Lead Technical Solution Design
Australia
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
We are looking for a Principal Solution designer to Lead, motivate, and mentor a globally diverse in‑house and partner team, building a strong team‑of‑teams culture grounded in BHP’s Charter values. This role can be based out of one of our corporate offices located in Perth, Brisbane or Adelaide on a 5/2 roster offering a hybrid model.
Key Responsibilities:
- Build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships to ensure alignment with asset‑ and function‑level business priorities.
- Own product‑specific KPIs and OKRs in production; set measurable targets, track performance against benchmarks, and adjust strategies as required.
- Identify, establish, and manage strategic partnerships with customers, contract agencies, and vendors.
- Support vendor and supplier selection, contracting, and performance management to maximise operational and financial outcomes and reduce organisational risk.
- Translate early‑phase studies and UX research into clear product requirements that drive customer‑centric design.
- Contribute to the definition of product strategy and development of strategic and technical technology roadmaps.
- Collaborate with Technical Leads, Developers, Architects, and DevOps teams to manage DevOps processes, including transition‑to‑operations (TTO). Architect and deliver enterprise‑scale AI/ML and GenAI solutions.
- Design and implement technology solutions aligned with BHP’s enterprise architecture standards and strategic objectives.
- Lead data platform design and integration to enable advanced analytics and business insights.
- Develop and maintain solution architecture artefacts, technical roadmaps, and lifecycle documentation.
- Ensure adherence to cybersecurity standards, regulatory requirements, and BHP’s Charter and Code of Conduct. Engage stakeholders to understand business roadmaps and translate them into technical and integration solutions.
About You
Skills, Accreditations, and Qualifications
- Strong analytical and systems‑thinking capability; able to communicate effectively with both technical and non‑technical audiences.
- Experience integrating AI systems with enterprise applications, APIs, data platforms, and operational technology environments.
- Proven ability to define and implement product strategies and multi‑year roadmaps.
- Ability to translate complex AI concepts into clear, business‑centric language for non‑technical executives.
- Demonstrated capability in managing relationships with diverse internal and external stakeholders.
- Strong performance monitoring, analysis, and management skills.
- Proficiency in product lifecycle management and user experience (UX) design.
- Experience managing vendors and customers, including performance oversight.
- Excellent presentation, communication, and facilitation skills.
- Strong prioritisation skills and the ability to allocate resources efficiently.
- Background as a solution or technical architect with a record of delivering enterprise‑grade solutions.
- Demonstrated cybersecurity understanding, including compliance and risk management.
- Experience deploying and integrating data platforms; exposure to data architecture and data management principles.
- Solid understanding of software development practices, with prior hands‑on experience preferred.
- Experience delivering systems integration, including embedding third‑party solutions into established environments.
- Bachelor’s and Advanced degree in Computer Science, Science, Engineering, Business, Finance, or a related field.
- Experience running agile ceremonies, managing backlogs and release plans, tracking team‑level metrics (e.g., burndown, burn‑up), and removing blockers.
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.