Enterprise Information Specialist - British Petroleum in London

Job title Enterprise Information Specialist
Req ID 42462BR
Job category Information Technology & Services
Sub-category Architecture & Design
Countries (State/Region) United Kingdom - South East
Location London
Stockley Park
Sunbury
Role synopsis This role reports into the central BP Strategy and Architecture organisation. This team enjoys a high profile in the BP IT organisation and is highly respected and influential in BP. The purpose of this organisation is as follows:

• We answer the most difficult architecture and design questions for BP
• We are the custodians of how IT&S works i.e. the IT&S Operating model and processes
• We lead the definition and enhancement of architecture and design capability across BP
• We help projects succeed by identification and mitigation of risks
• We lead the planning of investment in applications over the next three to five years
• We lead the agreement of the technologies which must be used, and enforce their use

These goals are achieved through the governance, processes and deliverables you would expect in a mature architecture practice such as Group wide Architecture Review Board, application and technical roadmaps, Reference architecture, Architecture standards, process standards, etc

The Enterprise Information Specialist, reporting to the Head of Information Architecture has the following accountabilities and responsibilities::


1 - Lead and Provide Strategic Enterprise Wide (and Reference) Architectures & Initiatives as required. Examples would be Information Lifecycle Management, Enterprise Search, Document Management, Data Virtualisation, Business Intelligence / DW / Logical DW, Predictive Analytics, Data Mastering, Common Data Models, Visualisation Technologies, Document / Information Classifications – e.g. taxonomies, ontologies.

2 – As required lead or consult on key projects. Recent prior examples are defining the strategy for the data-level integration of strategic applications with data federation technology, determining approaches for Business Intelligence, evaluating options for Search technologies, determining the data-level integration strategy for core IT applications, strategic support for Enterprise Records Management.

3 – Define and maintain new group standards and approaches. Examples would be Document Management, Search tools. Provide direct input into the Information Architecture Community of Practice (CoP).

4 – Define and maintain new Information Architecture Frameworks and Methodologies.

5 – Support the architecture review board and assurance of all projects over $10m lifetime spend on behalf of the Group CIO

The candidate should have the following capabilities:-
• Operate in a highly collaborative way. All aspects of the role require collaboration with and fostering relationships with senior leaders (e.g. Chief Architects, CTO, business leaders, CIOs), project staff and delivery teams in BP and with vendors and suppliers
• Have excellent organisational and planning skills to ensure architecture reviews are performed on time, every time, and at a high level of quality for every project
• Be influential – BP is a highly federated organisation and the deliverables will require the individual to influence other areas outside of direct control to adopt methods, change their architectures, etc.
• Be highly focused and experienced on stakeholder management and communications.
• Be an excellent communicator, highly experienced and confident in distilling complex subject matter into summarised and high quality communications.
• Have extensive experience as an information architect and use of architecture methods, tools and intellectual capital in order to hold credibility with projects

This role is primarily focused on structured data-centric solutions and architectures. However, is does require extensive knowledge of both structured and unstructured data - document management, search, meta data management and knowledge management (business intelligence and reporting) to provide a holistic view of the BP information assets, how they should be managed, controlled, used and exploited.
Key accountabilities Lead and provide Strategic Enterprise Wide architectures & Initiatives
• As required, provide enterprise wide architectures to corporate-wide problems such as Information Lifecycle Management and agree this with the most senior Leadership team members in the BP IT organisation. These architectures will set the path for the next 5 to 10 years
• Collaborate with BP segments and BP vendors and suppliers to agree the enterprise information architecture and deliver centre-led initiatives e.g. shape and drive consensus for the BP ‘Information Agenda’, investment in ‘Big Data’, ‘Content Intelligence’, ‘Sharepoint Strategy’
• Create and socialise new information architecture concepts that will deliver significant value / best-outcome for BP
• Manage the delivery of proof-of-value (PoV), proof-of-concept (PoC) projects for new approaches / technology

Consult on key projects
• As required, lead or support the architectural design of key or critical projects

Support the architectural assurance of all CIO-level projects ($10m+ lifetime spend)
• Lead the execution of architecture reviews of information-centric Group CIO projects in collaboration with Solution Architecture, Project delivery and Digital Security
• Foster relationships with all applicable projects to set out the review process and ensure the best possible architectural design for BP
• Harvest best practices and knowledge from projects and feed these back into the information architecture process and supporting intellectual capital
• As required, present findings to the group CIO, segment/SPU segment CIO and project staff.

Participate in the creation of information architecture capability through collaboration with the BP segments, vendors and suppliers to:
• Help provide a new initiative to deliver group wide reference architectures and architectural techniques
• Enhance the technical roadmaps beyond the current scope
• Examine opportunities for new standard services, create business cases for them and possibly deliver them if funding is provided

Continuous Improvement
• Establish a programme of continuous improvement of information architecture by fostering / supporting an information architecture community, harvesting projects for assets, information architecture process and tools
Essential Education  Degree Qualified or equivalent experience
 TOGAF Certified (Version 9) – License to Work requirement
[if not already certified, will be expected to complete within 6 months]
Essential experience and job requirements  Must have extensive experience in information architecture as a lead or chief architect delivering multiple successful information-centric solutions in global organisation of projects over $ 5,000,000
 Must have extensive experience in enterprise architecture & information architecture delivering reference architectures, roadmaps and architectural techniques
 Proven expert & thought leader in structured data solutions and strategy, using an in-depth understanding of the value of information to deliver $ multi-million benefit into global organisations
 Extensive understanding of unstructured data-centric solutions, search, document management, information management/governance
 Appreciation of infrastructure / hardware and applications required to underpin information architectures
 Provision of innovative solutions for novel data types e.g. non-relational data sets, integration with conventional datastores / repositories
 Extensive full life cycle experience
 Must have strong experience working in a federated organisation to achieve buy-in from all levels of the organisation and deliver against those agreements
 Must be able to produce clear summary communications through advanced presentations with high graphical appeal.
Other essential skills and knowledge  Ability to deal with ambiguity, seek and integrate diverse views into designs and manage by influence
 A self-starter and a completer finisher – can start and run with complex work to a conclusion without assistance
 The candidate must be a strong completer-finisher with a delivery focus.

Other Essential Qualities and Behaviours (from BP Leadership framework)

Courage:
Demonstrates courage in constructively raising difficult issues to uphold high ethical and safety standards.

Excellence:
Demonstrates rigorous thinking, good judgement and clear understanding of how value is created for the business.

Reduces complexity and addresses inefficiencies in processes, systems and structures.

One Team:
Facilitates effective teamwork and establishes collaborative relationships across internal and external boundaries.

Provides a clear picture of strategic and operational goals and priorities, ensuring alignment of people and resources.
Desirable criteria & qualifications Ideally the candidate would have experience of:

 BP or working in an Oil and Gas company.
 Continuous improvement methods
 Knowledge of, and experience with Change Management methods
Relocation available No
Travel required Yes - up to 10%
Is this a part time position? No
About BP Our business is the exploration, production, refining, trading and distribution of energy. This is what we do, and we do it on a truly global scale. With a workforce of 80,000 employees, BP operates with business activities and customers in more than 80 countries across six continents. Every day, we serve millions of customers around the world. We are continually looking for talented, committed and ambitious people to help us shape the face of energy for the future.

BP is one of the three largest energy companies in the world, operating in over 100 countries across 6 continents. Information Technology & Services (IT&S), provides a full range of IT services to BP's global business segments.

IT&S plays a critical role in the delivery of defined world-class operational services that BP businesses can rely upon in support of their own performance. Our specific accountabilities include the delivery of services to specified target levels, including availability, recoverability and cost to the corporation. These services must also be delivered safely and secured against the growing risk of viruses and other security threats.

We aim to benchmark our performance favorably against a defined peer group of the world's best and intend to deliver our services with professionalism to rival any major business corporation in the world - this is what we mean by being 'World Class'. To achieve this exciting level of performance will require a commensurate level of enthusiasm, commitment and expertise in our people.
Disclaimer BP is an equal opportunity employer
Segment Corporate & Functions

Deadline: 11/04/2013

How to Apply:

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