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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Project Lead Architect - British Petroleum in Stockley Park

Project Lead Architect
at British Petroleum in Stockley Park

Req ID 41883BR
Job category Information Technology & Services
Sub-category Architecture & Design
Countries (State/Region) United Kingdom - South East
Location Stockley Park
Role synopsis IT&S in the Functions (IT&SiF) provides IT services to BP’s Corporate Functions such as Finance, HR, Indirect Procurement, Tax, Communications and others. IT&SiF are responsible for delivery of a portfolio of projects of over c$100m annually with some projects in the portfolio with high profiles and have high visibility to senior stakeholders within the organisation.

Working as part of IT&SiF’s Strategy, Planning & Architecture (SPA) team, the Project Lead Architect will work across project lifecycles and will be accountable for all aspects of the solution architecture. The Architect will have the overall design authority on projects and be responsible for ensuring the completeness (fitness-for-purpose) of the architecture.

The Architect will work closely with the project manager and business to turn business requirements into technical solutions. The architect will steer the project through architecture processes including agreeing architecture deliverables, quality assuring the project technical outputs and arranging & coordinating Design Reviews at appropriate stages of the projects lifecycle.
Key accountabilities • Hold overall design authority on projects and accountable for all aspects of the solution architecture.
• Produce high quality architecture documentation and outputs in line with BP’s Architecture Common Process (ACP) and Design to Operate standards.
• Perform quality assurance and architecture approval of project technical deliverables from 3rd Party or Integration Partners
• Ensure solution alignment with Functions strategies and roadmaps including alignment to Functions Bill-of-IT’s
• Drive compliance to IT&S Standards within solutions and see through any exceptions.
• Proactively identify and effectively mitigate all architectural risks
• Participate in project RFI/RFP’s by providing architectural criteria and undertaking validation & assessment of vendor responses
• Interface with the wider architecture community including BP’s Enterprise Systems, Enterprise Architecture & Segment Architecture teams
• Play an active role in the Architecture & Design community through Give Back (peer reviews etc) and other contributions to the development of the practice.
Essential Education • University degree or specialised training or equivalent work experience.
• TOGAF 9 Certification
Essential experience and job requirements • A demonstrable experience of working with complex technical projects.
• A track record of delivery
• Able to work effectively with multiple 3rd parties in a global virtual environment.
• Ability to rapidly grasp new concepts, achieve a high level familiarity with new technologies and sense their application quickly.
• Ability to translate ideas and concepts into business opportunities
• Proven ability to influence key stakeholders with ability to confidently describe functional strategies and challenges at a senior management level
Desirable criteria & qualifications • Past exposure to or an understanding of SAP solutions and architectures
• Ideally some knowledge of BP’s current ERP landscape and head office processes (finance, purchase to pay, human resources or tax etc)
• An awareness of the petroleum or alternative energy industries
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

Deadline: 19/04/2013

How to Apply:

https://careers.bpglobal.com/2057/ASP/TG/cim_jobdetail.asp?SID=^mm4wnizdMMv6DXcF3m9v6cbh7hvkV_slp_rhc_DmVkdfmFko4sU9GGK63WHVejG9BkhfnsCk&jobId=53526&type=search&JobReqLang=140&recordstart=1&JobSiteId=5012&JobSiteInfo=53526_5012&GQId=1396

Project Services Manager - British Petroleum in Sunbury

Project Services Manager
at British Petroleum in Sunbury



Job title Project Services Manager - Procedures & Systems
Req ID 43761BR
Job category Projects
Sub-category Project Services
Countries (State/Region) United Kingdom - South East
Location Sunbury
Role synopsis Project Services Manager specialising in the development of robust & efficient procedures & systems. To strengthen discipline capability and develop a culture that actively seeks performance excellence. To build the bench-strength of senior players within Project Services, provide succession to leadership roles.
Key accountabilities Lead the Project Services Discipline Managers in the development and maintenance of robust and efficient processes and processes for the GPO. Rigorously enforce compliance with mandated procedures and the BP Way.
Ensure the management information requirements of all project stakeholders are acknowledged, understood and satisfied.
Establish and control robust cost and schedule performance baselines across the full complexity of the BP portfolio of projects at all . Ensure that such control baselines are established prior to FID/project execution and that effective control is rigorously exercised during execution.
Motivate timely and effective intervention by providing performance management information.
Provide influential functional advice and assurance that projects carry adequate funding and schedule provisioning at all CVP stages.
Ensure seamless integration across multiple BP contractor interfaces, automating and maximising information flow across organisations.
Enhance historical cost databases and knowledge management systems to share data within the GPO.
Contribute to peer assists, peer reviews and functional reviews.
Provide coaching and mentoring to developing team members.
Essential Education Degree qualified – but relevant industry experience and proven track record is more important.
Essential experience and job requirements Have the experience and skills to develop and enhance the existing Project Controls management reporting system and make it an up to date and proactive tool for use within the business. Attributes will also include logical thinking and a highly analytical and data driven mind set. Combined with this will be strong influencing skills and the ability to construct, present and defend robust business cases within the Project Controls function.
Possess excellent communication and presentation skills.

Bring a proven ability to coach, mentor and share best practice and knowledge in both formal and informal settings.

Leadership skills are equally important in this role where influencing and communicating in a collaborative, respectful and engaging manner will be essential.
Have international experience as well as good knowledge and understanding of industry best practice.

Adaptability, a flexible approach and high levels of professionalism should be combined with natural enthusiasm, flair for people management and a highly collaborative, communicative team leadership style.
Other essential skills and knowledge The ideal candidate will be looking for scope, challenge and responsibility in an empowering international organisation. The position will attract a suitably experienced individual who is recognised as having broad Project Controls expertise in capital projects.
The ideal candidate must be seen as a highly experienced technical professional who has held significant project control management positions and who will lead from the front. They must be credible, with functional gravitas and demonstrate the ability to add value through engagement and by making sound business judgements

The successful candidate will bring a calm yet purposeful and highly integrating approach. Flexibility will be required to deal with shifting priorities and requirements, and the successful candidate will embrace this challenge rather than shy away from it. As would be expected in a role of this nature, frequent international travel is required.

Above all, the successful candidate will be accountable for their contribution to their own part of the business in accordance with BP Business Principles. Professional gravitas, with the ability to address problems, embrace change, review alternatives and take responsibility, while providing cost effective solutions will be required.
Desirable criteria & qualifications The ideal candidate will be looking for scope, challenge and career enhancement in an expanding and outward looking E&P Operator and will be comfortable playing their part within the GPO, offering first class service focus and ability to interact with the most senior levels of the organisation as well as with operational staff.

Excellent communication skills, both written and oral, with the ability to challenge others in a constructive manner and negotiate with internal peers and partner representatives to influence plans.

Good team player with a pro-active and flexible attitude, and able to work in a multi-cultural environment.

Proven capability to influence a wide variety of stakeholders with disparate agendas and motivations.

Understand the business/commercial aspects and appreciate, and at times contribute, towards the broader strategic considerations.
Relocation available Negotiable
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.

The Global Projects Organisation (GPO) is accountable for the line delivery of Upstream's global portfolio of over 45 major projects. GPO has 4 key roles: .
- Integration, with overall accountability for FM delivery from the beginning of project appraisal to first production, .
- Optimisation, with a focus on selecting the right development concepts, leveraging standardization, segment scale and learning, .
- Execution, continuously improving efficiency with rigorous performance management, .
- Advice, to inform segment portfolio decisions.
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Significant value is created in the front end of projects where we optimize the development concept with multi-disciplinary input, and a standardized model will ensure that we performance manage the developments to ensure that we continuously improve. .
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The goal of the GPO is to deliver sustainable efficiency improvement, close the learning loop with Operations, and to deliver functional performance into GPO Projects.
Disclaimer BP is an equal opportunity employer
Segment Upstream

Deadline: 16/04/2013

How to Apply:

https://careers.bpglobal.com/2057/ASP/TG/cim_jobdetail.asp?SID=^mm4wnizdMMv6DXcF3m9v6cbh7hvkV_slp_rhc_DmVkdfmFko4sU9GGK63WHVejG9BkhfnsCk&jobId=55444&type=search&JobReqLang=140&recordstart=1&JobSiteId=5012&JobSiteInfo=55444_5012&GQId=1396

Lead Architect - British Petroleum in London

Job title Lead Architect

Req ID 41494BR
Job category Information Technology & Services
Sub-category Architecture & Design
Countries (State/Region) United Kingdom - South East
Location London
Stockley Park
Role synopsis The Strategy and Operational Excellence Strategy and Architecture (S&A) organisation is the BP centre of excellence for strategy, innovation and all aspects of IT architecture and architecture capability. The purpose is to standardise and simplify BP’s IT&S solutions, to reduce costs, deliver reliable and efficient systems and to enable BP’s business strategy.

The team has a high profile in IT&S and has enjoyed considerable success reaching the finals of the BP Helios Awards in 2010.

The Solution Architect, reporting to the Head of Solution Architecture has the following accountabilities and responsibilities:

1 – Lead and participate in the architectural assurance of all IT projects in excess of $10m lifetime spend

2- Assist in the Delivery of true Enterprise Wide Architectures as required. Examples would be Identity and Access Management or Mobile.

3 – Participate n in a programme to establish new solution architecture capability

4 – as required lead or consult on key projects and/or resolution to critical risks. A current example would be the architectural design for single sign on

5 – Participate in a programme of continuous improvement of solution architecture by establishing a solution architecture community, harvesting projects for assets, the solution architecture process and tools

To achieve these goals the candidate should have the following capabilities:
• Operate in a highly collaborative way. All aspects of the role require working with and building relationships with senior leaders, project staff and delivery teams in BP and with vendors and suppliers
• Have good organisational and planning skills to ensure architecture reviews are performed on 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
• Have good experience as a solution architect and use of architecture methods, tools and intellectual capital in order to hold credibility with projects
Key accountabilities Lead the architectural assurance of all CIO-level projects ($10m+ lifetime spend).

- Lead or participate in the execution of architecture reviews of all Group CIO projects in collaboration with Project delivery and Digital Security
- Establish 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 solution architectural process and supporting intellectual capital

Participate in the delivery of enterprise wide architectures.

- As required support the delivery of enterprise wide architectures such as Identity and Access Management, or, Mobile Applications
- Research industry best practices and competitor use of technology

Participate in the development of solution architecture capability through collaboration with the BP segments, vendors and suppliers to:

- Help deliver a new initiative to deliver group wide reference architectures and architectural technique
- Support the delivery of technical roadmaps beyond the current scope which includes only infrastructure
- Examine opportunities for new standard services, develop business cases for them and possibly deliver them if funding is provided

Consult on key projects

- As required, lead or assist with the architectural design of key or critical projects (current example is Identity and Access Management)
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 experience in solution architecture as a lead architect on complex projects.
- Must have experience in enterprise architecture delivering reference architectures, roadmaps and architectural techniques.
- 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 communications through advanced presentations with high graphical appeal.

Additional Characteristics
- 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 skills and knowledge 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 builds 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 and experience of ITIL, COBIT or PMP
- 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

Deadline: 16/04/2013

How to Apply:

https://careers.bpglobal.com/2057/ASP/TG/cim_jobdetail.asp?SID=^mm4wnizdMMv6DXcF3m9v6cbh7hvkV_slp_rhc_DmVkdfmFko4sU9GGK63WHVejG9BkhfnsCk&jobId=53142&type=search&JobReqLang=140&recordstart=1&JobSiteId=5012&JobSiteInfo=53142_5012&GQId=1396