Global Solution Owner - Learning

  • BP
  • Buckland, Oxfordshire
  • Dec 19, 2022
Full time Logistics

Job Description

Job Profile Summary At bp, our people are our most important asset. People & culture discovers, empowers, energizes and cares for our brilliant people - and so can you. We're nurturing a diverse and inclusive culture that allows our people to thrive in all aspects of their lives. We're creating collaborative workplaces that drive innovation and agility. If people are your passion, this is the right place for you.

About the organisation:

A career in People & Culture (P&C) - Services & Solutions is an opportunity to help shape the future of bp. Services & Solutions (S+S) is an internal global shared services organisation, responsible for delivering centralised and standardised P&C services for bp from a number of geographical delivery centres as appropriate for bp's footprint. S+S are the first point of contact for P&C related matters; the team are policy and process experts, dedicated to delivering the best customer experience.

About the opportunity:

We are now looking for a Global Solutions Owner, who will support the development and execution of solutions design and deployment for P&C solutions that support the business strategies.

In this role, as the successful candidate, you will be acting as an internal consultant and key liaison between GEO, Centres of Expertise (CoE), business management within P&C, Innovation & Engineering (I&E) and outside service providers regarding best practices, tools, and technology needed to deliver P&C solutions.

The role will be based in the United Kingdom - Sunbury office, and we're embracing the hybrid working solution, meaning this position would be split between remote and office working.
Job Advert About the role:

In more detail, some of your key accountabilities will be to:

Owning the Learning technology ecosystem
  • Be accountable for the functionality and operational integrity of LMS (Cornerstone), LXP (Degreed), Learning Management, Evaluation and a number of smaller solutions across the learning technology ecosystem
  • Deliver projects and drive Continuous Improvement and innovation of the learning technology ecosystem

Owning the learning solutions process and experience
  • Be accountable for integrating the solutions with the global portfolio, driving best practice
  • Be accountable for ensuring that relevant policy/process is understood and followed globally across all countries in a consistent manner, considering local and legal rules and regulations
  • Enhance the systems as required to meet bp's future requirements
  • Identify technology requirements and work in partnership with relevant team to embed solutions
  • Partner with global learning services teams to ensure seamless integration of technology into the services
  • Proactively share internal and external insights, risks and opportunities identified with business leadership
Inspiring change from incremental improvements through to transformations
  • Support the learning CoE in building a roadmap of technical change that supports the business and P&C strategies
  • Own a portfolio of change projects, ranging in size and complexity, in support of an agreed the roadmap
  • Agree and manage annual budgets accordingly

Thought leadership in learning solutions
  • Be a thought-leader in bp through extensive external networking and continuous landscape analysis

Building partnerships
  • Manage relationships with numerous internal senior leaders
  • Partner with our colleagues in IT and Procurement, to build solutions / products in a cost-effective way
  • Assist I&E in the operational oversight of our vendors / partners

Building a successful team
  • Inspire and empower a permanent team, and third-party project resources, to deliver great results
  • Present highest level of professional individual contribution and imparts technical expertise to lower level team members
  • Review and evaluate team members' performance


About you:

It would be essential that you have:
  • Extensive experience using LMS (Cornerstone), LXP (Degreed), Learning Management, Evaluation or similar learning solutions
  • Proven experience in multiple organisational change management roles, including demonstrated skills in leadership alignment, stakeholder identification and analysis
  • Expertise in development and delivery of SAAS / Cloud based products including integrations
  • Demonstrable track record of project / programme management skills including stakeholder management skills and change expertise
  • Skilled at using data and analytics to identify outcomes and improve decision making
  • Digitally fluent in order to work with technology teams to build high-quality digital products and solutions
  • Ability to drive value-adding solutions - deeply integrated to ultimately improve business performance and disrupt, where necessary; proven track record of improving/adding value and taking things to the next level
  • Externally orientated - aware of best practice and actively shares with, and learns from others
  • Strong leadership skills, with proven track record of successfully developing and inspiring others


Why join our team?

We support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and challenging environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to crafting 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 to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits can include flexible working options, collaboration spaces in a modern office environment, and many others benefits!

Apply now!
Entity People & Culture
Job Family Group HR Group
Relocation available No
Travel required Yes - up to 10%
Time Type Full time
Country United Kingdom
About BP PEOPLE & CULTURE

People & culture discovers, empowers and cares for brilliant people, and so can you. Together, we can build and enable our culture, emotionally connected leaders and dynamic teams - and help our company achieve its purpose for people and our planet.

Join us and work closely with our business by:

• always putting our people first, understanding and responding to their needs, supporting their health, wellbeing and recognising them for great work
• hiring and developing talented people and empowering them to progress
• enabling an inclusive and agile culture, where our teams thrive and add value
• developing emotionally connected leaders who continuously learn, put others first and enable everyone to be at their best
• creating energising workplaces that enable collaboration and innovation.
Legal disclaimer 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, neurodiversity/neurocognitive functioning, veteran status or disability status. 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 accommodations.