People & Culture Director, BPX Energy

bp•Denver, CO

6d•$180,000 - $212,000•Hybrid

About The Position

bpx energy, bp's US onshore upstream entity, operates in the Permian, Eagle Ford, and Haynesville basins. Headquartered in Denver, bpx embodies the entrepreneurial spirit of a domestic U.S. onshore producer – utilizing next level technology to safely increase production while lowering emissions, and leveraging other integrated bp business like Supply, Trading and Shipping to maximize value. The Role Reporting directly to the VP, People & Culture, the People & Culture Director serves as a key leader in bpx while operating as a strategic partner to bpx leadership and a key integrator of the overall people agenda. This role combines enterprise leadership, strategic advisory, and operational execution, ensuring alignment between business priorities and people strategies. The P&C Director will play a critical role in shaping culture, driving organizational performance, and enabling leadership effectiveness across the 1,100-person enterprise. As a core member of the P&C leadership team, this role acts as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, translating business strategy into actionable talent, organization, and culture outcomes while ensuring disciplined execution across all aspects of the employee lifecycle.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Business Administration, Human Resources, or other relevant field
Significant experience in Human Resources, with proven experience in:
Leading a multi-person team or function at the director level.
Demonstrated success as a strategic HR partner to senior business leaders, translating business strategy into talent and organizational outcomes, providing executive level coaching where needed.
Leading talent management, succession planning, and organizational development at both an enterprise and business unit scale.
Designing and leading organizational change and transformation initiatives.
Hands on ownership of employee relations strategy and resolving complex ER matters, with multi-state U.S. employment law knowledge (TX, LA, CO).
Track record of building HR business partner team capability through coaching, development, and performance management.

Nice To Haves

Advanced/Master's degree in Human Resources or MBA, a plus.

Responsibilities

Partner closely with the business leadership team to embed people strategy into core business decisions and performance outcomes.
Lead delivery of the P&C business partner model across the enterprise, ensuring high-impact support aligned to business priorities.
Translate business needs into talent and organization solutions that improve productivity, engagement, capability, retention, and recognition.
Drive change initiatives to enable business transformation and growth.
Provide enterprise leadership in deploying talent management, succession planning, performance management, and leadership development.
Enable a high-performance culture through aligned performance, reward, and recognition frameworks.
Act as a coach to senior leaders, strengthening leadership capability and effectiveness.
Oversee employee relations strategy and execution, ensuring consistent, fair, and proactive resolution of complex issues.
Ensure compliance with labor legislation and mitigation of organizational risk.
Foster a culture of trust, inclusion, and open communication through strong listening and engagement practices.
Lead and develop a team of P&C Business Partners, building capability, consistency, and impact across the function.
Oversee key annual processes (e.g., reward cycles, talent reviews) ensuring quality, rigor, and alignment with business outcomes.
Maintain a strong field presence, ensuring connection to operations and translating frontline insights into enterprise action.