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.

About The Role

The Lead Principal, Portfolio Development for BHP Ventures will act as the primary bridge between BHP Ventures and the Minerals America business. This role exists to identify strategic challenges and opportunities where external innovation can deliver value, build strong relationships with senior leaders and delivery teams, and ensure successful integration of venture-backed technologies into operations.

Key Accountabilities

• Establish strong, trust-based connections with senior leaders and decision-makers across operating assets and functional teams within Minerals America.
• Continuously assess business needs and strategic challenges to identify where technology or external innovation can deliver value.
• Collaborate with the Ventures investing team to shape strategic rationale for prospective investments and facilitate introductions to technical and business stakeholders.
• Act as the primary owner and advocate for startups in the portfolio—drive engagement through workshops, roundtables, and stakeholder connections.
• Develop and deliver a Quarterly Engagement Plan to systematically showcase activities and ensure integration of pilots and trials.
• Lead or contribute to initiatives that enhance Ventures’ processes, tools, and engagement models.
• Share learnings from pilots and external trends with Minerals America teams to build internal capability around technology and innovation.
• Attend regional conferences and ecosystem events as BHP Ventures’ sole representative in Minerals America, fostering external relationships.
• Capture and organise notes from internal and external interactions in Teams and Affinity to ensure transparency and to share learnings.

About You

To be successful in this role, you need:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science, or a related technical field.
• Proven track record in originating, evaluating, structuring, negotiating, executing, and managing value-accretive transactions and investments.
• At least 10 years of experience in asset-heavy industries.
• Proven ability to work autonomously in regional roles and manage multiple priorities.
• Fluency in Spanish and English.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship-building skills.
• Organisational and planning skills for systematic engagement and project delivery.

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.

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 recognize 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.