Program Manager, Mining Tech & Cross-Functional Delivery

Komatsu Mining Corp.; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Komatsu Mining Technology Solutions is hiring a Program Manager based in Tucson, AZ to plan, coordinate, and drive complex programs across product, technology, and business initiatives. You will ensure alignment with objectives, manage risks, and scale operating practices with governance and budgets.

The role requires 7+ years in program management, strong cross-functional collaboration, and experience with Jira, Azure DevOps, and Microsoft Project.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in project and/or program management, or similar roles, with a proven track record of delivering complex, cross-functional initiatives.
• Experience managing interdependent projects and resource allocation across multiple workstreams.
• Ability to mentor project managers and provide guidance on best practices and continuous improvement.
• Proven ability to lead through influence across engineering, operations, and business functions.
• Proven experience in financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting within technical organizations.
• Experience using project, program, portfolio, or work-management tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, Microsoft Project, Aha!, Confluence, Power BI, or similar platforms.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to connect technical, business, and leadership audiences.
• Understanding of product or software development lifecycles and common delivery frameworks.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to drive solutions.
• Experience working with geographically distributed or cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Oversight the program’s adherence to PDP and track engineering’s deliverables to avoid delays and escalations.
• Establish and maintain program plans, delivery frameworks, standards, planning cadences, and execution workflows.
• Track milestones, dependencies, decisions, issues, and actions to support predictable program execution.
• Conduct periodic reviews to assess progress, remove blockers, and support adherence to approved delivery processes and standards.
• Facilitate alignment across Engineering, Product, Operations, Support, Finance, Legal, vendors, and other internal or external stakeholders as needed.
• Lead cross-functional planning sessions, roadmap synchronization activities, milestone reviews, and operational workshops.
• Drive process consistency, operational discipline, and improvement initiatives across engineering teams.
• Coach teams and project managers on delivery practices, process controls, and continuous improvement methods.
• Support appropriate delivery methodologies, including Agile, Scrum, SAFe, waterfall, or hybrid approaches, based on program needs.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate risks that may impact program success.
• Develop contingency plans and elevate critical issues when necessary.
• Constantly monitor and report program health.
• Prepare and present clear program status reports, recommendations, and decision materials.
• Ensure alignment between business goals and technical execution.
• Work with leadership to allocate resources effectively across multiple projects.
• Optimize team capacity while balancing project priorities.
• Support budget tracking, forecasting, and financial reporting related to assigned programs.
• Recommend corrective actions when program plans, resources, budgets, or forecast deviated from approved targets.

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional leadership

Communication

Financial planning

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Mentoring

Team leadership

Distributed teams

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

Microsoft Project

Aha!

Confluence

Power BI

Job description

Komatsu Mining Technology Solutions is hiring a Program Manager based in Tucson, AZ to plan, coordinate, and drive complex programs across product, technology, and business initiatives. You will ensure alignment with objectives, manage risks, and scale operating practices with governance and budgets.

The role requires 7+ years in program management, strong cross-functional collaboration, and experience with Jira, Azure DevOps, and Microsoft Project.