Mining Technology Principal

Location | Brisbane CBD

Department | Software - Product Management

For mine planners who think in systems, shape the products the give the industry one trusted source of truth and unlock solutions at scale.

• Your mine planning expertise, shaping the software the industry uses

• Solve the data problems every mine site has

• Every commodity, every mining method, worldwide

As a Mining Technology Principal in Deswik's Product Management team you will help shape practical, connected solutions across our product portfolio, including Deswik.MDM, to improve how mining teams manage data, workflows and operational decision-making.

This is a great opportunity for a solutions-focused Product Manager/Mining Engineer who enjoys working across products, teams and customer problems. You’ll help connect mining operations, product strategy and software delivery to reduce manual effort, improve data confidence and create scalable product outcomes.

This role is open following an internal promotion and you will be inheriting an established product, with an active customer base. You will lead the product lifecycle from strategy through to delivery, synthesizing context, defining roadmaps, prioritising development, and creating product to address customer and market signals.

Working closely with customers, development teams, consultants, regional sales and marketing stakeholders, you’ll champion the product vision, define execution strategy and drive the product to deliver valuable customer outcomes.

Using a customer first mindset, you will guide work across engineering, consulting and commercial teams to drive product success. You’ll define clear priorities, solve complex workflow challenges and support product direction across Deswik solutions.

Why Deswik? Because mining is becoming more connected, data-driven and workflow-led. Deswik helps customers with solutions that bring structure to complex planning data, automate repetitive tasks and govern approval processes to create a trusted source of truth.

What you will be doing

• Shape product direction across Deswik solutions, including Deswik.MDM, balancing business priorities, adoption growth customer needs.

• Translate mining workflows, operational pain points and customer insights into practical, prioritised product solutions.

• Identify opportunities to improve data integrity, workflow automation, approvals, auditability and integration across the product ecosystem.

• Use product performance, market insight and user feedback to recommend evidence-based product improvements.

• Partner with engineering, consulting and customer-facing teams to deliver solutions that are intuitive, scalable and commercially valuable.

What You'll Bring

• 5+ years experience in mine planning or operations desired, at a minimum equivalent experience in the resources industry.

• Experience with Software Product Management would be desirable or you have demonstrated Project and Change Management experience

• You have confidence working across teams to turn customer problems into prioritised, deliverable outcomes.

• You are a solutions-focused technologist, with prior systems thinking experience, who enjoys delivering scalable solutions and workflows.

• Curiosity about data management, workflow design, process automation, integration and how connected products create better customer outcomes.

• Strong stakeholder skills, with the ability to influence across cross-functional teams and lead change management activities.

• Tertiary qualifications in a technical discipline.

Why You’ll Love It Here

• Direct access to deep mining engineering expertise

• Inclusive and collaborative culture that values innovation

• Enjoy a contemporary, flexible work environment with the balance of three days in our Brisbane office and two days working remotely each week

• Access to counseling services for you and your family

• Competitive salary with annual review

About Deswik

Deswik, a Sandvik Company, is a global leader in mine planning software and consulting, with over 500 professionals in 21 offices globally. Our tools are used at 1,000+ operations worldwide, and we invest heavily in R&D to stay ahead. We’re proud to be part of the mining industry's digital transformation.

Our head office in Brisbane is our software development hub; we produce some of the leading products in our market and have a large and engaged end user community.

Ready to Join Us?

If you are ready to level-up our product and love all-things mining tech apply now!

Please note currently, we are only considering applications from Australian citizens, permanent residents or individuals on a valid work visa that do not require sponsorship.

Agencies: please do not send us unsolicited applications.

Deswik is a Sandvik owned Company - applying for this opportunity will take you to our Workday jobs board and you will receive responses from sandvik@workday.com.