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UAT and Implementation Lead
Entity:
Customers & Products
Job Family Group:
Retail Group
Job Description:
Our purpose is to deliver energy to the world, today and tomorrow. For over 100 years, bp has focused on discovering, developing, and producing oil and gas in the nations where we operate. We are one of the few companies globally that can provide governments and customers with an integrated energy offering. Delivering our strategy sustainably is fundamental to achieving our ambition to be a net zero company by 2050 or sooner.
About the opportunity:
We are seeking a skilled User Acceptance Testing (UAT) & Implementation Lead to join the UK Retail Transformation programme. This critical role will lead the UAT and implementation phases of the programme, which includes the full replacement of core retail systems: Point of Sale (POS) software, Self Checkout (SCO) software, and Back Office System (BOS) software.
Working cross-functionally with business teams, technology, third-party vendors, and operational partners to ensure all new systems are tested effectively and rolled out smoothly across the retail estate. As the ideal candidate, you will have extensive experience in system implementation within a retail environment, a structured approach to testing, and a strong understanding of in-store technology operations.
This role is a FTC role until December 2026. This is a hybrid role, however applicants should note that the role is expected to be based in Milton Keynes a minimum of three days per week.
About the role:
In more detail, some of your key responsibilities will be:
UAT Planning & Execution*:*
- Develop and own the UAT strategy, test plans, test cases, and scripts aligned to business requirements.
- Manage UAT cycles including scheduling, execution, defect triage, and resolution tracking.
- Collaborate with business SMEs to validate system functionality meets operational needs.
- Coordinate with internal QA teams and vendors to ensure readiness for UAT phases.
Implementation Leadership*:*
- Lead planning and coordination of go-live activities including pilots and phased rollouts across stores.
- Act as the primary point of contact between IT, business teams, and store operations during implementations.
- Oversee execution of implementation checklists, issue logs, and post-implementation reviews.
- Support the development of training materials and change readiness activities.
Stakeholder & Risk Management*:*
- Communicate testing progress, readiness, and risks to senior stakeholders.
- Identify, escalate, and resolve risks or blockers to ensure programme milestones are achieved.
- Drive continuous improvement in testing and implementation processes.
About you:
Key Skills and Experience
- Proven experience leading UAT and/or implementation within large-scale retail transformation programmes.
- Strong understanding of in-store retail systems including POS, Self Checkout, and BOS software.
- Hands-on experience with UAT planning, execution, and defect management tools (e.g., JIRA, MS Projects etc)
- Excellent stakeholder management skills across IT, business operations, and third-party vendors.
- Strong planning, coordination, and organisational skills with an ability to manage multiple streams.
- Knowledge of agile and waterfall delivery methodologies.
- Experience delivering projects in a multi-site retail or convenience environment is highly desirable.
- Analytical approach with attention to detail and a proactive problem-solving approach.
- Willingness to travel to store sites or implementation locations as required.
Commercial and Industrial Designers
Job Summary:
Join our customer’s team as a Commercial and Industrial Designer and bring your creative vision to life from anywhere! You will develop innovative, market-ready product designs by collaborating closely with cross-functional teams and leveraging both traditional and digital design tools.
Key Responsibilities:
- Prepare concept sketches, detailed drawings, illustrations, artwork, and blueprints utilizing drafting instruments, paints and brushes, or computer-aided design (CAD) equipment.
- Modify and refine designs based on feedback, customer specifications, production constraints, and evolving market trends.
- Evaluate the practicality and marketability of design proposals by assessing aesthetics, safety, function, serviceability, cost, and production methods.
- Collaborate with engineering, marketing, production, sales teams, or directly with customers to establish and refine design concepts for manufactured products.
- Present design concepts, prototypes, and reports to customers or design committees, articulating rationale and discussing potential revisions as needed.
- Stay updated on industry trends, materials, and best practices to ensure innovative and competitive design solutions.
- Document design processes and specifications to facilitate a seamless workflow from ideation to production.
Required Skills and Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, or a related field.
- Demonstrable experience in commercial and/or industrial design, supported by a strong portfolio.
- Proficient in CAD software and traditional rendering techniques.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills to effectively convey ideas and collaborate remotely.
- Ability to manage multiple projects, adapt to changing priorities, and meet deadlines.
- Strong problem-solving abilities, attention to detail, and a keen sense of aesthetics.
- Collaborative mindset and customer-focused approach to design.
Project Management Specialists
About the Role
Mercor is seeking experienced Project Management Specialists to support a leading AI lab in advancing research and infrastructure for next-generation machine learning systems. This engagement focuses on diagnosing and solving real issues in your domain. It’s an opportunity to contribute your expertise to cutting-edge AI research while working independently and remotely on your own schedule.
Key Responsibilities
- You’ll be asked to create tasks and deliverables regarding common requests within your professional domain
Ideal Qualifications
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4+ years professional experience in your respective field
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Excellent written communication with strong grammar and spelling skills
More About the Opportunity
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Expected workload: ~15 hours per week, with flexibility to scale up to 30+ hours
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Project start date: immediately, lasting for around 3-4 weeks
We consider all qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics and provide reasonable accommodations upon request.
Contract and Payment Terms
- You will be engaged as an independent contractor.
- This is a fully remote role that can be completed on your own schedule.
- Projects can be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on needs and performance.
- Your work at Mercor will not involve access to confidential or proprietary information from any employer, client, or institution.
- Payments are weekly on Stripe or Wise based on services rendered.
- Please note: We are unable to support H1-B or STEM OPT candidates at this time.
About Mercor
Mercor partners with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models using human expertise. You will work on projects that focus on training and enhancing AI systems. You will be paid competitively, collaborate with leading researchers, and help shape the next generation of AI systems in your area of expertise.
Project Management
Job Description
IT Business Partner – Value Streams
Derby/ Hybrid
Full Time
Why join Rolls-Royce?
At Rolls-Royce we are proud to be a business that has truly helped to shape the modern world and are committed to always being a force for progress; powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.
By joining Rolls-Royce, you’ll have the opportunity to work on world-class solutions, supported by a culture that believes individuality is our greatest strength, and all perspectives, experiences and backgrounds help us innovate and enable our high-performance culture.
Position Summary:
An exciting opportunity has arisen for the role of IT Project Manager within the End User Services team.
As an IT Project Manager – you will play a key role in delivering innovative technology solutions that are used globally across Rolls-Royce. You will lead diverse teams, driving projects that make a real impact on performance, safety and digital transformation. This is your opportunity to contribute to pioneering projects that drive innovation that shape the future of Rolls-Royce
What you will be doing:
At Rolls-Royce we embrace agility, are bold, pursue collaboration and seek simplicity in everything we do. These principles form our values and behaviours and are an essential component of our assessment process and are fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles. As a Project Manger, you will be expected to bring your experience and energy to help drive key IT projects for Rolls-Royce.
- Accountable for accepting the project definitions scope requirements from the Business Partner to convert into and mobilise a project.
- Plan, organize, coordinate and lead the project team, taking appropriate action where team performance deviate.
- Monitors and controls resources, revenue and capital costs against the project budget and manages expectations of all stakeholders
- Manages escalations with stakeholders both internally and with any Supply Chain Supplier/Vendors.
Position Qualifications:
- Project and Portfolio Management experience (for both Agile and Waterfall)
- Experience of leading and working in a global business environment and managing distributed teams
- Managing stakeholders of varying seniority and maintaining relationships
- Communication Management – to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Ability to lead teams both internally and externally
- Managing a number of projects concurrent projects within a broader portfolio
- RAID, Finance and status tracking and reporting within project management tools and office apps
- Experience of gated delivery processes and quality assurance of projects
Preferred Requirements:
- Project management qualification (PRINCE2/PMP) or equivalent project management certification
- Strong negotiation and vendor management skills
- Strong technical IT background with experience of End User Service projects
Regional Benefits:
- Work in a safety-first environment were doing the right thing and keeping it simple are core principles.
- Join a culture that values making a real difference through your work.
- Develop your career as a mid-career professional blending technical expertise with strong personal qualities.
- Thrive in a role that encourages integrity, accountability, resilience, and curiosity.
- Collaborate and build relationships in a team-focused environment while also working independently.
- Take initiative, lead, and make smart decisions with confidence and support.
- Grow through continuous learning, openness to improvement, and exposure to challenging opportunities.
Social Media Executive
Key Responsibilities:
· Create and deliver on trend social media activity across all channels
· Oversee the creation and publishing of relevant, original, high-quality content, whilst ensuring the brand stays true to its brand pillars, brand personality and tone of voice
· Liaise with creative resources on social-specific content e.g. video and animations
· Build audience and engagement on social channels via organic content
· Create a regular publishing schedule
· Oversee community management and guest responses on all guest-facing channels
· Use social media stats to analyse & report on social media successes, growth, development, and performance
· To submit a weekly report on performance with key recommendations
· To engage the company and its employees into social media communications, including overseeing in-restaurant staff training on social media
· Show innovation in the creation of content, on occasion having the ability to capture a moment as required
· Work with aligned with the communications/PR support to align messaging and influencer programs
· Strong eye for photography/videography
· Stay on top of trends and be able to bring inspiration to fruition with a sense of urgency
· Leads the development of influencer marketing campaigns
· Develops new ideas for PR, media and influencer events
· Manage META media buys and boosted posts
· Create and direct traffic-driving campaigns leveraging data to create promotions, events, and a mix of digital, print, and social content
· Measure, analyse, and optimize marketing campaigns
· Create, proofread, and edit copy for various brand marketing channels, ensuring consistent voice
Experience requirements:
· We are looking for a hands-on, organized and creative individual who must have at least 1or 2 years experience within a social media role
· Excellent verbal and written communication skills
· Experience of using social media platforms, photoshop and editing software
· Experience working within the luxury sector
· Proven track record of delivering innovative social content and narrative
· Attention to detail and good communication skills
· Passionate about creativity and design
Benefits:
-30% Dining discount across our Caprice restaurants (excluding Scott’s Mayfair), The Ivy Collection & Bill’s
-Access to early pay, savings tools & financial coaching via Stream
-Enhanced maternity & paternity leave
-Cycle to work scheme and refer-a-friend bonuses up to £1,000
-English language classes, length of service awards & employee recognition bonuses
-Private medical and life insurance for senior leaders, life insurance for head office employees
-Employee Assistance Programme
