Principal Data Analyst

Entity:

Technology

Job Family Group:

IT&S Group

Job Description:

Key responsibilities:

• Leads, grows and develops a team of data analysts that writes, deploys and maintains analytics tools to build, integrate, manage, maintain, and quality-assure data at bp.

• Creates positive engagement and drives an inclusive work environment with team and stakeholders through the quality of interactions and collaboration across multiple business entities.

• Effectively works with cross-disciplinary collaborators and stakeholders across multiple business entities.

• Be a bridge between business and digital organisations and part of a cross-disciplinary team, working closely with other analysts, product managers, data scientists, data engineers, software engineers, data managers and business partners.

• Designs reliable and scalable solutions.

• Advocates for and ensures their team adheres to ideal ways of working (e.g. design, design review, testing, documentation),

• Apply deep commercial insight to inform strategic planning and decision making across multiple business entities

• Deep understanding of all data domains in your business entity / enabler area

• Responsible for deploying secure and well-tested solutions that meets privacy and compliance requirements.

• Actively contributes to improve analysts velocity.

• Present results to peers and senior management (including to the CEO and the Executive leadership team), influence decision making

• Sponsor talent and mentor others.

Essential Qualifications

• MSc in a quantitative field, preferably statistics.

• Experience leading, growing and developing a data analysts team

• Demonstrated hands-on expertise in data analytics, data mining, and product analytics within complex, high-velocity environments. Skilled in leading and mentoring teams to execute these activities effectively, driving data-informed decision-making across the organisation.

• Applied knowledge of data analytics and data pipelining tools and approaches across all data lifecycle stages.

• Thorough understanding of underlying mathematical foundations of statistics, including knowledge of experimental design and analysis and causal inference from observational data.

• Expert knowledge of SQL and ability to apply it. Working knowledge of Databricks

• Advanced scripting experience in R or python.

• Ability to write and maintain moderately complex data pipelines

• Strong business sense and competence. Excellent written and spoken communication and stakeholder management skills.

• Customer-centric and pragmatic, with a focus on value delivery and swift execution, while maintaining attention to detail.

• Ability to effectively lead global teams and manage a diverse group of stakeholders.

• Delivery focused mentality with continuous learning and improvement approach.

Desired

• Advanced analytics degree

• Experience with big data technologies (e.g. Hadoop, Hive, and Spark) is a plus.

• No prior experience in the energy industry required.

Why join us?

At bp, we provide an excellent working environment and employee benefits! We offer an open and inclusive culture and a great work-life balance. Tremendous learning and development opportunities are available to craft a career path, life and health insurance, medical care package and many others!

We support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and exciting 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. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform crucial job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

Travel Requirement

Up to 10% travel should be 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:

Commercial Acumen, Communication, Data Analysis, Data cleansing and transformation, Data domain knowledge, Data Integration, Data Management, Data Manipulation, Data Sourcing, Data strategy and governance, Data Structures and Algorithms (Inactive), Data visualization and interpretation, Digital Security, Extract, transform and load, Group Problem Solving

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.