VP Innovation Product Management - Head of Vista

Job Profile Summary Responsible for leading Business Management support for the delivery of a wide range of business activities, playing a key part in shaping the strategic direction and implementation of plans, acting as a key performance driver and advancing the agenda by working closely with the Functions, providing business oversight, operational assurance and profit and loss accountability, and ensuring that standards, policies and procedures are fit for purpose and working effectively.
Job Advert Our purpose is to bring together people, energy and markets to power and navigate a changing world.

In a time of constant change and possibility we need new talent to pursue commercial opportunities, fuelled by world-class insight and expertise. We're always striving for more innovative digital solutions, sustainable outcomes and closer collaboration across our company and beyond, and you could be part of that too. Together we continue to grow as the world's leading energy trader.

Job Profile

We are looking for next leader of VISTA, an entrepreneurial, agile, and driven team within T&S. This creative team drives innovation across the business through new capabilities: digital tools, new products, and new ways of working. We are passionate about introducing and iterating innovative technologies through partnerships with startups, and accelerating new ventures and business models, to address commercial opportunities in the business. Vista is demand led by business opportunities and pain points. We are focused on producing commercial outcomes (e.g. generating revenue, saving cost and creating efficiencies) through cutting edge digital solutions that we identify and partner with from the start-up ecosystem as well as through new digital products that we identify, accelerate and commercialise that leverage T&S' proprietary insights, capabilities or assets.

As VP of Innovation Product Management, requirements and accountabilities include:

• Mandate to drive commercial value for T&S through digital innovation.
• Successful track record of working independently to implement and drive entrepreneurial approaches, change, and/or transformation.
• Commercial focus / closer / deal maker - driving the team to progress and land the most successful digital projects (POCs with startups) and products (new digitally-enabled solutions fit for purpose for T&S).
• Demonstrated experience and/or deep interest in emerging technologies and the art of the possible through digital solutions.
• Strong leader, collaborator and communicator - well equipped to manage a new and growing team with a wonderfully diverse set of skills and experience.
• Comfort leading through ambiguity without clearly defined parameters, yet results and deadline orientated.
• Senior relationship manager / excellent stakeholder management - with many VP and SVP interfaces across T&S' front, middle and back offices and all regions, as well as key interfaces across I&E (DCM, LP&V, DS&E) and wider bp.
• Outcome - oriented. Lead the prioritisation of Vista portfolio based on the commercial outcomes. KPI/benefit/impact measurement vital to success.
• Visionary - innovation never rests. Always looking to what's next; how can Vista evolve/improve to meet the needs of the business and future proof T&S for an increasingly digital future.
• Embodies and promotes an inclusive and experimental culture to enable an agile and open organisational structure, where diversity of thought is celebrated, all voices are heard and valued, whilst structure is relied on for clarity and delivery (matrix org)
• A connector with a strong network across T&S and an understanding of how Vista is differentiated, yet complimentary, to other innovation teams across bp (e.g. key interfaces with wider I&E)

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.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
Entity Trading & Shipping
Job Family Group Business Support Group
Relocation available No
Travel required Yes - up to 10%
Time Type Full time
Country United Kingdom
About BP TRADING & SHIPPING

Our purpose is to bring together people, energy and markets to power and navigate a changing world.

In a time of constant change and possibility we need new talent to pursue commercial opportunities, fuelled by world-class insight and expertise. We're always striving for more innovative digital solutions, sustainable outcomes and closer collaboration across our company and beyond, and you could be part of that too. Together we continue to grow as the world's leading energy trader.

Join us and help us achieve these goals by:

• developing and continuously evolving a globally diversified portfolio that accesses new markets, commodities and commercial opportunities
• collaborating with our business groups to provide innovative commercial and marine solutions that add value to bp's assets and flows
• delivering high-quality earnings and creating an organisation that is swift to identify and optimise market insights
• navigating a new era of energy for our planet, by sea
• acting with respect and integrity at all times, with the people we work with and the markets we operate in
• maintaining a comprehensive, rigorous and holistic risk control framework that ensures we operate in a safe, compliant and efficient way at all times
• empowering the deep expertise and leadership of our people