Senior Director, Business Strategy & Partnerships

Marathon Petroleum Corporation

Senior Director for Business Strategy & Partnerships at MPC guiding digital strategies and fostering innovation. Collaborates with leaders across functions to drive measurable business outcomes.

Posted 7/9/2026full-timeHouston • Ohio, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serves as the strategic digital advisor to the Value Chain Optimization organization.
Develops trusted partnerships that align digital investments with business priorities.
Shapes digital strategy, driving portfolio priorities.
Connects business challenges to digital solutions.
Ensures successful execution through close partnership with enterprise architecture, product delivery, engineering, data, security, and operations teams.
Manages staff, sets direction, deploys resources, and has responsibility for employee development, performance reviews, pay reviews, and staffing decisions.
Translates organizational vision and business strategy into actionable department goals, business capability requirements, digital awareness strategies, and risk management frameworks.
Oversees recruitment, development, retention, performance management, and succession planning to build strong leadership pipelines.
Collaborates with peers on the program portfolio for cross-functional alignment.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or other computer-related degree required.
Fifteen (15) or more years of diversified Digital/IT experience required.
Eight (8) or more years of managing leaders of leaders, cross functional teams and experience influencing key senior stakeholders required.
Ten (10) or more years of downstream Oil & Gas industry experience required.
Three (3) or more years of experience in executing value chain optimization solutions (Plan-to-Produce process) in a multi-asset and a multi-region portfolio.
Experience in executing or managing large multi-million-dollar programs preferred.
Experience with Aspentech suite of applications and unified solutions supporting value chain processes software preferred.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Access to health, vision, and dental insurance
Paid time off
401k matching program
Paid parental leave
Educational reimbursement
Discretionary company-sponsored annual bonus program

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Hard Skills & Tools

Digital/IT ExperienceValue Chain Optimization SolutionsProgram ManagementBusiness Capability RequirementsRisk Management Frameworks

Soft Skills

CollaborationEmployee DevelopmentPerformance ManagementStrategic Partnership Building

Certifications

Bachelor's Degree in Computer ScienceBachelor's Degree in Information TechnologyBachelor's Degree in Management Information SystemsBachelor's Degree in EngineeringBachelor's Degree in Business