Head of Product & Engineering – ANZ Stores
bp
Date: 11 hours ago
City: Docklands, Victoria
Contract type: Full time
Entity:
Technology
Job Family Group:
IT&S Group
Job Description:
bp is an integrated energy company whose purpose is to deliver energy to the world, today and tomorrow. But we can’t do it alone. We’re a diverse team of engineers, scientists, traders, and business professionals determined to find answers to problems that must be solved. We believe that our teams are strengthened by diversity. We invite applications from all suitable candidates regardless of your gender, race, sexual orientation, or neurodiversity.
Purpose of the role
The Head of Product & Engineering ANZ (Stores) plays a critical role translating strategy into actionable steps and driving successful delivery of products, platforms, and services. This role is focused on day-to-day decision-making and ensuring the right products, platforms and services are being built and delivered efficiently. This role makes key decisions on feature development, balances stakeholder priorities, and ensures that deliverables are built to meet quality, budget, and timeline requirements. They lead cross-functional teams to ensure alignment with business goals and customer needs, enabling the seamless delivery of impactful solutions.
Act as technical mentor and coach providing guidance and support to the Software Engineering teams, while fostering a positive and productive work environment. Set project and squad goals, prioritize and complete initiatives, and deliver results in a product-led, empowered environment and lead multiple collaborators with strong software development and engineering experience.
Key Accountabilities
Travel Requirement
Some travel may be required with this role, this is negotiable
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 Analysis, Commercial Acumen, Design Thinking, Digital innovation, Digital Product Management, Managing change, Performance management, Software Engineering, Strategic Planning, System Design
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 an accessibility need may request an adjustment/accommodation related to bp’s 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 adjustment/accommodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us.
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.
Technology
Job Family Group:
IT&S Group
Job Description:
bp is an integrated energy company whose purpose is to deliver energy to the world, today and tomorrow. But we can’t do it alone. We’re a diverse team of engineers, scientists, traders, and business professionals determined to find answers to problems that must be solved. We believe that our teams are strengthened by diversity. We invite applications from all suitable candidates regardless of your gender, race, sexual orientation, or neurodiversity.
Purpose of the role
The Head of Product & Engineering ANZ (Stores) plays a critical role translating strategy into actionable steps and driving successful delivery of products, platforms, and services. This role is focused on day-to-day decision-making and ensuring the right products, platforms and services are being built and delivered efficiently. This role makes key decisions on feature development, balances stakeholder priorities, and ensures that deliverables are built to meet quality, budget, and timeline requirements. They lead cross-functional teams to ensure alignment with business goals and customer needs, enabling the seamless delivery of impactful solutions.
Act as technical mentor and coach providing guidance and support to the Software Engineering teams, while fostering a positive and productive work environment. Set project and squad goals, prioritize and complete initiatives, and deliver results in a product-led, empowered environment and lead multiple collaborators with strong software development and engineering experience.
Key Accountabilities
- Lead the Design and build of sophisticated software components, services, and solutions. Review design documents with engineering and architecture peers, incorporating feedback quickly.
- Own project delivery to production, ensuring high-quality code, comprehensive tests, and efficient deployment pipelines.
- Integrate software with distributed systems and shared APIs across BP. Collaborate with partner teams to enhance system reusability and resilience.
- Develop and lead teams product management, software engineering, AI, and design practices. Collaborate to resolve issues and implement controls for compliance gaps.
- Mentor senior and junior engineers and develop successful teams
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to bring innovative solutions to market; communicate status and changes.
- Maintain and enhance development frameworks; participate in code reviews and contribute to best practices.
- Technology delivery management: Oversee projects involving the development and implementation of products, platforms, and business processes to achieve desired business outcomes. Create and manage roadmaps, schedules, and budgets. Act as the main liaison between stakeholders, development teams, and business units globally dispersed, at various levels within and outside of bp. Incorporate Agile frameworks to align and track development progress, resolve dependencies, and ensure continuous delivery of value.
- Data-driven decision-making: Monitor products, platforms, or service's health and key performance characteristics to increase performance, ensure compliance, and optimize operation. Champion transparency across bp by showcasing work in progress, elevating metrics and seeking regular feedback from internal collaborators and users.
- Resource and vendor management: Strategically manage internal teams, external suppliers, and technology partners to balance capacity and ensure efficient delivery without compromising quality.
- Financial management: Oversee budget planning, allocation, and tracking to ensure alignment with business objectives. Monitor financial performance, control costs, and provide accurate reporting to support decision-making and optimize resource utilization across projects, platforms, or services.
- Significant experience working across complex, globally dispersed businesses.
- Computer Science degree or equivalent work experience desired.
- Successful large-scale application of Agile, Lean, and project delivery methods.
- Excellence in balancing strategic priorities with tactical execution, with solid attention to detail.
- Outstanding communication and influence skills, with the ability to engage with a broad range of collaborators and prioritize demands.
- Motivated by the challenges of solving complex problems and a passion for making things happen.
- Commercial minded to improve value delivered to the business
- Appreciation of multi-discipline squads and being able to leverage product, design, project, data, and software and enterprise engineering team members to drive the most optimal outcome for the business
- Excellent work-life balance & flexible working arrangements
- Career development and mentoring programs
- Generous salary package including annual bonus program
- Share options and fuel card
- Up to 18 weeks paid parental leave/4 weeks paid partner leave
Travel Requirement
Some travel may be required with this role, this is negotiable
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 Analysis, Commercial Acumen, Design Thinking, Digital innovation, Digital Product Management, Managing change, Performance management, Software Engineering, Strategic Planning, System Design
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 an accessibility need may request an adjustment/accommodation related to bp’s 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 adjustment/accommodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us.
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.
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