Transition Lead – C&P

Job Family Group: Business Support Group Job Description: As bp transitions to an integrated energy company, we must adapt to a changing world and maintain competitive performance. Bp's customers & products (C&P) business area is setting up a business and technology centre (BTC) in Pune, India. This will support the delivery of an enhanced customer experience and drive innovation by building global capabilities at scale, demonstrating technology, and developing deep expertise. The BTC will be a core and connected part of our business, bringing together colleagues who report into their respective part of C&P, working together with other functions across bp. This is an exciting time to join bp and the customers & products BTC! Job Particulars Job Title:Transition Lead – C&P Segment:C&P Job Level:G 9 Function: C&P BTC Reports to:Head of C&P BTC Business Unit: C&P BTC - Programmes Travel:As relevant to transition engagements in C&P BTC Tower/Enabling: Global Transitions Direct Reports: Transition Managers and Transition Analysts Location: Pune 2. Job Purpose The Transition Lead will be accountable for successful delivery of transition projects for all sub-entities across C&P BTC through the complete lifecycle of Transition from scope identification to BAU The Transition Lead will ensure all transition projects in C&P BTC assigned are delivered on time, meeting business & technical requirements within the agreed budget The projects can be standalone or part of a work stream in a program with a higher degree of complexity and will require to be delivered through a team of Transition Managers and Transition Analysts and in certain cases through self-candidature as well All transition projects need to be delivered in compliance with the bp transition management delivery standard Responsible for people management for Transition resources in the C&P BTC. 3. Key Accountabilities Define transition scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with relevant stakeholders Develop comprehensive transition plans and schedule timelines using appropriate tools Deliver a transition portfolio as per pre-defined milestones, leading timely completion of all deliverables whilst managing resources, deadlines and budgetary requirements Effectively communicate and manage transition expectations in a timely and clear fashion Review workstream plans, validate schedule, dependencies and resource utilisation Own management of stakeholder expectation alignment gaps and/or gaps in meeting business expectations Establish transition governance including all stakeholders and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation and presentations Ensure all transition projects are maintained in a central share point tool Maintain rigor as per the predefined program/project governance and ensure reporting is accurate and concise Identify, flag and resolve transition risks/issues and potential conflicts within the project team - oversee the implementation of corrective actions and review current mitigation and recovery activities Identify and handle transition dependencies, milestones and critical path Build, develop and grow any business relationships vital to the success of the transition Motivate change management efforts as an integral part of each transition Ensure all processes are thoroughly documented and reviewed for quality to support knowledge transfer and centrally housed and periodically updated for ongoing knowledge management Ensure periodic retrospectives are run as defined by stage gate methodology, continually analyse lessons learned and create recommendations report to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements Stay in sync with project management standards and register mandatory deliverables for quality assurance purposes Strive and encourage the teams to drive the usage of AI to enhance efficiencies and improve transitions and business outcomes Champion a culture of willingness and adaptability working closely with Change and Communication teams, addressing employee concerns in both sending and receiving locations to facilitate smooth adoption of new ways of working. 4. Key Challenges Complex transitions generally location/ capability specific Highly diversified range of key stakeholders across C&P BTC and C&P sub-entity businesses Run multiple transition projects in parallel Managing transition projects across different functions and geographies Identifying relevant program and system deployment dependencies 5. Any Other Relevant Information (Particular reference to planning (nature and impact), scope of impact (Team, BU, Segment, BP globally etc.) This covers Key Decisions and to what extent? Types of relationship internally and externally that the person required maintaining contact with. A transition lead is empowered to choke (halt) a transition if it is not being executed within the prescribed guidelines of the bp transition methodology 6. Qualification & Experience and