Entity:
Finance
Job Family Group:
Business Support Group
Job Description:
GBS defines, owns, sources and operates efficient and standardised business services for the BP Group.
We are business process professionals, working as a unified organisation across finance, customer service, procurement, HR services, tax and other functional areas to fully support BP in its global operations and aims. Our license to operate is dependent on us being able to deliver silent running in the most efficient manner.
Role Synopsis
The Transition Manager will lead the delivery of projects through the complete lifecycle from aspiration through to Operations. The Transition Manager ensures the projects are delivered on time, meeting business & technical requirements within the agreed budget. The projects can be standalone or part of a work stream in a program with a higher degree of complexity. Projects are to be delivered in compliance with the GBS project management delivery standards.
Key Accountabilities
- Deliver a Transition Project Portfolio as per pre-defined achievements, leading timely completion of all results whilst managing resources, deadlines and budgetary requirements
- Identify and assess and funnel transformation opportunities,
- Define project scope, goals and results that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and customers
- Develop detailed and comprehensive project plans and schedule project timelines and landmarks using appropriate tools
- Effectively communicate and lead project expectations to team members and customers in a timely and clear fashion
- Manage senior business customers including sponsors, business heads, business owners and the business program team and various functional support teams in a matrix organization
- Own management of customer expectation alignment gaps and/or gaps in meeting client expectations
- Establish project governance including all customers and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation and presentations
- Ensure all projects are maintained in the central project portfolio management tool. Maintain the rigor as per the predefined program/project governance and ensure project reporting is accurate and concise.
- Identify and resolve project risks/issues and potential conflicts within the project team - supervise the implementation of corrective actions and review current mitigation and recovery activities.
- Continually analyze lessons learned and create a recommendation report to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements.
Essential Education
- A Bachelors Degree or Masters in Business Administration from a recognized Institute
- Trained and/or certified in PMP, Prince2, APM or equivalent.
Essential Experience
- A minimum of 8 years total experience with a minimum of 5 to 6 years of relevant Transition/Program Management experience.
- Solid understanding of, Customer & Products, Finance, , Procurement processes or engineering Services (Non-IT)
- Experience in managing multiple teams and capabilities to deliver complete complex project scope
- Proven track record managing multiple customers effectively
- Experience managing virtual teams across multiple geographies
- Experience of working in fast-paced, high-demand, goal-oriented environments
- Strong digital literacy and advanced user of MS Office applications (e.g. Microsoft Project, Power Point, Excel etc.).
- Ability to apply thought leadership in providing services and solutions to customers.
- Strong commercial competence and understanding of customer impact
Proficiencies and Behaviours
- Ability to act as a project driver, facilitating the achievement of required tasks
- Ability to analyze and think quickly and to resolve conflict
- Ability to adapt to a changing environment
- Self-motivated with a hard-working and proactive approach
- Strong communication, interpersonal and mentoring skills
- Strong stakeholder management skills - ability and confidence to challenge and influence
- Be an imaginative / Creative problem solver
- Self-motivation and ability to stay focused in the middle of distraction
- Energetic and tactful facilitator to promote and engage a committed delivery team
Desirable criteria
- Vendor/Third Party management experience (including vendors, third parties, and sub-contractors)
- Experience leading delivery of cases by supervising costs and value delivered and intervening with corrective action when vital to achieve commercial outcomes
Travel Requirement
Up to 10% travel should be expected with this role
Relocation Assistance:
This role is eligible for relocation within country
Remote Type:
This position is a hybrid of office/remote working
Skills:
Agility core practices, Analytical Thinking, Collaboration, Commercial Acumen, Communication, Creativity and Innovation, Data Analysis, Decision Making, Digital fluency, Integration, Managing strategic partnerships, Research and insights, Risk Management, Stakeholder Engagement, Stakeholder Management, Sustainability awareness and action
Legal Disclaimer:
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, socioeconomic status, neurodiversity/neurocognitive functioning, veteran status or disability status. Individuals with disabilities may request a reasonable accommodation related to bps recruiting process (e.g., accessing the job application, completing required assessments, participating in telephone screenings or interviews, etc.). If you would like to request an accommodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us to request accommodations.
If you are selected for a position and depending upon your role, your employment may be contingent upon adherence to local policy. This may include pre-placement drug screening, medical review of physical fitness for the role, and background checks.
