Entity:

Technology

Job Family Group:

IT&S Group

Job Description:

About Fuels & Low Carbon Technology: F&LCT is a team of over 300 technologists, scientists and engineers who provide pioneering solutions to support bp’s Fuels, Refining, Bioenergy and Hydrogen businesses. We also support the Technology group through Innovation Management, Modelling, Digital Science and our academic research programmes.

Let me tell you about the role:

The Digital Science team applies groundbreaking digital innovation capabilities to bp’s challenge of providing energy to the world while transitioning to a zero-carbon future. This team is the Digital Research arm for bp, responsible for testing of emerging technologies to tackle key challenges in support of our business. Digital Science is crucial to the success of bp and the transition strategy.

You will carry out innovation projects, translating Digital Science activities into value, interfacing with other teams in Technology, with the business directly, and occasionally with bp’s corporate venture capital organization.

What you will deliver:

• Lead the delivery of your projects to production, scan the horizon to identify emerging Digital Technology trends, new products and solutions potentially relevant to solve key challenges from roadmaps; and assessing potential vendors. Proactively identify impactful opportunities and autonomously complete activities.
• Be a bridge between business and digital organizations, combining in-depth understanding of both areas.
• Develop others by mentoring Digital Science Associates, and proactively sharing expertise and interests with others.
• Develop and nurture external relationships for long term collaboration
• Demonstrate recognizing value/benefit of technology in adjacent business areas.
• Lead the identification of digital technologies that can address specific business challenges. Active research work to prove (or disprove) viability or potential value of a technology to bp (i.e. solving a key business problem).
• Summarize the learning gained from implementing projects, and communicate to others in the team.
• Support identification opportunities for new intellectual property, and engage in the processes needed to protect these for the benefit of the company. Apply IAM & Commercial difficulty to projects.
• Develop as an expert in two or more technology areas including Quantum, trust tech and sensing. Acts as a knowledge transfer agent to the wider community in bp with demonstrable thought leadership pieces of work: Papers/etc.
• Collaborate with government labs, academic institutions and research firms, consortia for joint projects.

What you will need to be successful

• A degree in science, Technology, Engineering or Math (or equivalent), preferably with a background in Computer Science/Engineering, PhD desired.
• Experience which demonstrates how you have applied your knowledge of emerging technology in a practical context; this could be in a development role or guiding the way technology is built (e.g. a software company) or helping with adoption (e.g. an enterprise digital role).
• Experience in a digital space, ideally energy sector, developing applications of novel digital technologies - research, scanning and testing of new technologies. Demonstrable work product in terms of papers, test results, etc.
• Be a self-starter who is comfortable defining an approach to deliver project goals and changing the approach as new information becomes available.
• Understanding of the bp strategy, and the role that exciting digital innovation can play in a corporate environment as an enabler and to define the future.
• Sound understanding of emerging digital technology ecosystems. Curiosity and an ability to creatively link diverse topics. Growing technological expertise in innovative digital areas such as computing/quantum, sensing, trust tech.
• Ability to provide leadership on specific elements of a project and lead a sub team(s).
• Ability to lead contracting and intellectual asset management issues which impact individual projects.
• Understanding of management risk associated with new technologies
• Ability to build productive working relationships and foster creativity, innovation and integrity within teams
• Provide technical clarity and business direction to senior management and be able to flex communication style to best suit the audience.
• Self starter, ability to work in unstructured environments, proven capability to produce outputs in a timely manner by collaborating with different customers across multiple groups.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience in developing advanced computational models and scientific machine learning solutions to address critical Oil & Gas challenges, including corrosion prediction, and refinery or downstream process optimisation.
• Skilled in integrating scientific ML, physics‑informed models, and data‑driven analytics.

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!

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided 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.

Additional Information:

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, veteran status, or disability status.

Even though the job is advertised as full time, please contact the hiring manager or the recruiter as flexible working arrangements may be considered.

What you can expect from us!

Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion:

At bp, you could be part of Business Resource Groups (BRGs) which belief in the power of inclusion, deeper connections, and shared experiences. They provide a place for employees to learn and share knowledge, to connect, and to improve. The BRGs focus on and encourage talent engagement, development, and retention while creating a broadened sense of community and inclusion for bp employees. The groups cultivate leadership growth by involving employees in developmental opportunities they would not otherwise have access to. Formal and informal mentoring also helps employees develop their professional goals and connect with colleagues. The BRGs’ dedication to growth at all levels helps employees feel more engaged and energized. The BRGs break down barriers, so we can all do better together. Examples of BRGs include (but are not limited to):

bpWIN (bp Women’s International Network)Pride
Working parents
PEN (Positively Ethnic Network)
bp Inclusia (bp’s Asian community)
bp Energía (bp’s Latin community)

Travel Requirement

Up to 10% travel should be 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:

Commercial Acumen, Communication, Data Analysis, Data cleansing and transformation, Data domain knowledge, Data Integration, Data Management, Data Manipulation, Data Sourcing, Data strategy and governance, Data Structures and Algorithms (Inactive), Data visualization and interpretation, Digital Security, Extract, transform and load, Group Problem Solving

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.

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.