Principal Ecosystem Community Management | Innovation | Global | Expression of Interest

About Us 

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

We are currently welcoming Expression of Interest (EOI) where we have flexibility for this role be based globally as appropriate to the successful applicant situation/preference and align with appropriate location’s working rights. This is an exciting new role in BHP’s Innovation team, Think & Act Differently. The team is thinking in a bold and aspirational way to deliver the resources of tomorrow, working towards positive-impact solutions and embracing an ecosystem of great people and ideas.  

The role is critical to the creation, management, and growth of the community – this is the portfolio of organisations (from startups to researchers to OEMs) who are actively working and engaging with us.

Reporting to Manager Ecosystem Discovery Portfolio, your accountabilities include;   

• Delivering the experience of the human-centric, fast-fail learning environment to trial novel technologies for eventual adoption at BHP, and the industry. 
• Providing founder development, mentorship and support to the community organisations. 
• Recommending pathways for the technologies, based on technical and commercial readiness learnings, within and external to BHP.
• Managing the growth and development of the portfolio, providing insights for decision making

About You

As a successful candidate you will possess the following:

• Exceptional relationship management skills, adept at engaging with a varied audience from senior stakeholders to founders of startups. 
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to identify patterns, share insights, and improve systems and processes. 
• Minimum Viable Product mindset, with bias to action. 
• Well-organised and an excellent communicator, you will foster strong community connections. 
• Strong facilitation skills, combined with a creative approach to problem-solving. 
• Familiarity with managing complex, ambiguous projects.
• You will effectively manage tasks and deadlines, prioritising diversity and inclusion while respecting different perspectives. 

To find out more about working with BHP and to meet some of our team, Click here  

Application close on Friday, 13 Dec 2024.

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 inclusion@bhp.com.