Lead Business Analyst

Job Title Lead Business Analyst Location United States of America, Illinois, Chicago Date Posted 2025-12-11 (36 days ago) Job Category IT&S | Professionals | Senior | Relocation available | Travel: up to 10% Role Synopsis We are looking for a Business Analyst to join our London Chicago team on our journey to digitise our global trading operations capability. Trading operations is integral to the success of bp's Supply, Trading & Shipping organization. The operations team coordinates the safe, efficient, and reliable execution of the physical movements into and out of supply chain networks supporting our refineries, customer networks, and trading business.

We play a vital role in moving product between suppliers, refineries, terminals, and customers across all modes of transportation including pipelines, rail, truck, intra terminal movements, barges, and vessels. This is a unique opportunity to partner with our commodities trading business, to deliver creative technology solutions, adding commercial value as well as achieving our carbon net‑zero goals. We have an exciting and challenging, digital vision to support business growth in Bio & Low‑Carbon trading and Midstream integration, while redefining the day‑to‑day activities of operators through increased automation.

In This Role You Will Lead analysis activities for an Agile, business‑facing development team to develop, integrate and enhance applications, products, and services for the global operations team. Partner with business leaders, product owners and development teams to identify, prioritise and implement effective and efficient technology solutions, delivering business value. Provide vision and leadership, resolve conflicts, and be a catalyst for creative, high‑quality delivery within a collaborative, safe and high‑performing team environment.

Enjoy working in a varied and dynamic, bespoke technical landscape comprising of legacy monoliths to microservices. Understand and appreciate Agile frameworks, metrics‑based development, TDD, and BDD. Be open to change and a strong advocate for new technology and methods.

Develop and implement strategies for creating and measuring impact, ensuring that solutions deliver demonstrable business value. Utilise excellent communication and influencing skills to present complex information clearly, gain consensus, and manage expectations. Essential Experience And Job Requirements Proven experience as a Senior Business Analyst or Lead Business Analyst in a large, complex organization, preferably within the energy sector or a related industry.

Strong business analysis and functional design skills. Experience working on a team that promotes positive collaboration to achieve shared goals. Experience with Agile delivery.

Experience as part of a business‑facing, technology team in a high‑pressure, dynamic industry, or business area. Experience working with offshore vendors and consultancies. Self‑motivated and self‑starter – able to work with minimal direction and pick up new or unfamiliar concepts quickly.

Good communicator, able to deliver a message effectively and concisely at all levels including senior management. Strong presentation and communication skills. Desirable Criteria & Qualifications Business knowledge of commodity (ideally oil) or financial trading.

Strong presentation, communication, and numerical skills. Experience working in commodity or financial markets front‑office, middle‑office or operations technology teams. Experience working in global, geographically dispersed teams.

Experience working in brownfield sites, where the work requires creating new solutions within an existing array of highly integrated systems. Exposure and understanding of common data science methods and techniques. About BP Join us in creating, growing, and delivering innovation at pace, enabling us to thrive while transitioning to a net zero world.

All without compromising our operational risk management. Working With Us, You Can Do This By Deploying our integrated capability and standards in service of our net zero and safety ambitions. Driving our digital transformation and pioneering new business models.

Collaborating to deliver competitive customer‑focused energy solutions. Originating, scaling and commercialising innovative ideas, and creating ground‑breaking new businesses from them. Protecting us by assuring management of our greatest physical and digital risks.

Because Together We Are Originators, builders, guardians and disruptors. Engineers, technologists, scientists and entrepreneurs. Empathetic, curious, creative and inclusive.

Equal Opportunity Employer We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Individuals with an accessibility need may request an adjustment/accommodation related to bp’s recruiting process.

Compensation Base salary range: $138,000.00 – $256,000.00. This range is a genuine estimate of the possible base compensation at the time of posting. Benefits Eligible for Core, US Benefits.

Includes paid vacation (120–240 hours per year for full‑time employees), 9 paid holidays per year, 2 personal choice holidays, an 8‑week paid parental leave, discretionary annual bonus, long‑term incentive program, 401(k) matching, pension. Health, vision, dental, life, short‑term and long‑term disability, and other wellbeing benefits are available. Why Join BP At bp we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and challenging environment.

We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity and we are committed to encouraging an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly. Legal Disclaimer 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, your employment may be contingent upon adherence to local policy, such as pre‑placement drug screening, medical review of physical fitness for the role, and background checks. #J-18808-Ljbffr