Job Description
Our purpose is to deliver energy to the world, today and tomorrow. For over 100 years, bp has focused on discovering, developing, and producing oil and gas in the nations where we operate. We are one of the few companies globally that can provide governments and customers with an integrated energy offering. Delivering our strategy sustainably is fundamental to achieving our ambition to be a net zero company by 2050 or sooner!
Job Family Group
Business Support Group
Role Overview
In a constantly changing technology landscape, in-house legal functions are at the cutting edge of innovation. If you want to shape the future direction of how legal brings value to our business, then this opportunity is for you.
Responsibilities
- This role supports the innovation strategy for the bp Legal, Ethics & Compliance teams and builds the future of how we deliver value to the business.
- Supports the evolution of the bp Legal, Ethics and Compliance functions, challenging what’s possible and building a function that is set up to deliver value through innovation and technology.
- Designs and delivers legal solutions with wide exposure to the legal operations industry and broader legal industry.
- Leads end-to-end design and delivery of scalable legal technology solutions, translating legal and business requirements into structured, efficient business systems.
- Re-engineers legal processes and transforms how legal services are delivered by redefining workflows using automation, AI, and digital tools.
- Develops and implements automated workflows, templates, and tools using enterprise and low-code platforms, integrates systems, and manages data.
- Designs integrations across legal and enterprise systems, ensuring consistent, secure, and well-structured data flows.
- Explores and pilots emerging technologies, developing proof-of-concepts and translating them into practical use cases, identifying high-impact opportunities.
- Proactively spots opportunities to improve efficiency, reduce risk, and enhance legal service delivery through innovation.
- Acts as a translator between legal partners and technical teams, shaping requirements into actionable solutions.
- Supports rollout and adoption of solutions, driving measurable improvements in efficiency, quality, and user experience.
Essential Education
- Proven experience in legal operations, legal technology or product management with Legal Tech tools.
Core Experience
- Proven experience in legal solutions, legal operations, or legal engineering roles.
- Demonstrated ability to design and deliver technology-enabled solutions within a legal or professional services environment.
- Experience working with legal platforms (e.g., DMS, CLM, matter management, or workflow tools, agentic and genAI).
- Consistent track record of process improvement or transformation initiatives.
Technical & Solution Skills
- Experience designing or configuring workflows, automation, or low-code/no-code solutions.
- Understanding of system integration concepts (APIs, data flows, interoperability).
- Ability to structure and manage legal data, metadata, and information models.
- Familiarity with emerging technologies (Agentic AI, generative AI, automation tools) in a legal context.
Professional Skills
- Ability to translate between legal, business, and technical stakeholders.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a focus on structured solution design.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills and team leadership skills.
- Experience facilitating workshops, requirements gathering, and process design sessions.
Education & Background
- Degree in Law, Technology, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
- Legal qualification or prior legal experience desirable but not essential.
Candidate Profile
- Brings a product or engineering outlook to legal challenges.
- Comfortable working in cross-functional and agile environments.
- Passionate about innovation and transforming traditional ways of working.
- Able to balance strategic thinking with hands-on delivery.
Why Join Us?
At bp, we support our people to grow in a diverse and exciting environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We offer benefits that enable your work to fit with your life, including flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, excellent retirement benefits, among others.
Travel Requirement
Up to 10% 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
- Analytical Thinking
- Collaboration
- Commercial Acumen
- Communication
- Creativity and Innovation
- Data Analysis
- Decision Making
- Digital Fluency
- Integration
- Managing strategic partnerships
- Research and insights
- Risk Management
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Stakeholder Management
- Sustainability awareness and action
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 are selected for a position and depending on your role, your employment may be contingent upon adherence to local policy, including pre-placement drug screening, medical review of physical fitness for the role, and background checks.
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