Information Architect - British Petroleum in Stockley Park

Information Architect
at British Petroleum in Stockley Park

Req ID 43509BR
Job category Information Technology & Services
Sub-category Architecture & Design
Countries (State/Region) United Kingdom - South East
Location Stockley Park
Role synopsis Corporate Functions form the backbone of our company. It’s here that the key decisions about the group, its strategy and plans are made. From Finance to Information Technology and Human Resources, Functions bring specialist expertise to support the front-line businesses manage significant risks and build economies of scale.

At BP we are committed to the provision of agile working arrangements to respond to the needs of the modern workforce. This role is fully compliant with BP’s Agile working policy.

We are looking for an Information Architect to work within BP IT Department (IT&SiF) that supports the Corporate Functions (Head Office) in the development of an information architecture strategy and approach. This will include structured data and unstructured information for the key corporate Functions. The role will also support the delivery of major projects by providing leadership in best practice and high level assurance.

As the Information Architect, you will provide thought leadership, strategy and governance ensuring that the architecture can be implemented within the existing constraints and according to the agreed architectural principles and standards.
Key accountabilities Provide leadership in enterprise information architecture for BP Corporate Functions covering both structured and unstructured information.

Work with business and IT stakeholders to develop information architecture strategies for key Functions to support the business objectives including current, transitional and target states.

Responsible for developing, maintaining, and leveraging the appropriate enterprise data standards, roadmaps, data models to support the delivery of business strategy.

Understanding of the enterprise data / information needs for all key Functions.

Development and maintenance of high level enterprise data models, data technology/integration/Data Warehouse/Business Intelligence architectures.

Definition of approach for handling unstructured information.

Communicate the data architecture strategies, roadmaps to all stakeholders.

Build close working relationships with other strategic architects within other IT&S Teams including the Enterprise Systems (ES), Global Operations & Infrastructure (GOI) and EA.

Provide necessary support & advice to the Project Lead Architects to ensure understanding and implementation of best practice.

For key projects, provide architectural assurance for the acquisition, integration, enrichment, optimisation and exploitation of structured and unstructured data.

Review the information/data architecture documentation for key projects.
Essential Education University degree or equivalent.
Essential experience and job requirements Played a key role within an Enterprise Data / Information Architecture team within a large corporation ideally covering multiple countries.

Experienced in developing information architecture strategies, MI / reporting strategies and roadmaps at an organisation or department level.

Experienced in delivering data architectures for large complex projects operating in distributed technical environment.

Experienced in implementing Data Governance solutions including Master Data Management.

Proven ability to influence key stakeholders.

Can demonstrate ability to think and communicate the big picture.

Have data analysis skills (to build / maintain the models) and an awareness of records management i.e. data retention, legal hold, e-Discovery, lifecycle management, archiving, storage optimisation.

Experience in corporate head office Functions environment (such as Finance, Tax, HR) or awareness of general head office business process.

Experience in architecting solutions utilising ETL tools (e.g. Informatica) and Reporting tools (e.g. Business Objects).
Desirable criteria & qualifications Experience in delivering information architecture solutions with a value of >$3 -5m.

TOGAF 9 certified.

DAMA certification would be beneficial.

Exposure to big data / predictive analytics concepts would be an added advantage.
Relocation available No
Travel required Yes - up to 25%
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

Deadline: 01/05/2013

How to Apply:

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