Land Manager

Discovery Natural Resources LLC is a domestic, onshore exploration and production company with over 1,000 wells in operation in Texas.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop teams across mineral land, surface land, owner relations, and land administration, ensuring strong collaboration, continuous learning, and alignment with company goals.
• Establish best‑in‑class land practices, workflows, data standards, and governance across all land disciplines.
• Manage relationships with brokers, contract landmen, title attorneys, and other third‑party vendors.
• Manage and maintain the company’s leasehold position, including tracking primary terms, expirations, extensions, and obligations.
• Develop and execute leasing, acquisition, divestiture, and title curative strategies aligned with asset development plans.
• Develop, evaluate, and recommend trades, acquisitions, and divestitures of leasehold and mineral interests.
• Oversee title examination, curative efforts, and due diligence for operated and non-operated assets.
• Review, negotiate, and administer oil and gas leases, amendments, assignments, JOAs, farmouts, unit agreements, and other land contracts.
• Coordinate with legal counsel on complex title issues, litigation support, and regulatory filings.
• Oversee surface access, rights-of-way, surface use agreements, and damage negotiations with landowners.
• Support drilling, completion, production, and midstream teams with timely and accurate land information.
• Identify, evaluate, and execute leasing, acquisition, divestiture, and trade opportunities aligned with asset development plans.
• Conduct and lead comprehensive due diligence for acquisitions and divestitures, including title, leasehold, obligations, and surface considerations.
• Attend data rooms, manage due diligence teams, and present land findings and risks to senior leadership.
• Draft, negotiate, and manage Purchase and Sale Agreements, Confidentiality Agreements, and related transaction documents.
• Analyze leasehold quality, acreage valuation, title risk, surface constraints, and commercial opportunities.
• Work closely with operations, subsurface, regulatory, finance, and accounting teams to support development schedules and revenue accuracy.
• Provide land and title input for well proposals, AFE approvals, unitization, pooling, and spacing matters.
• Support reserves, ownership, and revenue verification efforts.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Land Management, Energy Management, Business, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• 10+ years of progressive land experience, with Permian Basin exposure.
• Demonstrated expertise in mineral land, surface land, land administration, owner relations, and business development.
• Strong working knowledge of Texas oil and gas law, land practices, mineral ownership, surface issues, leasing practices, and title standards.
• Proven experience negotiating leases, surface agreements, contracts, and complex land transactions.
• Demonstrated experience managing operated leasehold and supporting drilling and development programs.
• Proficiency with land systems (e.g., Enverus, P2, BOLO, or similar) and Microsoft Office Suite
• Certified Professional Landman (CPL) or Registered Landman (RPL) preferred
• Prior experience in a Land Manager or supervisory role with demonstrated success leading, mentoring, and developing land team and land administration teams.
• Strong experience with acquisitions and divestitures (A&D), including due diligence leadership.

Skills and Knowledge

• Commitment to Discovery Natural Resources expectations and core values.
• Excellent negotiation, communication, and organizational skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with sound commercial judgment.
• Strategic thinker with a data‑driven, continuous‑improvement mindset.
• Attention to detail and risk management, highly organized and creative.
• Strong relationship‑building skills with landowners, partners, and internal stakeholders.
• Highly organized, detail‑oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast‑paced environment.
• Collaborative, solutions‑oriented leadership style with proven team‑building capability.
• Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills.

Compensation and Benefits

• Estimated pay range: $215,000 – $255,000 (depending upon experience of the successful candidate)
• Eligible for short- and long-term incentives
• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Short and long-term disability coverage
• Basic life and AD&D insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan with a 6% company match.  100% vest of employer contributions immediately
• Paid vacation and sick time
• Hybrid work from home schedule available
• 9/80 work schedule

Most of the job is done in an office setting. Variable work hours including nights and weekends.

NOTE: This job description is NOT intended to be all-inclusive. Employees may perform other related duties as required to meet the ongoing needs of the Company.