Project Manager

Entity:

Technology

Job Family Group:

IT&S Group

Job Description:

About bp

Our purpose is to deliver energy to the world, today and tomorrow. For over 100 years, bp has focused on discovering, developing, and producing oil and gas in the nations where we operate. We are one of the few companies globally that can provide governments and customers with an integrated energy offering. Delivering our strategy sustainably is fundamental to achieving our ambition to be a net zero company by 2050 or sooner!

You will work with:

The Transformation, Analytics and Insights (TAI) team reports directly to the EVP Technology and is distributed globally across US, UK, India and Malaysia. We work to ensure that Technology is an efficient, effective and trusted partner for the bp business. Our activities span from creating tooling to support improved delivery efficiency to supporting transformation activity and mergers & acquisitions. We are tightly coupled across the team to Technology leadership and highly visible within the Technology organization.

Ways of working within the TAI team is a team of trusted advisors working alongside SVPs and VPs to deliver changes to working practices and embedding transformation change. We act as a consultancy, providing short engagements with longer term governance to ensure that initiatives are embedded that may be devised by the wider TAI team utilising a fail fast and scale mental model. We problem solve for our SVPs and VPs, demonstrating deep relationships across the TAI team and Technology. The pace is fast and changable; we care deeply about each other, are kind even when it is tough to speak the truth and have each other’s back.

Let me tell you about the role

Project Managers skillfully balance constraints, manage team members and interdependencies, mitigate risks, and resolve conflicting priorities to deliver successful outcomes. Change managers drive the success of large-scale transformations by ensuring that the organization is equipped to embrace new ways of working. This role is a hybrid of project and change management due to the work undertaken by the team. You will play a critical part in enabling teams to adapt to shifts in structure, processes, and tools, aligning team members around a shared vision for change and creating strategies and roadmaps that add clarity and focus. By fostering engagement, building trust, and creating conditions for sustained adoption, you will accelerate the realization of business value and positions the organization for long-term success in a dynamic, global environment.

What you will deliver

Knowledge and Change Document Support: Coordinate across multiple teams to pull together coherent documents to support change. Create user journeys, task flows, and service blueprints that clarify how users interact with the content. Support teams in creating useful, well thought out content.

Change management Support: Provide support on org design activities within the team, where needed conduct data analysis and manage project timelines.

Project and programme management: Support the development and implementation of detailed project plans, including schedules, budgets, resource allocation, and delivery roadmaps. Use appropriate methodologies to deliver projects on time, within budget, and at the desired quality. Coordinate across teams to ensure project alignment with bp’s strategic objectives.

Engagement and training: Support the delivery of sophisticated cross-functional engagement plans and global multi-channel communication campaigns to drive awareness and adoption. Support the definition and implementation of training approaches for new processes, platforms, products, and features to ensure teams are well-prepared and confident in new ways of working.

Metrics and analytics: Identify, develop, implement and track metrics that measure the impact of change, for use in understanding performance against targets, industry peers, competitors and objectives.

AI-assisted exploration: Use AI tools appropriate to support early exploration, content refinement, or research synthesis while ensuring human review and responsible use.

What you will need to be successful (experience and qualifications)

Required

• Strong problem-solving and critical thinking with the ability to think strategically and make data-driven decisions.
• Strong communication with the ability to articulate complex ideas clearly and effectively verbally and in writing
• Strong relationship skills, able to motivate cross-functional teams.
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
• Curiosity to learn and adopt emerging tools and technologies including Figma Make, Loveable, Claude, SharePoint, Confluence and AI-enabled workflows.
• Experience with digital tools and technology for metrics and analytics.

Desirable

• Experience in leading or supporting change management initiatives, preferably within a global organization.
• Understanding of change management principles, methodologies, and tools.
• Experience in developing and implement effective training programs.
• Qualifications in Agile delivery, change management or product management
• Experience in working with senior partners (VP and above) to deliver change

At this level, the Project Manager has basic proficiency in independently handling a range of basic tasks. They complete tasks with general supervision, balancing priorities, monitoring progress, and resolving straightforward issues. Partner management and systems development skills are strengthening, as they begin to coordinate with broader teams and refine delivery techniques. While gaining experience in organizational change, they focus on supporting the team.

Please note that roles based out of SJS or Sunbury will move to Timber Square, Southwark, from Q4 2027.

Why join us?

At bp, we support our people to grow in a diverse and exciting environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity.

There are many aspects of our employees’ lives that are meaningful, 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, 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.

Reinvent your career as you help our business meet the challenges of the future. Apply now!

Travel Requirement

No travel is expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:

This role is not eligible for relocation

Remote Type:

This position is a hybrid of office/remote working

Skills:

Change Management Initiatives, Communication, Environment, Extract, transform and load, Group Problem Solving, Quality, Strategy

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Future Location Notice: This role will start in Sunbury, London. bp has announced a planned office move to Timber Square, London, with all positions currently advertised in Sunbury, including this one, expected to relocate around Q4 2027-Q1 2028. This presents an exciting opportunity for all employees and leaders to come together in one London location. The specific date of the move will be confirmed closer to the time.

Legal Disclaimer:

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of protected characteristics like race, religion, color, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, veteran status or disability status. Individuals with an accessibility need may request an adjustment/accommodation related to bp’s recruiting process (e.g., accessing the job application, completing required assessments, participating in telephone screenings or interviews, etc.). If you would like to request an adjustment/accommodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us.

If you are selected for a position and depending upon your role, your employment may be contingent upon adherence to local policy. This may include pre-placement drug screening, medical review of physical fitness for the role, and background checks.

About Us

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