About bp
bp is a global company that offers a world of opportunities for professionals as well as those starting out in their career. We’re guided by our purpose and ambition to become a net zero company by 2050 or sooner, and help the world get there too.
What does this mean for you? It means you can expect purposeful work, world-class training and the flexibility to realize your full potential. Not to mention the chance to join a company committed to delivering more sustainable energy for all. Ready to crack on? Your perfect job match awaits.
Your Early Careers Program
This role is part of the One Digital Early Careers program which supplies bp’s future pipeline of digital talent. Joiners become part of a diverse, global digital community who are helping to lead bp through the energy transition, to provide reliable, affordable, and lower carbon-energy to the world and achieve net-zero.
The One Digital Early Careers programme provides a range of foundational career experiences and a gateway to an exciting and rewarding digital career.
Early Careers Experience at bp
The One Digital program is two years, comprising two 12-month rotations within a dedicated digital discipline. Designed to give you a breadth of experience and the opportunity to build technical depth to apply to the most complex problems of the future. These rotations will be complemented by a technical development pathway for your discipline, which outlines the technical competencies you are working towards. Alongside this you’ll also complete our Ignite training modules which will support you to build your interpersonal skills.
Throughout the program you’ll have a dedicated support network to provide guidance on the program and advice on career development. You’ll also be a key part of the bp early careers community, with events, socials and the opportunity to network with other early careers from across bp.
Role and Responsibilities
In digital product management, the role is to drive and manage digital products through the complete product lifecycle! Digital products are typically systems, services, apps, websites, software in a digital environment, starting from inception of the product, through to prototyping and gaining customer or user feedback.
Our ambition is to be a net zero company by 2050 or sooner. We want to be an energy company with purpose; one that is trusted by society, valued by shareholders, and motivating for everyone who works at bp. We’re building an IT organization that can drive our business ambitions, by being first into markets and delivering efficiencies through automation, machine learning and artificial intelligence. We are building a culture of success and providing our IT professionals the opportunities to grow and embrace the technologies to deliver our ambitions.
About the role
You will need to have a holistic understanding of the tech, the data, the users and the commercial value at stake, and you will bring that together to direct the team to deliver the best for the product. You will continually gain user feedback on the digital product to maintain and make enhancements and improvements. You are the voice of the customer, interpreting the need behind the request and prioritizing any changes needing to be made.
Changes can be weekly or even daily as new code can be changed quickly and immediately consumed by users. The graduate manages the product through its lifecycle from concept to decommissioning the system or service and the technology that sits behind it. This could be across installed applications, mobile applications, web sites and web applications across nearly all market sectors.
Daily, you will interact with a wide range of people both internal and external stakeholders of their digital and technical development team and bp. These include members of your multi-disciplinary digital and technical development team (Software Engineers, Testers, Business Analysts, Delivery Managers, UX Designers), customers or users, subject matter experts from the relevant area of bp’s business, other members of the digital product community including peers and leaders and any collaborators interested in or with influence over their digital product.
As an employee in this graduate role, you will be responsible for the end-to-end lifecycle management of their digital product(s). You will be responsible for prioritizing user driven and commercial changes which leads to the prioritization of the work of the digital and technical development team. You will be responsible for ensuring they deliver value for money but are unlikely to directly manage a budget. You are unlikely to have complete autonomy over the product but will need to gain approval or agreement from senior product colleagues for key decisions, including strategic direction.
As part of the role, you will be required to:
- Engage teams and collaborators to develop a compelling vision and strategy for your product and communicate these over the short and long-term.
- Prioritise the delivery of value delivered through digital products or services to users whilst balancing competing priorities and constraints.
- Represent users to the multi-disciplinary team throughout the product lifecycle phases.
- Develop and prioritize the product backlog, creating user stories and making decisions based on evidence.
- Engage with a variety of customers, flexing your style as appropriate.
- Develop an expert understanding of the users’ needs and champion these in the delivery of your product.
- Engage with users and customers through a range of channels to encourage take-up and use of your product.
- Set measurable goals for your product and report against these to demonstrate progress against benefits.
- Support the vision, roadmaps, and delivery of other products in your area of work.
- Play an active role in product manager communities, sharing your learning and celebrating progress made by other people and teams.
- Seek out appropriate feedback and use it to drive future improvements.
- Seek out and use best available data to make decisions.
- Work with and alongside all members of a multi-disciplinary team to get the best outcomes.
Requirements
To apply for this role, you will need to be in your final year of study and be on track for a 2:1, or have completed your degree with a 2:1, in Computer Science / Information Technology or Energy Business / Management
You are also expected to have strong spoken and written English language skills, including business and technical English. Language skills will be assessed throughout the recruitment process.
Location:
This role will be based out of the following UK office:
bp Sunbury – International Centre for Business & Technology (ICBT), Chertsey Road, Sunbury on Thames, Middlesex, TW16 7LN
Please note: Location will depend on business needs and can change for each year on the Early Careers development program as you move between roles. If you are required to relocate during the program, depending on distance, you may be offered relocation assistance.
Start Date:
8th September 2025
Other Information:
Please note the following when applying:
- You can only apply to one bp early careers opportunity globally per academic year – within this time, we will only process the first application you make. You will be withdrawn from any subsequent applications.
- Exploration Days are a key part of the assessment process and will be in person – bp will cover reasonable travel and accommodation costs, in line with the travel policy which will be shared with you. Please ensure you will be available to attend in person.
- Unless you apply to a role with a location explicitly stated, role locations are not guaranteed – where multiple locations are stated, you will be placed in a location based on business need.
- Accommodation – once confirmed,where you need or decide to move closer to your location, you are responsible for organising and funding this accommodation.
Adjustments
We are keen to make our recruitment process accessible to all. If you require any adjustments, to any stage of the recruitment process, please mention this in the allocated section on your initial application form. Someone will then be in touch to discuss or confirm the adjustments as appropriate for you. Alternatively, if you would like to discuss adjustments before applying, please get in touch:
T: +44 1635 584149
E: enquiry@bpgraduates.co.uk
Reward:
Starting Salary: £39,100
Sign on Bonus: £3,000 (One off payment, subject to tax and national insurance)
Wellbeing Allowance: Claim up to £1,500 each calendar year (subject to tax and national insurance) for products and services that contribute to physical, mental, financial and social wellbeing
Flexible Benefits: In addition to your base salary, you’ll receive a flexible allowance (currently 20% of your base salary) that you can take as cash or use to buy a range of extra benefits, such as a pension, critical illness, dental care, personal accident and travel insurance, and our cycle to work scheme.
Private Medical Insurance: We’ll pay for private healthcare, and you only pay an income tax charge.
bp Share Plans: You can choose to take part in our share plan and buy bp shares every month.
Legal Disclaimer:
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, 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.
T: +44 1635 584149
E: enquiry@bpgraduates.co.uk
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.
Travel Requirement:
No 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:
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.