Title:  Director, IT Refining

Basic Function

HF Sinclair is seeking a Director, IT Refining based in Dallas, TX.  In this role, you will serve as the strategic technology leader and trusted advisor to Refining leadership—driving long‑term digital transformation, innovation, and operational excellence across all refining operations. This role provides partnership, direction, and thought leadership to ensure business objectives are achieved through modern, value‑driven technology solutions.

The Director leads the development of multi‑year digital, AI, and automation roadmaps, partners with senior business leaders to craft future‑state capabilities and ensures technology investments maximize value across Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S), Turnaround, Maintenance, Operations, Procurement, and Reliability.

This role plays a central part in shaping the Refinery of the Future, promoting adoption of advanced analytics, machine learning, intelligent automation, and emerging technologies—while ensuring alignment with corporate strategy, IT architecture standards, and global digital initiatives.

Job Duties

Strategic Leadership & Business Partnership

• Leads the creation of a multi‑year digital strategy and IT roadmap for the Refining function, integrating AI/ML, automation, data modernization, cybersecurity, and OT/IT convergence.
• Serves as a strategic advisor to Refining executives—helping define future capabilities, technology-enabled business models, and operational transformation opportunities.
• Ensures Refining technology plans align with corporate strategy, enterprise architecture, and enterprise digital platforms.
  
  

AI, Advanced Analytics & Automation Leadership

• Identifies, prioritizes, and implements AI and machine learning use cases, such as predictive maintenance, digital twins, real-time optimization, anomaly detection, and generative AI for knowledge workflows.
• Leads adoption of automation technologies, including RPA, workflow automation, intelligent process automation, and process mining to streamline non‑value-added work.
• Partners with Data Science, OT, and Engineering teams to develop and operationalize analytics solutions across the enterprise.
• Ensures AI practices follow corporate policies, data governance, and model lifecycle management.
  
  

Innovation & Digital Transformation

• Establishes an Innovation Pipeline for the Refining function, including scouting emerging technologies, developing POC programs, and scaling successful solutions.
• Creates partnerships with vendors, research institutions, startups, and industry groups to bring cutting‑edge capabilities into the organization.
• Facilitates design-thinking workshops and innovation sessions with plant leadership to identify high-value digital opportunities.
  
  

Portfolio, Program, and Value Management

• Oversees a broad portfolio of Refining IT initiatives, ensuring execution excellence, transparent reporting, and measurable value delivery.
• Implements frameworks for value realization, KPIs, and continuous improvement for digital investments.
• Ensures sufficient resource planning, capability development, and partner management to meet demand needs.
  
  

Operational Technology (OT) & Cyber Alignment

• Works closely with OT, Cybersecurity, and Engineering to ensure secure, resilient, and modern refinery operations.
• Supports modernization of legacy systems and ensures IT/OT convergence for real-time data, reliability, and process optimization.
  
  

Solution Delivery & Service Management

• Directs teams responsible for delivery of integrated business solutions, enhancements, and process improvements.
• Ensures service level agreements (SLAs) meet business expectations and technology platforms are reliable and scalable.
• Acts as primary liaison between Refining and IT for business capability planning, prioritization, and technology adoption.
  
  

Leadership & People Development

• Leads and mentors a team of senior managers, analysts, architects, and external partners.
• Drives a culture of innovation, digital skill-building, cross‑functional collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Promotes behavior aligned with safety, environmental stewardship, and company values.
  
  

Financial & Governance Responsibilities

• Oversees budgeting, forecasting, and financial reviews for all Refining technology initiatives.
• Prepares proposals for senior leadership on digital investments, strategic capability builds, and process improvement programs.
  
  

Special Assignments

• Performs other duties as assigned at leadership discretion.

Experience

• 15+ years of IT or relevant business experience with deep functional expertise in Refining, EH&S, Maintenance, Operations, Procurement, and/or Turnaround.
• Demonstrated experience driving strategic decision-making and influencing senior executives.
• Proven leadership delivering AI/ML, automation, digital transformation, or advanced analytics solutions in asset-heavy or industrial environments.
• Experience building future-state business capability plans and translating them into actionable technology roadmaps.
• Hands-on experience with SAP and key refining systems (e.g., Prometheus, Enablon, Primavera, Aveva Pi, Emerson).
  
  Preferred Experience
• 10+ years of experience in Refining, Petrochemical, or related industrial sectors.
• Experience with RPA, process mining, data platforms, digital twins, or IT/OT integration initiatives.
• Experience leading innovation programs or emerging technology evaluations.

Education Level

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Finance, Computer Science, or related field required.
• MBA or advanced technical degree preferred.

   Preferred Educational Level

   MBA is preferred.

Required Skills

• Strategic leadership and executive communication skills.
• Strong understanding of refinery operations, master data, and industry-specific technologies.
• Expertise in digital transformation, AI/ML, automation, and cloud-enabled architectures.
• Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to lead and develop senior-level teams and manage external partners.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making capabilities.

Supervisory/Managerial Responsibility

Responsible for the direct supervision of approximately five to 10 employees and management staff and external consultants.

Work Conditions

• Office-based with up to 40% travel required.
• Regular visits to refinery, warehouse, and plant environments with exposure to industrial conditions.

Benefits

HF Sinclair offers a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the well-being of our employees and their families. Our benefits include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Medical Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Paid Time-Off
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with match
• Educational Reimbursement
• Parental Bonding Time
• Employee Discounts

We are committed to fostering a supportive and inclusive work environment, ensuring our employees have the resources needed to thrive professionally and personally.

Benefit eligibility is governed by official plan documents, for more details visit Total Rewards.

Our One HF Sinclair Culture:

At HF Sinclair, we are united through our One HF Sinclair Culture, which is underpinned by our five core values of Safety, Integrity, Teamwork, Ownership and Inclusion. Developed to empower our people, our five core cultural values are at the heart of everything we do and extend to how we engage our stakeholders. These values influence our decisions, shape our behaviors and keep us connected across the entire organization.

We maintain a true Safety culture for our employees, communities, environments and customers. Our goal is to make sure everyone returns home safely each day. We have a long-standing commitment to Integrity and ethical behavior and do what is right for our employees, investors, communities and the environment. We encourage employees to Step Up and Stand Out by championing a culture of Teamwork and Ownership. We foster a culture of Inclusion by encouraging diversity of experiences, viewpoints and backgrounds. What makes each of us different, together makes us stronger.

About HF Sinclair Corporation

HF Sinclair Corporation, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is an independent energy company that produces and markets high-value light products such as gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, renewable diesel and other specialty products. HF Sinclair owns and operates refineries located in Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Wyoming, Washington and Utah and markets its refined products principally in the Southwest U.S., the Rocky Mountains extending into the Pacific Northwest and in other neighboring Plains states. HF Sinclair supplies high-quality fuels to more than 1,500 branded stations and licenses the use of the Sinclair brand at more than 300 additional locations throughout the country. In addition, subsidiaries of HF Sinclair produce and market base oils and other specialized lubricants in the U.S., Canada and the Netherlands, and export products to more than 80 countries. Through its subsidiaries, HF Sinclair produces renewable diesel at two of its facilities in Wyoming and also at its facility in Artesia, New Mexico. HF Sinclair provides petroleum product and crude oil transportation, terminalling, storage and throughput services to its refineries and the petroleum industry.

Equal Opportunity Employer

HF Sinclair Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other prohibited ground of discrimination.