Associate Product Manager

Job Description

Entity: Innovation & Engineering Job Family Group: IT&S Group About usAt bp, we’re reimagining energy for people and our planet. With operations working across almost every part of the energy system, we’re owning the way in reducing carbon emissions and developing more sustainable methods for solving the energy challenge.We’re a team with multi-layered strengths of engineers, scientists, traders and business professionals determined to find answers to problems.And we know we can’t do it alone. We’re looking for people who share our passion for reinvention, to bring fresh opinions, ambition, and to challenge our thinking in our goal to achieve net zero!We believe our portfolio of businesses and investments in growth and transformation will result in a company with the scale, brand, capabilities, talent, and values to succeed as the digital revolution transforms our society, our industry and our planet.Role SynopsisAre you passionate about solving complex customer and business problems at scaleDo you dream of well-designed and intuitive products and customer experiencesDo you want to be the one who introduces change to help tens of millions of customers make smarter energy choices for themselves, their families, and the planetDo you want to change the way people access and consume secure, sustainable energyIf you answered yes to all these questions, then product management at bp may be a fit for you.Product Management at bp is a booming, vibrant craft that requires reimagining the status quo, finding value creation opportunities, and driving innovative and sustainable customer experiences through technology.You will be a key part of the team delivering the data access solutions powering the analytical models underpinning BP’s commodity trading organisation: Analytics Data Workbench (ADW). You will know business users’ expectations and workflow intimately,be able to listen, understand and appreciate application use cases providing solutions that will resonate with our stakeholders.You will be able to quickly understand and simplify current data workflows and design solutions that better satisfy the business requirements, always being mindful of practical delivery and economic realities. With excellent interpersonal skills, you willfacilitate communication between global teams of users, 3rd party vendors, developers and testers in the delivery squad (all spread across multiple time zones and geographies)You will become the face of ADW to our customers, being equally comfortable demonstrating new capabilities to the C-suite and discussing detailed product designs with our users.Essential Education:

• Business, Economics, STEM degree

Trading Domain Specific Knowledge

• Hands-on experience of Market and Fundamentals data used in a pre-deal analytics context. Particularly financial curve data and associated concepts (relative/absolute periods, continuous contracts). Exposure to fundamentals data (weather, gas flows, economicdata) also desirable.
• Knowledge of physical deals and derivative trading instruments and contracts (Futures, Swaps, Options, Forwards, Physical) – understands key characteristics and commercial purpose.
• Familiarity with key physical and derivative energy trading markets (trading venues, exchanges, OTC/Bi-lateral)
• Experience of dealing with energy unit conversions across instruments and commodities (Oil, refined products, gas, power, low carbon).
• Basic understanding of Price Reporting Agency methodologies and associated benchmarks.
• Familiar with end-to-end trading transaction lifecycle (physical commodities); able to characterise key pre and post deal stages.
• Familiarity with trade control/risk management concepts: Value at Risk, Exposure, P&L, Position, Mark-to-Market, MI/MA

Specific Technical Skills and Knowledge

• Good working knowledge of using Python for data analytics, particularly common Pandas functions for data preparation/manipulation.
• Strong knowledge of SQL for data preparation/manipulation on RDBMS (experience of Databricks SQL also desirable).
• Demonstrate basic understanding of Data Modelling: ERDs, relationship modelling, data lifecycle concepts, object models.
• Experience of analysing and using data APIs, python libraries.
• Evidence of authoring technical documentation to enable self-service user communities.
• Experience of designing/developing PowerBI reports (use of the PBI SDLC desirable).
• Familiarity with timeseries data manipulation and use of common t/s functions.
• Working knowledge of Dataiku: building projects using combinations of visual and code recipes (basic exposure to machine learning toolkit a bonus); use of automation node and deployer.

Key accountabilities and experience by skill categoriesHuman centered:

• Conduct thorough research on customer trends and competitor activities to continually improve product performance, building a knowledge hub.
• Demonstrate a strong customer-centric approach, fostering innovation, and effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams to launch delightful products, platforms, and experiences.

Business focused:

• Collaborate with stakeholders to create a customer-centric product vision, integrating market research, regulatory considerations, and business goals.
• Partner with DevOps teams for daily development, emphasizing the customers voice and maintaining a business-value-focused delivery roadmap.
• Demonstrate expertise in product economics, balancing functional impact, business impact, and user experience, while strategically accelerating development through partnerships and crafting robust strategies aligned with the product roadmap.

Technology driven:

• Collaborate on influencing end-state architecture for secure, resilient, and scalable technology solutions to address significant customer and business challenges.
• Contribute to technology investment decisions, emphasizing reuse and enterprise scalability in building new solutions.
• Possess a basic understanding of Software Development, Software Operations, and DevOps, with experience in Service Design, agile frameworks, and prioritizing security incidents.

Transformational Behaviours Contribute effectively to the planning, execut