Lead Solution Architect

bp; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

Global collaboration

Up to 10% travel

Job summary

BP seeks a Lead Solution Architect to drive architecture for Refining & Products Trading, covering trading, supply, optimisation and operations. You will shape scalable solutions, promote modern deployment and API/event-driven patterns, and guide data architecture across global teams.

The role emphasizes collaboration, governance and delivering architecture that aligns with business strategy while enabling faster delivery. Hybrid work and travel up to 10% are typical for this position.

Qualifications

• Experience in architecture roles (solution, domain or enterprise architect).
• Understanding of trading, supply chain or operational environments.
• Experience with AWS, integration patterns and data architecture.
• Experience defining architecture roadmaps.
• Strong collaborator and communication skills.
• Ability to operate in complex, fast-changing environments.
• Familiarity with TOGAF or similar frameworks.
• Experience working with global teams.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve the architecture vision and roadmap in and across RPT domains.
• Lead key design decisions and ensure aligned architecture across products and squads.
• Provide direction on AWS cloud architecture and modern deployment approaches.
• Shape integration architecture across API-led and event-driven patterns.
• Guide teams on data architecture, models and data flows.
• Find opportunities for analytics, AI, ML or GenAI.
• Partner with senior stakeholders to translate business needs into architecture direction.
• Ensure architecture standards and guardrails are applied consistently.
• Support delivery teams and manage technical risks.
• Drive alignment across front, middle office and operations.
• Contribute to governance forums and design authorities.

Skills

Architecture

AWS

Data architecture

TOGAF

Collaborative

Communication

Global teams

Job description

Entity:

Technology

Job Family Group:

IT&S Group

Job Description:

Our purpose is to deliver energy to the world, today and tomorrow. For over 100 years, bp has focused on discovering, developing and producing energy in the regions where we operate. We are one of the few companies globally that can provide customers with an integrated energy offering. Delivering our strategy sustainably is fundamental to achieving our ambition to become a net zero company by 2050 or sooner.

We are looking for a Lead Solution Architect to drive architecture in Refining & Products Trading (RPT), covering trading, supply, optimisation and operations capabilities. This role shapes the technology direction underpinning critical trading and supply chain processes, influencing platforms used daily across front office, middle office and operations.

You will ensure solutions are scalable, resilient and aligned to business strategy, while reducing complexity and enabling faster delivery. This role is suited to individuals who enjoy solving complex problems, working across teams and setting clear architectural direction.

• Hybrid working model
• Global collaboration
• Up to 10% travel

In This Role You Will

• Define and evolve the architecture vision and roadmap in and across RPT domains
• Lead key design decisions and ensure aligned architecture across products and squads
• Provide direction on AWS cloud architecture and modern deployment approaches
• Shape integration architecture across API-led and event-driven patterns
• Guide teams on data architecture, models and data flows
• Find opportunities for analytics, AI, ML or GenAI
• Partner with senior stakeholders to translate business needs into architecture direction
• Ensure architecture standards and guardrails are applied consistently
• Support delivery teams and manage technical risks
• Drive alignment across front, middle office and operations
• Contribute to governance forums and design authorities

Essential Experience and Requirements

• Experience in architecture roles (solution, domain or enterprise architect)
• Understanding of trading, supply chain or operational environments
• Experience with AWS, integration patterns and data architecture
• Experience defining architecture roadmaps
• Strong collaborator and communication skills
• Ability to operate in complex, fast-changing environments
• Familiarity with TOGAF or similar frameworks
• Experience working with global teams

Desirable Criteria

• Experience in oil trading, refining or supply chain
• Exposure to optimisation or analytics environments
• Experience with data platforms
• Exposure to AI, ML or GenAI

Why Join Us?

At BP, we support our people to grow in a diverse and exciting environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity.

There are many aspects of our employees’ lives that are significant, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits can include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, 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 crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Reinvent your career as you help our business meet the challenges of the future.

Travel Requirement

Up to 10% travel should be 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:

Agility core practices, Business modelling, Creativity and Innovation, Data Analysis, Data design, Digital Analytics, Emerging technology monitoring, Information Assurance, Integration, IT Management, IT strategy and planning, Network Design, Requirements definition and management, Risk Management, Service operations and resiliency, Solution Architecture, Systems Development Management, Technical specialism, User Experience Analysis

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