Wells, Reservoir

, India

Job Family Group:

Discipline Engineering

Worker Type:

Regular

Posting Start Date:

October 30, 2025

Business unit:

Projects and Technology

Experience Level:

Experienced Professionals

Job Description:

What's the role

As the Portfolio SME for Wells, Reservoir & Facilities Management (WRFM), you'll be the go-to expert for WRFM technologies, processes, data, and applications. Your deep domain knowledge will be key in advising on technical decisions, assuring delivery quality, and driving continuous improvement in asset production performance. You'll work closely with business leaders and cross-functional teams as part of the Process Optimisation & Modelling (PO&M) IDT Business Interface team, helping shape strategies and solutions that align with Shell's goals and industry trends.

You'll collaborate with Global Process Owners, Product Owners, and Portfolio Managers throughout the product or application lifecycle, providing insights and consulting support to design, deliver, and maintain high-performing solutions. Your understanding of WRFM practices – like artificial lift, stimulation, and fracturing – will help you identify opportunities, solve challenges, and deliver value to the business. You'll be trusted to influence roadmaps, guide development teams, and ensure that WRFM applications meet business needs and technical standards.

What you'll be doing

• Develop the WRFM domain strategy and technology roadmaps in partnership with business stakeholders, IT, and suppliers.
• Build business plans, validate strategic value, and justify approval of funding for the projects to implement the strategy.
• Lead evaluations, selections, and introductions of new technologies to support WRFM operations.
• Oversee deployment and integration efforts to ensure technologies are embedded and delivering value.
• Deliver clear, actionable technology strategies and roadmaps aligned with business goals.
• Collaborate with communications and marketing teams to promote products and project outcomes effectively.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for WRFM technologies and products within the business discipline.
• Conduct portfolio and market evaluations to keep the technology landscape current and competitive.

What you bring

• Bachelor's degree in Discipline Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, or related field
• 9 - 12 years of overall domain experience, with at least 7 years in Production Technology and Upstream Production
• Proven experience in product management across the full lifecycle – from strategy to delivery
• Strong background in domain consulting and stakeholder engagement
• Ability to manage multiple projects in a dynamic, complex business environment
• Experience collaborating with facility operations teams, including console operators
• A track record of delivering impactful results within large, matrixed organizations
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to simplify and energize complex technical concepts
• Comfortable working in diverse, virtual, and global teams

What we offer

You bring your skills and experience to Shell and in return you work with talented, committed people on one of the most important challenges facing our planet. You'll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another. You'll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself.

• Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together.
• Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead.
• Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices.
• Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise.
• Achieve your balance in a value-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself.
• Benefit from flexible working hours, and the possibility of remote/mobile working.
• Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performance related salary increase – our pay and benefits packages are among the best in the world.
• Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents.
• Join an organization to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply.
• Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and
• international teams.
• Gain access to a wide range of training and development programs.

We'd like you to know that Shell has a bold goal: to become one of the world's most diverse and inclusive companies. .

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Shell in India

Shell is a diversified energy company in India with 13,000 employees, and presence in Integrated Gas, Downstream, Power, Renewable and Upstream. Additionally, we have deep capabilities in R&D, digitalization, and business operations.

Our global strategy, Powering Progress, is designed to generate value for our shareholders, customers, and the wider society, and focuses on creating more value with less emissions. The strategy supports our purpose of providing more and cleaner energy solutions, with the aim of profitably transforming Shell into a net-zero emissions energy business by 2050. As India moves towards its target of net-zero emissions by 2070, Shell India aims to play a leading role in securing vital energy for today, while investing in, and helping to build, the energy system of the future through strategic investments in the country.

Our Lubricants business serves over 50,000 consumers through a strong network of over 200 distributors, and operates an end-to-end value chain that spans conceptualization, development, and production at a world-class blending plant at Taloja. Through our 350-plus retail stations, we offer an integrated mobility experience including fuels, cafes, and convenience stores, with a prominent network of EV recharging facilities.

Shell owns and operates an LNG re-gasification terminal at Hazira, Surat, with a capacity of 5 MTPA and an LNG truck-loading unit that plays a crucial role in helping meet India's growing demand for gas across sectors. In 2022, Shell acquired Spring Energy in a $1.55 billion deal to build an integrated energy transition business in the country. Spring is a leading renewable energy company in India which develops and manages solar, wind, and hybrid power generation facilities and infrastructure.

Our three capability centers across Bangalore and Chennai serve as a technology and innovation powerhouse for Shell globally, working as a delivery engine for core technical, digital, and finance processes: pioneering digital innovation and cutting-edge technologies across the energy sector. We also have strong academic partnerships and collaborations with leading universities and technology institutes to accelerate decarbonization efforts within the energy sector.

We are committed to positively contributing to the communities in which we operate through programs on STEM Education, Skilling, and Livelihood across India. We nurture and invest in startups developing initiatives focused on accelerating energy innovation through programs such as Shell E4 and Shell Eco-marathon. We also have strategic investments in new energy companies such as Husk Power, d.light, Orb Energy, and Cleantech Solar.

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