Head of Commercial Projects and Asset Transformation(m/w/x)

Requirements

• 15-20 years' experience in capital projects
• Delivering complex projects exceeding USD 500m
• Engineering, metallurgy, or related Bachelor's degree
• Top-tier consulting or senior operational experience
• Ability to challenge and influence leadership
• Experience in asset turnarounds and transformation
• Building and managing technical teams
• Excellent English communication skills
• Advanced degree in Engineering or Metallurgy
• International experience across multiple geographies
• Experience in mining or renewable energy
• Background in consulting and operational delivery
• Familiarity with Lean Construction and methodologies
• Experience with stage-gate and capital governance
• Contract negotiation and subcontractor management knowledge
• Understanding of environmental and social standards
• Deep technical expertise and authority
• Constructive challenger and collaborative relationship builder
• Influential leadership through credibility and persuasion
• Strong commercial acumen and economic understanding
• Pragmatic problem-solver focused on practical solutions
• Collaborative mindset across matrix structures
• Adaptability across asset types and cultures
• Executive communication for board-level audiences
• Strategic orchestrator of specialist expertise
• Results-oriented focus on project success

Tasks

• Provide senior technical oversight for global capital projects
• Conduct rigorous assessments of project designs and budgets
• Identify delivery risks and recommend corrective actions
• Challenge assumptions and guide project leadership teams
• Mobilize specialist technical resources when required
• Evaluate turnaround strategies for underperforming assets
• Identify operational improvements and efficiency gains
• Develop technically robust performance improvement roadmaps
• Oversee technical aspects of new asset integrations
• Manage integration workstreams and program delivery
• Establish governance frameworks for knowledge transfer
• Perform technical due diligence on investment opportunities
• Scrutinize economic viability of major capital proposals
• Support business cases with rigorous technical analysis
• Challenge feasibility assumptions and identify technical risks
• Identify portfolio capability gaps and mobilize support
• Develop internal technical capability through coaching
• Maintain cost-benefit discipline in resource deployment
• Brief portfolio company boards on project risks
• Present complex technical matters to investment committees
• Build influence through collaborative working relationships
• Partner with asset leadership and project managers

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