Business Architect/ Mining Operations

Key Responsibilities

• Translate corporate strategy and operational priorities into business capabilities, target operating models, and transformation roadmaps.
• Assess current business processes, systems, organizational structures, and data flows across the mining value chain.
• Identify opportunities to improve productivity, safety, asset reliability, cost efficiency, and environmental performance.
• Develop current-state and future-state business architecture, including capability maps, value streams, process models, and operating models.
• Partner with operational leaders to improve processes related to mine planning, production, processing, maintenance, logistics, inventory, and workforce management.
• Ensure that technology investments are aligned with business priorities and deliver measurable operational value.
• Support digital transformation initiatives involving automation, artificial intelligence, connected equipment, predictive maintenance, remote operations, and operational analytics.
• Evaluate business requirements and help define the appropriate balance between process improvement, organizational change, and technology implementation.
• Develop business cases, cost-benefit analyses, investment priorities, and value-realization frameworks.
• Identify dependencies, risks, capability gaps, and organizational impacts across major transformation programs.
• Facilitate workshops with executives, operational teams, engineers, technology specialists, and external partners.
• Establish business architecture standards, principles, governance practices, and reusable frameworks.
• Support change management and adoption by clearly communicating the purpose, benefits, and operational impact of proposed changes.
• Track transformation outcomes and ensure initiatives deliver expected improvements.

Key Areas of Focus

• Exploration and resource development
• Mine planning and production
• Processing and plant operations
• Asset and equipment maintenance
• Supply chain, procurement, and logistics
• Health, safety, security, and environmental compliance
• Sustainability and ESG performance
• Workforce and contractor management
• Financial planning and cost management
• Data, analytics, automation, and digital operations

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Business, Engineering, Mining, Information Systems, Operations Management, or a related discipline.
• Eight or more years of experience in business architecture, enterprise transformation, operational excellence, management consulting, or a related field.
• Experience working in mining, natural resources, heavy industry, manufacturing, energy, or another asset-intensive environment.
• Demonstrated ability to develop capability models, value streams, operating models, process architectures, and transformation roadmaps.
• Strong understanding of how business strategy, operations, people, processes, data, and technology work together.
• Experience developing business cases and defining measurable benefits and performance indicators.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, facilitation, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with executives, operational leaders, technical teams, and frontline stakeholders.
• Willingness to travel to mining and operational locations as required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Technology, or a related field.
• Knowledge of mining operations, processing plants, mobile equipment, maintenance, or supply-chain operations.
• Experience with enterprise platforms such as ERP, EAM, ServiceNow, SAP, operational technology, fleet-management, or mine-planning systems.
• Familiarity with artificial intelligence, industrial automation, IoT, digital twins, predictive analytics, or remote operations.
• Certification or training in business architecture, enterprise architecture, Lean Six Sigma, change management, or project management.
• Familiarity with industry frameworks and standards such as BIZBOK, TOGAF, ISO 55000, or relevant mining regulations.

Key Competencies

• Strategic and systems thinking
• Business and operational acumen
• Structured problem-solving
• Transformation leadership
• Stakeholder engagement
• Process and capability modeling
• Financial and value analysis
• Executive communication
• Collaboration across business and technology teams
• Commitment to safety, sustainability, and responsible mining