This role will develop Crescent’s independent view of subsurface opportunities across the Lower 48, maintain awareness of competitor activity and emerging play concepts, and apply that insight to improve development outcomes and mature new opportunities inside our portfolio
Job Summary
This role will develop Crescent’s independent view of subsurface opportunities across the Lower 48, maintain awareness of competitor activity and emerging play concepts, and apply that insight to improve development outcomes and mature new opportunities inside our portfolio.
Working closely with Asset Development, Reservoir, Land, and Corporate Development teams, the Director will help ensure subsurface insight informs decisions early—from acquisitions through development planning and appraisal of new zones.
The position reports to the VP, Asset Development and leads a small team of geoscientists supporting portfolio, development, and operations geology activities.
Matching Summary
This role will develop Crescent’s independent view of subsurface opportunities across the Lower 48, maintain awareness of competitor activity and emerging play concepts, and apply that insight to improve development outcomes and mature new opportunities inside our portfolio.
Skills & Requirements
Must-have
Develop Lower 48 subsurface view
Strengthen portfolio geoscience
Identify and mature new subsurface opportunities
Support acquisitions and post-acquisition integration
Connect geoscience insight to data and analytics
Apply right workflows for development stages
Lead and integrate geoscience team
Nice-to-have
Awareness of competitor activity
Emerging play concepts
Modern data-driven workflows
Key Requirements
B.S. or M.S. in Geology, Geophysics, or related discipline
~15+ years of upstream oil and gas experience
Significant exposure to unconventional resource development
Experience working across multiple U.S. basins
Track record of translating subsurface insight into decisions
Experience working closely with drilling, completions, reservoir, and land teams