Job Description:

This high-impact and high-visibility role will help represent bp in New York City, serving as a key on-the-ground leader with media and the financial community. The Director will help shape and execute an integrated U.S. financial communications strategy that clearly articulates the company's performance, capital allocation and delivery against its global strategy for investor and financial audiences.

The Director's core focus is developing and delivering high-quality, market-facing financial messaging and content. This includes translating complex financial and operational results into clear, consistent narratives, helping build relationships with key business and financial press, and ensuring communications activity is tightly aligned with investor priorities, bp's global narrative and disclosure requirements.

Working closely with the Vice President and Head of U.S. Communications, and the Vice President and Deputy Head of Global Investor Relations, the Director will partner day-to-day with bp's Global Communications, Investor Relations, Finance, Legal and U.S. business teams to ensure all external communications are accurate, timely, compliant, and aligned with the company's financial reporting, disclosure standards and global narrative.

Key Responsibilities

1) Establish Communications Presence in New York City

• Act as a core member of the team representing bp in New York, helping establish a credible and influential presence within key business and financial circles
• Help build and embed the team's financial communications footprint in New York by developing targeted relationships, finding opportunities for engagement and integrating the company into the local ecosystem

2) Financial Communications Execution

• Draft and continuously refine U.S. messaging and materials in partnership with C&EA, IR/Finance and Legal (e.g., earnings talking points, Q&A, press materials, executive briefs, investor conference prep) while maintaining partnership and strategic alignment with UK and Global Communications teams
• Translate business strategy and performance into clear, credible narratives for financial and business audiences
• Maintain tight version control and approvals; ensure alignment with disclosure standards and global messaging

3) Media Relations with Tier1 Business & Financial Press

• Working in alignment with global and US press teams, identify reporters, columnists, editors and outlets for company milestones; proactively support the briefing of media on strategy, performance context, leadership perspectives and operational progress
• Help cultivate strong relationships with targeted business and financial journalists, producers and editors
• Support development of tailored pitches, backgrounders, and exclusives / embargoes; coordinate with media relations leads and agencies to ensure message discipline and timing
• Prepare spokespeople with relationship-aware briefing materials, anticipating reporter interests and angles

4) Measurement & Audience Engagement

• Working with key agency partners, establish measurement metrics and continuously measure progress against this baseline through basic dashboards (message uptake, coverage quality, stakeholder feedback)
• Support agency in identifying and continually refining target audience - for both paid and earned media engagement.
• Based on these impacts, outline recommendations to drive improvement.
• Build and manage project plans for announcements and cycles (timelines, owners, review gates, approvals).

5) Executive Support

• Support the development of concise executive briefs, talking points, and Q&A for external engagements, including investor forums and media interviews.
• Coordinate logistics and follow-ups; ensure leaders are prepared with data-backed, succinct messages.

6) Issues & Crisis Support

• Coordinate cross-functional drafting and clearances for market-sensitive or operational issues; maintain and update playbooks.
• Track decisioning, timing, and spokesperson readiness to enable accurate, compliant responses.
• Help scan horizon for potential issues and monitor sector and peer issues.

Qualifications & Experience

• 7-9+ years in financial communications / corporate communications (public company or agency experience strongly preferred).
• Strong understanding of financial statements and public-company disclosure requirements; meticulous attention to accuracy.
• Media relations: Demonstrated ability to build, cultivate, and sustain productive relationships with Tier‑1 business/financial press and key energy/sector reporters.
• Exceptional writing and editing skills-skilled at distilling complex financial/operational topics into concise, audience-appropriate language.
• Examples of success operating collaboratively in a highly matrixed, fast-moving, and globally coordinated environment.
• Sector experience in energy, industrials, or other regulated spaces preferred.
• Bachelor's degree required; finance experience or degree is preferred.

Strengths You'll Need

• Relationship building: Develops trust-based relationships with priority journalists, editors, and internal stakeholders.
• Operational discipline: Reliable execution, tight version control, and deadline management.
• Message discipline: Consistency and alignment with global strategy and disclosure standards.
• Measurement: Experience developing baseline metrics and measuring progress.
• Collaboration: Strong cross-functional coordination with IR, Finance, Legal, media relations, global comms and agency partners.
• Judgment & discretion: Handles confidential and market-sensitive information appropriately.
• Calm under pressure: Effective in high-stakes, time-compressed scenarios.

How much do we pay (Base)? ($141,000 - $261,000)

*Please note the pay range listed for this position is a good faith and reasonable estimate of the base pay range for this position at the time of posting. You may learn more about our generous benefits here Explore Our Benefits.

Why bp?

At bp, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and ambitious 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. We offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life, including flexible working options and paid parental leave policy, among others!

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Travel Requirement
Up to 10% travel should be 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:
Advocacy, Advocacy, Agility core practices, Analytical Thinking, Brand visual standards, Business Acumen, Campaigning, Channel Management, Coaching, Collaboration, Commercial Acumen, Communication, Content Design, Creating and measuring impact, Crisis Communications, Digital Communication, Digital Fluency, Employee Engagement, Influencing, Issues and Policy Management, Listening, Market Trends, Performance Consulting, Presenting, Stakeholder Engagement {+ 1 more}

Legal Disclaimer:

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of protected characteristics like race, religion, color, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, 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.

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