Senior Mining Program Manager – Central America

Maxit Consulting - Max Corporate Group; La Pampa; Remote; ARS 154,540,000 - 216,357,000; Full time

Job summary

Tether is seeking a Program Manager with a solid mining industry background to lead strategic initiatives in Central America. You will oversee planning, execution, and delivery of multiple interrelated mining projects, coordinating cross-functional teams and external consultants.

Responsibilities include defining scope, budgets, milestones, and governance, ensuring regulatory alignment, ESG commitments, and effective stakeholder engagement with government authorities and communities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; postgraduate PM education preferred.
• Strong understanding of mining lifecycle: exploration, permitting, construction, operations.
• Experience managing complex programs or multi-project portfolios (6+ years).
• PM certification (PMP, PgMP, PRINCE2) strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end program management for mining initiatives in Central America, coordinating exploration, studies, permitting, and readiness workstreams.
• Define program scope, objectives, milestones, budgets, and resource plans, ensuring alignment with corporate strategy.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams and external consultants across geology, engineering, environmental, legal, finance, and community relations.
• Manage relationships with government authorities, regulators, and local institutions to advance permits and policy engagement.
• Drive community and stakeholder engagement programs aligned with social license and ESG commitments.
• Monitor risks, dependencies, and critical path; implement mitigation plans and escalate issues.
• Establish governance, reporting cadences, and KPIs; produce executive updates.
• Oversee program budgets, CAPEX tracking, and vendor/contract management.
• Ensure compliance with regulations and HSE requirements.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Cross-cultural communication

Risk management

Program planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mining Engineering or related

Postgraduate qualification in Project Management or related field

Tools

MS Project

Primavera

Job description

Tether is seeking a Program Manager with a solid mining industry background to lead strategic initiatives in Central America. You will oversee planning, execution, and delivery of multiple interrelated mining projects, coordinating cross-functional teams and external consultants.

Responsibilities include defining scope, budgets, milestones, and governance, ensuring regulatory alignment, ESG commitments, and effective stakeholder engagement with government authorities and communities.