Product Manager

Salary: £60,000 – £66,000 per year

Job Profile SummaryABOUT US
At bp, we’re reimagining energy for people and our planet. With operations working across almost every part of the energy system, we’re leading the way in reducing carbon emissions and developing more sustainable methods for solving the energy challenge.
We’re a diverse team of engineers, scientists, traders and business professionals determined to find answers to problems that must be solved. But we know we can’t do it alone. We’re looking for people who share our passion for reinvention to bring a new point of view, collaborative spirit, and to challenge our thinking in our ambition to achieve net zero!

Role Synopsis
The Product Manager will be a delivery and operations leader part of the Digital Procurement Portfolio Team, which is a part of the Innovation and Engineering Digital Production & Business Services (DP&BS).
Procurement, as a group function, is currently one year into execution of their One-Procurement Strategy/Roadmap which was developed to bring together the current fragmented procurement organization and processes to enable a common way of working through the right standardized processes, digital products, and solutions.
The DP&BS-Procurement portfolio team is responsible for the business-as-usual operations and digital transformation. The Product Manager role is responsible for ensuring the key business critical products and services are operating appropriately for the BP group and in parallel delivery of new products and solutions through the digital transformation agenda. It is key that the person in role is able to work through ambiguity and collaborate across bp which will include teams outside of procurement, I&E and most importantly within our businesses. As bp is driving a group wide digital agenda, this role will also need to work closely with other key strategies e.g. ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) Strategy and Finance Transformation.

Additional Information
Whilst the job is located in Houston, the service providers and stakeholders for products may be located around the world – our core hubs are Malaysia, India – Pune, USA, Hungary, EU and the UK. The role will require flexibility to accommodate other team members and service providers based around the world.
Job AdvertKEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Collaborates across internal I&E and business teams to define the delivery plan(s) for the sub-portfolio.
• Leads the DevOps squads, in an efficient manner, continuously improving and delivering at pace for our business.
• Manages finances and budget in terms of responsible delivery and operational squads.
• Vendor Management is key in terms of our Software-as-a-Service products/services and statements of work in terms of delivery and operations.
• Focus on overall milestone plans, execution, delivery of complex cross-team initiatives

• Supports teams in using relevant agile frameworks, such as Scrum and Kanban
• Brings together different disciplines from UX, Product, Technical Specialist / SME Engineering to support alignment across the organization.
• Identifies where a coaching or mentoring approach is required and apply these techniques to guide teams and individuals to adopting an agile mindset.
• Works with Product Owners on planning and maintaining an up to date delivery roadmap and product backlog with a clear focus on business value
• Oversees product maintenance and support
  • Manages product incidents and trade-off decisions on priority (hot fix versus new functionality)
  • Supports the management of service outcomes with suppliers who provide developers to augment your team
• Plans and manage framework upgrades, security patches and other general maintenance for assigned line of products

ESSENTIAL EDUCATION

• A solid understanding of Software Development and Software Operations along with the concept of DevOps
• A good working knowledge of Agile practices Information Technology degree preferred

Essential Experience and Job Requirements

• User-first mindset, Understand and appreciate the importance of discovery and user experience design process
• Have sound understanding of modern software engineering (DevOps; CICD, automation, QA, tooling, etc)
• Be confident in managing security incident responses
• Demonstrate agile ways of working (agile ceremonies, backlog prioritisation)
• Be respectful and embrace inclusion
• Implementation or support experience of ERP and SAP products such as Fieldglass and S/4 HANA
• Conflict resolution – Must be able to facilitate discussion and the development of alternatives or different approaches
• Political awareness – Be able to work/collaborate/communicate effectively with upper management, stakeholders and other external dependencies.
• Problem solving skills – organizational and analytical skills, and the ability to work round obstacles to get things done
• Partner/Supplier management – Understanding of key processes and how to get the best from our Partners
• Have a solid understanding of the procurement business process and procurement digital solutions such as Fieldglass, Ariba, and SAP S/4 Hana.

Desirable criteria
Have worked in an Oil and Gas or New Energy environment.

WHY JOIN US
At bp, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and challenging environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly.
There are many aspects of our employees’ lives that are important, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits can include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, and excellent retirement benefits, among others!
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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EntityInnovation & Engineering
Job Family GroupIT&S Group
Relocation availableNo
Travel requiredNegligible travel
Time TypeFull time
CountryUnited Kingdom
About BPINNOVATION & ENGINEERING

Join us in creating, growing, and delivering innovation at pace, enabling us to thrive while transitioning to a net zero ‎world. All without compromising our operational risk management.

Working with us, you can do this by:

• deploying our integrated capability and standards in service of our net zero and ‎safety ambitions
• driving our digital transformation and pioneering new business models
• collaborating to deliver competitive customer-focused energy solutions
• originating, scaling and commercialising innovative ideas, and creating ground-breaking new ‎businesses from them
• protecting us by assuring management of our greatest physical and digital risks

Because together we are:

• Originators, builders, guardians and disruptors
• Engineers, technologists, scientists and entrepreneurs‎
• Empathetic, curious, creative and inclusive
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