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title: 'Lease Buyer – Canonsburg, PA [Field / Courthouse] at Purple Land Management'
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# Lease Buyer – Canonsburg, PA [Field / Courthouse] at Purple Land Management

- **Company:** Purple Land Management
- **Location:** Canonsburg, PA
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2025-01-29
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-12
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/purplelandmgmt/df6f20ce-f07c-4043-99b5-f89013eff9da

## Job description

Are you an experienced lease acquisition professional with strong communication skills and the ability to negotiate effectively? Do you enjoy building trust and closing agreements through direct engagement with landowners? We are seeking an Oil & Gas Lease Buyer to join our team in the Canonsburg, PA area. This is a key role in our leasing process, where you will work on securing mineral rights leases for oil and gas development.

If you have a minimum of 2 years of experience in land acquisition, oil & gas leasing, or landowner negotiations and excel in a focused, results-driven environment, we encourage you to apply!

Job Description As an Oil & Gas Lease Buyer, your primary responsibility will be contacting landowners to negotiate and secure oil and gas lease agreements. You will work closely with project managers and other team members to ensure the successful execution of agreements while maintaining professional relationships with landowners.

This role is ideal for someone with a proven track record in negotiation, strong interpersonal skills, and a deep understanding of oil and gas leasing, mineral rights, and land acquisition processes.

Compensation: Competitive, based on experience Location: Field-Based, with some travel within the Canonsburg, PA area Start Date: TBD Career Path: Opportunities for growth and advancement within the organization

## Responsibilities

- Initiate contact with landowners to discuss and negotiate oil and gas lease agreements.
- Address landowner concerns and provide clear explanations of project goals, lease terms, and compensation.
- Build and maintain professional relationships with landowners, ensuring a positive and transparent negotiation process.
- Track and document agreement progress using internal systems to ensure accurate and complete records.
- Collaborate with project managers and leadership to refine acquisition strategies and achieve project milestones.
- Ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and company standards in all negotiations.

## Preferred Qualifications

- Minimum 2 years of experience in oil and gas lease acquisition, landowner negotiations, or land acquisition.
- Proven ability to negotiate and close agreements in a professional and efficient manner.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to build rapport and trust quickly.
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail, especially when managing multiple agreements.
- Familiarity with title research, mineral rights, and industry-standard lease terms.
- Experience with CRM systems or project tracking tools is a plus.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word) or Google Workspace (Sheets, Docs).

Company Description Purple Land Management, LLC (“Purple”) is one of the nation’s largest tech-enabled providers of land services that negotiates the buying, selling, and leasing of energy rights, determines and cures title, prepares mineral ownership reports, and performs other related services required for all types of energy companies.  Overdrive, Purple’s proprietary software-as-a-service (“SaaS”), allows customers to track lease, well, and contract data in a web-based geographic information system (“GIS”) mapping platform powered by ESRI, a leader in GIS mapping software.  Based in Fort Worth, Texas, and founded in 2010, Purple has the financial support of Satori Capital, a Texas-based multi-strategy investment firm founded upon the principles of conscious capitalism.  Satori’s private equity business partners with leadership teams of companies that operate with a long-term perspective, commit to their mission, and create value for all stakeholders.

## About Purple Land Management

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Purple Land Management provides comprehensive land management services across the U.S. for energy, infrastructure, and renewable projects, powered by a proprietary GIS Overdrive platform.
- **Entity Type**: Private (privately held, no public funding rounds disclosed)
- **Headquarters**: Fort Worth, Texas, United States
- **Founded**: Not publicly available
- **Founders**: Ryan Barnhart (Co-Founder & CEO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: Energy land services (oil & gas, renewables, carbon capture and storage, direct lithium extraction)
- **Target customers**: B2B – energy producers, mid-stream operators, engineering firms, municipal and state agencies, and mobile service providers
- **Mission**: “Give More Than You Take” – committed to accuracy, efficiency, and community impact while reducing dependence on foreign energy resources

## Products & Services
- **Title & Leasing**: Full title examination, curative, lease acquisition, and opinion certification.
- **Due Diligence / A&D**: Transactional due diligence for asset acquisitions and divestitures; the nation’s #1 leader with over $30 billion in asset value reviewed.
- **Right-of-Way Acquisition**: Surface rights, permitting, and easement negotiation for pipelines, transmission lines, and infrastructure.
- **Surveying & Surface Operations**: Field surveys, staking, and ongoing surface management.
- **GIS Overdrive Platform**: Proprietary geospatial tool (powered by ESRI®) that integrates map data, client data, acreage, and accounting for full land department visibility.
- **Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE)**: Land services supporting lithium brine development for renewable energy storage.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Over $30 billion in asset value reviewed (cumulative transactional due diligence)
- **Notable Investors / Partners**: None publicly identified (private ownership)
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Employee count ~158 (LinkedIn, as of 2026) – +18.6% year-over-year
  - LinkedIn followers: 8,246 (up 10.5% yearly)
  - Actively hiring across multiple disciplines with a significant increase in job postings (yearly trend +204.8% per third-party data)
  - Expansion into renewable energy, carbon capture, and direct lithium extraction projects

## Competitive Advantages
- **Nationwide footprint**: Hundreds of full-time landmen covering all major U.S. basins, with offices in Texas, Colorado, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
- **Proprietary technology**: GIS Overdrive platform provides real-time, geospatial visibility and integrates with client systems.
- **Fixed-bid pricing**: Predictable pricing structures for a variety of project types, reducing client risk.
- **Deep domain expertise**: Decades of experience in oil & gas and now extending into renewables and carbon capture; strong heritage in transactional A&D.

## Strategic Focus
- **Growth in renewables & emerging energy**: Actively pursuing opportunities in carbon capture and storage, renewable energy development, and direct lithium extraction.
- **Technology-driven efficiency**: Continuing to enhance the GIS Overdrive platform and leveraging AI in hiring/operations (as noted on careers page).
- **Talent expansion**: Scaling headcount across field, office, and technology roles to meet growing demand in both traditional and new energy sectors.

## Why Work Here
- **Work environment**: Hybrid and remote options available, with local office hubs in multiple states; emphasis on online collaboration and scalable tools.
- **Culture**: “Give More Than We Take” philosophy – the company invests in employee development and community impact. However, third-party employee reviews (e.g., Glassdoor) rate the company 2.7/5, with low scores for work-life balance (2.5), compensation (2.2), culture (2.5), and career growth (2.4) – potential red flags for job seekers.
- **Growth opportunity**: High hiring velocity (yearly job postings up 200%+) suggests ample openings for landmen, title abstractors, project managers, GIS analysts, and executives. Many roles are W-2 or 1099, offering flexible engagement models.
- **Notable perks**: Access to leading ESRI GIS technology, work on high-value energy projects, and a chance to be part of the energy transition.

## Sources
1. [Purple Land Management Website](https://www.purplelandmgmt.com/)  
2. [About Our Company](https://www.purplelandmgmt.com/about)  
3. [Careers on Lever](https://jobs.lever.co/purplelandmgmt)  
4. [Join Us Page](https://www.purplelandmgmt.com/join-us)  
5. [LinkedIn Company Page](https://linkedin.com/company/purplelandmgmt)

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