AI-Driven Mine Planning Product Owner

Fortescue Pre-Order Sales; Perth; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Fortescue is seeking a leader to drive AI product vision for Mine Planning, Exploration and Drilling in Perth. You will guide cross-functional teams to deliver practical, measurable AI-enabled solutions supporting mine planning workflows.

You will develop business cases, own backlogs, and provide technical leadership across AI initiatives while ensuring governance and responsible AI practices.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering digital, AI, analytics, automation or decision-support products.
• Experience in mining, geology, exploration, drilling or mine planning.
• Experience taking products from discovery through pilot and adoption.
• Experience working with multidisciplinary teams.
• Understanding of mining and spatial data and uncertainty in planning.
• Familiarity with AI applications including ML, spatial modelling, optimisation, robotics.
• Knowledge of software delivery, MLOps, data governance, cybersecurity and responsible AI.
• Strong communication and analytical problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the Mine Planning, Exploration and Drilling AI product vision, roadmap and priorities.
• Lead discovery with mine planning, geology, exploration and drilling teams to identify high-value problems and practical AI-enabled solutions.
• Develop business cases, including value opportunity, delivery approach, risks and success measures.
• Own and prioritise product backlogs, user stories, acceptance criteria and release scope.
• Provide technical leadership across AI product development, ensuring solutions reflect domain context, uncertainty and operational constraints.
• Work with mine planners, geologists, exploration and drilling teams, data scientists, software engineers and vendors to deliver quality product increments.
• Guide the application of AI, optimisation, advanced analytics and automation across areas such as geological modelling, mine planning and drill planning.
• Drive adoption through stakeholder engagement, trials, demos, training and feedback loops.
• Define and track product performance metrics and realised business impact.
• Ensure products include appropriate technical assurance, governance, security, data and responsible AI controls.

Skills

Product ownership

Stakeholder management

AI product development

Mining domain knowledge

Cross-functional leadership

Agile methodologies

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field

Mining/geology/engineering/data/AI/cloud experience or certifications desirable

Job description

Fortescue is seeking a leader to drive AI product vision for Mine Planning, Exploration and Drilling in Perth. You will guide cross-functional teams to deliver practical, measurable AI-enabled solutions supporting mine planning workflows.

You will develop business cases, own backlogs, and provide technical leadership across AI initiatives while ensuring governance and responsible AI practices.