Principal Portfolio, Strategy & Development | Tucson or Saskatoon

About BHP

At BHP we support our people to grow, learn, develop their skills and reach their potential. With a global portfolio of operations, we offer a diverse and inclusive environment with extraordinary career opportunities. Our strategy is to focus on creating a safe work environment where our employees feel strongly connected to our values and objectives, and where the capability of our people is key to our success.

Come and be a part of this success.

About the Role

Do you want to influence key business decisions? Is being challenged by new ideas and perspectives in an environment where you are valued and respected important to you? Do you thrive on learning and collaborating with a broad range of stakeholders? Are you interested in joining a world leader in the resource sector? Then this role is for you.

We are seeking a Principal to join us in either our Saskatoon or Tucson office focused on supporting our North America projects and Assets including Resolution, Legacy Assets and Potash. This is an excellent opportunity for you to join BHP's Portfolio Strategy & Development (PS&D) function, which brings together Decision Evaluation, Business Development, Mergers & Acquisitions and Strategy & Market Intelligence work into one team.

This role will focus on Decision Evaluation activities, with a purpose to lead evaluation activities for decisions related to capital investments, planning, and commercial opportunities across the Company so that the value of every business decision is clear and well informed .  We achieve this by providing independent, robust and high-quality economic evaluations of proposed portfolio level decisions and investment opportunities taking in to account risks and uncertainties. To maximize our influence, we operate in a collaborative and commercially astute way.

Primary accountabilities are to create shareholder value by framing, evaluating and clearly communicating the risks and returns for capital allocation decisions, global functional initiatives and transactions to senior decision-makers. Working either independently or in cross-functional project, planning or transaction teams, the role requires ability to influence and challenge thinking, prepare concisely written reports and clearly articulate outputs and insights to senior management and other key stakeholders.

About You

Energetic and driven, you work well under pressure bringing attention to detail and an ability to meet multiple and competing deadlines. You establish credibility through strong technical ability, leadership and excellent communication skills.  You relate well with people with an engaging style allowing you to build strong working relationships.

You will have demonstrated experience in :

• Strong critical thinking and reasoning skills, ability to quickly adapt to technical concepts and apply theories
• Strong business acumen and financial modelling skills
• Financial evaluations to support investment decisions
• Understanding of corporate finance theory and its practical application to investment evaluation (optional, highly regarded)
• Mining, oil & gas, manufacturing and / or other process-driven industries
• Degree in a technical or business-related discipline; post-graduate qualifications (Masters in Finance, MBA) highly regarded.

About Our Process

At BHP, we are committed to employing individuals who align with the BHP Charter Values and meet the requirements of the role. As part of the recruitment process, there are a number of checks which may be conducted to demonstrate applicants suitability for a role including police / criminal background checks, medical, drug and alcohol testing, due diligence checks, right to work checks, and / or reference checks.

If you are already employed directly by BHP, please log in using your BHP email address or apply via our internal jobs portal.

Supporting a Diverse Workforce

The size, stability and magnitude of our business not only provides significant opportunity for professional development, but also attractive salary packages with performance-based bonuses and a best-in-class employee share program. We know there are many aspects of our employees' lives that are important, and work is only one of these, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, other extended leave entitlements and parent rooms.

At BHP, we know that we are strengthened by diversity. We are an Equal Opportunity employer that is committed to making BHP a safe and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive and be at their best every day. We are focused on creating a workforce that’s more diverse and represents the communities where we work and live. providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and recognise that true diversity includes gender, age, race, disability status, sexual orientation, religion, neurodiversity, education levels, and many more aspects of your identity.

BHP is committed to providing a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible for all. If you have a disability, we know that it may be helpful for us to adjust our process to make it equitable for your individual situation. If you would like to reach out to someone about your situation and our recruitment process, please email us at .