Job Profile Summary
At bp, we’re reimagining energy for people and our planet. With operations working across almost every part of the energy system, we’re leading the way in reducing carbon emissions and developing more sustainable methods for solving the energy challenge.
In innovation & engineering we work with leading edge technologies and big data to help tackle society’s big energy challenges. Choose to join bp and you’ll be on the front line of the energy transition, collaborating with world-class technologists, engineers, and disrupters to reimagine energy and carve out a career packed with purpose, passion, and learning.
Digital Science and Engineering applies the current edge of digital innovation capabilities to the energy challenge of providing energy to the world while transitioning to a zero carbon future. Digital Science uses the business adoption of new digital technologies as it’s measure of performance. Although relatively small in size, Digital Science is world class in reach, processes, activities, and results. It works with the very highest levels of external organizations and operates within the full context of external digital and business innovation as well as bp strategy.
The Technology Principal is responsible for the identification and application of a range of emerging digital technologies for bp with a particular emphasis on Robotics technologies. The expectations for the impact on bp in terms of economic value are very high due to the increasing importance assigned to digital technologies including robotics at the bp leadership team level. Virtually all of bp’s front-line activities are being digitized and robotics and other digital technologies have been identified as a major source of bp’s productivity and potential for top line improvement. Also, the range, and scope of external digital technology change are increasingly broad in scope and occurring at a faster pace.
This position is part of a team which combines innovation, business development, and relationship management. It is significantly different from traditional digital leadership roles with large portfolios, this role will lead a number of initiatives working with highly technical people engaged in pioneering, innovative activities that are inherently unstructured.
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Digital Science (DSci) comprises engineers, technologists, scientists, and entrepreneurs who lead a portfolio of initiatives working with highly technical people engaged in groundbreaking, innovative activities that are complex with many moving parts. A high degree of stature, leadership, influence and soft skills are required to achieve successful adoption of disruptive technologies.
DSci works with the very highest levels of external organizations and operates within the full context of external digital and business innovation. Consequently, the DSci team constantly challenge themselves to be open to new ideas and bring them to fruition within bp.
Honest discussion to understand business context, direction, and challenges as one-team is required to recognize the importance of digital technologies enabling core energy industry technologies. To do this team members build networks inside and outside of bp, building strong relationships based on respect and trust.
All DSci team members show fluidity, speed and initiative in unstructured contexts. In senior roles business development skill are required to create longer-term vision from an unstructured context and apply prudent risk-taking.
