Lead Product Specialist Payment

Bp

Bp

Product
Milton Keynes, UK · Johannesburg, South Africa
Posted on Aug 30, 2025

Entity:

Customers & Products


Job Family Group:

Research & Technology Group


Job Description:

In customers & products it all starts with the customer. Working in our team, you’ll be focused on delivering the products and services our customers need. That’s everything from lubricants, aviation and next-generation mobility – such as electric vehicle charging and fleet management services – through to our forecourt retail sites, taking in sales and marketing along the way. You’ll be part of a highly connected, digitally focused, agile team that strives to be the very best partner for our customers.

About the role

You will work with the Hardware Planning and Performance Manager and your team of product Specialists to support the growth of the bp pulse charging network by providing a standardized and simple portfolio of safe, reliable and cost-effective hardware configurations that deliver a great customer experience

What you will deliver

  • Leading portfolio management for Payment Systems and Terminals (incl. techno-economic assessments), ensuring a standardized and simplified portfolio which delivers optimum TCO
  • Leading the life-cycle management for Payment Systems: Managing requirements; Managing Onboarding and Delivery; Managing maintenance and incident resolution; Managing decommissioning of hardware
  • Developing future Payment Systems strategy and roadmap, leveraging standardization and simplification to reduce TCO
  • Developing and maintaining a data-based cost-benefit analysis for Payment Systems from a global perspective
  • Maintaining strategic partnerships with key suppliers
  • Driving performance management of suppliers
  • Conducting market analysis (customer and technology trends, competitor and industry activities) to inform hardware strategy
  • Defining and tracking KPIs to measure success and cost-effectiveness and drive continuous improvement.
  • Working closely with other (Lead) Product Specialists to provide optimized hardware configurations to the business

What you will need to be successful

Knowledge and Experience:

  • Expert knowledge in Payment Systems, processes, and industry best practices
  • Experience in Portfolio Management
  • Experience in Cost-benefit analysis
  • Experience in product management for industrial goods
  • Experience in leading cross-functional teams
  • Knowledge in EV charging technologies and EV charging networks preferable

Education, Qualifications & Certifications:

  • Business, Economics, STEM degree, MBA or equivalent experience

Other:

  • Good communication and stakeholder management skills

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.

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, a generous paid parental leave policy, excellent retirement benefits, among others!

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Reinvent your career as you help our business meet the challenges of the future. Apply now!


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:

Agility core practices, Analytical Thinking, Creating new methodologies, Experimental Design, Formulated product testing, Formulation Deployment, Formulation design, Intellectual Asset Management, Multi-physics modelling, Presenting, Product Development, Product Sustainability Performance Management, Raw materials knowledge, Research and development, Rheology, Safety management across the value chain, Science and Technology Leadership, Scientific publication, Technology Management Processes, Testing electric vehicle charging systems, Thought Leadership, Tribology, Vehicle propulsion technologies, Waterfall Model, Writing skills


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.