Principal Maritime Strategy & Major Projects | Singapore

BHP Group; Singapore; On-site; SGD 200,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

BHP Group is seeking a Principal, Strategy & Major Projects (Digital Transformation) in Singapore to lead strategic transformation initiatives across the Maritime business. You will translate business objectives into programs, drive enterprise system deployments, and partner with senior leaders to deliver value through technology-enabled change.

The role requires experience in digital transformation, SAP or enterprise deployments, and large-scale project delivery, with close collaboration across

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in business, engineering, technology, supply chain, maritime studies, finance or related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic transformation initiatives across Maritime, focusing on digital transformation and enterprise system deployments.
• Partner with senior leaders to translate business objectives into practical programs that improve performance and value creation.
• Manage dependencies between technology initiatives, process improvements and transformation programs.
• Support the design and implementation of future-state processes and operating models.
• Collaborate with Technology, GBS, vendors and partners to deliver fit-for-purpose outcomes.
• Contribute to investment cases and governance for major projects and transformations.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder engagement

Bridge business & technology

Executive communication

Governance & benefits realization

Education

Tertiary qualification in business, engineering, technology, supply chain, maritime studies, finance or related discipline

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Principal Maritime Strategy & Major Projects | Singapore

Date: 15 Sept 2026

Job Posting End Date:

Job Country: Singapore

Job Location/Region: Marina Bay

About BHP

At BHP we support our people to grow, learn, develop their skills and reach their potential. With a global portfolio of operations, we offer a diverse and inclusive environment with extraordinary career opportunities. Our strategy is to focus on creating a safe work environment where our employees feel strongly connected to our values and objectives, and where the capability of our people is key to our success.

Come and be a part of this success.

About BHP Maritime

BHP Maritime, as one of the world’s largest dry bulk charterers, plays a critical role in enabling the safe, efficient and sustainable movement of commodities around the world. We are undertaking a broad transformation agenda spanning technology, business processes, operating models and ways of working to create a more digitally enabled, data-driven and future-ready organization.

We are seeking a highly capable transformation professional to join the Strategy & Major Projects team and help shape and deliver this journey.

About the Role

As Principal, Strategy & Major Projects (Digital Transformation), you will play a key role in leading strategic transformation initiatives across the Maritime business. Working at the intersection of strategy, technology and operations, you will help translate business objectives into practical programs that improve performance, enhance user experience and enable long-term value creation.

You will partner closely with senior leaders across Maritime, Technology, Global Business Services (GBS) and external delivery partners to drive enterprise system deployments, operational improvements and business transformation initiatives. The role is suited to an individual with experience in digital transformation, SAP or enterprise system deployments, business process improvement, change leadership and large-scale project delivery.

Accountabilities

• Support the development and execution of Maritime's digital strategy and transformation agenda.
• Identify opportunities to improve business performance through technology, automation, artificial intelligence (AI), process optimisation and data-driven decision making.
• Assess emerging technologies and industry trends to identify opportunities for value creation and operational improvement.
• Act as Business Lead for strategic enterprise system initiatives, including SAP-enabled business process transformation and deployment of modern maritime operations and voyage management platforms.
• Represent Maritime business requirements throughout solution design, implementation, testing, business readiness and deployment activities.
• Partner closely with Technology, GBS, vendors and implementation partners to deliver fit-for-purpose business outcomes.
• Support the design and implementation of future-state business processes, operating models and digital capabilities.
• Identify and manage dependencies between technology initiatives, process improvement opportunities and wider transformation programs.

Business Transformation & Change Leadership

• Support the mobilization and execution of function-wide transformation initiatives arising from ongoing diagnostic, process improvement and value stream mapping activities.
• Lead stakeholder engagement, business readiness and change adoption activities to support successful delivery of strategic and digital initiatives.
• Build alignment across Maritime, Technology, GBS and enterprise functions around future-state processes, operating models and ways of working.
• Identify and manage dependencies between business improvement opportunities, digital programs and organizational change initiatives while maintaining focus on value delivery.
• Contribute to strategic planning activities and governance of major projects and transformation programs.
• Support development of investment cases, executive presentations and recommendations for senior leadership.
• Coordinate delivery across multiple strategic initiatives involving diverse stakeholder groups.
• Participate in broader Maritime and enterprise priorities as required.

About You

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in business, engineering, technology, supply chain, maritime studies, finance or a related discipline.

Skills

• Strong strategic thinking, analytical and problem-solving capability, with the ability to convert complex issues into clear recommendations.
• Highly effective stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, including experience working with senior leaders.
• Ability to bridge business and technology perspectives and translate business needs into executable delivery outcomes.
• Strong written and verbal communication, executive presentation and workshop facilitation skills.
• Commercial acumen and experience with governance, benefits realization, risk and dependency management.
• Familiarity with value stream mapping, Lean, continuous improvement, data, analytics, automation or AI-enabled transformation is advantageous.

About Our Process

At BHP, we are committed to employing individuals who align with the BHP Charter Values and meet the requirements of the role. As part of the recruitment process, there are a number of checks which may be conducted to demonstrate applicants suitability for a role including police / criminal background checks, medical, drug and alcohol testing, due diligence checks, right to work checks, and/or reference checks.

If you are already employed directly by BHP, please log in using your BHP email address or apply via our internal jobs portal.

Supporting a Diverse Workforce

The size, stability and magnitude of our business not only provides significant opportunity for professional development, but also attractive salary packages with performance-based bonuses and a best-in-class employee share program. We know there are many aspects of our employees' lives that are important, and work is only one of these, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, other extended leave entitlements and parent rooms.

At BHP, we know that we are strengthened by diversity. We are an Equal Opportunity employer that is committed to making BHP a safe and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive and be at their best every day. We are focused on creating a workforce that’s more diverse and represents the communities where we work and live. providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect.We are an Equal Opportunity employer and recognise that true diversity includesgender,age, race, disability status, sexual orientation, religion, neurodiversity, education levels, and many more aspects of your identity.

BHP is committed to providing a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible for all. If you have a disability, we know that it may be helpful for us to adjust our process to make it equitable for your individual situation. If you would like to reach out to someone about your situation and our recruitment process, please email us at [e-mail].