Head of Retail Excellence & Compliance

$132k - $189k

Full-time

Job Family Group:
Retail Group
Job Description:
About us
Our purpose is to bring together people, energy and markets to power and navigate a changing world. In a time of constant change and possibility we need new talent to pursue commercial opportunities, fueled by world-class insight and expertise. We're always striving for more innovative digital solutions, sustainable outcomes and closer collaboration across our company and beyond, and you could be part of that too. Together we continue to grow as the world's leading energy company!
Role Purpose
Accountable for leading a centralized Retail Excellence & Compliance capability that ensures consistent, compliant, and audit-ready operations across bp's Mobility & Convenience Americas retail network.
This role integrates licensing and regulatory compliance, risk controls, retail field auditing, and operational advisory support to protect business continuity, reduce regulatory and operational risk, and enable strong, consistent store execution across all banners and channels of trade.
Key Accountabilities
Strategy, Governance & Operating Model
Lead the Retail Excellence & Compliance strategy, aligned to M&C Americas priorities and operating model transformation objectives.
Establish and maintain clear enterprise standards, governance, and operating rhythms that ensure consistent compliance and execution across company-owned and supported retail sites.
Serve as the central owner for regulatory and operational risk enablement, balancing strong controls with practical, site-level execution.
Licensing, Regulatory Compliance & Risk Enablement
Own end-to-end licensing and permitting administration across the retail portfolio, including fuel, retail, alcohol, tobacco, food service, environmental, and other site-level operating licenses.
Ensure accurate, timely renewals, centralized visibility, and zero-lapse execution across all jurisdictions.
Partner closely with Legal, Finance, and Operations to interpret regulatory requirements and translate them into clear, executable site-level standards.
Design and maintain audit-ready compliance processes, controls, and documentation to support internal and external regulatory reviews.
Proactively identify regulatory and operational risk themes and drive mitigation actions across the network.
Retail Field Audits & Operational Assurance
Lead the Retail Field Audit program, ensuring consistent assessment of operational standards, regulatory compliance, and execution.
Translate audit findings into measurable corrective actions, clear ownership, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Establish closed-loop reporting and governance to ensure remediation effectiveness and sustained compliance improvement.
Operational Optimization & Advisory Support
Provide retail operations advisory support that enables sites and field leaders to follow regulatory requirements while improving execution efficiency and guest experience.
Align compliance standards with broader Retail Excellence initiatives, ensuring policies, tools, and processes are practical and scalable.
Partner with Operations to support change adoption, stabilize execution, and improve operational reliability.
Transformation, Integration & Change Management
Lead the integration and stabilization of newly transferred or centralized compliance, audit, and risk-related activities.
Drive effective change management, partner alignment, and adoption of new standards and controls across the field.
Support growth, remodels, acquisitions, or operational changes from a regulatory, licensing, and readiness perspective.
People Leadership
Build and lead a high-performing, multidisciplinary team spanning Retail Excellence, Compliance, Licensing, and Audit capabilities.
Effectively manage a geographically distributed delivery model (including US-based leadership and offshore execution support).
Foster a culture of accountability, clarity, continuous improvement, and partnership with Operations.
Key Partners
Convenience & Fleet Operations leadership
Fleet Hospitality leadership
Finance (Risk, Audit, Controls, Tax)
Legal & Regulatory Affairs
Technology & Data teams (as required for audit/reporting enablement)
Skills & Experience (Required)
Senior leadership experience in retail operations excellence, compliance, regulatory operations, or multi-site operational environments.
Demonstrated ownership of licensing, regulatory compliance, audit readiness, and operational controls at scale.
Proven ability to translate regulatory requirements into practical, field-executable standards.
Strong experience leading cross-functional teams and integrating new capabilities into established operating models.
Demonstrated success inspiring change, adoption, and execution rigor in complex, matrixed organizations.
Skills & Experience (Preferred)
Experience in convenience retail, fuel, fleet/travel center, QSR, or franchise-based environments.
Exposure to multi-state regulatory frameworks, licensing administration, or retail petroleum compliance.
Experience working with risk, audit, tax, or insurance partners.
Familiarity with global or hybrid delivery models.
Strong analytical orientation with experience leveraging KPIs, audit findings, and risk insights to drive improvement.
Leadership & Behavioral Expectations
Models strong ownership, accountability, and execution rigor.
Leads with a people-first approach while maintaining high standards for compliance and performance.
Acts as a trusted partner to Operations-balancing risk mitigation with business enablement.
Brings clarity, structure, and calm leadership to complex regulatory and operational challenges.
Success Measures
Consistent, audit-ready licensing and regulatory compliance across the retail network.
Improved field audit outcomes with sustained remediation effectiveness.
Reduced compliance-related operational risk and disruption.
Strong partnership with Operations resulting in improved execution stability.
Effective integration and performance of centralized Retail Excellence, Risk & Compliance teams.
Why join BP
At BP, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and challenging environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly.
There are many aspects of our employees' lives that are meaningful, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits can include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, and excellent retirement benefits, among others.
How much do we pay (Base)? ($132,000 - $189,000) *Note that the pay range listed for this position is a genuinely expected and reasonable estimate of the range of possible base compensation at the time of posting. This position is eligible for US Benefits - Select. This position offers paid vacation depending on your years of relevant industry experience and will range from 120 - 240 hours of vacation per year for full time employees (60 - 240 hours of vacation per year for part time employees). You will also be eligible for 9 paid holidays per year and 2 personal choice holidays. You may learn more about how we calculate paid vacation and view our generous vacation and holiday schedules at Select U.S. Benefits. Bp has a parental leave policy as well, which offers up to 8 weeks' paid leave for the birth or adoption of a child. Learn more by visiting Select U.S. Benefits.
We offer a reward package to enable your work to fit with your life. These offerings include a discretionary annual bonus program, long-term incentive program, and generous retirement benefits that include a 401k matching program. These benefits include a pension for eligible employee. You may learn more about our generous benefits at Select U.S. Benefits.
As part of bp's wellbeing package, bp offers access to health, vision, and dental insurance, as well as life and Short-Term Disability and Long-Term Disability. You may learn more about our generous benefits at Select U.S. Benefits.
Travel Requirement:
Up to 25% travel should be expected with this role
Relocation Assistance:
Relocation may be negotiable for this role
Remote Type:
This position is a hybrid of office/remote working
Skills:
Agility core practices, Agility core practices, Agreements and negotiations, Analytical Thinking, Business Acumen, Business process improvement, Commercial Acumen, Communication, Conflict Management, Continuous Improvement, Continuous Learning, Creativity and Innovation, customer and competitor understanding, Customer centric thinking, Customer data knowledge, Data Analysis, Data visualization and interpretation, Decision Making, Digital Collaboration, Digital Fluency, Industry knowledge and advocacy, Integrated pricing, Leading transformation, market, Negotiation planning and preparation {+ 13 more}
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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.

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