Corporate Development Geologist / Data Scientist

The Corporate Development Geologist plays a critical role in evaluating and advancing the company's strategic growth initiatives by integrating geoscience expertise with advanced data analytics. This position supports mergers and acquisitions (M&A), asset evaluations, portfolio optimization, and new-venture screening across the energy value chain. The ideal candidate brings strong subsurface interpretation skills combined with the ability to leverage modern data science tools-including Python, machine learning workflows, and large-scale geospatial analysis-to generate actionable insights for investment decisions.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Perform geological assessments of prospective acquisitions, divestitures, and joint ventures across conventional, unconventional, and emerging resource plays

• Develop basin and play-level evaluations to support long-term corporate strategy and target screening

• Build geological risk assessments and volumetric estimates to support valuations and economic modeling

• Provide technical inputs for M&A financial models, including production forecasts, decline curves, type curves, reserves, and value-impact drivers

• Collaborate with Corporate Development, Finance, Reservoir Engineering, and Data Science teams to synthesize geological insights into investment recommendations

• Participate in diligence processes, including technical deep dives, data room reviews, and management team discussions

• Prepare executive-level presentations summarizing the geologic rationale and value proposition of strategic opportunities

• Interpret and integrate subsurface datasets (well logs, cores, seismic, production data, geochemistry) to assess reservoir quality, productivity, and uncertainty

• Use Python, SQL, and analytics libraries (e.g., pandas, NumPy, SciPy, scikit-learn) to automate workflows, analyze datasets, and build predictive models

• Apply machine learning techniques to streamline technical and financial valuations

• Build tools and dashboards using Power BI, Spotfire, or similar platforms to visualize geological, engineering, commercial and public datasets

• Integrate large geospatial datasets (GIS layers, satellite imagery, digital elevation models) to support valuation and regional assessments

• Partner with engineering and operations to evaluate development scenarios, spacing/stacking potential, and reservoir performance

• Contribute to strategy initiatives such as CCUS site screening, geothermal feasibility, critical minerals potential, or energy transition subsurface evaluations

• Strong technical proficiency with geological software (e.g., Petrel, Kingdom, ArcGIS, Petra)

• Hands-on experience with Python for data analysis, automation, or modeling

• Familiarity with statistical analysis, uncertainty quantification, and machine learning workflows

• Ability to integrate geoscience insights with economic and commercial perspectives

• Strong communication skills with experience presenting to executives or non-technical audiences

• Ability to work across functions in a fast-pace, deal-oriented environment

• Experience supporting M&A, corporate development, or asset A&D evaluations

• Knowledge of SQL, cloud environments (Azure, AWS), and modern data pipelines

• Experience building dashboards (Power BI, Spotfire, Tableau)

• Background in unconventional reservoir evaluation, CCUS, geothermal, or emerging energy systems

• Familiarity with decline curve analysis, type curve generation, and integration of geologic inputs into financial models

Education

Minimum: Bachelor's degree - from accredited university - Geology, Geophysics, Petrophysics, Earth Science or related field

Preferred: Master's degree - from accredited university - Geology, Geophysics, Petrophysics, Earth Science or related field

Experience

Minimum:

• 8-12 years of experience in corporate development, exploration, reservoir characterization, or subsurface evaluation

Our core values - Stewardship, Character, Collaborate, Learn, Disrupt - are the lens through which we evaluate every business decision. As a dynamic, growing company that offers extremely competitive compensation and benefits, our employees are our most valued assets and the foundation of Expand's performance among our E&P competitors.