Job Family Group:
Business Support Group
Job Description:
As the Sub-process Owner Construction (GPO), you will be accountable for the end-to-end governance, performance and proactive development of the Design to Decommission process across global retail assets (M&C, pulse), spanning Design, Build & Install Assets, and Site Exit and Decommissioning.
The role will define the long-term capability vision, objectives, design and transformation roadmap for Design to Decommission end to end across markets, the BTC and functions, in service of defined business objectives for capital efficiency, cost and schedule certainty and design standardisation. You will own the capability's policies, controls and performance framework; exercise the relevant decision rights across continuous improvement, innovation and process-related investment priorities; and bring an outside-in view of the external gold-standard and emerging trends.
You will work across business and functional groups, Sub Process Owners, Process Advisory Groups, Technology & Data and peer process owners to drive harmonisation, standardisation, adoption and continuous enhancement across the asset lifecycle. Procurement is a key interface: you will work closely with global and local Procurement, particularly on category strategy for construction, equipment and facilities categories, so that design standards, equipment specifications and contracting approaches stay mutually aligned. Throughout, you will ensure the process remains aligned to bp strategy and positioned for current and future success.
What you will deliver
- Own the end-to-end Design to Decommission process and its governance. This spans Design, Build & Install, commissioning/handover, Site Exit and Decommissioning, including process architecture, policies, standards, controls, roles and key hand-offs.
- Define the long-term vision, objectives, design and roadmap for Design to Decommission. Ensure the process remains aligned to bp strategy, and connected to processes and future business requirements.
- Own the transformation roadmap across process, technology, people and data. Drive harmonisation and standardisation across design, project delivery, commissioning/handover and decommissioning. Proactively identify automation and AI opportunities across the end-to-end process and develop the business-cases that quantify their value, cost and risk. Ensure organisational readiness for material process changes.
- Exercise end-to-end process decision rights. Prioritising continuous improvements and process-related investments and governing material process changes, exceptions and deviations from agreed global standards. Decide within the agreed global process standard, calling out changes to the standard itself and cross-domain investment trade-offs to the concerned parties.
- Own process performance, compliance and value realisation, defining outcome-based metrics, monitoring performance and compliance, and demonstrating the quantitative and qualitative value delivered through process improvement.
- Use technology-enabled, data-driven performance insights to improve outcomes. Identify recurring issues, process bottlenecks and improvement opportunities and provide clear, actionable insights to leadership.
- Define business capability requirements for data and technology. Supporting robust governance and drive simplification and standardisation of the digital landscape supporting Design to Decommission.
- Champion change, adoption and capability development. Articulate the case for change, activate the global process network and ensure the organisation has the capabilities required as ways of working evolve.
- Drive cross-process collaboration, continuous improvement and innovation, managing dependencies across Design, Construction, Commissioning, Asset Operations and Decommissioning. Use process assurance, external practices and performance insight to continuously improve the end-to-end process.
What you will need to be successful
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, Architecture, Property, Business or another field relevant to Design to Decommission. A Master's degree or MBA is advantageous; chartered status or qualifications in construction, property or project management (such as RICS, CIOB, CEng, APM or PRINCE2) are desirable, as are Lean, Six Sigma or change-management qualifications.
- Multiple years of relevant experience in capital project and programme delivery, design, construction and commissioning. Previous delivery of high-volume, template- driven capital programmes across a geographically distributed network of live operating sites such as fuel retail, supermarket and convenience chains, QSR, EV charging or telecom networks, through a broad base of local contractors, rather than on major single-site projects.
- Proven capability to set global standards and drive adoption across multiple countries and permitting regimes. Credibility to influence senior market, Procurement and functional leaders without direct reporting authority. Comfortable operating across time zones, with c.25% international travel
- Demonstrated experience owning, designing or transforming end-to-end processes across multiple businesses, geographies or organisational units.
- Strong experience establishing process governance, standards, performance indicators and decision rights and driving consistent adoption across a matrix organisation.
- Proven experience shaping and delivering multi-year transformation and continuous-improvement roadmaps spanning process, people, data and technology.
- Strong stakeholder-management and influencing capability, with the ability to build alignment and drive outcomes without relying on direct reporting authority.
- Strong digital and data fluency, with experience using enterprise platforms, workflow/automation, analytics or process-intelligence capabilities to improve process performance.
You will work with You will work across a global network of Sub Process Owners covering Design Standards, Design & Engineering, and Construction & Decommissioning, together with Process Advisors, Market and functional leadership, BTC service teams, Technology & Data and peer Capability Leads to ensure Design to Decommission operates effectively end to end. Sub-process ownership for this role spans three domains.
The role will provide process direction, manage cross-process dependencies and resolve issues that require enterprise alignment, with particularly important interfaces into the end to end Retail Asset Management function, while working with the relevant partners to drive process performance, compliance, transformation and adoption.
You will also engage relevant external parties and experts where required to support the advancement of Design to Decommission capabilities and ways of working.
Additional Information
At bp, we provide the following environment and benefits to you:
- A company culture where we respect our diverse and unified teams, where we are proud of our achievements and where fun and the attitude of giving back to our environment are highly valued
- Possibility to join our social communities and networks
- Learning opportunities and other development opportunities to craft your career path
- Life and health insurance, medical care package
- And many other benefits!
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform crucial job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment.
USA ONLY
How much do we pay (Base)? ($132,000 - $ 220,000) *Note that the pay range listed for this position is a genuinely expected and reasonable estimate of the range of possible base compensation at the time of posting. This position is eligible for US Benefits – Core. This position offers paid vacation depending on your years of relevant industry experience and will range from 120 – 240 hours of vacation per year for full time employees (60 - 240 hours of vacation per year for part-time employees). You will also be eligible for 9 paid holidays per year and 2 personal choice holidays. You may learn more about how we calculate paid vacation and view our generous vacation and holiday schedules at Core U.S. Benefits. Bp has a parental leave policy as well, which offers up to 8 weeks’ paid leave for the birth or adoption of a child. Learn more by visiting Core U.S. Benefits. We offer a reward package to enable your work to fit with your life. These offerings include a discretionary annual bonus program, long-term incentive program, and generous retirement benefits that include a 401k matching program. These benefits include a pension for eligible employee. You may learn more about our generous benefits at Core U.S. Benefits. As part of bp’s wellbeing package, bp offers access to health, vision, and dental insurance, as well as life and Short-Term Disability and Long-Term Disability. You may learn more about our generous benefits at Core U.S. Benefits.
Travel Requirement:
Up to 25% travel should be 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:
Agility core practices, Agility tools, Business Acumen, Business Operations, Business process architecture, Business process control, Business process improvement, Communication, Data Management, Data visualization and interpretation, Decision Making, Demand Management, Design Thinking, Goal Setting, Influencing, Lean Practices, Managing change, Managing Performance, Project and programme management, Stakeholder Engagement, Stakeholder Management, Strategic Thinking, Workload Prioritization. Future Location Notice: This role will start in St James' Square, London. bp has announced a planned office move to Timber Square, London, with all positions currently advertised in St James' Square, 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 and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, socioeconomic status, neurodiversity/neurocognitive functioning, 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.
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