Senior Specialist, Product Safety Systems

Entity:

Customers & Products

Job Family Group:

HSSE Group

Job Description:

Lead the digital, data and process backbone of Product Safety, stewarding authoring platforms and data models, driving enhancements, assuring integrity and reporting, and partnering with authoring/regulatory colleagues to translate requirements into scalable, reliable solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead Product Safety Systems Operation & Enhancement: Maintain stable functionality of core platforms (Sphera IA, SAP EHS, LISAM/3E/UL WERCS), lead all aspects of releases and upgrades, solve system issues, and ensure reliable performance for global users across GPS and business teams.
• Define & Govern Product Safety Data Standards: Establish, maintain and implement data integrity rules covering product, raw material, substance, regulatory and compositional data. Lead root‑cause analysis on data issues and drive corrective actions to strengthen stewardship data quality.
• Translate Regulatory & Authoring Requirements into Systems Design: Interpret hazard communication e.g. EU CLP/PCN/GHS, Dangerous Goods and chemical‑control requirements and convert them into robust functional specifications, workflows and configuration changes, ensuring systems remain compliant and efficient.
• Deliver Reporting, Dashboards & Analytical Insights: Build, maintain and improve standard and custom reports to support compliance monitoring, audit readiness and business decision‑making. Collaborate with data and analytics partners to deliver actionable insights.
• Champion User Enablement & Knowledge Transfer: Develop training materials, SOPs and guidance; deliver training sessions; support global users with guide solve; and cultivate a culture of consistent, confident system use across all product-related processes.
• Drive Continuous Improvement Across Processes & Tools: Identify optimisation opportunities, simplify workflows, champion automation, and collaborate with Digital (IT) and vendors to implement enhancements that improve speed, quality and data integrity across the product safety landscape.

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s or equivalent experience in Chemistry/related science or IT/engineering field relevant to product stewardship systems.
• 5–8 years in product stewardship or safety/RegTech platforms, data governance, configuration/testing, and process design.
• Sphera IA, SAP EHS, Lisam/UL WERCS; integration awareness
• Data models, metadata, validation, issue management; SQL/reporting familiarity beneficial
• Understanding of HazCom/GHS/CLP/PCN and other associated chemical control legislation to translate requirements into systems/processes

Ways of working & compliance:

• Operate to bp’s OMS 7.5 Product Stewardship and assurance practices; ensure audit readiness and drive continuous improvement of processes and systems.
• Communicates clearly and constructively; customer‑centric
• Coaches and enables global users; inclusive and patient
• Solves problems structurally; drives simplification
• Collaborates across Digital (IT)/business; navigates trade‑offs
• Owns reliability; stays calm and accountable

Travel Requirement

No travel is expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:

This role is eligible for relocation within country

Remote Type:

This position is not available for remote working

Skills:

Chemistry Controls, Chemistry Controls, Communication, Continuous Learning, Cost-conscious decision-making, Crisis and emergency response management, Dangerous Goods Regulations, Data Governance, Driving and transport safety, Fire incident response, Hazard communication, Hazard Identification, Health risk management, HSE data knowledge, HSSE auditing and self-verification, Human Performance, Incident investigation and learning, Industry knowledge and advocacy, Integration Management, Large scale evacuation, Managing exercises and drills, OMS and bp requirements, Personal Safety, Process safety culture, Process Safety Management {+ 12 more}

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