Automation and I&C Senior Program Manager, Consulting

Automation and I&C Senior Program Manager, Consulting

Worley Consulting Group

Houston, Texas

Worley Consulting. Be part of the solution.

The dual challenge of supplying energy to a growing population, while addressing the risks of climate change, is one of the greatest challenges the world is facing today. The energy transition isn’t just about alternative fuels, power generation, or use, or storage. It’s all the elements that contribute to the energy ecosystem. We view these challenges as opportunities to deliver a more sustainable world.

We’re developing strategies and business cases for emissions intensive clients to move to low carbon energy options, as efficiently and safely as possible. Our consultants are advising customers on circular and hydrogen economies, water stewardship, electrification, and climate change risk and adaptation. We work on projects around the globe. The problems our global and so are we.

Who we are:

• Advanced Analysis

• Asset Advisory

• Decommissioning and Restoration

• Energy Transition and Sustainability

• Environment and Society

• Geosciences

• Market Services

• Safety Consulting

• Transport, Infrastructure & Logistics

• Water

Challenging complexity. Shaping a sustainable future.

Economic viability. Resource availability. Digital reliability. Carbon neutrality. These are the components of the world’s pressing energy and resource problems. Sound complicated and tough to balance? It is.

Luckily we thrive in complex environments

Join a community of consultants, scientists, strategists, and engineers all dedicated to solving the world’s critical infrastructure, environmental, energy, and resource challenges. By seeing things from a different perspective, we enhance the Worley Group’s ability to serve our clients. We are together delivering a more sustainable world.

We put sustainability at the heart of everything we do

We work with business to develop the right strategy, log in to a digital future, secure and safeguard social license, enhance local communities, and power the energy transition.

We know we won’t solve today’s problems by using the same thinking that created them. So, from start to finish, we challenge ourselves to find the best way forward. We question every decision, assumption, and way of working to make sure we get it right. The first time.

Rising to the challenge, together

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Overall Responsibilities and Key Accountabilities

• Program & Portfolio Delivery

  • Leads the delivery of multiple, interdependent digital projects under a defined program structure, ensuring alignment to scope, budget, schedule, quality, and business outcomes.

  • Establishes and maintains program governance, including integrated schedules, financial forecasting, risk management, and change control.

  • Ensures consistent application of Worley Consulting Digital delivery standards across all projects within the program.

  • Provides consolidated program reporting and executive-level insights to Digital and regional leadership.

• Commercial & Financial Accountability

  • Accountable for program-level P&L performance, including revenue realization, margin management, forecasting, and cash flow.

  • Oversees execution across multiple contract types and commercial risk profiles (Lump Sum, Fixed Price, Target Price, Reimbursable).

  • Manages contractual and commercial escalations in collaboration with Legal, Finance, and Commercial teams.

  • Identifies opportunities to expand digital scope, grow existing engagements, and support pull-through work across the Americas portfolio.

• People Leadership & Capability Development

  • Directly manages Project Managers and senior delivery practitioners within the program.

  • Provides coaching, mentoring, and performance management to build a strong, scalable digital delivery organization.

  • Supports succession planning and capability development aligned to Digital growth priorities.

  • Promotes a high-performance culture focused on safety, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

• Client & Stakeholder Engagement

  • Serves as the senior escalation and governance contact for program-level client relationships.

  • Builds trusted advisor relationships with client leadership, ensuring alignment between digital solutions and business value.

  • Works closely with Digital Practice, Worley Consulting & Base Business leaders to deliver integrated digital and engineering solutions.

  • Supports the development of high-quality proposals, bids, and client presentations for digital programs.

• PMO & Operational Excellence

  • Actively contributes to the Worley Consulting Digital PMO through governance leadership, process improvement, and standardization.

  • Drives adoption of best practices in program and project management, including Waterfall, Agile, and hybrid delivery models.

  • Shares lessons learned and supports continuous improvement across the Americas Digital delivery community.

• Travel as required for various field programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Automation, Instrumentation & Controls, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline.
• Project Management certification like PMP is a plus but not mandatory.
• Minimum 15 years of experience delivering complex projects and programs within digital, automation, or industrial environments.
• Demonstrated experience managing direct reports, including Project Managers and senior professionals.
• Proven success leading large, multi-project programs with significant commercial, technical, and delivery risk.
• Strong commercial acumen with experience across a range of contracting and risk models.
• Experience delivering digital programs using Waterfall, Agile, and hybrid methodologies.
• Experience working within an owner organization executing large complex technology projects
• Demonstrated ability to manage portfolios across multiple clients and geographies.
• Strong executive-level communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Motivational, inclusive leadership style with the ability to build high-performing teams.
• Proficient in MS Project, Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams, and PowerPoint.
• Experience in Oil & Gas, Chemicals, Renewables, and/or Mining is highly desirable.
• Comfortable working with globally distributed teams across office and remote environments.
• Willingness to travel approximately 25%.
• Must be located or willing to regularly commute to a primary Americas Digital hub (e.g., Houston, TX, or equivalent).

Additional Information:

• The Program Manager is a senior leadership role within Worley Consulting Digital - Americas, accountable for the successful delivery of large, complex digital programs spanning multiple projects, clients, and geographies across Canada, the United States, and LATAM.
• Reporting to the Director, Business Operations & Execution, this role provides strategic, commercial, and operational leadership across a portfolio of digital initiatives supporting Worley’s energy, chemicals, mining, and resources clients. Programs typically include digital transformation, advanced automation, data & analytics, operational technology, and systems integration delivered in close collaboration with Worley’s Base Business.
• The Program Manager is responsible not only for delivery excellence, but also for program-level financial performance, client value realization, and talent leadership. This includes direct management of Project Managers and senior delivery leads, strengthening PMO governance, and driving consistent execution standards across the Americas Digital portfolio.
• Success in this role requires the ability to operate at both strategic and execution levels-balancing client engagement, commercial oversight, people leadership, and disciplined delivery-while enabling sustainable growth and long-term client partnerships for Worley Consulting Digital.

Worley Consulting offers an excellent remuneration & benefits package, a friendly, professional, dynamic and flexible work environment along with the opportunity to develop your career prospects locally and internationally.

We strive to be an industry leader in health, safety and environmental performance. Our vision is to achieve zero harm to people and assets, and zero environmental incidents. We select people who share our values, beliefs and commitment to this vision and who demonstrate the expected behaviors, competencies and performance associated with their prospective roles within the company.

We’re committed to building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace where everyone feels they belong, can bring themselves, and are heard. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law.

Our policy is to conduct background checks for all candidates who accept an offer of employment with us.

We thank all candidates for their interest; however, only those selected for interviews will be contacted. Worley Group is an equal opportunity employer.