Senior Landman

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The primary responsibility of the Senior Landman is to handle an assigned geographical area of Diamondback Energy’s holdings. The Senior Landman will be responsible for the leadership of an asset area and will coordinate with teams and/or technical professionals to ensure the company objectives and goals are met.

Job Responsibilities

Include but are not limited to

• Manage complex land assignments
• Make recommendations regarding complex agreements, leases, and contracts
• Provide technical and strategic advice on complex land negotiations
• Review of legal and financial obligations
• Ensure company drill schedule expectations are met within the asset area with all company disciplines
• Manage brokers and attorneys in title and curative matters as appropriate
• Review AFE’s for accuracy and clear title for drilling locations
• Due diligence of acquisitions and divestitures
• Provide guidance to support staff and mentorship to fellow landmen
  
  

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Energy Management, Petroleum Land Management, Business Administration, or related field
• Must have Direct In-House Land Experience managing Rig Schedules
• At least five (5) years of progressive Land experience with at least three (3) of those being in-house
• At least four (4) years of demonstrated experience in Microsoft Office, (i.e. Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• High-level understanding of Land and exploration and production issues
• Strong interpersonal, analytical and communication skills
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Permian Basin experience preferred
• Member of AAPL
• Aptitude to apply strategic thinking skills to identify and evaluate logically and creatively various factors that can have a current and future business impact
• Ability to operate both independently and as part of a team
• Demonstrate effective leadership skills
• Possess a strong attention to detail and flexibility regarding workload and priorities while also maintaining commercial awareness and a broader view of a business situation
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Proven track record of being able to problem solve and think creatively
• Self-starter requiring minimal supervision
  
  

Diamondback is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Diamondback provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, veteran or disability status, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other status protected by law. Diamondback participates in E-Verify. Learn more about E-Verify.