Digital product Senior SME /Product Owner

Entity: Customers & Products Job Family Group: Strategic Planning & Business Development Group Job Description: As bp transitions to an integrated energy company, we must adapt to a changing world and maintain competitive performance. b p’s customers & products (C&P) business area is setting up a business and technology centre (BTC) in Pune , India . This will support the delivery of an enhanced customer experience and drive innovation by building global capabilities at scale, leveraging technology, and developing deep expertise . The BTC will be a core and connected part of our business, bringing together colleagues who report into their respective part of C&P, working together with other functions across bp. This is an exciting time to join bp and the customers & products BTC. Shift Timing : 11 am - 8 pm IST (Flexibility would be required) About the role: A Product Owner takes ownership of overall product success at a global Castrol level, focusing on understanding customer needs and finding opportunities to significantly improve its experience and resulting value. This role involves defining product strategy, crafting a compelling vision, and driving the product lifecycle from concept to launch and scaling. Teamwork is key, working closely with engineers, designers, and business partners to deliver impactful solutions. The role requires a systematic approach to evaluating outcomes, ensuring alignment with bp’s financial, operational, and customer strategies. As a hands-on contributor, the Product Owner leads day-to-day accountability and performance management to achieve product success. Role & Responsibilities: At this level, the Product Owner is proficient in applying core product management principles to achieve business and customer goals. They play an active role in developing customer-centric products, using data and user insights to refine strategies and guide decision-making. Responsibilities include managing technical and operational processes, defining product requirements, addressing mid-level challenges independently, and performance manage delivery of business and customer value. Collaboration with cross-functional teams is emphasized, ensuring alignment and prioritization between business strategies and product outcomes. Their ability to balance customer needs, data insights, and operational excellence is evident in their contributions. Summary outcome is • Creation of Product Roadmaps • Creation of Financial Memorandum’s including cost and benefit analysis Experien ce and qualifications: Business focused: • Analytical and commercially focused, using data-driven insights, metrics, and analytics to evaluate product performance and link outcomes to strategy • Clearly define why we are pushing a product, considering market, competitor, technical, and operational aspects of bp’s strategy and vision • Understand business and technical economic value, such as TCO, unit economics, NPV, ROIC, and other commercial measures • Translate vision into strategic product roadmaps with an agile delivery approach in partnership with Tech while handling cyber, operational, and/or regulatory risks • Plans and control costs associated with running a product, including collecting, analysing, and reporting cost/benefit information to more optimally contribute Human centered: • Know and empathize with internal and/or external customer(s) needs to reinvent and innovate product solutions • Integrate customer and partner feedback loops to ensure that product solutions and outcomes meet organizational needs • Ability to mentor team members and drive cross-discipline problem solving to achieve business outcomes Technology driven: • Use lean, iterative experiments and low-fidelity prototyping to find signal, validate hypothesis, and iterate before moving to scale • Collaborate with partners to define end-state architecture and drive secure, resilient, performant, and scalable technology solutions • Engage with partners on data management, laying out how data is processed, stored, accessed, and protected • Assess opportunities for reusing enterprise solutions and build new platforms with enterprise scalability in mind • A keen curiosity about emerging tools and technologies 5 years of experience in product management, with a proven track record of delivering successful products Preferred experience: • BS/MS in Business, Economics, STEM or equivalent experience You will work with: Transformational leadership: • Partner with team members on new working practices to drive teamwork and efficiency • Balance customer insights, business goals, and industry opportunity spaces • Influence and create alignment across a broad set of senior executives and partners to secure resources and overcome impediments to bringing products to market Travel Requirement Negligible travel should be expected with this role Relocation Assistance: This role is eligible for relocation within country Remote Type: This position is a hybrid of office/remote working Skills: Agile Methodology, Communication, Data Lake, Decision Making, Developing and implementing strategy, Digital Product Design, Long Term Planning, Managing change, Product Management, Sector, market, customer and competitor understanding, Stakeholder Management, Strategic origination, Strategic Thinking 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.

Location: Pune, MH, IN

Posted Date: 7/4/2025