• Strong communication and storytelling skills, essential for working with diverse global stakeholders
• Thought leadership. Ability to challenge conventional thinking and usage of digital technologies and a strategic mindset with the ability to translate business priorities into clear IT, digital, data and analytics initiatives
• Hands-on experience and interest in building digital systems, IT systems, data, analytics and AI capabilities
• Build and maintain deep relationships and knowledge of the business, being embedded in the business to have a profound understanding of the business's strategy, roadmap, and pressing challenges, being able to influence leadership level.
• Understanding of how data and AI drive innovation in science and engineering heavy business areas
• Proven experience in leading demand management, investment prioritization, and governance routines.
• A collaborative, curious, and customer‑centric approach to problem-solving.
• Act as the primary IT business partner for Exploration, Mining, Geotech, Processing, Metallurgy, Mine Planning, and R&D
• Support the core mining value chain globally, ensuring technology initiatives align with operational and strategic priorities.
• Build deep understanding of business strategies, processes, systems, and challenges to proactively identify digital opportunities
• Shape and manage demand intake, prioritization, and multi-year roadmaps, considering budget and resource constraints.
• Develop, champion, and track business cases for IT, digital, data and AI initiatives.
• Lead IT governance forums for Engineering Functions and represent the function on broader IT steering committees
• Proactively propose solutions to the business, avoiding software and other digital technology's sprawl, increasing complexity, cost and risk with no clear business value.
• Develop and champion experiments and scaling of successful pilot projects and technologies.
• Drive value realization by tracking benefits and ensuring required business and technology changes occur
• Partner with IT, AI & Analytics delivery, PMO, and operations teams to ensure effective solution design and execution.
• Partner with the company's scientists and engineers in building digital IP where relevant and valuable.
• Ensure alignment with enterprise IT strategy, architecture standards, and governance frameworks
• Hold IT accountable for delivery against agreed service levels, timelines, and outcomes and ensure IT initiatives receive the right level of support and sponsorship from the business.
• Maintain visibility of IT related business risks, audit findings, and remediation actions
• Guide business to ensure day-to-day operations needs are addressed by IT Operations through the proper IT delivery channels.

• Undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline, such as:
• Mining Engineering
• Mineral / Metallurgical Processing
• Geological Engineering, Geoscience, or Exploration
• Other closely related technical disciplines

• 11–15 years of progressive experience in mining & metals, or other heavy industries like Oil & Gas, Chemicals, Energy or Manufacturing.
• Experience or background in one of the following areas:
• Exploration or Geoscience
• Mining Engineering or Mine Planning
• Mineral Processing or Metallurgy
• Demonstrated experience partnering with IT, AI & Analytics delivery teams to ensure technical solutions selection and successful project implementation at scale
• Experience developing and executing multi‑year technology or digital roadmaps
• Proven capability in building relationships and influencing at leadership level, budget management, governance, and value realization
• Willingness and ability to travel frequently to our exploration, mining and refining sites.

• Experience delivering IT, Tech, Data, Analytics and AI solutions with a good understanding of how digital technologies are enabling productivity and innovation in scientific and engineering areas.
• Engineering experience in Geology, Geoscience, Mining Engineering and/or Metallurgical Engineering or related technical fields, ideally in global heavy industry companies (Mining & Metals, Oil & Gas, Chemicals etc.)
• Ability to build a multi-year digital technology roadmap, and secure sponsorship and support from all required stakeholders to approve funding and execution
• Experience controlling budget and tracking value realization. Experience with LEAN concepts.
• Customer centricity and the ability to ensure service levels are met as agreed with the business.
• Ability to communicate the value of digital technology in business KPIs and terms
• Creative problem solver, able to understand business strategy and needs and proactively identify digital solutions.
• Verbal and written skills to effectively convey complex IT concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Fluent in English; Portuguese is a strong asset.
• Exposure to tools such as Deswik, Leapfrog, or similar mining & metals industry software is beneficial.

• Competitive compensation including a variable annual incentive plan
• Participation in a competitive Defined Contribution Pension package
• Comprehensive benefits package (company paid core coverage, health and dental coverage, flex accounts, disability plans and optional insurance)
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation, personal, sick, parental)
• Work culture dedicated to safety, diversity & inclusion, and career growth
• Employee Family Assistance Program
• Virtual Healthcare online
• Online Training and career development opportunities

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