Diamondback Energy Inc

AI Product Owner - Geoscience & Reservoir

Diamondback Energy Inc$110K — $130K *
Energy & Utilities
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Geoscience, Petroleum Engineering, Reservoir Engineering, Data Science, Information Systems, or a related field
  • 5+ years of experience in geoscience, reservoir engineering, or subsurface planning within oil and gas
  • Proven experience leading cross-functional technology or business transformation initiatives
  • Ability to translate technical workflows into clear business requirements
  • Experience with subsurface and analytics data systems including tools like SQL, Python, and Power BI
  • Background in delivering AI or machine learning products from concept to adoption

Responsibilities

  • Partner with geoscientists and engineers to evaluate AI opportunities based on business needs and feasibility
  • Define product vision, user workflows, and expected business outcomes in collaboration with stakeholders
  • Lead product discovery to validate business problems and user needs through rapid experimentation
  • Translate business needs into product requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria
  • Manage product backlog and prioritize scope to ensure alignment with user needs and business outcomes
  • Coordinate with various technical and compliance teams to deliver scalable AI solutions
  • Monitor product performance post-launch to ensure continuous improvement and user adoption

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment with cross-functional teams
  • Opportunities for professional growth and skill development in AI and geoscience
  • Ability to influence strategic technology initiatives within the organization
  • Engagement in meaningful projects that impact reservoir performance and operational decision-making
  • Support for adopting cutting-edge AI technologies in the oil and gas sector
Full Job Description
The AI Product Owner - Geoscience and Reservoir serves as the primary business representative for Artificial Intelligence (AI) products supporting Diamondback Energy's Geoscience, Reservoir Engineering, Planning, and related subsurface workflows. This role owns the product outcome lifecycle from opportunity identification and discovery through prioritization, product definition, business validation, adoption, value realization, and continuous improvement. The Product Owner partners with AI Engineering & Delivery and other technology teams for technical feasibility, solution engineering, productionization, deployment, and technical operations. The Product Owner combines subsurface domain knowledge, product ownership skills, and AI fluency to deliver responsible solutions that improve reservoir characterization, development planning, forecasting, reserve optimization, asset performance, and operational decision-making. Job Responsibilities: Include but are not limited to 3 Partner with geoscientists, reservoir engineers, and related stakeholders to understand subsurface workflows, user needs, data requirements, controls, and challenges, and identify, evaluate, and prioritize AI and automation opportunities based on business value, technical feasibility, risk, data readiness, and strategic alignment. 3 Own the business problem definition, product vision, target users and workflows, value hypothesis, roadmap, priorities, success measures, and expected business outcomes, partnering with business sponsors and the AI Value & Economics Lead to establish baseline performance and the approach for measuring realized outcomes before significant investment. 3 Lead product discovery to validate the business problem, user needs, workflows, constraints, value hypothesis, and potential solution approaches before significant production investment, using rapid prototypes, workflow simulations, data exploration, user testing, vendor capability assessment, and other lightweight experiments to reduce uncertainty and test assumptions. 3 Translate business needs into clear product requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and AI quality expectations. 3 Manage the product backlog and make product scope and priority decisions; lead business validation and user acceptance testing; and hold product acceptance decision rights against defined requirements, acceptance criteria, user needs, and expected business outcomes. 3 Partner with technology, data, security, governance, legal, risk, and technical subject matter experts to deliver scalable solutions that meet responsible AI, confidentiality, data quality, and compliance requirements. 3 Represent Geoscience, Reservoir Engineering, and Planning stakeholder needs; coordinate cross-functional dependencies with Production, Operations, and asset teams; and support user readiness and adoption. 3 Own post-launch product performance and continuous improvement by monitoring adoption, AI performance, business outcomes, realized value, user feedback, and relevant risk measures, and prioritize the changes needed to improve product outcomes. Required Qualifications: 3 Bachelor's degree in Geoscience, Petroleum Engineering, Reservoir Engineering, Data Science, Information Systems, or a related technical field 3 5+ years of experience supporting geoscience, reservoir engineering, subsurface planning, or a closely adjacent technical function within oil and gas 3 Experience leading cross-functional technology, analytics, process improvement, or business transformation initiatives in a technical subsurface environment 3 Experience translating technical workflows and business needs into clear requirements, priorities, and measurable outcomes 3 Experience working with subsurface, reservoir engineering, planning, production, or analytics data and systems, including technologies such as Kingdom, IP, Aries, Petrel, OFM, Spotfire, Snowflake, SQL, Power BI, Python, and similar tools 3 Experience delivering or supporting AI, machine learning, automation, data, or analytics products from concept through adoption Preferred Qualifications: 3 Direct Product Owner experience managing product roadmaps, backlogs, user stories, and acceptance criteria in an Agile environment 3 Experience using AI-enabled rapid product discovery techniques, including prototyping, user testing, workflow simulation, data exploration, or lightweight experimentation to test assumptions and reduce uncertainty before development. 3 Knowledge of AI model evaluation, subsurface data practices, responsible AI governance, model risk controls, and data quality requirements 3 Experience leading digital transformation or change adoption across Geoscience, Reservoir Engineering, Planning, Production, Operations, or asset teams 3 Familiarity with reservoir simulation, reserves evaluation, production forecasting, type curve development, decline curve analysis, development planning workflows

About Diamondback Energy Inc

Diamondback Energy is an independent oil and natural gas company headquartered in Midland, TX. Diamondback’s growth strategy is focused on the acquisition, development, exploration and exploitation of unconventional, long-life, onshore oil and natural gas reserves in the major oil producing Permian Basin in West Texas. The Company’s operations are directed primarily at the large acreage areas of the Clearfork, Spraberry, Wolfcamp, Cline, Strawn and Atoka formations, collectively known as the Wolfberry Trend.

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Learn more about Diamondback Energy Inc
Size
870 employees
Market Cap
$23.4 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$4.5 billion
Founded
2007
5 Year Trend
+66.8%
Revenue
$2.8 billion
NASDAQ

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