Industry Advisor - Oil & Gas

Overview

Microsoft’s Americas Energy & Resources Industry Advisory team is seeking an Industry Advisor, Oil & Gas based in Calgary or Edmonton, Alberta. In this individual-contributor role, you will help customers turn production and operations priorities into measurable business outcomes.

You will advise business and technology leaders on industry challenges and opportunities, bringing an Oil & Gas perspective to account planning and early-stage transformation discussions. Working with account teams, technical specialists, delivery teams, and partners, you will connect operational needs with practical cloud, data, AI, and security scenarios. Your focus will be on customer evidence, operational credibility, and a clear path to value rather than a product-led narrative.

Responsibilities

• Build trusted relationships with Oil & Gas business and technology leaders. Understand their operating priorities, investment considerations, and industry context to develop a relevant point of view.
• Identify transformation opportunities across production optimization, asset reliability and maintenance, field operations, operational decision support, and emissions management. Establish the current baseline, business owner, expected value, and operating constraints.
• Partner with account teams to prioritize industry scenarios and shape business cases and roadmaps. Assess customer sponsorship, readiness, funding, and measurable success criteria before advancing opportunities.
• Translate operational requirements into cloud, data, AI, security, and OT/IT scenarios with technical specialists. Incorporate data quality, interoperability, cybersecurity, governance, safety, and human accountability into the proposed approach.
• Coordinate account teams, engineering and delivery teams, and ecosystem partners around a coherent customer plan, clear responsibilities, and a path from discovery to delivery. Position co-engineering when it fits a qualified customer need.
• Bring customer and market learning into account planning, executive briefings, and reusable industry approaches. Maintain accurate opportunity context and track the business impact of customer engagements.

Qualifications

Required/minimum qualifications

• Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Health Sciences, Supply Chain, Education, Business or related field AND 5+ years customer-facing experience in operations, enterprise-level improvement program management, product management, transportation, hospitality, automotive, consumer goods, financial services, retail, management consulting, consultative selling, public sector, technology or industry-relevant equivalent management or technical work experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Health Sciences, Supply Chain, Education, Business or related field AND 7+ years customer-facing experience in operations, enterprise-level improvement program management, product management, transportation, hospitality, automotive, consumer goods, financial services, retail, management consulting, consultative selling, public sector, technology or industry-relevant equivalent management or technical work experience OR equivalent experience.

• 5+ years experience in the Oil & Gas industry, including experience in production, operations, asset management, field operations, or other industry-relevant operational or technical functions.

Additional or preferred qualifications

• Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Health Sciences, Supply Chain, Education, Business or related field AND 7+ years customer-facing experience in operations, enterprise-level improvement program management, product management, transportation, hospitality, automotive, consumer goods, financial services, retail, management consulting, consultative selling, public sector, technology or industry-relevant equivalent management or technical work experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Health Sciences, Supply Chain, Education, Business or related field AND 10+ years customer-facing experience in operations, enterprise-level improvement program management, product management, transportation, hospitality, automotive, consumer goods, financial services, retail, management consulting, consultative selling, public sector, technology or industry-relevant equivalent management or technical work experience OR equivalent experience.
• 5+ years proven people management and/or leadership experience.

Industry Advisory IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across Canada is CAD $142,800 - CAD $214,900 per year.

Find additional pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/canada-pay-information.html

Industry Advisory IC5 - L'échelle salariale de base typique pour ce rôle dans l'ensemble du Canada est de 142,800 $ CAD à 214,900 $ CAD par année.

Pour plus d'information au sujet de la rémunération, veuillez cliquer ici:
https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/canada-pay-information.html

Ce poste sera ouvert pendant au moins cinq jours et les candidatures seront acceptées de façon continue jusqu’à ce que le poste soit pourvu.

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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