction execution.
Position Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Petroleum Engineering or related engineering discipline; advanced degree preferred
- Minimum 15 years of combined experience in oil and gas reservoir engineering, technical advisory, acquisitions and divestitures, investment banking, or related transaction-oriented disciplines
- Minimum five years of direct experience in both reservoir engineering and transaction advisory, investment banking, or corporate development
- Advanced proficiency in ARIES, PHDWin, and other reserve evaluation and economic modeling software, including knowledge and leadership of mapping software like ArcGIS or QGIS
- Extensive experience evaluating upstream oil and gas assets, reserves, development inventory, and corporate transactions
- Strong understanding of M&A, acquisitions and divestitures, and institutional investor due diligence processes
- Advanced knowledge of public and private market valuation methodologies, including NAV, reserve valuations, transaction multiples, public company valuation, and cash flow modeling
- Deep understanding of public energy data sources including regulatory filings, IHS, Enverus, and other industry data sources
- Exceptional analytical capabilities
- Strong client-facing presentation and communication skills
- Demonstrated leadership experience managing projects, mentoring teams, and coordinating cross-functional transaction efforts
- Proven ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, transaction-driven environment
- Strong commercial mindset with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into actionable business recommendations
Position Responsibilities
Technical Leadership:
- Serve as the firm's senior technical advisor on upstream oil and gas transactions, financings, and strategic engagements
- Lead reservoir engineering, reserves analysis, technical due diligence, and asset valuation efforts across all energy-related mandates
- Establish and maintain technical standards, methodologies, databases, and analytical processes utilized throughout the firm
- Develop proprietary technical insights, benchmarking analyses, and valuation frameworks that support client engagements
- Provide technical guidance, mentorship, and leadership to investment banking professionals and junior engineers
Transaction Execution & Advisory:
- Lead technical due diligence efforts for acquisitions, divestitures, mergers, financings, and strategic transactions
- Evaluate reserve reports, development plans, operating performance, and technical assumptions underlying client assets
- Partner with bankers and clients to develop valuation perspectives, market positioning, and transaction strategies
- Assist in preparing management presentations, confidential information memoranda, lender materials, fairness analyses, and board presentations
- Participate directly in client meetings, management presentations, diligence sessions, and investor discussions
- Support capital markets transactions through technical evaluation and investor diligence preparation
A&D & Business Development:
- Assist in the growth and development of the firm's Acquisitions & Divestitures practice
- Identify transaction opportunities and provide technical insight on marketed and proprietary opportunities
- Develop relationships with clients, private equity sponsors, engineering firms, and industry participants
- Support the sourcing, evaluation, and execution of A&D mandates
- Collaborate with senior leadership to expand the firm's technical advisory and A&D capabilities
Data Analytics & Process Improvement:
- Oversee reserve databases, engineering datasets, and technical information systems
- Direct the collection, maintenance, and quality control of production, reserves, and operational data
- Utilize advanced analytics and data visualization techniques to support valuation and transaction efforts
- Work closely with investment banking leadership to develop and execute long-term strategic initiatives
- Establish best practices for technical diligence, engineering evaluation, and valuation analysis across the platform
- Recruit, mentor, and develop future technical talent within the organization
- Position the firm as a leading technical advisory and A&D advisor in the energy sector
- Progressively assume broader leadership responsibilities with the objective of becoming Head of A&D and Technical Advisory
The duties listed above are the essential functions, or fundamental duties within the job classification. The essential functions of individual positions within the classification may differ. Texas Capital Bank may assign reasonably related additional duties to individual employees consistent with standard departmental policy.Texas Capital is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Petroleum Engineering or related engineering discipline
- Advanced degree
- Minimum 15 years combined experience in reservoir engineering, technical advisory, A&D, investment banking, or transaction-oriented disciplines
- Minimum five years direct experience in both reservoir engineering and transaction advisory, investment banking, or corporate development
- Advanced proficiency in ARIES and PHDWin and other reserve evaluation and economic modeling software
- Knowledge and leadership of mapping software such as ArcGIS or QGIS
- Extensive experience evaluating upstream oil and gas assets, reserves, development inventory, and corporate transactions
- Strong understanding of M&A, acquisitions and divestitures, and institutional investor due diligence processes
- Advanced knowledge of valuation methodologies including NAV, reserve valuations, transaction multiples, public company valuation, and cash flow modeling
- Deep understanding of public energy data sources including regulatory filings, IHS, Enverus, and other industry data sources
- Exceptional analytical capabilities
- Strong client-facing presentation and communication skills
- Demonstrated leadership experience managing projects, mentoring teams, and coordinating cross-functional transaction efforts
- Proven ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, transaction-driven environment
- Strong commercial mindset with ability to translate technical concepts into business recommendations
Texas Capital Bank Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Texas Capital Bank and has not been reviewed or approved by Texas Capital Bank.
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Retirement Support — A company 401(k) with matching contributions is repeatedly characterized as good, reinforcing the value of the retirement program. Employer match and related financial supports are highlighted as competitive components of the package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO and paid holidays are characterized as solid to generous, with accruals that can increase with tenure or vary by level. Time off is frequently cited as a strong element of the overall package.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellness programs, educational assistance, and paid parking expand support beyond core insurance, adding convenience and development value. Ancillary perks complement the standard medical, dental, and vision coverage.
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What We Do
Our expert bankers are committed to helping your business build and grow. Equipped with experience-based insights and a proven record of implementing custom solutions for clients, we can help you with a suite of business lending, investing and financial management services that see you through every step of the way. Our client-centric culture thrives because we attract, develop and engage the most experienced and diverse experts in their fields. Over the years, we've developed a supportive culture that values collaboration, rewards performance and respects the well-being of its team members. We know our people are our greatest asset, so we give them the resources and support they need to be successful. Our personal approach has enabled us to deliver exceptional value for our clients for more than two decades — an achievement we’re proud to continue. Explore a career at Texas Capital Bank: https://www.texascapitalbank.com/who-we-are/careers Texas Capital Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ®: TCBI). For more information, please visit www.texascapitalbank.com. Member FDIC. NASDAQ®: TCBI. Equal Housing Lender. Texas Capital Bank and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and do not discriminate on the basis of any protected trait including sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, ethnicity, disability, or veteran status. Please view our EEO Policy to learn more: https://www.texascapitalbank.com/equal-employment-opportunity-policy
