Operational Risk Manager

BP; São Paulo; Hybrid; BRL 300,000 - 500,000; Full time

Job summary

BP in São Paulo, Brazil, is seeking an Operational Risk Manager to strengthen risk management across global ST&S operations. The role blends people leadership, business partnership, data-driven insights, and constructive challenge to support informed decision-making and foster a proactive risk culture.

You will partner with business leaders to advance risk strategies, oversee analytics and dashboards, and lead a small team across regions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a related field preferred.
• Experience in risk management, advisory, controls, audit, governance, or related disciplines.
• Experience leading, coaching, or developing others.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business leaders to support operational risk strategies, priorities, and initiatives.
• Provide guidance and constructive challenge on risks associated with business activities and new initiatives.
• Evaluate risk governance and controls, identifying opportunities for improvement and supporting actions.
• Contribute to development of risk frameworks, processes, and governance practices.
• Oversee risk reporting, analytics, and dashboards for effective decision-making.
• Translate data and risk insights into clear recommendations for leadership and governance forums.
• Support continuous improvement of risk metrics, data quality, monitoring, and reporting.
• Lead and develop a small team with coaching and development.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication

Influencing

Leadership

Collaboration across teams

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Finance/Risk Management/Accounting/Engineering

Tools

Power BI

GRC systems

Job description

Entity: Finance
Job Family Group: Finance Group

Job Description

The Operational Risk Manager supports bp's Supply, Trading & Shipping (ST&S) business by helping strengthen risk management practices across global operations. This role combines people leadership, business partnership, data-driven insights, and constructive challenge to support informed decision-making and foster an inclusive, proactive, and resilient risk culture.

Job Summary

Operational Risk & Governance

• Partner with business leaders to support operational risk strategies, priorities, and initiatives.
• Provide guidance and constructive challenge on risks associated with business activities and new initiatives.
• Evaluate risk governance and controls, identifying opportunities for improvement and supporting appropriate actions.
• Contribute to the continued development of risk frameworks, processes, and governance practices.

Risk Insights & Continuous Improvement

• Oversee risk reporting, analytics, and dashboards that support effective decision-making.
• Translate data and risk insights into clear recommendations for leadership and governance forums.
• Support the continuous improvement of risk metrics, data quality, monitoring, and reporting.
• Use insights and collaboration to influence positive change and strengthen business resilience.

People Leadership & Collaboration

• Lead and develop a small team through clear objectives, coaching, feedback, and ongoing development.
• Build trusted relationships and collaborate with colleagues across regions, functions, and business teams.
• Create opportunities for knowledge sharing, learning, and professional growth.
• Promote an inclusive environment of transparency, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Risk Management, Accounting, Engineering, or a related field preferred.

Equivalent combinations of education, professional experience, and transferable skills will also be considered.

Professional Background

• Relevant professional experience in risk management, risk advisory, controls, audit, compliance, governance, operations, or related disciplines.
• Experience supporting risk assessments, controls, governance, or business improvement activities.
• Experience leading, coaching, or developing others.
• Familiarity with GRC systems, Power BI, or similar risk, data, and visualization tools is beneficial.

Skills & Competencies

• Strong analytical thinking and practical problem-solving capabilities.
• Effective communication, influencing, and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to provide constructive challenge while maintaining a collaborative approach.
• Ability to work effectively across diverse teams, functions, and geographies.
• People leadership skills with a focus on coaching, development, and inclusion.
• Curiosity, adaptability, and a continuous learning mindset.
• Ability to navigate competing priorities and evolving business needs.
• English proficiency sufficient to collaborate effectively in a global business environment.

Work Location & Shift Pattern

São Paulo, Brazil.
Hybrid model: 4 days onsite, 1 day remote.
No travel expected.
Relocation assistance not available.

Why join us

At bp, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and ambitious environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly.

There are many aspects of our employees' lives that are meaningful, so we offer benefits (https://exploreyourbenefits.com/landing.html) to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits can include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, and excellent retirement benefits, among others!

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.

Travel Requirement

No travel is expected with this role

Relocation Assistance

This role is not eligible for relocation

Remote Type

This position is a hybrid of office/remote working

Skills

Analytical Thinking, Business Acumen, Collaboration, Commodity Risk Management, Creativity and Innovation, Curiosity, Data visualization and interpretation, Decision Making, Exposure Management, Internal control and compliance, Market Knowledge, Market Risk Management, Operational Risk, Portfolio analytics, Problem Solving, Resilience, Sentiment and Trends, Thought Leadership, Trade discipline and compliance, Trade execution and management, Trading and shipping data knowledge, Trading Fundamentals, Trading knowledge, Trading risk controls.

Legal Disclaimer

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of protected characteristics like race, religion, color, sex, national origin, sexual orientation