Transformation Lead

bp; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Senior Transformation Lead, where you'll shape and drive critical transformation projects across the organization. This role is pivotal in leading M&A integration and separation efforts, ensuring that business strategies are effectively executed. Your expertise will help build transformation capabilities within the organization, fostering a culture of engagement and change. Collaborate with senior leaders and cross-functional teams to navigate complex challenges and deliver impactful results. If you are passionate about driving change and have a strong background in transformation and project management, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Expertise in transformation capabilities and M&A processes.
• Ability to manage complex projects with multiple stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Drive transformation projects aligned with business strategy.
• Shape and execute M&A integration and separation plans.

Skills

Change Management

Project Management

Stakeholder Management

Communication Skills

Consultancy Skills

Education

Higher degree in Business Administration

Higher degree in Human Resources

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Job Title: Transformation Lead

Job Location: London (3 days in the office, 2 days from home)

Industry: Oil and Energy

Role Overview:

The Senior Transformation Lead will play a pivotal role in providing transformation expertise for our highest value projects within the different entities and across the different regions. The role holder will join the transformation program/project working group to drive and lead certain transformation elements and coordinate different sub-workstreams to ensure transformation strategy, business case, plan, milestones are achieved in these critical business transformations. This will include M&A projects providing integration and separation advice to drive the P&C elements.

What you will do:

Shape and drive transformation projects including in line with Business strategy

• Together with the Business and Transformation Lead shape a high-quality transformation strategy and plan across all operating model, organization and people elements of the program/project, build a decision driven critical path to ensure value is captured at the right time.
• Ensure maximum visibility of issues, business risks and mitigations.
• Provide expert advice on transformation capabilities including strategy activation, delivery methods, operating model, org design, people transition, change, workplace, culture and talent, share best practice and external insights.

Shape and drive M&A integration and separation projects and P&C strategy

• Under the direction of the Business and M&A Integration Lead shape a high-quality P&C integration strategy and plan across all people and organisation elements of the acquired entity, build a decision driven critical path to ensure value is captured at the right time.
• Evaluate critical people related issues from the business evaluation stage, due diligence report and incorporate mitigation into the integration plan.
• Ensure maximum visibility of issues, people-related risks and mitigations.
• Lead the development and execution of integration/separation plan in respective projects.

Lead the development and execution of agreed value drivers in respective projects

• Drive overall development and execution of agreed value drivers across all workstreams. Directs tasks, communicate decisions to broader working team, monitor overall progress, coordinate dependencies, risk management and issue resolution.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deploy activities as required to facilitate the smooth transformation of teams, processes and systems resulting from the respective project/program.

Support culture, engagement and change efforts throughout transformation programs

• Support engagement efforts to keep employees informed about transformation progress, changes, timelines and support them through the change.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders, including Business & P&C leadership, senior leadership across finance, legal and other relevant teams as required to ensure alignment and successful execution of transformation programs/projects.

Build transformation capability within bp

• Continue capability build for Business and P&C community.
• Further develop the different playbooks and tools to support our teams.
• Establish a community of practice and deploy training offer.

Build capability with P&C

• Continue capability build for named COE as well as P&C business partnering community.
• Further develop the different playbooks and tools to support our teams.
• Establish a community of practice and deploy training offer.

Key relationships

Internal (i.e. within bp) key relationships:

• Senior Business leaders, Senior Transformation leaders, Senior P&C leaders, M&A team – will support the business to deliver the transformation program/project.

External (i.e. outside of bp) key relationships:

• External best practice, external partners to ensure we have got external insights, state of the art practice as well as working closely together on some of the projects.

What you will have:

• Higher degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, or a related field.
• Strong understanding of Transformation capabilities and scenarios (efficiency, offshoring, in- and outsourcing, growth) – strategy activation, delivery methods, operating model, org design, people transition, change, workplace, culture, talent.
• Strong understanding of key M&A and JV processes, including experience navigating associated challenges.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex projects with multiple stakeholders, competing priorities and challenging deadlines.
• Change management expertise with the ability to create and execute strategies that drive organizational alignment and support employee engagement.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills demonstrated ability to interact confidently with senior leaders and employee populations both internally and externally.
• Ability to take ownership and deliver results in challenging, client-facing environments.
• Ability to influence key stakeholders, strong consultancy skills and building relationships across the organisation.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Seniority level

Not Applicable

Employment type

Contract

Job function

Consulting, Human Resources, and Other

Industries

Oil and Gas