Head of Integrated Product Execution (IPE)

Head of IPE

Role Overview

The Head of IPE is responsible for the global leadership and strategic direction of the IPE function, overseeing Project Directors across all regions to ensure consistent, high-quality, and profitable project execution, as well as, overseeing Contract Management and Extended Product Execution teams.

Key Responsibilities

Global Leadership & Strategy

• Provide strategic direction and leadership to Project Directors, Contract Management and Extended Product Execution worldwide, ensuring alignment with business goals and customer expectations.
• Establish and implement global best practices in integrated project execution, cost management, and risk mitigation.
• Drive standardization across regions to improve efficiency, profitability, and customer satisfaction.
• Define and monitor KPIs for project performance, ensuring continuous improvement and accountability.
• Accountable until I&C achieves nameplate, ensuring full coordination with SBL to support seamless transition and long-term customer success.
• Lead talent development, mentoring Project Directors and building a high-performing project management team.

Financial & Performance Management

• Ensure financial reporting is consistent and complete for all areas

Operational Excellence & Stakeholder Management

• Develop and implement project governance frameworks, ensuring compliance with contracts and corporate policies.
• Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement across the IPE function.
• Represent IPE in senior leadership discussions, providing insights on project trends, challenges, and opportunities.

Scope Management:

• Prepare detailed and full-scale project plan in alignment with associated IOD’s, including allocated resources, project objectives and time-table, which ensures completion of the project in line with customer expectations and agreed objectives
• Ensure project schedules clearly identify the critical path and enable project team to identify important tasks and milestones.
• Act as Project Manager for integration scope when applicable.

Risk, Contract, Change and Claim Management

• Supports IOD Managers in identifying project opportunities, enforcing a rigorous change management process during each phase of the Project and proactively pursue change orders and claims for all customer driven change.
• Manage project performance and identify threats early and have mitigation plans in place for managing risks.
• Commercially manage the contract to minimize all liabilities
• Coordinate with each IOD to ensure all aspects of the Project are compatible and fulfil contractual requirements, including clients RFI’s, TQ’s, NCR’s
• Responsible for maintaining a record of claims and changes and address those during the project execution.
• Responsible to ensure that claims and change management strategies are in place for relevant cases.

Financial & Performance Management

• Monitor and manage costs, revenue, contribution margin and cash flow throughout the project.
• Consolidate project reporting of costs, schedule, forecasting, invoicing / payments
• Ensure profitability is maintained or improved from the as-sold status.

Operational Excellence & Stakeholder Management

• Collaborate with Capital Sales, Service Business Line (SBL), and IODs to ensure seamless project delivery and customer handover.
• Ensure transparent and effective communication with internal and external stakeholders.

Communication & Reporting:

• Act as the primary customer contact for Scope 2+ projects.
• Ensure clear and timely communication with internal and external stakeholders.
• Consolidate information from IODs for streamlined client communication.
• Ensure accurate project reporting, including customer and internal risk reports.
• Document lessons learned, implement corrective actions, and analyze project improvements.

Leadership & Team Management

• Oversee project management teams in the region, ensuring efficient execution and delivery.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Provide guidance and strategic direction to project teams to meet business objectives.

Qualification & Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, economics, or a related field.
• 15+ years of experience in the mining industry, with at least 10 years in capital investment projects as a PM or PD.
• Expertise in managing complex, multi-product project deliveries and deep commercial understanding of the projects business and its commercial drivers
• Strong leadership, communication, negotiation, and customer relationship skills.
• Advanced project management knowledge, including budgeting, forecasting, and cost tracking.
• Experience in contract negotiation, management, and interpreting specifications/drawings.
• Experience in leading international and intercultural teams in a highly complex business environment.
• Demonstrated computing skills and knowledge of Oracle, and Microsoft suite of systems
• PMP certification preferred.

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