VP Technical Risk Governance & Learning at Anglo American

Job Description:

Purpose of the role:

• The Vice President Technical Risk and Governance leads a team of experts that apply best practice knowledge and thought leadership, empowering the business to independently and actively deliver risk confidence and safeguard enterprise value in defined catastrophic and fatality risk areas.

Key Responsibilities:

• Shape and be the custodian of the Technical risk and Control of Work frameworks: Lead the design and business integration of simple and effective Technical Risk Management and Control of Work frameworks.
• Define Technical Standards: Work with relevant Technical disciplines (e.g., mining, processing, engineering and maintenance, SHE) and the broader business to establish and maintain Technical Standards that are fit for purpose, easy to interpret, address key risks and empower assets to deliver compliance.
• Drive Best Practice: lead Functional Risk Authorities (FRA) in the areas of Learning, Investigation and Human Factors, Safety Excellence and Fire Risk.
• Shape Technical Assurance Programs: Design a technical assurance programme that can be delivered by the business, is aligned with the broader Enterprise Integrated Risk Management Framework, ensuring no gaps / no overlaps and results in focused and actionable insights that demonstrably drive risk reduction.
• Build Health of Discipline: Provide thought leadership and coaching to the business to enable effective implementation of Technical Risk, Technical Standards, Technical Assurance Programs and effective learning and investigation techniques across the business.
• Collaborate and Integrate: Work closely with other Vice Presidents, Senior Vice Presidents, Group Functions (especially Group Risk and Audit, Group Sustainability and Executive Head Technical), site GMs, Country CEO’s and Country SHE Heads

Experience:

• Minimum 10 years relevant experience.

Additional Requirements:

• Ability to communicate in English (advanced verbal and written).
• Desirable: Ability to speak Spanish or Portuguese is highly desirable.
• Regular international travel
• Working at high altitude may be required.
• Working on operational mine sites (both open pit and underground)

Technical Skills

• Experience working in and successfully managing dynamic risk operating environments.
• Strong influencing abilities at Senior levels to drive organisational change and shape accountability and learning cultures.
• Demonstrates adaptability to work within a strategic oversight enterprise model.
• Understands complex systems thinking and the necessary interactions between people, process, technology, equipment and high-energy activities.
• Demonstrates expertise in how to deeply learn lessons that enables a workplace free of fatalities and catastrophic events. 

Qualifications:

• An undergraduate qualification (Bachelors / Honours degree or equivalent) in a relevant technical discipline.
• A postgraduate qualification (Masters / Doctoral degree or equivalent) in Risk Management or a relevant technical discipline OR a proven track record of extensive practical experience in an operational role and context of similar complexity

Closing Date:

• 22 October, 2025