Principal Business Planning | BHP Chile

About BHP

At BHP Chile, our corporate office in Santiago is the strategic heart of our operations in the country. From here, we lead projects that drive responsible mining and innovation, connecting local impact with BHP’s global vision. We are part of a company dedicated to natural resources, present in more than 90 locations worldwide, committed to creating a more sustainable future.

About BHP

At BHP Chile, our corporate office in Santiago is the strategic heart of our operations in the country. From here, we lead projects that drive responsible mining and innovation, connecting local impact with BHP’s global vision. We are part of a company dedicated to natural resources, present in more than 90 locations worldwide, committed to creating a more sustainable future.
Why BHP Chile?
Here, you’ll have the opportunity to grow in an organization that values diversity, fosters professional development, and invests in technologies that transform the mining industry. At BHP Chile, you can make a real impact on the community and the environment while building your career in a company recognized for its inclusive culture and commitment to the future.

About Digital

Digital is an innovative transformative team, driving BHP's edge in the digital space. We nurture creativity and diverse thinking to solve major business challenges. In our dynamic, hands‑on and highly fast‑paced environment, you will define problems, drive meaningful change, and be held accountable to deliver sustainable solutions. If you are deeply curious, passionate about change and thrive in high‑performing teams, join us to make a lasting impact.

The challenged Ahead

This role will support integrated business planning, portfolio coordination and performance management for Digital Minerals Americas, translating regional strategy and asset priorities into an integrated and executable plan. The role works across the four Digital domains, regional delivery teams, Technology, Finance and the Minerals Americas assets to provide an integrated view of priorities, investments, resources, dependencies, value and delivery performance.

Key Accountabilities Include

• Coordinates the integrated Digital Minerals Americas planning process, consolidating regional strategy, domain plans and asset priorities into annual and longer‑term portfolio plans.
• Maintains an integrated view of the Digital Minerals Americas portfolio, including delivery milestones, financial performance, value, risks, dependencies and resourcing.
• Coordinates inputs across the four Digital domains, identifying synergies, overlaps, gaps and cross-domain dependencies.
• Supports portfolio prioritisation and resource planning by providing consistent analysis of value, strategic alignment, delivery confidence, capacity and financial implications.
• Coordinates budgeting, forecasting, OPEX and CAPEX planning and variance analysis in partnership with Finance and domain teams.
• Tracks portfolio performance and identifies emerging delivery risks, financial variances, capacity constraints and dependencies, supporting teams to define appropriate actions.
• Supports governance and management routines across Digital Minerals Americas, including portfolio reviews, planning cycles, performance discussions and leadership reporting.
• Coordinates regional submissions and reporting, ensuring quality and consistency across domain inputs and providing a clear regional view.
• Prepares decision‑ready materials and insights for senior leadership, translating complex portfolio, financial and delivery information into clear options, trade‑offs and actions.
• Drives disciplined use of portfolio, planning and financial information, improving data quality, transparency and consistency across Digital Minerals Americas.
• Supports continuous improvement of planning processes, management routines and ways of working across Digital, Technology, Finance and the assets.
• Builds strong relationships across regional, domain and asset teams to enable alignment and effective execution of the Digital portfolio.

What we expect from you

• Deeply curious: You thrive in fast‑paced environments and have a passion for understanding the business and identifying opportunities to improve how we plan and deliver.
• A structured problem solver: You are comfortable working with complex information and use data and insights to bring clarity, identify priorities and support decisions.
• Delivery focused: You translate plans into actions, follow through on commitments and maintain focus on outcomes.
• Highly collaborative: You build strong relationships and work effectively across multiple teams and stakeholders.
• Comfortable with complexity: You can connect strategic, operational and financial perspectives and turn them into a coherent plan.