Digital Commercialisation Project Lead – Aviation

Overview

In this role you will drive the end-to-end delivery of bp’s aviation digital offerings, turning a prioritised two-year pipeline into deployed solutions that create customer and business value. You will work within the Marketing, Strategy & Sustainability ecosystem, coordinating with Technology, Operations and partners to scale digital airfield services like safe2go and Airline Data Services. Expect cross‑regional deployments, partner governance, and hands-on delivery leadership that shapes future digital offerings.

Pay / Benefits

• flexible working options
• generous parental leave
• excellent retirement benefits
• disability accommodation
• travel opportunities
• hybrid work model

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end deployments of safe2go and Airline Data Services from pre‑sales through launch and early life support
• Maintain partner governance, delivery reporting, risk management and change control across regions
• Deliver demonstrations and respond to customer questions with clear technical input
• Translate customer and JV requirements into practical plans for product, engineering, and operations teams
• Coordinate hardware procurement and installation support with customer/joint venture operations
• Coordinate data configuration and integration activities with technical teams and airline interfaces
• Plan and deliver operator training, testing, release coordination and post-deployment support
• Capture lessons learned to improve repeatable deployment methods and knowledge transfer
• Support a focused portfolio of digital commercialisation priorities through to 2028

Key requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in engineering, technology, business, aviation operations, project delivery or related field
• Experience leading complex digital or technology deployments in operational environments
• Solid knowledge of aviation operations, procedures and controls
• Experience deploying aviation digital solutions such as safe2go or airfield automation is highly desirable
• Experience coordinating hardware, data configuration, integration, testing, training and early-life support
• Proven ability to work with customers, joint ventures, technology and product teams, vendors and senior partners
• Proven capability to deliver under tight timelines and changing conditions
• Experience supporting commercialisation, pre-sales, customer adoption or service transition is advantageous

• Partner engagement and influencing
• Customer-facing communication and relationship building
• Change management and deployment readiness
• Advanced technical project management
• Understanding of aviation operations and digital/vehicle-based solutions
• Translating customer demand into clear requirements and delivery plans

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