Grade H - Office/ CoreResponsible for supporting software / platform engineering activities (depending on specialism), working with users to capture requirements, using sound technical capabilities to lead the design, development and maintenance of the relevant systems and ensuring compliance with the relevant standards. Specialisms: Software Engineering; Platform Engineering.
Entity:
Technology
IT&S Group
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!
In this role, you will be part of bp s Technology Function and be responsible for hands on running of IT services in the Talent Acquisition and Learning portfolios. You will run industry-leading products such as Workday Recruiting, Cornerstone, Degreed and Xylene and partner with HR process experts to deliver value to bp. You will lead a Dev/Ops Squad which will drive and enable the solutions underpinning BP s employee resourcing, employee growth, and learning-related services. You will have the opportunity to work within a modern IT methodology using sprints to deliver user stories; you will build upon your Talent/Learning product knowledge and gain significant experience in optimizing delivery using modern AI-powered products. Included in the role responsibilities/deliverables are the following: strategic and operational leadership across a diverse portfolio of over 60 SaaS-based Talent Acquisition and Learning applications, with a strong emphasis on meeting bp business needs, digital security compliance, integration enablement, and commercial optimisation. This role is pivotal in ensuring that bp s People & Culture (Human Resources) digital assets are secure, scalable, and delivering measurable value.
Key Accountabilities
- Lead a cross-disciplinary squad, working closely with other product experts, integration engineers, data managers, business partners and HR professionals.
- Perform hands-on configuration and build integrations for Cornerstone or Workday
- Gather user stories/requirements in the Talent Acquisition and Learning domains, document using Microsoft ADO, and design, build and test product solutions
- Continuously and proactively working on simplification, standardization and optimization of existing processes and solutions
- Imbed good Digital Security and Data Privacy practices into all deliveries and ensure secure and compliant handling of bp assets and data
- Continuously improve ongoing bp operations in light of emerging technologies (especially AI). Define, assess, and mitigate operational and technology risks
- Manage commercial agreements and drive governance of business partners and suppliers, including negotiation of contract renewals and new service requests
- Represent the Technology organization to bp Talent and Learning stakeholders
Essential Skills and Experience
- At least 3 years hands-on experience with either the core bp Talent Acquisition solution (Workday Recruiting) or the core bp Learning Management System (Cornerstone) and a passion to become equally and deeply expert in working with both solutions
- Certification in either Workday Recruiting or Cornerstone LMS (Learning)
- Experience in both Development and Operations (DevOps) support areas
- Experience in large-scale implementations, roll outs and migration projects for complex environments
- Proven analytics skills and ability to glean information from data, including hands-on experience in building reports, dashboards, and metrics using tools such as SQL and Power BI
- A good understanding of the SaaS ecosystem in the Talent and Learning domains (e.g., CSOD, Workday Recruiting, Xylene, Degreed, Paradox, etc.)
- Experience in managing digital security, data privacy, and regulatory compliance within a global enterprise.
- Strong commercial acumen with capability to drive cost optimization and supplier accountability
- Skills in stakeholder management, cross-functional coordination, and agile delivery
- Familiarity with tools such as ServiceNow, Microsoft ADO, and Wiz (Microsoft Software patching management)
At bp, we provide the following environment & benefits:
- A company culture where we respect our diverse teams and are proud of our achievements
- Possibility to join social communities and networks
- A healthy work-life balance
- Chill-out and collaboration spaces in a modern office environment
- Learning and development opportunities to craft your career path
- Life & health insurance, medical care package
- And many others benefits
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 background, neurodiversity/neurocognitive functioning, veteran status or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
Travel Requirement
No travel is expected with this role
Relocation Assistance:
This role is eligible for relocation within country
Remote Type:
This position is a hybrid of office/remote working
Skills:
Agility core practices, Agility core practices, Analytics, API and platform design, Business Analysis, Cloud Platforms, Coaching, Communication, Configuration management and release, Continuous deployment and release, Data Structures and Algorithms (Inactive), Digital Project Management, Documentation and knowledge sharing, Facilitation, Information Security, iOS and Android development, Mentoring, Metrics definition and instrumentation, NoSql data modelling, Relational Data Modelling, Risk Management, Scripting, Service operations and resiliency, Software Design and Development, Source control and code management {+ 4 more}
