Product Owner
BHP
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
The role can be based in Perth or Brisbane.
As a Product Owner you will play a key role supporting BHP’s Operations Services. BHP’s approach to application portfolio management focuses on capability-based portfolios, and application roadmaps to minimise duplication and reduce cost.
As a Product Owner, you will:
- Embed a culture of care and operational performance by being a visible leader of a globally diverse team (in both Australia and with our offshore partners).
- Demonstration leadership in the management of safety and business risks to ensure a safe and resilient BHP.
- Identify, build and develop team capability through ongoing and regular coaching and development.
- Develop strong partnerships that enable the execution of value adding initiatives that solve customer challenges.
- Act as the technology interface to the wider Operations Services team
- Identify opportunities for business value enhancement while implementing strategic cost reduction measures to optimize overall operational efficiency.
- Play a key role in managing the application portfolio as well as key applications in that portfolio.
- Define and execute 90-day plans Assess and prioritize ad-hoc or out-of-cycle demands from customers and manage the backlog.
- Supports the management of vendor/customer selection, contracts, and performance to maximise operational and financial outcomes and mitigate BHP's exposure to risk.
About You
- Demonstrate strong Team Leadership capabilities to inspire and guide cross functional teams, fostering a collaborative and productive work environment.
- Outstanding Stakeholder Management skills to engage with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Strong strategic thinking capability with an ability to lead change within BHP and partner ecosystem.
- Proven Problem-Solving Skills to address challenges and find innovative solutions to enhance operational processes through technology and the use of multiple data points.
- Demonstrate analytical thinking skills to evaluate data and requirements to make informed decisions, ensuring the product meets business objectives.
- Background in Project Management to coordinate tasks, set priorities, and manage timelines to deliver products on cost and schedule.
- Experience in Cost Management: to ensure financial sustainability and resource optimization.
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 [email protected].