Intelligence Advisor

Location: Greater London

Entity:

Technology

Job Family Group:

HSSE Group

Job Description:

Job Description

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, fuelled 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.

About the role:

At bp, we believe that better information leads to better decisions. We’re looking for an Intelligence Advisor to join our Business Intelligence team, supporting major commercial activities by uncovering insights, identifying risks, and highlighting opportunities that help inform strategic business decisions.

This is an exciting opportunity for a naturally curious and analytical professional who enjoys solving complex problems, conducting in-depth research, and turning information into actionable intelligence.

Whether your experience comes from a corporate, government, risk, investigations, consulting, compliance, or intelligence background, we’d love to hear how your skills could contribute to our team.

Please note that roles based out of SJS or Sunbury will move to Timber Square, Southwark, from Q4 2027

What you’ll be doing:

• Conducting research and intelligence gathering from a broad range of open sources.

• Identifying and assessing commercial, political, regulatory, reputational, ethical, and sanctions-related risks.

• Supporting intelligence projects by developing tailored collection approaches and working with established intelligence networks.

• Producing clear, concise, and actionable intelligence reports for business stakeholders.

• Analysing complex information from multiple sources and presenting findings in an accessible way.

• Creating visual products such as timelines, link charts, and data summaries to support analysis.

• Partnering with colleagues to understand business needs and deliver intelligence that supports decision-making.

What we’re looking for:

• Experience conducting research, analysis, and reporting within an intelligence, risk, investigations, compliance, government, consulting, or similar professional environment.

• Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills, with the ability to identify meaningful insights from large and varied datasets.

• Experience using open-source research techniques and publicly available information to investigate complex topics.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex issues clearly to different audiences.

• An awareness of international affairs, geopolitics, business risk, or regulatory environments.

• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.

• The ability to work independently while collaborating effectively within a global team.

It Would Be Great If You Also Have:

• Intelligence‑related certifications or formal training.

• Experience assessing commercial, reputational, political, regulatory, or ethical risk.

• International work, study, or travel experience.

• Foreign language capabilities.

• Advanced academic qualifications relevant to intelligence, international affairs, political science, security studies, business, or related fields.

Why join us? At bp, we provide an excellent working environment and employee benefits such as an open and inclusive culture, a great work‑life balance, tremendous learning and development opportunities to craft your career path, life and health insurance, medical care package and many others. We support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and exciting environment.

We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to crafting an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly. There are many aspects of our employees’ lives that are significant, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits can include flexible working options, collaboration spaces in a modern office environment, and others benefits.

Travel Requirement

Up to 10% travel should be expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:

This role is not…