P&C Senior Partner - Functions

BP PLC; Houston, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working options

Generous parental leave

Excellent retirement benefits

Accessibility accommodations

Job summary

BP plc in Houston, Texas, is seeking a seasoned People, Culture & Communications leader to drive end-to-end transformation programs. You will partner with senior business leaders and CoE colleagues to deliver prioritized P&C initiatives, using agile delivery to balance scope, risk and impact across geographies.

The role blends strategy and delivery: translating priorities into tangible actions, coaching teams, and embedding sustainable change.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of experience across people & culture disciplines.
• Experience in commercial and operational environments.
• Proven ability to deliver end-to-end P&C transformation projects.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of complex P&C initiatives.
• Collaborate with partners across functions to align on priorities.
• Provide coaching and guidance to peers.
• Translate priorities into actionable project plans.

Skills

Agility practices

Analytical thinking

Coaching

Communication

Leadership

Change management

Education

Degree in Human Resources or related field

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Entity: People, Culture & Communications Job Family Group: HR Group

Job Description: The role holder will work as part of a flow to work squad with partnering and CoE colleagues to deliver agreed entity/sub-entity P&C priorities. The role involves adopting agile methodologies to ensure cost-effective delivery of initiatives through a prioritized flow to work model. The role holder will collaborate with senior business partners and across the People & Culture functions to deliver key initiatives underpinning successful execution of the business strategy. The role requires flexibility to work across single or multiple concurrent projects/initiatives that may vary in terms of complexity, business impact, geographical spread, and duration. Support VP P&Cs in delivering agreed entity/sub-entity P&C priorities, translate priorities into tangible actions/project deliverables to enable successful delivery of people plan. Collaborate across the People & Culture function to deliver key initiatives underpinning successful execution of the business strategy. May lead and own end-to-end delivery of complex P&C transformation projects, including scoping, partner alignment, execution, risk management, and embedding sustainable outcomes. The role may also provide coaching, mentoring and guidance to peers and less experienced colleagues, helping build capability across the partnering pool. Work flexibly across single or multiple concurrent projects/initiatives that may vary in terms of complexity, business impact, geographical spread, and duration.

Key Accountabilities

Own and lead end-to-end delivery of complex people, culture and transformation initiatives, ensuring outcomes are aligned to business priorities and delivered through effective partner engagement, governance and execution. Align with partnering and CoE colleagues to develop, plan, and execute delivery of prioritized strategic people and culture initiatives including talent management and development, DE&I, employee engagement, M&A, reorganizations, etc. Work as part of a team to translate priorities into tangible actions/project deliverables. Provide coaching, mentoring and thought partnership to peers and less experienced colleagues, supporting capability build, knowledge sharing and consistent delivery standards across the partnering pool. Work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary squad, often collaborating across geographies and time zones to ensure effective delivery. Act as a senior contributor within multi-disciplinary squads, shaping approach, removing delivery barriers and role-modelling effective partnering, agile delivery and continuous improvement practices. Maintain business knowledge to ensure deliverables are contextualized to the needs of different parts of the client organization as needed. Leverage and interpret data and insights relevant to the delivery of prioritized initiatives. Lead the translation of ambiguous or complex business challenges into structured project plans, actionable deliverables and measurable outcomes. Partner with business leaders as needed to ensure successful project delivery. Where based in a country with 24/7 bp operating businesses, willingness and ability to support Crisis & Continuity Management (C&CM) and/or IMT activities as needed May work on global projects outside of normal business hours, flexibility is key.

Education

Degree and/or professionally qualified. Postgraduate qualification in Human Resources or a connected discipline would be advantageous.

Job Requirements

The role holder will have a 8-10 years’ experience gained across a range of people & culture disciplines within commercial and operational environments.

Behavioral

Track record of effective partnering and coaching role-modelling of best practices in continuous improvement and driving high performance

Technical

Proven capability and experience in talent management, ER, change management, and organizational development. Clear experience of project implementation and execution. Demonstrated experience of operating in complex, geographically dispersed, and culturally diverse environments.

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

• Agility core practices
• Agility core practices
• Analytical Thinking
• Coaching
• Communication
• Creativity and Innovation
• Culture and behaviour change
• Curiosity
• Customer centric thinking
• Data Analysis
• Data cleansing and transformation
• Decision Making
• Digital Fluency
• Employee and labour relations (Inactive)
• Employee Engagement
• Employee Experience
• Facilitation
• Global Perspective
• Influencing
• Job Design
• Leadership Assessment
• Leading transformation
• Managing change
• Managing workforce concerns
• Microsoft Excel {+ 12 more}

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, veteran status or disability status.

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